Charlie McCrary
@mccraryc.bsky.social
I write and teach about US religion, secularism, religious freedom, spirituality, race, politics, etc. Assistant prof of religious studies at Eckerd College.
https://www.eckerd.edu/religious-studies/faculty/mccrary/
https://www.eckerd.edu/religious-studies/faculty/mccrary/
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New course open to all!
“Religious Freedom and the Law,” taught by Liz Reiner Platt will provide students with a solid understanding of the basic legal history and current status of key religious liberty doctrines, including Constitution protections and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
“Religious Freedom and the Law,” taught by Liz Reiner Platt will provide students with a solid understanding of the basic legal history and current status of key religious liberty doctrines, including Constitution protections and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New course open to all!
“Religious Freedom and the Law,” taught by Liz Reiner Platt will provide students with a solid understanding of the basic legal history and current status of key religious liberty doctrines, including Constitution protections and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
“Religious Freedom and the Law,” taught by Liz Reiner Platt will provide students with a solid understanding of the basic legal history and current status of key religious liberty doctrines, including Constitution protections and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
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One reason I keep saying that Trump's departure won't end our fascism problem is that every Republican presidential aspirant (even those who 10 years ago were "normal") are talking like twitter nazis now
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 2:02 AM
One reason I keep saying that Trump's departure won't end our fascism problem is that every Republican presidential aspirant (even those who 10 years ago were "normal") are talking like twitter nazis now
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Speaking of Rod Dreher, here’s what I got in the mail today. I am bold enough to write an essay no one asked for and even fewer want. This is my contribution to the Enlightenment project.
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Speaking of Rod Dreher, here’s what I got in the mail today. I am bold enough to write an essay no one asked for and even fewer want. This is my contribution to the Enlightenment project.
Speaking of Rod Dreher, here’s what I got in the mail today. I am bold enough to write an essay no one asked for and even fewer want. This is my contribution to the Enlightenment project.
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Speaking of Rod Dreher, here’s what I got in the mail today. I am bold enough to write an essay no one asked for and even fewer want. This is my contribution to the Enlightenment project.
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Every day we draw closer to someone saying the 14 words on CSPAN
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Every day we draw closer to someone saying the 14 words on CSPAN
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A heartwarming tale of how even if you aren't subscribed to Google Nest their cameras still upload and save "about three hours" of video which can be recovered in the form of "residual data" from "backend servers," surprising even the FBI who claims to have previously believed it was impossible
How Google played a key role in recovering the video from Nancy Guthrie’s cameras | CNN Business
A major breakthrough in the Nancy Guthrie case largely came down to Google’s technical expertise, a person familiar with the investigation told CNN.
www.cnn.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
A heartwarming tale of how even if you aren't subscribed to Google Nest their cameras still upload and save "about three hours" of video which can be recovered in the form of "residual data" from "backend servers," surprising even the FBI who claims to have previously believed it was impossible
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Since we're re-litigating Ring's sins: How did they grow so fast?
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Emails from 2016 Show Amazon Ring's Hold on the LAPD Through Camera Giveaways
In March 2016, “smart” doorbell camera maker Ring was a growing company attempting to market its wireless smart security camera when it received an email from an officer in the Los Angeles Police Depa...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Since we're re-litigating Ring's sins: How did they grow so fast?
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
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a society losing the plot in real time
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
a society losing the plot in real time
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CALL FOR PITCHES
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
CALL FOR PITCHES
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
Now that our year of the supposed rightwing cultural turn is over, it will be good to take stock of who bought it and/or perpetuated it, and whether they 1) wanted it to happen or 2) didn't like it but capitulated, due to lack of moral conviction and/or bad political instincts.
February 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Now that our year of the supposed rightwing cultural turn is over, it will be good to take stock of who bought it and/or perpetuated it, and whether they 1) wanted it to happen or 2) didn't like it but capitulated, due to lack of moral conviction and/or bad political instincts.
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Anthropomorphizing the user interface of a sociotechnical apparatus?
Sounds like a marketing project.
Sounds like a marketing project.
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Anthropomorphizing the user interface of a sociotechnical apparatus?
Sounds like a marketing project.
Sounds like a marketing project.
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Prediction markets are going to become a real problem for society, aren't they?
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Prediction markets are going to become a real problem for society, aren't they?
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Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
January 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Any historians of Christianity who'd like to do a panel for ASCH on archives and, perhaps, rightwing Christians and/or unsavory individuals? I want to talk about a very obscure person and whether I should just leave him dead. Are some ppl not worth "recovering?" Why or why not, how to decide, etc.
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Any historians of Christianity who'd like to do a panel for ASCH on archives and, perhaps, rightwing Christians and/or unsavory individuals? I want to talk about a very obscure person and whether I should just leave him dead. Are some ppl not worth "recovering?" Why or why not, how to decide, etc.
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I'm not joking when i say race science dipshits think people are pokemon, but it's rather less funny that a eugenicist has been an assignment editor for much of the mainstream press for the past six years
January 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I'm not joking when i say race science dipshits think people are pokemon, but it's rather less funny that a eugenicist has been an assignment editor for much of the mainstream press for the past six years
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I would add that assuming progressive insincerity on culture and inclusion has also been a key aspect of the anti-woke center and left.
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I would add that assuming progressive insincerity on culture and inclusion has also been a key aspect of the anti-woke center and left.
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im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
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What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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happening at the same time
January 23, 2026 at 5:50 PM
happening at the same time
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Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Helpful piece from Andrew Suderman, on "endo-colonization" (Virilio).
"If we are concerned about the current state of affairs, it is important to note that its roots reach back to the acceptance of and reliance on the military-industrial complex and its cultivation of a society shaped by pure war."
"If we are concerned about the current state of affairs, it is important to note that its roots reach back to the acceptance of and reliance on the military-industrial complex and its cultivation of a society shaped by pure war."
Colonizing One’s Own | Political Theology Network
The ongoing attempts to control both narrative and people after Renee Good’s killing are examples of what Paul Virilio describes as endo-colonization. It has very deep roots.
politicaltheology.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Helpful piece from Andrew Suderman, on "endo-colonization" (Virilio).
"If we are concerned about the current state of affairs, it is important to note that its roots reach back to the acceptance of and reliance on the military-industrial complex and its cultivation of a society shaped by pure war."
"If we are concerned about the current state of affairs, it is important to note that its roots reach back to the acceptance of and reliance on the military-industrial complex and its cultivation of a society shaped by pure war."