Phil Dorroll
@phildorroll.bsky.social
Religious Studies professor in South Carolina; research on Islamic and Orthodox Christian theology in Turkish and Arabic; supports 🇺🇦
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Phil Dorroll
@phildorroll.bsky.social
· Dec 16
I made a starter pack for specialists in Eastern Christian Studies- check it out, share with others, and let me know who else to add!
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Spotify once again epitomizes my life
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Spotify once again epitomizes my life
Chicago by 1890 was 40.5% foreign born and *80%* foreign born or the children of immigrants (right before my own ancestors arrived in the area from Eastern Europe).
Those immigrants and their children went on to build the most dynamic and industrialized society the world had ever seen.
Those immigrants and their children went on to build the most dynamic and industrialized society the world had ever seen.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Chicago by 1890 was 40.5% foreign born and *80%* foreign born or the children of immigrants (right before my own ancestors arrived in the area from Eastern Europe).
Those immigrants and their children went on to build the most dynamic and industrialized society the world had ever seen.
Those immigrants and their children went on to build the most dynamic and industrialized society the world had ever seen.
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*Lecturing the Victorians* is coming out in paperback in February!
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
*Lecturing the Victorians* is coming out in paperback in February!
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Enjoyed this conversation a lot--take a listen
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December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Enjoyed this conversation a lot--take a listen
imo the reason American liberals reflexively blame Calvinism is just a quirk of American theological history- American religious liberalism begins in New England both within and as a response to Puritanism, ie a species of Calvinism.
In the US, the quintessentially modern conservative v liberal…
In the US, the quintessentially modern conservative v liberal…
People tend to blame the things they don't like about Christianity on Calvin. Did he invent the doctrine of hell? No. Did he invent the idea that most people were going there? No. Did he invent the idea that the saved take pleasure in the tortures of the damned? Also no.
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
imo the reason American liberals reflexively blame Calvinism is just a quirk of American theological history- American religious liberalism begins in New England both within and as a response to Puritanism, ie a species of Calvinism.
In the US, the quintessentially modern conservative v liberal…
In the US, the quintessentially modern conservative v liberal…
Finished all 12 hours of this; becoming a new kind of guy [Orthodox Christian Revolutionary War Guy]
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Finished all 12 hours of this; becoming a new kind of guy [Orthodox Christian Revolutionary War Guy]
We love to see it
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We love to see it
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This is excellent. Not only well-informed in terms of both the Christian and Muslim perspectives, but it also provides some balance to a lot of the mainstream everything-is-interfaith-wonderful reporting on the Pope’s Türkiye trip so far.
My interview with @aljazeera.com on the significance of Pope Leo's visit to Turkey, in the context of the history of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Eastern Christians in Turkish history
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
Pope Leo's Visit and the Tragic History of Christians in Turkey | Interview with Al-Jazeera English
YouTube video by Philip Dorroll
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is excellent. Not only well-informed in terms of both the Christian and Muslim perspectives, but it also provides some balance to a lot of the mainstream everything-is-interfaith-wonderful reporting on the Pope’s Türkiye trip so far.
My interview with @aljazeera.com on the significance of Pope Leo's visit to Turkey, in the context of the history of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Eastern Christians in Turkish history
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
Pope Leo's Visit and the Tragic History of Christians in Turkey | Interview with Al-Jazeera English
YouTube video by Philip Dorroll
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My interview with @aljazeera.com on the significance of Pope Leo's visit to Turkey, in the context of the history of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Eastern Christians in Turkish history
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
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part of the reason i am genuinely irritated with the gAI/AGI cult is because there is real societal benefits in using ML techniques in medical care + weather analysis, and instead people get annoyed with anything that gets lumped in with the plagiarism machine
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
part of the reason i am genuinely irritated with the gAI/AGI cult is because there is real societal benefits in using ML techniques in medical care + weather analysis, and instead people get annoyed with anything that gets lumped in with the plagiarism machine
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This afternoon, in the venerable Patriarchal Church of St. George at the Phanar, Great Vespers brought together His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in a profound manifestation of the “dialogue of love”
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This afternoon, in the venerable Patriarchal Church of St. George at the Phanar, Great Vespers brought together His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in a profound manifestation of the “dialogue of love”
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From my Cato colleagues in February: "We find that all immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis... Noncitizens were 7.3 percent of the population and consumed just 3.5 percent of all welfare and entitlement benefits."
Immigrants Used Less Welfare than Native-Born Americans in 2022
Rather than reaching toward expensive mass deportations as a solution to fiscal issues, the more free-market, libertarian, and fiscally responsible solution is to build a higher wall around the welfar...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
From my Cato colleagues in February: "We find that all immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis... Noncitizens were 7.3 percent of the population and consumed just 3.5 percent of all welfare and entitlement benefits."
As a Paine devotee, this makes my day tbh
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
As a Paine devotee, this makes my day tbh
Incidentally, in case its of interest to anyone, I'll be speaking about this topic on @aljazeera.com tomorrow during the 10am hour (on the significance of the Pope's visit for indigenous Christian minorities in Turkey)
"For the first time in history, representatives of the five ancient patriarchal sees—Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem—will stand together at Nicaea to commemorate the council’s 1700th anniversary." orthodoxobserver.org/why-is-pope-...
Why is Pope Leo XIV's visit to Türkiye important for the Orthodox Church?
Pope Leo XIV is about to set foot on Turkish soil for his historic journey to İznik and Constantinople.
orthodoxobserver.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Incidentally, in case its of interest to anyone, I'll be speaking about this topic on @aljazeera.com tomorrow during the 10am hour (on the significance of the Pope's visit for indigenous Christian minorities in Turkey)
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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"For the first time in history, representatives of the five ancient patriarchal sees—Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem—will stand together at Nicaea to commemorate the council’s 1700th anniversary." orthodoxobserver.org/why-is-pope-...
Why is Pope Leo XIV's visit to Türkiye important for the Orthodox Church?
Pope Leo XIV is about to set foot on Turkish soil for his historic journey to İznik and Constantinople.
orthodoxobserver.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"For the first time in history, representatives of the five ancient patriarchal sees—Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem—will stand together at Nicaea to commemorate the council’s 1700th anniversary." orthodoxobserver.org/why-is-pope-...
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
proceeds from the Father
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
proceeds from the Father
Not a single American Revolutionary fought for “Western Civilization.” They fought for this:
“Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the Globe… receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.”
-Thomas Paine, Common Sense
“Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the Globe… receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.”
-Thomas Paine, Common Sense
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not a single American Revolutionary fought for “Western Civilization.” They fought for this:
“Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the Globe… receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.”
-Thomas Paine, Common Sense
“Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the Globe… receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.”
-Thomas Paine, Common Sense
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Important gathering of the "Pathways to Peace" initiative by the Conference of European Churches next week in Helsinki. High time for the European churches to confront the temptation of power politics in all churches in order to be able to confront the Russian religious ideology.
Resisting empire, promoting peace: Churches confront the Russian world ideology | CEC Europe
ceceurope.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Important gathering of the "Pathways to Peace" initiative by the Conference of European Churches next week in Helsinki. High time for the European churches to confront the temptation of power politics in all churches in order to be able to confront the Russian religious ideology.
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Just like that. After a week of frantic diplomacy and U.S. threats against Ukraine, Putin rejects ANY agreement.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just like that. After a week of frantic diplomacy and U.S. threats against Ukraine, Putin rejects ANY agreement.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
From a sermon by Phillips Brooks (rector of Trinity Church, Boston, 1869–1891) on Thanksgiving Day:
"The only two things that are are still open to man are these: a blank despair, which gives itself up to inevitable deterioriation; or a new thought of the world as a place of moral training where...
"The only two things that are are still open to man are these: a blank despair, which gives itself up to inevitable deterioriation; or a new thought of the world as a place of moral training where...
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
From a sermon by Phillips Brooks (rector of Trinity Church, Boston, 1869–1891) on Thanksgiving Day:
"The only two things that are are still open to man are these: a blank despair, which gives itself up to inevitable deterioriation; or a new thought of the world as a place of moral training where...
"The only two things that are are still open to man are these: a blank despair, which gives itself up to inevitable deterioriation; or a new thought of the world as a place of moral training where...
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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