Blake Victor Kent
@bvkent.bsky.social
Sociologist (religion & health) at Westmont, Harvard; book - Strange: Evangelicalism, Race, Politics, Abuse & Other Shadows Between Us. Baker Academic.
Hallelujah. My kids' school.
October 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hallelujah. My kids' school.
TPUSA: Charlie Kirk was not racist.
Also TPUSA: We're making an alternative half time show for Americans.
BB is American, just not the right kind of American. The rot in this movement is deep.
Also TPUSA: We're making an alternative half time show for Americans.
BB is American, just not the right kind of American. The rot in this movement is deep.
October 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
TPUSA: Charlie Kirk was not racist.
Also TPUSA: We're making an alternative half time show for Americans.
BB is American, just not the right kind of American. The rot in this movement is deep.
Also TPUSA: We're making an alternative half time show for Americans.
BB is American, just not the right kind of American. The rot in this movement is deep.
Visited Dream City Church today where Pastor Luke Barnett said the devil tried to kill him in a hiking accident after he agreed to start hosting Charlie Kirk and TPUSA Freedom Night in America in 2020.
October 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Visited Dream City Church today where Pastor Luke Barnett said the devil tried to kill him in a hiking accident after he agreed to start hosting Charlie Kirk and TPUSA Freedom Night in America in 2020.
Merton's Theory of Unanticipated Consequence of Purposive Action, in a nutshell:
Our purposeful actions have unintended consequences. Key culprits are IGNORANCE, ERROR, SHORT-TERM THINKING, and DOGMATISM. 🤔🤔🤔
Our purposeful actions have unintended consequences. Key culprits are IGNORANCE, ERROR, SHORT-TERM THINKING, and DOGMATISM. 🤔🤔🤔
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Merton's Theory of Unanticipated Consequence of Purposive Action, in a nutshell:
Our purposeful actions have unintended consequences. Key culprits are IGNORANCE, ERROR, SHORT-TERM THINKING, and DOGMATISM. 🤔🤔🤔
Our purposeful actions have unintended consequences. Key culprits are IGNORANCE, ERROR, SHORT-TERM THINKING, and DOGMATISM. 🤔🤔🤔
This morning's read. Check out that subtitle 👀
September 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This morning's read. Check out that subtitle 👀
American Christians: Abandon this wayward vampire feeding on the integrity of our faith NOW.
Pray for him personally, but abandon him politically.
Pray for him personally, but abandon him politically.
September 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
American Christians: Abandon this wayward vampire feeding on the integrity of our faith NOW.
Pray for him personally, but abandon him politically.
Pray for him personally, but abandon him politically.
Remember Trump Air?
"Its aircraft were newly painted in white livery and the interiors redecorated with such features as maple wood veneer, chrome seat belt latches, and gold colored lavatory fixtures."
This obsession with gold bathrooms and failed businesses is embarrassing.
"Its aircraft were newly painted in white livery and the interiors redecorated with such features as maple wood veneer, chrome seat belt latches, and gold colored lavatory fixtures."
This obsession with gold bathrooms and failed businesses is embarrassing.
September 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Remember Trump Air?
"Its aircraft were newly painted in white livery and the interiors redecorated with such features as maple wood veneer, chrome seat belt latches, and gold colored lavatory fixtures."
This obsession with gold bathrooms and failed businesses is embarrassing.
"Its aircraft were newly painted in white livery and the interiors redecorated with such features as maple wood veneer, chrome seat belt latches, and gold colored lavatory fixtures."
This obsession with gold bathrooms and failed businesses is embarrassing.
This is a portion of my syllabus where I share with students some of my reasoning for not allowing AI-generated text.
August 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This is a portion of my syllabus where I share with students some of my reasoning for not allowing AI-generated text.
Thank your friendly neighborhood sociologist.
August 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Thank your friendly neighborhood sociologist.
What do you think of my new shirt?
August 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
What do you think of my new shirt?
The family in this book is more American than Vance.
August 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The family in this book is more American than Vance.
Just finished this beautiful book. It would be a good one to read or share to better understand the experience of being a refugee. I'd say it's appropriate for 7+, understanding it will require a few conversations about difficult topics.
August 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Just finished this beautiful book. It would be a good one to read or share to better understand the experience of being a refugee. I'd say it's appropriate for 7+, understanding it will require a few conversations about difficult topics.
What would happen if we all bought stationery and wrote nice letters to each other?
August 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What would happen if we all bought stationery and wrote nice letters to each other?
Super invalidating. Thanks.
July 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Super invalidating. Thanks.
This statement from EPA is really telling, b/c it shows they don't think about climate in terms of objective data. They think about climate in terms of ideology. That's the only reason to call it "religion."
July 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This statement from EPA is really telling, b/c it shows they don't think about climate in terms of objective data. They think about climate in terms of ideology. That's the only reason to call it "religion."
When in London, be sure to randomly run into your former graduate dept chair leading a Baylor program and join him on the Eye! Carson Mencken, also Wade C. Rowatt (not pictured)
July 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
When in London, be sure to randomly run into your former graduate dept chair leading a Baylor program and join him on the Eye! Carson Mencken, also Wade C. Rowatt (not pictured)
A polite "no thanks" to both.
July 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A polite "no thanks" to both.
Actual shot of the @americanair.bsky.social kids movie selection.
July 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Actual shot of the @americanair.bsky.social kids movie selection.
I guess Charlie's never been to a Buffalo Wild Wings.
July 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I guess Charlie's never been to a Buffalo Wild Wings.
Art in San Francisco
June 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Art in San Francisco
My morning in the Galapagos, at 1835 Coffee.
June 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My morning in the Galapagos, at 1835 Coffee.