Rev. Dr. Matthew J. M. Coomber

Thanks!

Going to have to check this out!

Woman at a protest holding a sign with the Archbishop Desmond Tutu quote, "If you are neutral on situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

An important reminder to myself, fellow clergy, and other socially engaged biblical or theological scholars

(Quote attributed to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, image from Wikimedia)

tbh, looks like the perfect setup for working on a PhD diss

This website update is shared as a reminder that if you are interested in writing for the Anchor Yale Bible Series (a monograph or a commentary) you should contact me and not the previous editor John Collins...

yalebooks.yale.edu/the-anchor-y...

US immigration authorities detain daughter of Korean Episcopal priest - The Korea Times The daughter of a Korean Episcopal priest has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities in New York, despite holding what legal advocates say is valid immigration status — drawing strong condemnat...

The daughter of an Episcopal priest -- the first female Anglican priest in Seoul -- was arrested at immigration court in New York by ICE. Family says she has a visa - www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

Thank you! Slowly but surely

The scene is a wrestling ring. On the mat is one smaller wrestler laying prone on his back. Hovering above him is a massive wrestler in mid-air who is just jumped off the top rope and is about to flop on top of him. The top wrestler is labeled “book of Job.” The prone wrestler is labeled “prosperity gospel.”

Been silent for a while due to terrible bout of Covid & the brain-fog it’s giving me

But I’m thinking clearly enough to know this is going into my Wisdom literature-slides

Indeed.

the only acceptable time to argue with a fascist is if you care about them already (like they're your dad or son or something), they aren't threatening anybody, and there isn't an audience

Well stated, Craig

Drawing of Jesus and an anthropomorphic church sitting in a car with the church at the steering wheel. Jesus says to the church, “Remember when you used to let me drive?”

This hits

Theology From the Execution Room After personally witnessing multiple executions, writer Elizabeth Bruenig gained a new understanding of the crucifixion.

In an interview with Sojourners, writer Elizabeth Bruenig spoke about forgiveness and reconciliation, the crucifixion, and what can be done to finally put an end to state killings. sojo.net/articles/rec...

Thank you! 🙏🏻
After 8hrs of phone-shenanigans, my wife is now off to the pharmacy to get it for me

Down with Covid
Having to spend entire day calling & re-calling pharmacies(plural!) & my insurance to get the Paxlovid my Dr. prescribed

Unacceptable, U.S.

“The Bible in everyday life, for me, means critically questioning my faith”

The book will be out in a month or two, but in the meantime here’s a blog post for @universitypress.cambridge.org about enslavement to God

cambridgeblog.org/2025/07/why-...

His ideas also reflect a seductive aspect of racial supremacy: the idea that “I don’t need to do anything to be great. I’m already superior due to of an aspect of my background”

JD’s ideas—that your ancestors’ status/accomplishments are your own…”it’s in my blood”—have an aristocratic bent that should be antithetical to the “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” mentality of many conservatives

Elevating the Few What JD Vance excludes from the history of the Civil War and immigration.

Really good essay by Prof. Varon (UVA) on what J.D. Vance misunderstands about the pivotal reliance on immigrants (500,000 / 2.1 million soldiers) in the Union army during the Civil War. His brand of nativism is pernicious. As usual? Omission of facts reshapes a narrative completely.

V. helpful article for progressive Christians/clergy

Does anyone know more about altar cards (tabellae secretarum) printed by the Plantin Press in Antwerp?

I’m researching a framed Tridentine set with the imprint Antverpiæ, ex Architypographia Plantiniana, likely ca. 1750-1800(?).

No succes on their website.

#BookHistory #PrintCulture #Plantin

A bit of beauty for your timeline

Here’s to the moms living Gospel

Such heartbreak in these stories of apprehension, detention, and deportation

Danke!

Open access

“Alltagssolidarität” ist my new favorite German word

Important article 👇

Please do (if I may jump in)! I would very much like to read it

YouTube video by Dan McClellan Responding to DHS propaganda

Responding to DHS propaganda
#maklelan2789
youtu.be/Vg2pl-gVNS8

Glad this is not the case of my academic institution

Vital that workers across all sectors are part of these discussions, and we’re not, they bust in