The Maccabees, the Qumran community, religious thought at its very best inspires justice, radical freedom, compassion and emancipation

Taken at the word of religious writings we see this all over the place. Moses led his people from enslavement. Mary was a vocal antifacist. Jesus was executed for revolutionary sedition.

Whatever your feelings religiously, I want you to fall in love with the powerful, revolutionary figures often inherent in religious and cultural stories.

Good Friday and the Easter story is ultimately one of Indigenous Palestinian resistance against a violent colonial power.

Very excited to see a new volume on Slavic Native Faith by Kaarina Aitamurto and Scott Simpson published in @universitypress.cambridge.org's Elements in New Religious Movements series - currently free to download! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The Myth of Sudden Change: How the First Woman Archbishop Got There The network that prepared women to lead the Church of England — before the church was ready.

The network that prepared women to lead the Church of England — before the church was ready.

On the eve of Passover, most US Jews oppose the war in Iran (RNS) — The poll suggests a growing rift between American Jews and Israeli Jews who have thus far supported the Iran war.

(RNS) — The poll suggests a growing rift between American Jews and Israeli Jews who have thus far supported the Iran war.

Gonna take a page from Great Oma’s book and stop taking hot showers because they feel nice and are therefor sinful

Judge rejects Johnson Amendment settlement, keeping ban on pastors endorsing candidates (RNS) — The ruling caps a decades-long battle to overturn a ban on houses of worship endorsing candidates.

(RNS) — The ruling caps a decades-long battle to overturn a ban on houses of worship endorsing candidates.

I’ve neglected this account so its time to revive it I think

Full moon glowing behind swirling clouds with a dark church steeple silhouetted in the foreground. Text says: Three days to honor the dead. Halloween, or "All Hallows’ Eve", begins the Christian tradition of Allhallowtide on 31 October.

Three days, three traditions: Allhallowtide links Halloween, All Saints’ Day, and All Souls’ Day.

Also called Hallowtide or Allsaintstide, it is a three‑day Western Christian season. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

A photograph showing a memorial candle, with several smaller devotional candles burning directly behind.

We are made from dust and to dust we must return.

Ashes to ashes, earth to earth, dust to dust.

May those still with us find peace & comfort and may those who have departed be met with abundant love and rest eternal.

#AllSoulsDay

I posted a favourite saint thread on my other account; check it out!

so much of the Bible takes place in Egypt and yet there's not a single mummy attack during any of those arcs, in case you were still under the illusion that prophets care about what the fandom wants

Is religion's power on its way back in the USA? A growing number of Americans say yes. (RNS) — A new study found that about a third of Americans say religion’s influence in society is growing — up more than 10 percentage points from a year earlier.

The report also found that a growing number of Americans (59%) said they have a net-positive view of religion’s role in society, up from 49% in 2022.
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Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.

Absolute legends: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

LGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new feeling of welcome VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several LGBTQ+ groups participated in the pilgrimage, which was listed in the Vatican’s official calendar of events for the Holy Year, the once-every-quarter century celebration…

Several LGBTQ+ groups participated in the pilgrimage, which was listed in the Vatican’s official calendar of events for the Holy Year, the once-every-quarter century celebration of Catholicism.
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Why the King James Version likely isn’t for you YouTube video by Dan McClellan

Why the King James Version likely isn’t for you
#maklelan2878
youtu.be/UhX4qVKUgFQ

Tl;dr: Shaming those who hope their oppressor will die is wildly out of touch with the lived realities of powerless people who face oppression.

Maybe it isn't good for our souls, but it's better than believing we deserve to be oppressed. It's better than acceptance.

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Once I was talking to a priest friend about how I don't like Lent, and she told me that for many marginalized communities it's a time to remember that oppressors are mortal.

"Dust you are, and to dust will you return" applies to the rich and powerful as well as the poor and vulnerable.

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Blessed Acutis is now officially Saint Acutis, making him officially the very first Millenial saint.

This is a really fun list! The first section is free, but I recommend subscribing for the rest!

Mirror selfie of me shirtless. The band of grey sweatpants is visible

There was a French folk saint called St Foutin who was an unofficial patron of fertility and virility. Devotees would pray for healing by engraving waxen images of genitalia and suspending them from the ceiling (to the chagrin of regular worshippers).

The Eye, the Flame, and the Shield: Protection in American Folk Magic - Paganism, Perspectives, Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - In magic we strive to fulfill our mundane needs in a magical way. Using herbs, stones, bones, or other curio (along with prayer, energy work, and intention) we attempt to con...

In magic we strive to fulfill our mundane needs in a magical way. Using herbs, stones, bones, or other curio (along with prayer, energy work, and intention) we attempt to conjure forth the hidden spiritual properties within those items to create an environment that…

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In Chinese folk culture, when two trees grow together, their branches entwining as one, they are called Lianli Trees (连理树)—symbols of eternal love and unbreakable bond. Also known as Xiangsi Trees (相思树), "couple trees," or "life-and-death trees," they represent not only romantic devotion 1/2

As Germany’s far right builds ties with US conservatives, churches push back BERLIN (RNS) — Catholic and Protestant leaders are challenging a connection built on a common rejection of immigrants.

This is a fascinating insight into how differently the churches in Germany have reacted to the far right compared to the United States

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Been thinking a lot about how to best use this account but I am planning to do more with it! Stay tuned!

Selfie of me in a red tank top and ball cap in front of an exposed brick wall

Many religions and mythologies have triads of gods, but the concept of a triple deity is also surprisingly prevalent. A triple god or goddess is a deity who has 3 distinct aspects, or three deities who function as one.

You maybe be familiar with the best know classical example; The Fates.

Image shows a chromolithograph trade card based on a black and white photo taken of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. He is dressed in ceremonial attire, including a pointed yellow hat, and sits behind an ornate dais on a platform decorated with devotional paintings and flowers.

The first photograph of a Dalai Lama was taken in 1921; it depicts “the Great Thirteenth,” Tubten Gyatso (1876–1933).

The image was published in various Western media, even making its way on to a multicolor lithograph trade card for the German company Liebig in 1935.
🗃️ 📜 #Tibet

I should probably actually use this account instead of being lazy