Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop
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SORAAAD.org, allowing people to gather w/o being religious since 2011. Qual Research on Religion, Religion-like stuff, and Religion & stuff best not studied as religious but key to understanding those doing, being, saying & feeling stuff labeled religion
Pinned
"If you destroy the systems that measure harm and appoint corrupt functionaries to invent your desired figures, you destroy the evidence of your responsibility. If you make truth unknowable, accountability becomes impossible." www.thenation.com/article/poli...
All the data nobody is allowed to gather has one aim:
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fascinating attempt to square a circle of evidence on "when was sacrifice abolished?" in the late roman empire (open access!)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Legal Exemption for the Temple Cults of Rome and Alexandria in the Fourth Century | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
A Legal Exemption for the Temple Cults of Rome and Alexandria in the Fourth Century
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
fascinating attempt to square a circle of evidence on "when was sacrifice abolished?" in the late roman empire (open access!)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Shawn A. Boehmer and Veronica H. Paulus report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Shawn A. Boehmer and Veronica H. Paulus report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein,…
www.thecrimson.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Shawn A. Boehmer and Veronica H. Paulus report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Shawn A. Boehmer and Veronica H. Paulus report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility reut.rs/49lQnWS
Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility
Nearly two dozen people were arrested as faith leaders protested on Friday outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago, authorities said, the latest sign of tensions over the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement push.
reut.rs
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility reut.rs/49lQnWS
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Suggestions for scholarship on Egyptian/Alexandria clothing in the 2nd/3rd century CE?
🏺AncientBluesky #Classics #LateAntiquity
🏺AncientBluesky #Classics #LateAntiquity
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Suggestions for scholarship on Egyptian/Alexandria clothing in the 2nd/3rd century CE?
🏺AncientBluesky #Classics #LateAntiquity
🏺AncientBluesky #Classics #LateAntiquity
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Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #2 of 5:
First Hebrew printing of Sefer Yetzirah (Mantua, Italy, 1562), the early Kabbalistic account of how G-d created the universe through the 22 letters of the alefbet & the 10 sefirot
First Hebrew printing of Sefer Yetzirah (Mantua, Italy, 1562), the early Kabbalistic account of how G-d created the universe through the 22 letters of the alefbet & the 10 sefirot
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Mind-blowingly rare first editions of esoteric books that I got to hold yesterday (courtesy of Justin Sledge), #2 of 5:
First Hebrew printing of Sefer Yetzirah (Mantua, Italy, 1562), the early Kabbalistic account of how G-d created the universe through the 22 letters of the alefbet & the 10 sefirot
First Hebrew printing of Sefer Yetzirah (Mantua, Italy, 1562), the early Kabbalistic account of how G-d created the universe through the 22 letters of the alefbet & the 10 sefirot
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One of the reasons these people are trying to womanize 15-year-olds is so they can marry them and train them (raise them) to be the submissive wives they want. Some of these folk voted against ending child marriage for that very reason.
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
One of the reasons these people are trying to womanize 15-year-olds is so they can marry them and train them (raise them) to be the submissive wives they want. Some of these folk voted against ending child marriage for that very reason.
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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..... of interest to the caturday crew....
Religion and Cats
Religion and Cats
Part 100! of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
..... of interest to the caturday crew....
Religion and Cats
Religion and Cats
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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Something something money evil.
Buried the lede: "(Premium users can also converse with Satan.)"
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Something something money evil.
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I love that the pope clearly hates the algorithms as much as I do
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I love that the pope clearly hates the algorithms as much as I do
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I treat land acknowledgements as call and response:
"We are standing on the unceded territory of..."
"PAY RENT."
"We are standing on the unceded territory of..."
"PAY RENT."
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I treat land acknowledgements as call and response:
"We are standing on the unceded territory of..."
"PAY RENT."
"We are standing on the unceded territory of..."
"PAY RENT."
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My wokest opinion is land acknowledgements should be mandatory plus, taking a cue from our own Dalhousie Indigenous Student society, *every single time* it must include a concise progress report on what the institution's actually done to advance indigenous studies, student support, and land return.
my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My wokest opinion is land acknowledgements should be mandatory plus, taking a cue from our own Dalhousie Indigenous Student society, *every single time* it must include a concise progress report on what the institution's actually done to advance indigenous studies, student support, and land return.
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[recalls studies documenting AI psychosis]
[heavy sigh in religion scholar and experience designer]
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[heavy sigh in religion scholar and experience designer]
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The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
[recalls studies documenting AI psychosis]
[heavy sigh in religion scholar and experience designer]
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[heavy sigh in religion scholar and experience designer]
</scene>
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I feel like I want to start a podcast called Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana (after the society founded by Conrad Celtes in the c15th) where each episode I and a guest read and discuss a Latin literary work from Poland-Lithuania 🇵🇱🇱🇹📜🎤
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I feel like I want to start a podcast called Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana (after the society founded by Conrad Celtes in the c15th) where each episode I and a guest read and discuss a Latin literary work from Poland-Lithuania 🇵🇱🇱🇹📜🎤
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Insanity
"Six months after the Trump administration canceled virtually all grants approved during the Biden administration, the nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda."
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Insanity
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Honoring Alice Wong's life and legacy with gratitude, in solidarity and sorrow, this morning. I was a fan; thinking of all who loved and knew her personally.
Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Honoring Alice Wong's life and legacy with gratitude, in solidarity and sorrow, this morning. I was a fan; thinking of all who loved and knew her personally.
Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
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Surely the university's higher purpose is *not* to teach people how to use tools, but instead to teach people how to understand for themselves whether they *should* use them.
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Surely the university's higher purpose is *not* to teach people how to use tools, but instead to teach people how to understand for themselves whether they *should* use them.
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What could go wrong?
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
What could go wrong?
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Jokes on them. You can converse with Satan freely on twitter.
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
![Enable chats with Satan [enabled]
Premium subscription required](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xk7r4kbdqfmrrzj3664ig4mt/bafkreielrwmwsrdoobdypob2kgwvma7g2yt56kcmn27mubosfpon7iziim@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Jokes on them. You can converse with Satan freely on twitter.
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Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
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youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
And there need to be hearings on what Youngkin did with the DOJ. Get that tall shitass under oath.
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
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I was not aware of this story, and I'm guessing that the University of Virginia wanted it that way augustafreepress.com/news/shame-o...
'Shame on UVA': Student producer fired for asking hard questions
A student journalist at UVA was fired for asking hard questions of UVA interim President Paul Mahoney and refusing to apologize.
augustafreepress.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I was not aware of this story, and I'm guessing that the University of Virginia wanted it that way augustafreepress.com/news/shame-o...
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Similar to the US right, the Brazilian right is also telling young people that university degrees are worthless and that you should go to trade school instead.
Just as in the US, these conservative elites will tell their *own* children to go to university and to never work in the trades.
Just as in the US, these conservative elites will tell their *own* children to go to university and to never work in the trades.
Durante evento para anunciara expansão do ensino técnico no estado de São Paulo, o governador Tarcísio de Freitas afirmou “diploma tem cada vez menos relevância”. Segundo ele, a justificativa seria que o mercado está cada "vez menos interessado" na formação acadêmica.
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Similar to the US right, the Brazilian right is also telling young people that university degrees are worthless and that you should go to trade school instead.
Just as in the US, these conservative elites will tell their *own* children to go to university and to never work in the trades.
Just as in the US, these conservative elites will tell their *own* children to go to university and to never work in the trades.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.