Jacob J. Erickson

Pulitzer Prize Winner on Trump Climate Policy & Bill Gates’ Climate Reversal | Amanpour and Company The COP30 climate conference is where world leaders try to hammer out solutions to the growing climate crisis. This year the U.S. also boycotted that gathering. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eliza...

Thanks so much to @nowhari.bsky.social for a great interview on COP30, Bill Gates, my new book, and more.

If you have ever liked one of my posts, please help a boy out and listen to my podcast? Or share it with a friend? Or just play episode each muted so I get the streams? It’s Books Up Close on all platforms. I’ll send you a cake/gift/hug if you do.

Press conference at COP30: Faith voices at COP30 call for strong climate action as a moral duty - ACT Alliance

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Faith voices at COP30 call for strong climate action as a moral duty

We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change!

Find out more: actalliance.org/act-news/pr...
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Postdoc in Migration Studies (2 years) We are looking for a candidate who, during two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, wishes to develop their independence as a researcher and contribute

Open postdoc position (2 years) in religion and migration in my ERC project ”Faith-Based Refugee Relief in Europe: Connecting the Empirical and the Ethical”. Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - come work in a fabulous team!

Special Issue: The Bible after José Esteban Muñoz bibleandcriticaltheory.com/volume-21-no...

#climate #lgbtqia #gender #justice #theology #liberation #ecotheology #queertheology

@tcddublin.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Study Theology and Social Justice at Trinity College Dublin. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The webinar will feature talks from course lecturers and current students. You will also have the chance to ask questions on admissions, course content, student experience, and future employability an...

Interested in how theology intersects with real-world issues of justice and ethics?

Join our M.Phil in Theology and Social Justice webinar on Tues 11 Nov at 6.30pm (Irish Time).

You'll hear from lecturers & students and can take part in a Q&A. Register:

tcd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In act of reparation, Franciscan sisters return land to Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin They sold it for about 1% of its appraised value of $2.6 million value, citing their role in colonialism and residential boarding schools.

In act of reparation, Franciscan sisters return land to Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin www.globalsistersreport.org/act-reparati...

Transgender Perspectives on the Bible therevealer.org/podcast/epis...

I had a great time talking about creating and saving the world at Theology beer camp! Special thanks to Bo, Grace, and Jake for being great copanelists. And thanks to Mark Umstot for this photo!

What better time to talk theology, creation, and climate justice. Thanks to theology beer camp for such an enlivening weekend.

A letter from Bishops of the ELCA to the Church — East Central Synod of Wisconsin - ELCA Beloved in Christ, Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we write to you in this moment of nationa...

Therefore, as bishops of this church, we declare that the ELCA cannot be silent. Our call is clear:

To resist systems and ideologies, including Christian Nationalism, that oppress, dehumanize, or erase.

www.ecsw.org/news/a-lette...

Chicago Pastor Shot by ICE speaks to CNN in first TV interview: ‘We could hear them laughing.’ | CNN Reverend David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while pra...

Reverend David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to CNN's Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility. www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u...

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Largest US Lutheran denomination installs first Black presiding bishop Rev. Yehiel Curry succeeds Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, who served for 12 years and was the first woman to lead the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Largest US Lutheran denomination installs first Black presiding bishop

www.npr.org/2025/10/04/n...

Sarah Mullally become first female Archbishop of Canterbury - BBC News Pidgin Di Church don dey witout someone for di top job for almost one year afta Justin Welby resign sake of safeguarding scandal.

Sarah Mullally become first female Archbishop of Canterbury www.bbc.com/pidgin/artic...

Hard to overstate how transformative Jane Goodall was as a scientist.

She took the best of the scientific method--empirical observation--and used it to push back on existing scientific orthodoxies.

Pope Leo XIV enters US political fray, challenging 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The first American pope weighed in on a controversy roiling the Chicago diocese, telling journalists the Catholic Church’s political positions include more than opposing abortion.

Pope Leo XIV enters US political fray, challenging "inhuman treatment of immigrants" —> religionnews.com/2025/10/01/p...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know.

A great soul if ever there was one
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Jane Goodall has died at 91.

Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO

Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live The campaigner, a

Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91

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National Day of Remembrance for Indian boarding schools - Living Lutheran

National Day of Remembrance for Indian boarding schools www.livinglutheran.org/2025/09/oran...

'We survived, we are resilient': Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools Tuesday is Orange Shirt Day, when communities honor the survivors of U.S. Indian boarding schools and their descendants.

'We survived, we are resilient': Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

Excited to be presenting with @billieiswriting.bsky.social, @tamicenamaespeaks.bsky.social, and @orthoparadoxy.bsky.social at Theology Beer Camp this October!

Theology Beer Camp 2025

And, if you are interested in Homebrewed Christianity's Theology Beer Camp, you can find info on the weekend here:
www.theologybeercamp2025.com?utm_source=s...

This is a summary of my Theology Beer Camp lecture. For the full lecture, see this link... thomasjayoord759927.substack.com/p/creating-a...

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy

YES to @roxanegay.bsky.social: In "this framework, incivility is refusing to surrender to hatred, refusing to smile politely at someone who doesn’t consider you their equal, refusing to carve away the seemingly unpalatable parts of yourself until there is nothing left." #politics #justice #activism

‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land.

‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...