This week in religion…
AI Trump models new healthcare wardrobe
VP Vance tells the Pope to be careful doing theology
Sean Hannity isn’t sure the Pope has even read the Bible
Hegseth leads a “prayer” plagerizing Samuel L. Jackson’s monologue from Pulp Fiction as if it was actually in the Bible
Short...no, wait, verbatim JD Vance: “I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.” www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/area...
I’m pretty sure that Jesus was weak on crime and weak on nuclear weapons, too.
Oh, and regarding the stock market, he said “sell all you have and give the money to the poor.”
Got to talk Durin with @trippfuller.bsky.social and Will Rose for @systematicgeek.bsky.social. When someone asks a Tolkien fan to lore dump, is does the heart good podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Well worth your time to listen.
Here's @trippfuller.bsky.social on how Metaxas managed what I'd have thought an impossible trick, against the scholarly consensus, eliciting a protest from Bonhoeffer's surviving family/...
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It was fantastic to be at @wakediv.bsky.social to speak about the "Future(s) of Liberation Theology.
@trippfuller.bsky.social @robertellsberg.bsky.social @orbisbooks.bsky.social
Warning: Incoming hot take
Why is @trippfuller.bsky.social cracking me up… and in a tent? 😂
🎧 Watch my convo with Tripp on The Sacred Slope: youtu.be/PH-R48JHHs8?...
🍻 Coming to @theologybeercamp in October? I am! See you there: theologybeer.camp
#deconstruction #progressiveclergy #mainline
@trippfuller.bsky.social & @thomasjayoord.bsky.social Had another fun & smart theology conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckEw...
🎙️ 16. Tripp Fuller (Theologian, Pastor & Keeper of Chickens) - Deconstruction Can Be Holy, Healing, and Even Joyful @trippfuller.bsky.social
Full Episode: youtu.be/PH-R48JHHs8?...
#Deconstruction #ProgressiveChristianity #Christianity #Reconstruction #Exvangelical #Theology #Pastors
Tripp Fuller @trippfuller.bsky.social shares thoughtful advice for parents navigating faith questions when you’re still figuring things out too
episode:
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🍻 And if you love Tripp’s work - come to @theologybeercamp
I’ll be there too!
#Christianity #deconstruction
The loudest version of Christianity in U.S. politics is not the global norm
Theology Beer Camp reminds me of that
I'll be there this year - how about you? Oct 8–10. theologybeer.camp
Episode with @trippfuller.bsky.social from Homebrewed Christianity drops soon
#Christianity #deconstruction
This is a good and thought provoking video essay. I think @trippfuller.bsky.social is right to suggest Trump is very much promoting a post-Christian nationalism that harkens back to a specific aesthetic of empire. I don't think it's perfect though. 🧵
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#keepinghopealive with Rev. Jackson
@trippfuller.bsky.social
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“Those who claim Bonhoeffer’s mantle today are, in fact, the very people he was writing against.” @trippfuller.bsky.social
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Being envious is a toxin. Instead take joy in the success of others and treat their success as your gain. Celebrating the success of others costs you nothing, and increases the happiness of everyone, including you. #excellentadvice
Yikes!
JFC.
@vjbarnett.bsky.social, @jeffreycpugh.bsky.social, @trippfuller.bsky.social, et al.
I enjoyed this discussion between @trippfuller.bsky.social & @dwcongdon.com. I wish I knew where to find discussions of political & theological liberalism vs postliberalism and the critique of neoliberalism capitalism as they play out in Canada as opposed to the US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmP...
With all the moral chaos and confusion haunting our national soul, I wish every Christian in the United States would read or listen to @trippfuller.bsky.social's reflection on how we managed to get here as a nation of aspiring Jesus-followers.
Another sad piece of evidence for @taddelay.bsky.social's thesis that evangelicals don't oppose state violence or brutality, they just want to be the ones doing it.
I’ve said it before: we will win by forcing these reactionaries, against their will, to have healthcare, housing, meaningful work with dignity. They will confront the horror of good family relationships and fulfilling life as sources of scarcity-thinking to which fascism appears are disabled
“We cannot comfort ourselves with the belief that real Christianity is somehow separate from what’s happening politically… The church is not the antidote. For white evangelicals, it appears to be the incubator.”— @trippfuller.bsky.social
Why does this feel even more relevant than when I ordered it?
But now I know it's also a book on this list: bsky.app/profile/trip...
FT Column by Ed Luce: Second, adding Greenland to his column would be lucrative. Trump’s libertarian friends have been eyeing it for some time. Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered “network states” on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal. Silicon Valley is awash with billionaires invested in one kind of networked venture or another. Greenland is high on most lists. Unlike Mars, occupying Greenland is doable.
Why Greenland?
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
Oh wow they actually did it. Too much gender in Plato
I read 97 books in 2025. Here are the 23 I keep thinking about with short notes about each book.
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