Eugene R. Schlesinger

a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america ' ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

I just avoided taking some Archbishop of Canterbury bait on Facebook.

Violence, Rhetoric, and Truth Call a spade a spade and the Trump administration fascist

There’s much bigger news on Al Gore‘s internet today, but I did write a little something about how I’m going to keep calling MAGA fascist.

Things are pretty grim out there what with the downfall of the constitutional order and the ramped up regime consolidation, but at least we got new nine inch nails last week.
I'm not sure if I have plans to watch the Tron movie (Leto plus Disney? 🤢), but the soundtrack can get it.

Not everyone who disagrees with me is a Nazi. That's for sure. But there's 100% some Nazi shit going on in this administration.

He's a Thomas so there's really no excuse.

Maybe in the section on "supernatural contemplation" he'll get there.

I'm reading Marie-Dominique Chenu's dissertation on contemplation, and it's driving home just how psychological analogy pilled I've become, because I keep wanting to grab his shoulders and say, "Okay, now make the trinitarian connection explicit!"

I appreciate the shout out.

Yes, the book tries to disentangle a unity grounded in Christ, which embraces difference and even (serious) disagreement from ”crucifying unities,” which come at the expense of vulnerable communities.

And @schlesingene.bsky.social taking us into imagining the future of creedal faith.

See you soon! It’s the worst setting for a conference because all anyone’s going to want to do is go out for ouzo and roasted feta, instead of learning from each other.

And that there are Christianities that insist on beating swords into plowshares, insisting that no human life is expendable, and working to raise up those who are being crucified.

there are Christianities that kill—calling for public executions of political opponents like the one that Jesus suffered, insisting that it's better for there to be any number of deaths by shooting in order to preserve access to guns.

Lift High the Cross - The Living Church If a theology of the cross leaves the powerful unchallenged, it’s a theology narrated from the perspective of Pilate, not the Nazarene.

I wrote this essay in anticipation of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. After this week's news cycle if feels distressingly more salient than when I was drafting it. ⚓

I kind of think that you could give yourself permission to take care of yourself on a day like this one.

(Typed while trying to gin up the motivation to get back to writing…)

Harvard Is Told Research Money Could Flow Again, for Now

This appears to be significant news.

(Trump team restoring some/many Harvard research grants. After Harvard stood up, and won sweeping judgment in court.)

Everything is day by day, but worth noting this development.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

I think one of the strongest pedagogical skills faculty can develop is *both* a willingness to let student questions or ideas launch their classes in these new directions *and* an improvisational flexibility with the material, so that curricular goals can still be met even on unexpected paths

Growth mindset and contentment with *process* are important watchwords!

Reminding myself "Every draft starts out really rough and disjointed and doesn't feel like it's going to be any good. The important thing right now is to get some words out there. You'll make the words good ones later."

And boy do I need that reminder.

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr

it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.

This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.

May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.

Now I wish that more of my books were in that database! (Can’t tell if I’m joking….)

I’m planning on that myself!

Watching Final Destination Bloodlines with my teenager. Two things:

1) It’s a lot of fun.

2) It really fucking sucks that reality is so grim that this feels like a light-hearted escape.

MARIE-DOMINIQUE CHENU demonstrates how a once condemned theologian influenced the major shifts of twentieth-century #Catholicism and reveals the relevance of his thought for contemporary #Theology.

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It always feels worse when it was someone I respected.

I saw this post earlier, thought to myself, "Damn, not again," and didn't investigate any further (because it's all too common anyway). Then, just now, I saw the news that it's probably responding to, and felt my heart sink so suddenly and profoundly. Ugh.

M. Shaun Copeland has spent her whole damn life arguing for equality and the oppressed, and she was gracious enough to tolerate me showing up late to the party and unprepared. I will treat others with grace out of perpetual gratitude. And in case you think grace is not also judgment: buddy, it IS.

Gross. John 10 and Romans 8 would like a word….