Jeremy Bergen
@jeremybergen.bsky.social
Theology/Religious Studies prof Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo: theology, church apologies, martyrdom, ecumenism (he/him)
When the richest man in the world had the levers of political power for a few weeks, his top priority was to take money from the poorest of the poor. Horrific.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
When the richest man in the world had the levers of political power for a few weeks, his top priority was to take money from the poorest of the poor. Horrific.
Halloween Apples to all [from the Canadian prairies] who celebrate!
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Halloween Apples to all [from the Canadian prairies] who celebrate!
I was sorry to miss the LEST (Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology) conference this year. But thanks to Massimo Faggioli for posting the announcement about the next one: "Truth and Dialogue: Unsettling Power, Plurality, and Theology Today." October 27-30, 2027.
closing of LEST XV conference and announcement of LEST XVI in 2027
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I was sorry to miss the LEST (Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology) conference this year. But thanks to Massimo Faggioli for posting the announcement about the next one: "Truth and Dialogue: Unsettling Power, Plurality, and Theology Today." October 27-30, 2027.
I'm very excited to share this news about a new collaborative journal, building on the legacies of The Mennonite Quarterly Review and The Conrad Grebel Review, and honoured to be involved as co-editor together with @jmsptts.bsky.social.
uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...
uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...
The Conrad Grebel Review and Mennonite Quarterly Review join to form new collaborative journal | Conrad Grebel University College | University of Waterloo
Two historic academic journals — The Conrad Grebel Review (CGR) and Mennonite Quarterly Review (MQR) — will merge into a single open-access publication in 2026.
uwaterloo.ca
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm very excited to share this news about a new collaborative journal, building on the legacies of The Mennonite Quarterly Review and The Conrad Grebel Review, and honoured to be involved as co-editor together with @jmsptts.bsky.social.
uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...
uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...
New lines seem to be crossed every day. But at some point, it will come down to what the military does when these orders are given. Revealing the deep structure of our political order.
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New lines seem to be crossed every day. But at some point, it will come down to what the military does when these orders are given. Revealing the deep structure of our political order.
Saying some words about some things, at a conference.
Put another way - “The Nicene Creed and in the Anabaptist-Mennonite Tradition: Ethics, Complicity, and Unity.”
Put another way - “The Nicene Creed and in the Anabaptist-Mennonite Tradition: Ethics, Complicity, and Unity.”
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Saying some words about some things, at a conference.
Put another way - “The Nicene Creed and in the Anabaptist-Mennonite Tradition: Ethics, Complicity, and Unity.”
Put another way - “The Nicene Creed and in the Anabaptist-Mennonite Tradition: Ethics, Complicity, and Unity.”
I’m on first leg of journey to Thessaloniki for conference on Nicene creed. My travel could yet be disrupted by KLM ground crew strike but at this point my flights are showing as on time, and I’m hopeful.
Looking forward to the people, ideas, and location!
thessaloniki2025.ei-research.net
Looking forward to the people, ideas, and location!
thessaloniki2025.ei-research.net
Thessaloniki2025
thessaloniki2025.ei-research.net
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’m on first leg of journey to Thessaloniki for conference on Nicene creed. My travel could yet be disrupted by KLM ground crew strike but at this point my flights are showing as on time, and I’m hopeful.
Looking forward to the people, ideas, and location!
thessaloniki2025.ei-research.net
Looking forward to the people, ideas, and location!
thessaloniki2025.ei-research.net
My four most recent book purchases. Looking forward to each one!
September 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My four most recent book purchases. Looking forward to each one!
I've been appointed a member of the Faith & Life Commission of Mennonite World Conference. I look forward to meeting (virtually) my fellow commission members soon and contributing where I can.
mwc-cmm.org/en/stories/t...
mwc-cmm.org/en/stories/t...
Terms renewed and specialists appointed - Mennonite World Conference
Members of the Executive Committee and the Commission serve six-year terms. The terms are staggered to ensure continuity. Terms were renewed and specialists appointed at the meetings in May 2025.
mwc-cmm.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I've been appointed a member of the Faith & Life Commission of Mennonite World Conference. I look forward to meeting (virtually) my fellow commission members soon and contributing where I can.
mwc-cmm.org/en/stories/t...
mwc-cmm.org/en/stories/t...
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Well this is a fantastic surprise. @kevinwhector.bsky.social is coming to Winnipeg for the JJ Thiessen lectures this year!
August 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Well this is a fantastic surprise. @kevinwhector.bsky.social is coming to Winnipeg for the JJ Thiessen lectures this year!
Roller coaster with Air Canada over past few days. We were booked to fly to Winnipeg, expected it to be cancelled because of strike, told it would go ahead today, then cancelled. Trying to request refund: email says do it online, website says to call, when I call they say do it online. Arghh..
August 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Roller coaster with Air Canada over past few days. We were booked to fly to Winnipeg, expected it to be cancelled because of strike, told it would go ahead today, then cancelled. Trying to request refund: email says do it online, website says to call, when I call they say do it online. Arghh..
Very happy to see this history of the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre published. It's by Susan Fish, based on both documentary sources and several interviews (including of me).
ml.bethelks.edu/2025/07/10/t...
ml.bethelks.edu/2025/07/10/t...
Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre (1990-2023): A Critical History - Mennonite Life
The genesis of the book Recovering From The Anabaptist Vision (2020) can be traced back 20 years to the first graduate student conference organized by the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre […]
ml.bethelks.edu
July 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Very happy to see this history of the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre published. It's by Susan Fish, based on both documentary sources and several interviews (including of me).
ml.bethelks.edu/2025/07/10/t...
ml.bethelks.edu/2025/07/10/t...
I published a short article, “Anabaptist Martyrs and the Ambivalence of Mennonite (Non-)Violence," in the June issue of Ecumenical Trends. As always, happy to provide PDF to anyone who asks.
July 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I published a short article, “Anabaptist Martyrs and the Ambivalence of Mennonite (Non-)Violence," in the June issue of Ecumenical Trends. As always, happy to provide PDF to anyone who asks.
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“The World Council of Churches has formally launched an Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action…a ten-year ecumenical commitment to addressing climate injustice, rooted in biblical theology + global solidarity. The theme of the plenary = Jubilee for People + Earth”
World Council of Churches Launches Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action
The World Council of Churches has launched an Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action, following a session at the WCC central committee meeting.
www.anglicannews.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“The World Council of Churches has formally launched an Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action…a ten-year ecumenical commitment to addressing climate injustice, rooted in biblical theology + global solidarity. The theme of the plenary = Jubilee for People + Earth”
My term as Associate Chair (Undergraduate), Religious Studies dept, UWaterloo is ending. The role is mainly working at curriculum, and advising students. I also moved program name change to "Religion, Culture, and Spirituality" thru the system and now implementing it. Two highlights have been...
June 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My term as Associate Chair (Undergraduate), Religious Studies dept, UWaterloo is ending. The role is mainly working at curriculum, and advising students. I also moved program name change to "Religion, Culture, and Spirituality" thru the system and now implementing it. Two highlights have been...
Always a privilege to help celebrate student accomplishments - in this case a student in the Religious Studies program at the University of Waterloo.
uwaterloo.ca/religious-st...
uwaterloo.ca/religious-st...
Congratulations to Isabelle Carreiro, winner of the 2025 Religious Studies Distinguished Achievement Award! | Religious Studies | University of Waterloo
Congratulations to Isabelle Carreiro, winner of the 2025 Religious Studies Distinguished Achievement Award. The award is given by the department to a student in an RS program (major or minor) who has ...
uwaterloo.ca
June 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Always a privilege to help celebrate student accomplishments - in this case a student in the Religious Studies program at the University of Waterloo.
uwaterloo.ca/religious-st...
uwaterloo.ca/religious-st...
The final virtual class meeting of my "Peace Church Theology" course is tonight. Students are presenting on books they reviewed which is always engaging.
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The final virtual class meeting of my "Peace Church Theology" course is tonight. Students are presenting on books they reviewed which is always engaging.
I have written a letter to the board and administration and strongly encourage colleagues to do the same. It is important that Ambrose University know that many are watching.
June 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I have written a letter to the board and administration and strongly encourage colleagues to do the same. It is important that Ambrose University know that many are watching.
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Israel attacks Iran.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.
June 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Israel attacks Iran.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.
Just don’t know what to say.
June 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Just don’t know what to say.
Some FOMO right now. I'm teaching a spring course and so not participating in either of these conferences in the coming days: Canadian Theological Society (in Toronto), and Believers Church Conference (in Amsterdam).
Great people & interesting ideas at each event, but here I sit, at home...
Great people & interesting ideas at each event, but here I sit, at home...
June 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Some FOMO right now. I'm teaching a spring course and so not participating in either of these conferences in the coming days: Canadian Theological Society (in Toronto), and Believers Church Conference (in Amsterdam).
Great people & interesting ideas at each event, but here I sit, at home...
Great people & interesting ideas at each event, but here I sit, at home...
Very pleased to see that ecumenism, reconciliation, and common witness will be major themes in the Zurich worship service marking 500th anniversary of Anabaptism (in progress now).
May 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Very pleased to see that ecumenism, reconciliation, and common witness will be major themes in the Zurich worship service marking 500th anniversary of Anabaptism (in progress now).
I noted a few weeks ago the fact that The Conrad Grebel Review is ceasing publication. Here's an official announcement with some reflection on its significance, and the reasons it was ended.
uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...
uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...
Final Print Issue for The Conrad Grebel Review | Conrad Grebel University College | University of Waterloo
The Conrad Grebel Review, established in 1983, was an initiative of Conrad Grebel University College’s first Chaplain and Religious Studies Professor Walter Kla
uwaterloo.ca
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I noted a few weeks ago the fact that The Conrad Grebel Review is ceasing publication. Here's an official announcement with some reflection on its significance, and the reasons it was ended.
uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...
uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...
This is the skeet I needed today.
May 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is the skeet I needed today.
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Today’s the day, Canada. Get to the polls and politely, but firmly, say NO to American fascism.
April 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today’s the day, Canada. Get to the polls and politely, but firmly, say NO to American fascism.