“All this modern music is so filthy”
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10.03.2026 07:37
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The Dukes of Hazard (not a song, but my rules allow it)
This week’s lecture has a scene-setting slide that covers the English Civil War entitled “Religion - nothing to lose your head over”
It’s only fair if they are pitching and hitting either a bouncy ball, or better yet, a rubber multi-sided shape that would bounce at random
Bilbo
Silky
Radagast
World book day (a day late because their school wisely puts such activities on a Friday)
Left - Radagast
Middle - Silky the Pixie
Right - Bilbo Baggins
The Armageddon stuff hasn’t been - as far as I’ve seen - too much of a feature of Christian nationalist dialogue in the last few years. More surprises
The best thing about lecturing on the Reformation is the songs you can use as slide titles
Stairway to Heaven
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Faith
I’m a Believer
Hammer Time
Nine-ty Five
Personal Jesus
Paradise City
I hope the world seemed in tune as you sang
Spring is here, spring is here
Life is skittles and life is beer
It’s maybe practice - the activity of belief - but also a confidence in the object of your belief? Abraham was a “father of the faith(s)” but then that praying lady is a woman of faith?
I’d say that religion is the formalised entity (eg Christianity) but faith is where it interacts with a person or community (eg I am a Christian). And then belief would be the shared or individual confessions (eg I believe in the Father…)
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Sure - thanks, good idea!
Thank you, that’s really helpful. I just don’t want to appear (or worse, be!) one of those bully academics. But it’s also ok to disagree I guess. Thank you
I have no basis to judge him as a scholar, good or bad - I hope he’s good! I may look to write a response in the same publication. This is helpful, thanks
Who has said this?
This is very Hot Fuzz
It’s partly because I refute their ideology - they’re using their academic knowledge to advocate for a position I deeply disagree with
By popular, I mean written for a popular audience. Evangelicals Now - not massive circulation, but public in a certain sector
Any advice please? I want to push back, but not kick down
Genuine question - a PhD student wrote a popular article that I deeply disagree with (it was pro Christian nationalism), but I don’t want to do a social media pile on. I’m a salaried PhD with a much larger following, so am aware of power dynamics. But he’s discussed his piece on social media
Also, if you’re a tax-evading billionaire and you need to lie about immigrants because they’re somehow a threat to the country you apparently love, pay your taxes here and pay your workers
Anyway, to love another person is to see the face of God
Conversations around immigration are necessary, but the language matters. I hate that I live in a country where the far right is part of the national debate. Farage, Lowe, Ratcliffe, Braverman, et al, have poisoned us
“To love another person is to see the face of God”
One the most insidious things the anti-immigration voices have done is reduced immigrants to their economic output. And so I hear myself wanting to say “but this person does XYZ”. No, they’re people who are intrinsically deserve respect and dignity