Simon Hewitt
@leedshewitt.bsky.social
Leeds theologian. Lay Dominican. Socialist. Poster of dog photos.
'Political economy starts with the fact of private property; it does not explain it to us.' Marx, 1844.
August 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
'Political economy starts with the fact of private property; it does not explain it to us.' Marx, 1844.
Just refused to sign a contract giving permission to CUP to allow use of my book to train generative AI.
August 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Just refused to sign a contract giving permission to CUP to allow use of my book to train generative AI.
Incorrect position.
Theologian in Jenrick xenophobia row says pair ‘could work together’
Exclusive: Krish Kandiah invites Tory shadow minister to help him ‘de-escalate fear and anger’ after BBC controversy
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August 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Incorrect position.
Reposted by Simon Hewitt
🎓To all students getting results today - congratulations on your hard work and achievements.
Whatever your next step, we’re fighting for a fairer, properly funded education system where all students can thrive without debt or hardship.
Whatever your next step, we’re fighting for a fairer, properly funded education system where all students can thrive without debt or hardship.
August 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🎓To all students getting results today - congratulations on your hard work and achievements.
Whatever your next step, we’re fighting for a fairer, properly funded education system where all students can thrive without debt or hardship.
Whatever your next step, we’re fighting for a fairer, properly funded education system where all students can thrive without debt or hardship.
There’s a thing circulating on here listing a church tax as a potential Democrat policy. The capacity of American liberals to be absurdly self-destructive in the cause of the culture wars is quite something
August 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There’s a thing circulating on here listing a church tax as a potential Democrat policy. The capacity of American liberals to be absurdly self-destructive in the cause of the culture wars is quite something
This weekend I am doing no work. This post is, as much as anything, a note to myself.
August 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This weekend I am doing no work. This post is, as much as anything, a note to myself.
My word, the analytic philosophers are still talking about that sex blog post. They resemble nothing more than a group of clever adolescents.
August 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
My word, the analytic philosophers are still talking about that sex blog post. They resemble nothing more than a group of clever adolescents.
Getting ready for the British Society for Philosophy of Religion conference in September (I’m treasurer). Looking forward to this. The theme is Creation and Creativity.
August 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Getting ready for the British Society for Philosophy of Religion conference in September (I’m treasurer). Looking forward to this. The theme is Creation and Creativity.
The author of ‘On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine’ is not a bad doctor for a synodal church.
July 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The author of ‘On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine’ is not a bad doctor for a synodal church.
‘Government oversight of course evaluations’.
The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
www.brown.edu
July 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
‘Government oversight of course evaluations’.
Quite apart from my quaint view that cheating on your partner is entirely wrong, it would be good to see philosophers consider inequalities of sex, class, and so on in their discussion of teenage fantasy conferences.
July 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Quite apart from my quaint view that cheating on your partner is entirely wrong, it would be good to see philosophers consider inequalities of sex, class, and so on in their discussion of teenage fantasy conferences.
I see the philosophers are being pettybourgeois again, earnestly defending their own shagging around in the most urgent yet didactic of tones.
July 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I see the philosophers are being pettybourgeois again, earnestly defending their own shagging around in the most urgent yet didactic of tones.
Neither Communio nor Concilium.
July 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Neither Communio nor Concilium.
Outreach event for schools tomorrow. Demystifying theology. In a certain sense of ‘demystify’, obviously.
July 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Outreach event for schools tomorrow. Demystifying theology. In a certain sense of ‘demystify’, obviously.
What on earth have I signed up to such that I am getting ‘updates from Bishop Barron’?
July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What on earth have I signed up to such that I am getting ‘updates from Bishop Barron’?
Not now, mystery alien spacecraft
July 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Not now, mystery alien spacecraft
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These airdrops land on people and kill them, and in the current stage of mass starvation it's a drop in the ocean.
Impose a ceasefire. Flood Gaza with food and medical aid. We're about to see hundreds dying of famine.
Impose a ceasefire. Flood Gaza with food and medical aid. We're about to see hundreds dying of famine.
Israel will allow foreign countries to airdrop aid into Gaza, an Israeli security source says, as the country faces mounting backlash over a spiraling hunger crisis in the Palestinian enclave.
Israel says it will let foreign countries drop aid into Gaza as hunger crisis spirals
Airdrops into Gaza have previously been criticized as insufficient and impractical. The United Nations has called for an urgent ceasefire, though talks appeared Friday to have collapsed.
nbcnews.to
July 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
These airdrops land on people and kill them, and in the current stage of mass starvation it's a drop in the ocean.
Impose a ceasefire. Flood Gaza with food and medical aid. We're about to see hundreds dying of famine.
Impose a ceasefire. Flood Gaza with food and medical aid. We're about to see hundreds dying of famine.
I am not comfortable to be sharing Scotland with Donald Trump.
July 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I am not comfortable to be sharing Scotland with Donald Trump.
I’ll be waiting for this in paperback! It looks interesting.
'Their shared belief in the liberating power of a theology that does not eschew politics or economics or involvement in grass-roots movements is heartening' - Lavinia Byrne in @churchtimes.bsky.social on Haunting Questions of Liberation Theology
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Haunting Questions of Liberation Theology by Jione Havea - Hardback - 9780334066507
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July 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I’ll be waiting for this in paperback! It looks interesting.
I'm writing about God and abstract objects at the moment. This might seem discontinuous with my interests, but I'm convinced it's relevant to understanding the doctrine of creation, which certainly isn't.
July 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I'm writing about God and abstract objects at the moment. This might seem discontinuous with my interests, but I'm convinced it's relevant to understanding the doctrine of creation, which certainly isn't.
A morning reading a PhD student’s work. One of the more enjoyable bits of my job.
July 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A morning reading a PhD student’s work. One of the more enjoyable bits of my job.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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