Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya)
@alexdemarco.bsky.social
project editor, Baker Academic • nontheistic, polydox Protestant & fledgling Mahayanist • MDiv, Princeton • Reflecting reverently & irreverently on religious stuff & other stuff • I like it when people say things well • Views strictly my own • he/him • 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌿
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Hi! I'm a book editor specializing in Christian theology.
I'm interested in how faith traditions can be vehicles for truth & transformation without presuming their own necessity or superiority.
Expect posts about religious pluralism, Christianity, Buddhism, writing, trees, books, movies, & cats.
I'm interested in how faith traditions can be vehicles for truth & transformation without presuming their own necessity or superiority.
Expect posts about religious pluralism, Christianity, Buddhism, writing, trees, books, movies, & cats.
I'm looking forward to #AARSBL2025 this weekend. I'm especially excited to celebrate with Greg and Edwin their new books, The Essential "City of God" and The Incarnation as God's First Intention, which I had the pleasure of working on with them this past year.
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I'm looking forward to #AARSBL2025 this weekend. I'm especially excited to celebrate with Greg and Edwin their new books, The Essential "City of God" and The Incarnation as God's First Intention, which I had the pleasure of working on with them this past year.
"This is the greatest honor that the soul can pay to God, to leave God to himself and to be free of him."
—Meister Eckhart
—Meister Eckhart
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"This is the greatest honor that the soul can pay to God, to leave God to himself and to be free of him."
—Meister Eckhart
—Meister Eckhart
Apophasis for the masses:
God is neither a man nor upstairs.
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Apophasis for the masses:
God is neither a man nor upstairs.
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
God is neither a man nor upstairs.
"Artworks and religious symbols are not fictions that some primitive intelligence arbitrarily made up. They are reverberations from the ground of being recorded in what we call art and religion."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 69
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 69
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Artworks and religious symbols are not fictions that some primitive intelligence arbitrarily made up. They are reverberations from the ground of being recorded in what we call art and religion."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 69
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 69
"The best way to conserve a tradition is not to be a conservative."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 13
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 13
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"The best way to conserve a tradition is not to be a conservative."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 13
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 13
"If orthodoxy always wins, the Spirit will expire. It will be impossible to make all things new, to announce good news that actually will be new."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 12
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 12
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"If orthodoxy always wins, the Spirit will expire. It will be impossible to make all things new, to announce good news that actually will be new."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 12
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 12
"Radicals are traditionalists, and traditionalists have to be radicals if they want to take the process of transmission seriously, instead of using it as an alibi to cling to the past."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, xv
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, xv
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Radicals are traditionalists, and traditionalists have to be radicals if they want to take the process of transmission seriously, instead of using it as an alibi to cling to the past."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, xv
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, xv
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Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
One person's feeling of absolute dependence is another's perception of emptiness.
And some of us might perceive our emptiness as we feel our absolute dependence and feel our absolute dependence as we perceive our emptiness.
#Buddhism
#Christianity
#Schleiermacher
And some of us might perceive our emptiness as we feel our absolute dependence and feel our absolute dependence as we perceive our emptiness.
#Buddhism
#Christianity
#Schleiermacher
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One person's feeling of absolute dependence is another's perception of emptiness.
And some of us might perceive our emptiness as we feel our absolute dependence and feel our absolute dependence as we perceive our emptiness.
#Buddhism
#Christianity
#Schleiermacher
And some of us might perceive our emptiness as we feel our absolute dependence and feel our absolute dependence as we perceive our emptiness.
#Buddhism
#Christianity
#Schleiermacher
As Charlie Kirk is hailed by many as a missionary-martyr, @dwcongdon.com helps us see "the history of Christian mission and the sordid legacy of Christian imperialism" with fresh eyes.
www.christiancentury.org/features/yes...
www.christiancentury.org/features/yes...
Yes, Charlie Kirk was a missionary
Trump is right about this—but not for the reasons he...
www.christiancentury.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As Charlie Kirk is hailed by many as a missionary-martyr, @dwcongdon.com helps us see "the history of Christian mission and the sordid legacy of Christian imperialism" with fresh eyes.
www.christiancentury.org/features/yes...
www.christiancentury.org/features/yes...
"This is a direct assault on independent journalism at the very place where independent scrutiny matters most: the U.S. military," National Press Club President Mike Balsamo said in a statement.
www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...
www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
www.npr.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"This is a direct assault on independent journalism at the very place where independent scrutiny matters most: the U.S. military," National Press Club President Mike Balsamo said in a statement.
www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...
www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...
Reposted by Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya)
What if Christians today who insist on a final state up ahead somewhere in which all will be set right forevermore are making the same misstep as those of the first generation of Jesus followers who insisted that Jesus would return imminently to finally set everything right?
September 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
What if Christians today who insist on a final state up ahead somewhere in which all will be set right forevermore are making the same misstep as those of the first generation of Jesus followers who insisted that Jesus would return imminently to finally set everything right?
Reposted by Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya)
He could not be less interested in finding out who killed him or why — and his message to his apparatus is clear that that is not a priority — when the killing creates such an opportune pretext to stoke attacks on whoever he feels like.
Politico - President Trump tells reporters "we just have to beat the hell" out of "radical left lunatics," following the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Trump says ‘we have to beat the hell’ out of ‘radical left lunatics’ after Kirk killing
The conservative activist's killer remains at large and authorities have not said what the motive was behind his shooting.
www.politico.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
He could not be less interested in finding out who killed him or why — and his message to his apparatus is clear that that is not a priority — when the killing creates such an opportune pretext to stoke attacks on whoever he feels like.
"When we say, 'God is love,' is 'love' our best name for God, or is 'God' our best name for love?"
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 154
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 154
September 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"When we say, 'God is love,' is 'love' our best name for God, or is 'God' our best name for love?"
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 154
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 154
"God does not exist; God insists. . . . God leaves existence up to us."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 150
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 150
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"God does not exist; God insists. . . . God leaves existence up to us."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 150
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 150
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“Prove me wrong” will never create the America of our hopes and dreams.
“I will listen” might.
“I will listen” might.
September 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Prove me wrong” will never create the America of our hopes and dreams.
“I will listen” might.
“I will listen” might.
"God is the name of an event, of a dream for which we are to provide the reality, of a promise on which we are expected to make good."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 141
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 141
September 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"God is the name of an event, of a dream for which we are to provide the reality, of a promise on which we are expected to make good."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 141
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 141
Reposted by Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya)
This is very much extremely the thing.
"You stupid SHEEP! There's no invisible MAN on a MOUNTAIN!"
"No shit, Sherlock."
"And no Magic SkyDaddy is gonna just FIX things if you pray hard enough!!"
"That's correct."
"And people don't get sick because they were bad!!"
"Did... you think they did??"
"You stupid SHEEP! There's no invisible MAN on a MOUNTAIN!"
"No shit, Sherlock."
"And no Magic SkyDaddy is gonna just FIX things if you pray hard enough!!"
"That's correct."
"And people don't get sick because they were bad!!"
"Did... you think they did??"
I also think that like… white American atheists who conclude that literally all religion is what they were taught growing up in their evangelical churches are helping to reinforce the belief that that version of Christianity is the correct way to practice religion?
September 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is very much extremely the thing.
"You stupid SHEEP! There's no invisible MAN on a MOUNTAIN!"
"No shit, Sherlock."
"And no Magic SkyDaddy is gonna just FIX things if you pray hard enough!!"
"That's correct."
"And people don't get sick because they were bad!!"
"Did... you think they did??"
"You stupid SHEEP! There's no invisible MAN on a MOUNTAIN!"
"No shit, Sherlock."
"And no Magic SkyDaddy is gonna just FIX things if you pray hard enough!!"
"That's correct."
"And people don't get sick because they were bad!!"
"Did... you think they did??"
"Panentheism must nowadays face the verdict of the stars, that the being of God is finite and mortal."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 109
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 109
September 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Panentheism must nowadays face the verdict of the stars, that the being of God is finite and mortal."
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 109
—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 109
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roses are red
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
Another day, another whiner complaining that I use the singular "they" in my work, and of course they can go fuck themselves
(you see what I did there)
(also, gift link)
wapo.st/3JEdPUv
(you see what I did there)
(also, gift link)
wapo.st/3JEdPUv
Opinion | ‘They’ has been a singular pronoun for centuries. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong.
Jane Austen did it. You can, too.
wapo.st
September 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
roses are red
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
Self-reliance gets into trouble not because of the direction of the reliance but because of the concept of the self.
August 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Self-reliance gets into trouble not because of the direction of the reliance but because of the concept of the self.
"Whatever the grandeur of the speaker's utterances, his manner of life carries more weight."
—Augustine, Teaching Christianity 4.27.59
—Augustine, Teaching Christianity 4.27.59
August 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Whatever the grandeur of the speaker's utterances, his manner of life carries more weight."
—Augustine, Teaching Christianity 4.27.59
—Augustine, Teaching Christianity 4.27.59