Dr. Chance Bonar
@chancebonar.bsky.social
Advisor, teacher, and writer
Researching ancient Christianity, slavery, authorship, antisemitism, and the literature of the ancient Mashriq
Cat dad | 🏳️🌈
http://chancebonar.com
Books: https://bit.ly/3R8LXbo & https://bit.ly/4iMBSwy
Researching ancient Christianity, slavery, authorship, antisemitism, and the literature of the ancient Mashriq
Cat dad | 🏳️🌈
http://chancebonar.com
Books: https://bit.ly/3R8LXbo & https://bit.ly/4iMBSwy
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Dr. Chance Bonar
@chancebonar.bsky.social
· Sep 19
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
www.cambridge.org
The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
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Unfortunately, our situation is tragic now. We're in the street, our feet sinking into the mud and rainwater. Our tent collapsed, we've lost everything. My children are freezing from the cold without food. Please look at them with your heart.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Unfortunately, our situation is tragic now. We're in the street, our feet sinking into the mud and rainwater. Our tent collapsed, we've lost everything. My children are freezing from the cold without food. Please look at them with your heart.
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For a very particular reason, ALAN DERSHOWITZ, I’m thinking about how the Harvard Law Faculty, which Dersh is a member of, were VERY vocal about how Harvard’s mee Obama-era title IX standards were too stringent and “unfair” to accused perpetrators
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For a very particular reason, ALAN DERSHOWITZ, I’m thinking about how the Harvard Law Faculty, which Dersh is a member of, were VERY vocal about how Harvard’s mee Obama-era title IX standards were too stringent and “unfair” to accused perpetrators
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In other UVA news, I'll be in conversation with my colleague @ingerkuin.bsky.social at @ndbookshop.bsky.social next Saturday, Nov. 22 at 4 PM to talk about her new book on the Greek philosopher Diogenes.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In other UVA news, I'll be in conversation with my colleague @ingerkuin.bsky.social at @ndbookshop.bsky.social next Saturday, Nov. 22 at 4 PM to talk about her new book on the Greek philosopher Diogenes.
Is anyone in the market for a Latin manuscript couch
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Is anyone in the market for a Latin manuscript couch
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
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Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Black Knights
A new account of racial logics in premodern Islamic literature. In Black Knights, Rachel Schine reveals how the Arabic-speaking world developed a different form of racial knowledge than their Europe...
press.uchicago.edu
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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The Palestine Solidarity Committee student group at Columbia says their event celebrating the olive harvest in Palestine, which was carefully planned and cleared through event review processes, was cancelled at the last minute by senior university leadership. www.instagram.com/p/DRBB6BVkX7...
Columbia Palestine Solidarity Coalition (CPSC) on Instagram: "This decision came directly from Columbia’s senior administration, meaning Claire Shipman and her counsel of advisors including Cass Hollo...
992 likes, 17 comments - columbia.psc on November 13, 2025: "This decision came directly from Columbia’s senior administration, meaning Claire Shipman and her counsel of advisors including Cass Hollow...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The Palestine Solidarity Committee student group at Columbia says their event celebrating the olive harvest in Palestine, which was carefully planned and cleared through event review processes, was cancelled at the last minute by senior university leadership. www.instagram.com/p/DRBB6BVkX7...
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It's absolutely the norm in our field for scholars, often senior ones, to publicly direct their ire at people trying to de-platform the reputaion of known sexual predators, not at the sexual predators. The "but his work?!" and "Don't let his mistakes define him" is beyond predictable. 🤮
Love the Scholarship But Hate the Scholar’s Sin?: 'Himpathy' for an Academic Pedophile Enables a Culture of Abuse
In her excellent book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, the philosopher Kate Manne coined the term Himpathy, which she defined as “the excessive sympathy sometimes shown toward male perpetrators of se...
religiondispatches.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's absolutely the norm in our field for scholars, often senior ones, to publicly direct their ire at people trying to de-platform the reputaion of known sexual predators, not at the sexual predators. The "but his work?!" and "Don't let his mistakes define him" is beyond predictable. 🤮
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NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
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and of course @rheaclassical.bsky.social, also open access - a book review journal prioritizing underrepresented scholarly voices rheaclassicalreviews.com
Rhea Classical Review
More inclusive scholarly reviews.
rheaclassicalreviews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
and of course @rheaclassical.bsky.social, also open access - a book review journal prioritizing underrepresented scholarly voices rheaclassicalreviews.com
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if you are looking to send your book review to an outlet with editorial ethics (and also open access), I’d suggest NECJ crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
New England Classical Journal | College of the Holy Cross
A publication of the Classical Association of New England, New England Classical Journal is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles, notes, and reviews on all aspects of classical an...
crossworks.holycross.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
if you are looking to send your book review to an outlet with editorial ethics (and also open access), I’d suggest NECJ crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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This is academic censorship, full stop.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is academic censorship, full stop.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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jeffrey epstein spent thanksgiving *2017* with President Donald Trump at Mar a Lago and we only know this now i'm going to go insane
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
jeffrey epstein spent thanksgiving *2017* with President Donald Trump at Mar a Lago and we only know this now i'm going to go insane
Unfortunately, this email is representative of the Harvard I know (having worked under a man who is besties with Bill Ackman & defended Summers during his presidential scandal)
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Unfortunately, this email is representative of the Harvard I know (having worked under a man who is besties with Bill Ackman & defended Summers during his presidential scandal)
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This person was the President of Harvard University, the US Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of the National Economic Council of the United States.
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This person was the President of Harvard University, the US Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of the National Economic Council of the United States.
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every person who was like, "oh, you are crucifying me for having taken a picture with some random dude i don't know, very irresponsible" now shown to have held extensive email correspondence that are signed off "your friend forever"
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
every person who was like, "oh, you are crucifying me for having taken a picture with some random dude i don't know, very irresponsible" now shown to have held extensive email correspondence that are signed off "your friend forever"
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such exciting book mail!!! @curtisdozier.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
such exciting book mail!!! @curtisdozier.bsky.social
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am I reading correctly that a New York Times reporter complained to Epstein that people think he had scoops about donald trump being a pedophile, Epstein responds by giving him a scoop about donald trump being a pedophile, and then the New York Times reporter said nothing about it for a decade?
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
am I reading correctly that a New York Times reporter complained to Epstein that people think he had scoops about donald trump being a pedophile, Epstein responds by giving him a scoop about donald trump being a pedophile, and then the New York Times reporter said nothing about it for a decade?
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Alt headline: Harvard University experimenting with replacing unionized academic employees with an AI chatbot.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
What Was Lost in the SEAS Layoffs | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson
The news of the layoffs came in a scheduled message from the dean. Around 7:40 or 8 a.m., Yoon received another email from his manager requesting a meeting — he took it as another bad sign. He’d been ...
www.thecrimson.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Alt headline: Harvard University experimenting with replacing unionized academic employees with an AI chatbot.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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I am pleased to announce that John Penniman, Emanuel Fiano, and I are launching a new book series for the study of religion in late antiquity with Fordham University Press. If you have a book-in-progress looking for a home, please reach out to discuss your project!
fordhampress.com/theoria
fordhampress.com/theoria
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I am pleased to announce that John Penniman, Emanuel Fiano, and I are launching a new book series for the study of religion in late antiquity with Fordham University Press. If you have a book-in-progress looking for a home, please reach out to discuss your project!
fordhampress.com/theoria
fordhampress.com/theoria