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Russell T. McCutcheon
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I’m University Research Professor in the Study of Religion and was a longtime Dept Chair but now teach, read, write, and have opinions on the fate of higher ed.

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Russell Tracey McCutcheon is a Canadian religion scholar who earned a PhD in religious studies from the University of Toronto in 1995.

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Political science 38%
Philosophy 26%
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North American Association for the Study of Religion @naasr.bsky.social · 4h
Our next NAASR Conversation is coming up on February 26th at 2PM EST. Join Russell McCutcheon, Michael Graziano, and Leslie Dorrough Smith for Program Restructuring 1!

ua-edu.zoom.us/j/86001616004

#religiousstudies #naasr #naasrconversation #religion #university #highered

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 21h
Who’s a good boi…?

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 22h
“The Department of Religious Studies at Loyola University New Orleans invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Christianity, beginning August 1, 2026.”

www.schooljobs.com/careers/loyn...
Career Opportunities | Career Opportunities
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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 2d
And it's a hard road
it's a hard road
daddy-o
When my job is turning
lead into gold

- Van Morrison, 1998

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 4d
@seedpods.bsky.social has been working with many of our students for several years to produce a brand new initiative. Go see. #decodingdiaspora

decodingdiaspora.org

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 5d
Classification matters.
russbengtson.bsky.social burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 6d
i keep seeing "protestors" referred to again and again in ICE coverage and I wish the media would understand that is right-wing framing and just call them what they actually are which is *residents*

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 6d
i keep seeing "protestors" referred to again and again in ICE coverage and I wish the media would understand that is right-wing framing and just call them what they actually are which is *residents*

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 6d
Are we winning yet…?

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 6d
Yes indeed, as a kid I called hooded sweaters a Dino, before “hoodie” caught on. Maybe we could work to normalizing them as Dinos…? Whadya say…?
a cartoon of flintstone laying on the ground with a dinosaur on his back
ALT: a cartoon of flintstone laying on the ground with a dinosaur on his back
media.tenor.com

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 6d
Who gets to count as your neighbor has been & continues to be hotly debated… The entire hermeneutical tradition is largely about finessing the application. @maklelan.bsky.social — agreed?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d
The hits just keep on coming.

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 7d
A great idea. #TheReligionDepartment @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social #Religionin50Words

www.religiondepartment.com/50

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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 8d
Secure your own squid first before helping others.

(I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)
An airline security card but instead of oxygen masks, it's squid. Just roll with it.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 9d
AAR says they’re working to transfer it to their new site…

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 10d
Repeat to yourself: Severance is just sci-fi fantasy. Severance is just sci-fi fantasy. Severance is just sci-fi fantasy….

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 10d
Olympics coverage is coming so that means the media’s fabricated drama narratives are already filmed, edited & in the can, waiting to make the events interesting to people who aren’t all that interested in the events.
a man in a red and blue suit is sliding down a snow covered slope .
ALT: a man in a red and blue suit is sliding down a snow covered slope .
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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 10d
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:

1. Organic Chemistry
2. Histology
3. Physiology
4. Microbiology
5. Survey of English Lit
jackiantonovich.bsky.social Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 10d
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
bachynski.bsky.social Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 10d
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:

1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 10d
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
bachynski.bsky.social Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 10d
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:

1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10d
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Introduction to Islamic Studies
2. Introduction to Rock Music
3. African Music
4. Arabic 101
5. Southern Politics

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 11d
I had a web version of my intro course long ago. Similar URL.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 11d
Sigh

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 11d
God I love this woman
a woman holding a plate of food with the words you just fold it in
Alt: a woman holding a plate of food with the words you just fold it in
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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 12d
Admit I was never much of a fan of that site. AAR hosted it. New website means they took it down? I’ll nose around.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17d
So the “everyone should be armed” second amendment crowd is using the fact the a man was armed (maybe) as justification?

Is this right?

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 17d
Sorry the free book hasn’t arrived to the other side of the globe as promptly as you wished. It’s on the way to each person.

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 17d
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 20d
Warns…? You can always count on @nytimes.com to spin it to some imagined center.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20d
Listen to “The Headlines,” which brings you the biggest stories of the day from the New York Times reporters who are covering them, all in about 10 minutes.
Canada’s Leader Warns of a ‘Rupture’ in the Global Order, and ICE Is Accused of Killing Detainee
Plus, what’s the point of learning cursive?
nyti.ms

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20d
Listen to “The Headlines,” which brings you the biggest stories of the day from the New York Times reporters who are covering them, all in about 10 minutes.
Canada’s Leader Warns of a ‘Rupture’ in the Global Order, and ICE Is Accused of Killing Detainee
Plus, what’s the point of learning cursive?
nyti.ms

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d
“.. an arsenal of falsehoods, baseless claims and distortions to justify significant policy changes on the economy, immigration and deployments of the military.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 21d
Artificially treating digital resources as scarce is one of the most ridiculous manifestations of end-stage capitalism. I will die on this hill.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21d
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history