Kevin O’Farrell
@kevinofarrell.bsky.social
Theologian at disability nonprofit. Bonhoeffer studies. Disability & Political theology.
Book—Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/dietrich-bonhoeffer-and-a-theology-of-the-exception-9780567709394/
Book—Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/dietrich-bonhoeffer-and-a-theology-of-the-exception-9780567709394/
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Book Review: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception by Kevin O’Farrell - Cody Bivins-Starr, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
Reviews on my Bonhoeffer book are coming out and no one’s called me stupid yet.
Theology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Studies in Christian Ethics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Theology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Studies in Christian Ethics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sad day for the Anglican Communion: www.christiandaily.com/news/nigeria...
Nigeria’s Anglican Church breaks from Church of England over appointment of newly elected same-sex affirming Archbishop of Canterbury
Nigeria’s Anglican Primate, Archbishop Henry Ndukuba, has declared that the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, is severing her spiritual ties and can no longer recognize the leadership of the Chur...
www.christiandaily.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sad day for the Anglican Communion: www.christiandaily.com/news/nigeria...
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As the procession reaches Broadview, priests have been denied access to ICE detention facility in order to bring the Eucharist to detainees.
October 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As the procession reaches Broadview, priests have been denied access to ICE detention facility in order to bring the Eucharist to detainees.
I’m grateful to finally have this resource I co-authored out in the wild. This new edition aims to equip churches (particularly in the global south) for disability ministry.
New Edition of Beyond Suffering: Transforming Disability Ministry Worldwide | Joni and Friends
Over one billion people worldwide live with a disability, and that number is growing every day. Churches are on the front lines of ministering to those with...
joniandfriends.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I’m grateful to finally have this resource I co-authored out in the wild. This new edition aims to equip churches (particularly in the global south) for disability ministry.
The hardcover version seems slightly overpriced
September 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The hardcover version seems slightly overpriced
Learn from one of the best on a very important and timely topic
Manitobans: join me Oct 22 in Winnipeg or Oct 23 in Otterburne for my public lecture “Lives Worth Living: What Disability Can Teach Us About Life & Death.” Zoom is available for the Oct 23 lecture, and the lecture will be uploaded after.
Register at the link below: my.prov.ca/forms/semina...
Register at the link below: my.prov.ca/forms/semina...
my.prov.ca: Seminary Symposium Registration
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September 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Learn from one of the best on a very important and timely topic
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The Hebrew Scriptures state that such prior problems multiply—rather than reduce—the wrongdoing of further harm. On Mt Sinai, the Lord declared allegiance with those who have preexisting conditions, and gave a law declaring Israel shall not be if it does not share God's compassion (e.g. Ex 22:21-7).
I recently looked up the Arabic translation of some of the names of the emaciated children used in coverage of the alleged famine in Gaza.
It turns out that many of them were sick before the war and have long, complicated medical histories. Our reporting shows they do not represent the average.
It turns out that many of them were sick before the war and have long, complicated medical histories. Our reporting shows they do not represent the average.
August 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Hebrew Scriptures state that such prior problems multiply—rather than reduce—the wrongdoing of further harm. On Mt Sinai, the Lord declared allegiance with those who have preexisting conditions, and gave a law declaring Israel shall not be if it does not share God's compassion (e.g. Ex 22:21-7).
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"Most of the promotion of A.I. in schools boils down to: Well, it’s happening, and so students need to know.
But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."
But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."
August 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Most of the promotion of A.I. in schools boils down to: Well, it’s happening, and so students need to know.
But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."
But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."
Get it while you can. It’ll change your life
‘Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception’ engages with the many debates about Bonhoeffer’s late resistance theology and action, particularly as it relates to his participation in the attempted coup d'état against Hitler.
Out now in paperback: bit.ly/45hEY7O
Out now in paperback: bit.ly/45hEY7O
August 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Get it while you can. It’ll change your life
Reviews on my Bonhoeffer book are coming out and no one’s called me stupid yet.
Theology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Studies in Christian Ethics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Theology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Studies in Christian Ethics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Book Review: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception by Kevin O’Farrell - Cody Bivins-Starr, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reviews on my Bonhoeffer book are coming out and no one’s called me stupid yet.
Theology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Studies in Christian Ethics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Theology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Studies in Christian Ethics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers who fled persecution for their Christian faith were detained by ICE in Los Angeles.
The arrests add to a growing number of church members taken despite lawful status.
The arrests add to a growing number of church members taken despite lawful status.
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
www.christianitytoday.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers who fled persecution for their Christian faith were detained by ICE in Los Angeles.
The arrests add to a growing number of church members taken despite lawful status.
The arrests add to a growing number of church members taken despite lawful status.
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Ventura County definitely hit hard today with ICE raids.
Crowdsourced site of sightings. Maybe worth starting to TOR this stuff IMHO.
My thoughts with the families of all the folks who were snatched off our streets today 🙏 […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
Crowdsourced site of sightings. Maybe worth starting to TOR this stuff IMHO.
My thoughts with the families of all the folks who were snatched off our streets today 🙏 […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
June 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ventura County definitely hit hard today with ICE raids.
Crowdsourced site of sightings. Maybe worth starting to TOR this stuff IMHO.
My thoughts with the families of all the folks who were snatched off our streets today 🙏 […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
Crowdsourced site of sightings. Maybe worth starting to TOR this stuff IMHO.
My thoughts with the families of all the folks who were snatched off our streets today 🙏 […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
One of my fav bits of non-commentary on the pope was when a tv anchor said “it’s important to note that he is Augustinian.” When asked why it was important, she answered “well it is an order in the Catholic Church” and nothing else
May 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One of my fav bits of non-commentary on the pope was when a tv anchor said “it’s important to note that he is Augustinian.” When asked why it was important, she answered “well it is an order in the Catholic Church” and nothing else
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In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️
May 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️
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who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
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Also from Pope Francis’s Stations of the Cross meditations:
“An economy in which the ninety-nine are more important than the one is inhumane. Yet we have built a world that works like that: a world of calculation and algorithms, of cold logic and implacable interests.”
“An economy in which the ninety-nine are more important than the one is inhumane. Yet we have built a world that works like that: a world of calculation and algorithms, of cold logic and implacable interests.”
April 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Also from Pope Francis’s Stations of the Cross meditations:
“An economy in which the ninety-nine are more important than the one is inhumane. Yet we have built a world that works like that: a world of calculation and algorithms, of cold logic and implacable interests.”
“An economy in which the ninety-nine are more important than the one is inhumane. Yet we have built a world that works like that: a world of calculation and algorithms, of cold logic and implacable interests.”
Apparently Lacan once took the Heideggers on a road trip and his driving was so erratic Martin thought Lacan was testing his authentic being towards death
Driving
Overthink · Episode
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April 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Apparently Lacan once took the Heideggers on a road trip and his driving was so erratic Martin thought Lacan was testing his authentic being towards death
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France, the country of true justice
April 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
France, the country of true justice
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Nightmare: "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Nightmare: "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
Two experiences of the Uffizi
Me vs my small child
Me vs my small child
March 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Two experiences of the Uffizi
Me vs my small child
Me vs my small child
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The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
This is a great resource from Sociedad Biblia. They are making simple language Bibles that are accessible to people with intellectual disability. They limit the vocab and simplify sentences. They have translated parables, and are now translating the gospel of Luke, Acts, and OT stories.
March 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This is a great resource from Sociedad Biblia. They are making simple language Bibles that are accessible to people with intellectual disability. They limit the vocab and simplify sentences. They have translated parables, and are now translating the gospel of Luke, Acts, and OT stories.
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"For Holland (and, frankly, all serious historians and theologians), Western Christianity’s genius is in its pluralism..."
Such grounded wisdom in this little essay
Such grounded wisdom in this little essay
Enjoyed writing this, reflecting on Cyril O'Regan's "The Anatomy of Misremembering" and the current discourse of conservative Christians in the West.
johnheathershaw.substack.com/p/misremembe...
johnheathershaw.substack.com/p/misremembe...
Misremembering the West
Conservatives in the US and across the West wish for a return to Christendom, but in doing so they imagine the Western past as singular when it is in fact radically plural.
johnheathershaw.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"For Holland (and, frankly, all serious historians and theologians), Western Christianity’s genius is in its pluralism..."
Such grounded wisdom in this little essay
Such grounded wisdom in this little essay