Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf

Local organizers compare ICE and Israel In fall 2024, Eli Newell (Communication ’18), a Rabbinic-Cantorial student and organizer, traveled to Burin, a village in the northern West Bank, during the region’s olive harvest. There, Newell said ...

Happy to have spoken at this event about the evil of ICE and what it has in common with the tactics used against Palestinians. Imperial boomerang is very real, folks.

Confronting Islamophobia

My new book - Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice - just got a new website. Want to read an excerpt or buy the book? Interested in booking us as speakers? Want to learn more? It's all there.

You too can make a big difference for us by requesting our book - Confronting Islamophobia in the Church - at your local, theological, or academic library. Help us spread the word about faith-based response to Islamophobia and building a pluralistic democracy!

Help us spread this message and maybe change a little part of the world. It's a labor of love for us.

Local organizers compare ICE and Israel In fall 2024, Eli Newell (Communication ’18), a Rabbinic-Cantorial student and organizer, traveled to Burin, a village in the northern West Bank, during the region’s olive harvest. There, Newell said ...

Happy to have spoken at this event about the evil of ICE and what it has in common with the tactics used against Palestinians. Imperial boomerang is very real, folks.

Help us spread this message and maybe change a little part of the world. It's a labor of love for us.

Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice - Kindle edition by Piela, Anna, Woolf, Michael. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice.

I just found out that the ebook for my new book Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice is available now. If that's your prefered format, please consider supporting our work to build a pluralistic democracy.

Awesome panel talk by @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social on ICE cruelty. "We are fighting the Devil here." The event is titled "From the West Bank to ICE: How the US and Israel Collaborate on Violence and Surveillance" in #Evanston #Illinois #PalestineWillBeFree

The Line From Enslaver Missionaries to an ICE Pastor - Word&Way In 1845, a group of pro-slavery Baptists created the Southern Baptist Convention to defend enslavers serving as missionaries. One hundred and eighty years later, SBC leaders defend a pastor serving as...

There's a theological through line from the Southern Baptist Convention forming to defend enslavers serving as missionaries to today as SBC leaders defend a pastor serving as an ICE leader.
wordandway.org/2026/01/23/t...

I haven't read this yet, though I will. I'm reposting because it seems as if it might be a very helpful resource for Christian congregations.

Confronting Islamophobia

My new book - Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice - just got a new website. Want to read an excerpt or buy the book? Interested in booking us as speakers? Want to learn more? It's all there.

We are fighting the Devil. It’s that simple. I don’t know what else to call evil in physical form like this.

Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice - Kindle edition by Piela, Anna, Woolf, Michael. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice.

I just found out that the ebook for my new book Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice is available now. If that's your prefered format, please consider supporting our work to build a pluralistic democracy.

We are fighting the Devil. It’s that simple. I don’t know what else to call evil in physical form like this.

We hope you will join us there. It's going to be a great time!

Hey, thank you! We really appreciate this.

You too can make a big difference for us by requesting our book - Confronting Islamophobia in the Church - at your local, theological, or academic library. Help us spread the word about faith-based response to Islamophobia and building a pluralistic democracy!

We hope you will join us there. It's going to be a great time!

A graphic for the event with the book cover for “Confronting Islamophobia in the Church” and Anna Piela and Michael Woolf’s headshot beside it. Details below: Anna Piela and Michael Woolf on “Confronting Islamophobia in the Church” and in conversation with Tariq El-Amin. This event is on Tuesday, February 3rd at 6:00pm at Hyde Park Union Church — 5600 S Woodlawn Ave.

The “it’s more likely than you think” meme but it reads “Anti-fascist Baptists in my area? It’s more likely than you think. Free PC check!”

Anna Piela (@annapiela.bsky.social) and Michael Woolf (@revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social) on “Confronting Islamophobia in the Church” on Feb. 3rd at 6:00pm at Hyde Park Union Church — MY HOME CHURCH!!!

So many Baptist ministers suck. These ones vehemently do not. Iman Tariq El-Amin will be there too.

Baptists split over slavery in 1845 & theological divide still exists. American (Northern) Baptist pastor @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social has been on front line of protests against ICE in IL (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/baptist-pa...) while a Southern Baptist pastor is an ICE leader in MN:

Imagine writing this for your grandchildren to find. “What did you find out for your genealogy project?” “My ancestors were fascists who cheered on authoritarianism even when the country was finally waking up to the moral implications of these crimes!” Like finding out Grandpa was in the KKK.

Imagine writing this for your grandchildren to find. “What did you find out for your genealogy project?” “My ancestors were fascists who cheered on authoritarianism even when the country was finally waking up to the moral implications of these crimes!” Like finding out Grandpa was in the KKK.

Growing up, I thought that the commandment not to take God’s name in vain was about saying goddamn, but this is what that commandment was talking about. Keep God’s name out of your mouth when you do your disgusting fascist deeds.

I have given up on every faith-based institution that has not articulated that abolishing ICE is a core theological commitment. Anything less is moral cowardice at this point. They wonder why no one cares about church anymore? So much handwringing/meetings, but the answer is simple - give a damn.

YouTube video by Brian Kaylor Testimony Against Anti-Muslim Bills in Missouri Senate

This week, 2 Missouri senators pushed legislation to "ban Sharia law." Of course, judges already have to follow state & U.S. constitutions, so I went to testify against this anti-Muslim bigotry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5_c...

fascist enabling. But yes, dead too. 😂

I have given up on every faith-based institution that has not articulated that abolishing ICE is a core theological commitment. Anything less is moral cowardice at this point. They wonder why no one cares about church anymore? So much handwringing/meetings, but the answer is simple - give a damn.

Thank you! Let’s get this in some theological and local libraries!

No I'm sorry. Our publisher is small. There will be an ebook available next week, though!

This is exactly how things were in my context growing up- super religious sanctimonious and then awful hatred.