David Dault

Hey, good people. I will be delivering an online lecture series every Monday evening in March: “Dignified Agency: Queer Theology in the Spirit of Pope Francis.” I hope you will consider joining, Thank you!

https://epay.luc.edu/C20996_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=7717&SINGLESTORE=true

Thank you! Luck favors the prepared, but it was a lot of luck :)

A friend of mine from college is/was the "Fuck You" Dad, and he has learned some great stuff about virality...

How I became the “Fuck You” Dad A year ago I went viral. To know how is to ask why.

A year ago I had a post “go viral,” getting millions of views and engagements. My latest essay talks about that — how I did it, and more importantly, why. I welcome your thoughts and responses. If you enjoy this, pls share it. Thanks!

https://daviddault.substack.com/p/how-i-became-the-fuck-you-dad

Review: The Accessorized Bible - Word&Way Drawing on cutting-edge work in biblical studies and ethics, David Dault makes the case that the recent rise in Christian Nationalism and religious violence demands new approaches to scriptural interp...

Our latest review from @drbobcornwall.bsky.social covers the ethical implications of how we use scripture as explored in @daultradio.bsky.social’s new book “The Accessorized Bible” (@yalepress.bsky.social).

Apologies for the confusion! I was waiting for the link to be live. It is now on the episode page, and I will post the link here. Thanks!

https://epay.luc.edu/C20996_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=7717&SINGLESTORE=true

The Accessorized Bible (David Dault) - A Review A blog about Christianity, theology, religion and public life.

Review: "The Accessorized Bible" by @daultradio.bsky.social (@yalepress.bsky.social). Bibles are books serving as platforms, communities, & accessories requiring moral seriousness and an ethical mindset.
www.bobcornwall.com/2026/02/the-... #ccdoc #booksky #theosky @erbks.bsky.social

Rogue Empire I think I've seen this film before, and I didn't like the ending

In this week’s essay, I am grappling with the ways that our long American history of violent colonialism is coming home to roost. I hope you read it, and I hope you share it. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Thank you.

https://daviddault.substack.com/p/rogue-empire

This Is Not Church Podcast Christianity Podcast · Updated Weekly · This Is Not Church podcast offers a compelling and thought-provoking exploration of the intersections between deconstruction, activism, spirituality, and the LG...

🎙️ New episode drop!
Nat, Bethany, and Jon are joined by @daultradio.bsky.social for a rich, thoughtful conversation about his book The Accessorized Bible (published by @yalepress.bsky.social and available now).

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“Well, if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again.”

-Sojourner Truth, 1851

It's not just "stand up to ICE when you see them," it's building many vast networks of support and trust to
- create safe spaces
- protect schools
- get kids TO school
- check on neighbors
- deliver groceries
- help pay the rent
- let people know of danger
- feed the helpers, too!
- and on and on

Adding the first woman’s name to a list that starts at 597 AD. Does that matter? Yeah, it does.

ICE just stole a person from my town. They did it too quickly for activists to mobilize, but we're still fighting. I can't be on the streets for medical reasons so I'm doing quieter work like going to school board meetings and donating supplies and $ to activists and the families of the victims.

And also, ICE is doing much of their kidnappings not in big cities but in suburbs and rural communities. There's a pretty good chance that they're near your city right now snatching people. Minneapolis is on the news, but 90% of ICE isn't. Get involved in your own community NOW.

Yeah, so Collins told Trump this could cost her re-election, so they just pulled back, because they know that removing dangerous people from the country was never really the mission, it was always just about terrorizing anyone who stood up to Trump.

Thor and Hamilton What can characters tell us about the world?

This week’s essay is a little weird. I’m trying to extend some of the ideas I had in The Accessorized Bible about “parasociality.” I welcome you to think along with me. Thank you as always for your kind attention.

https://daviddault.substack.com/p/thor-and-hamilton

My latest essay, in which I attempt to think with my friend @daviddark.bsky.social about his ideas regarding the “prayer trade” and the “God grift”

https://daviddault.substack.com/p/a-question-for-david-dark

My regular reminder to myself that nobody owes me a like, nobody owes me a follow, and nobody owes me a conversation.

Grateful!! Eager to hear your thoughts!

When your special orders come
into @thebookshopnash.bsky.social, & the lovely staff have them waiting at the counter for you (& after your serendipitous hellos w/looong-time friends), you create an impromptu display & celebrate, of course!

(esp. when one of the books is by @daultradio.bsky.social!)

I want parents to stop saying “nobody taught me how to be a parent”

Yes somebody tried

Your children!

All you had to do was respect our humanity and listen to things we were telling about what we liked and what we didn’t and just consider our feelings and opinions

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

"Go Set the World On Fire" Ignatian Spirituality as a "Listening Spirituality"

My latest essay is a lecture I wrote for the opening session of my course in Ignatian Spirituality, which started this week at Loyola University Chicago Institute of Pastoral Studies. I hope you enjoy it, & if you do, please share. Thanks!

https://daviddault.substack.com/p/go-set-the-world-on-fire

This conversation with @daultradio.bsky.social looks at the Bible as a physical object and how it gets weaponized to protect power or used to make life more possible.

How we read the Bible is always a moral act.

Listen now: pod.link/1566243892

The Accessorized Bible Drawing on cutting-edge work in biblical studies and ethics, David Dault explores how bibles shape and are shaped by contemporary culture   The recent rise ...

Dear friends and opponents! If you have a podcast, and would be willing to have me as a guest, I would very much like to come on your show and talk about my new book, The Accessorized Bible. Thanks and let’s please be in touch!

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300153125/the-accessorized-bible/

Failing upward "That means we lose. And lose, and lose, and lose ... Until we're ready." - Luthen Rael, Andor, season 2

Well past the deadline, The Late World re-emerges! With a new long post! Enjoy!

https://lateworld.substack.com/p/failing-upward

Capitalist realism, failed revolutions, pathological phantasy, and palliative hope "From a situation in which nothing can happen, suddenly everything is possible again" - Mark Fisher

This is my latest essay about the pathology quadrilateral. It draws on ideas from Mark Fisher, Hannah Arendt, Timothy Beal, Burke Gerstenschlager, and others. As always, I welcome your responses. Thank you! #philosophy

https://daviddault.substack.com/p/capitalist-realism-failed-revolutions

Truth, Justice, and the Way - Episode 6: Hope Is The Weaknesses of Superman (Not Kryptonite) Listen now | Truth, Justice, and the Way: Superman and Spirituality Podcast

New episode of our Superman podcast is out:

https://supermanpodcast.substack.com/p/truth-justice-and-the-way-episode-700

Artificial Intelligence in an Ignatian context Reflecting on "deep learning" though a Jesuit lens

As I prepare for my spring classes, I am trying to think about “artificial intelligence” the way a Jesuit would. I welcome your comments and thoughts. Thank you!

https://daviddault.substack.com/p/artificial-intelligence-in-an-ignatian

So, you ask, if they can’t just do a simple thing like release the files as the law requires, how can we trust them to do hard things like run the economy and keep us safe?

The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.