Keanu Heydari
@keanuheydari.bsky.social
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History Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Michigan | PC(USA) Deacon | Modern Europe & Iran | Apocalyptic & New Testament Studies
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Hello friends. I just found out that I have anemia and an iron deficiency. I’m going to see the doctor on Thursday. She’s looking into IV iron replacement therapy for me. Please send your prayers, as I’ve been feeling really fatigued as of late.
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I bought a copy of it a long while ago. Sadly it’s back home in Los Angeles. I wonder if there is an online version.
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I really like the CEB for communicating the message of scripture. In terms of its euphony, however, it’s quite bad. I don’t like how most Bible translations “sound.” The only exception I’ve come across is the Revised English Bible. RSV is up there, too.
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“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.” – John 11:25-26 (KJV)
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In my reading, AI reliance reveals precarity: workers must appear flawless while hiding their “tools,” deepening alienation under digital capitalism. Blaming “generation SMS” repeats conservative decline tropes and ignores structural causes like underfunded schools and commodified attention.
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The article individualizes systemic failure, turning structural educational inequities into personal shortcomings to be fixed through private training. And, by citing HR language uncritically, the piece naturalizes corporate control over speech & the demand for self-policing linguistic performance.
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Elisabeth Pineau’s otherwise fascinating piece doesn’t acknowledge that orthography reinforces class hierarchy as spelling mastery is treated as merit in France, masking its function as cultural capital that privileges the already educated.
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Today, the Committee on Preparation for Ministry of the Presbytery of Detroit PC(USA) has unanimously voted to admit me as an inquirer for ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament!
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Apparently Ascension *and* Word on Fire will be publishing the second edition of the Liturgy of the Hours. Does anyone know why the USCCB made this decision? Why are two firms publishing the LotH in different formats? Won’t that create serious continuity problems and raise formatting concerns?
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I think we crossed a critical threshold around 2016–2017, when widespread public discourse about “antifa” was taken seriously. The suggestion that someone is not opposed to fascism is very alarming. A real public sphere and fascism cannot coexist.
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“The Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Don’t let the prophets and diviners in your midst mislead you. Don’t pay attention to your dreams. They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I didn’t send them, declares the Lord.” – Jeremiah 29:8–9 (CEB)
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"No more subject, no more focal point, no more center or periphery: pure flexion or circular inflexion."
- Simulacra and Simulation
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In Frédéric Gros’s recent work, I think the political ambition of shame may overestimate how far an “emotion” can galvanize collective transformation in contexts of entrenched structural power. That said, Gros has convinced me of the revolutionary power of shame.
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The truth of Christian faith is evental. It happens where the crucified and risen Christ determines human existence. This means that Christianity must keep happening. It is the living act of God taking hold of the world in Christ, letting it determine one’s life again and again.
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Dream team: Bruce McCormack, Paul Dafydd Jones, David Congdon, Suzanne McDonald, Kait Dugan, Philip Ziegler, and Christophe Chalamet.
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As you know, I make only one (irrational and unjustifiable) exception to this rule, for Shia theology. They can be as spiritual as they want.
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“By tracing the presence and political activity of Iranian students in postwar Paris, the dissertation explores how the metropolis functioned as a contact zone in which the histories of empire and exile converged.”

Caught in the trap between Chakrabarty and Goebel! #amrevising
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Trust in institutions often mirrors broader declines in interpersonal trust and social cohesion. If people believe others (including elites) are unreliable, they are less likely to trust institutions. Surveys show interpersonal trust in the U.S. has fallen over decades.
Americans’ Trust in One Another
Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than others.
www.pewresearch.org