David Newheiser
@dnewheiser.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Religious Studies / writes on religion & ethics, politics, culture / dreams of democracy, art, & other miracles / 📙 Varieties of Atheism: http://bit.ly/3CaNe4
https://dnewheiser.net/
https://dnewheiser.net/
I'm back at home, basking after a beautiful weekend at the @aarweb.bsky.social - filled with lots of love, some beautiful brutalism, and a delightful doppelgänging. You all are brilliant, a jolt of hope in this difficult year. ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm back at home, basking after a beautiful weekend at the @aarweb.bsky.social - filled with lots of love, some beautiful brutalism, and a delightful doppelgänging. You all are brilliant, a jolt of hope in this difficult year. ❤️
If you're in Boston this weekend, consider coming along to this panel on sovereignty, aesthetics, and theatrical power - with Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, Alana Dickey, @nicholemflores.bsky.social, Miguel Vatter, and Arthur Bradley. It's going to be great!
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
If you're in Boston this weekend, consider coming along to this panel on sovereignty, aesthetics, and theatrical power - with Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, Alana Dickey, @nicholemflores.bsky.social, Miguel Vatter, and Arthur Bradley. It's going to be great!
FSU's lovely Department of Religion, celebrating the publication of *Empire of Print* by Sonia Hazard. Such a great group of people!
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
FSU's lovely Department of Religion, celebrating the publication of *Empire of Print* by Sonia Hazard. Such a great group of people!
I know a number of us are joy-scrolling today, so here's a bit more encouragement: two lovely letters responding to my piece in the Tampa Bay Times defending the humanities.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I know a number of us are joy-scrolling today, so here's a bit more encouragement: two lovely letters responding to my piece in the Tampa Bay Times defending the humanities.
Beauty at the beach: St. Teresa, Nov 2025
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Beauty at the beach: St. Teresa, Nov 2025
Yesterday my #FSU class on Religion & Democracy hosted Albie Sachs - anti-apartheid activist and former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
My students rose to the occasion with questions that were perceptive and profound. I was so proud and impressed by them!
My students rose to the occasion with questions that were perceptive and profound. I was so proud and impressed by them!
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yesterday my #FSU class on Religion & Democracy hosted Albie Sachs - anti-apartheid activist and former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
My students rose to the occasion with questions that were perceptive and profound. I was so proud and impressed by them!
My students rose to the occasion with questions that were perceptive and profound. I was so proud and impressed by them!
At the State Capitol yesterday for Hands Across The Land: an interfaith prayer vigil to protest the Everglades detention center.
>Defend the Sacred. Return the land.<
Thanks for Betty Osceola, Capital Area Justice Ministry, and the Tallahassee Green Faith Alliance for their leadership!
>Defend the Sacred. Return the land.<
Thanks for Betty Osceola, Capital Area Justice Ministry, and the Tallahassee Green Faith Alliance for their leadership!
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
At the State Capitol yesterday for Hands Across The Land: an interfaith prayer vigil to protest the Everglades detention center.
>Defend the Sacred. Return the land.<
Thanks for Betty Osceola, Capital Area Justice Ministry, and the Tallahassee Green Faith Alliance for their leadership!
>Defend the Sacred. Return the land.<
Thanks for Betty Osceola, Capital Area Justice Ministry, and the Tallahassee Green Faith Alliance for their leadership!
I have an oped in today's Tampa Bay Times: "The humanities deserve Florida’s public support. Democracy depends on it."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"This is the beauty of public universities like Florida State: they give everyone the opportunity to cultivate intellectual freedom."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"This is the beauty of public universities like Florida State: they give everyone the opportunity to cultivate intellectual freedom."
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I have an oped in today's Tampa Bay Times: "The humanities deserve Florida’s public support. Democracy depends on it."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"This is the beauty of public universities like Florida State: they give everyone the opportunity to cultivate intellectual freedom."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"This is the beauty of public universities like Florida State: they give everyone the opportunity to cultivate intellectual freedom."
#NoKings Tallahassee:
tactical cuteness: tons
anti-fascist grandmothers: many
attendance: 7,600 (3.6% of our population)
terrorists? don't be ridiculous
Thanks to all who made it happen!
@aflcio.org @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social @aclufl.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social etc.
tactical cuteness: tons
anti-fascist grandmothers: many
attendance: 7,600 (3.6% of our population)
terrorists? don't be ridiculous
Thanks to all who made it happen!
@aflcio.org @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social @aclufl.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social etc.
October 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#NoKings Tallahassee:
tactical cuteness: tons
anti-fascist grandmothers: many
attendance: 7,600 (3.6% of our population)
terrorists? don't be ridiculous
Thanks to all who made it happen!
@aflcio.org @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social @aclufl.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social etc.
tactical cuteness: tons
anti-fascist grandmothers: many
attendance: 7,600 (3.6% of our population)
terrorists? don't be ridiculous
Thanks to all who made it happen!
@aflcio.org @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social @aclufl.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social etc.
In London last week, I remembered what it's like to live on foot. There's magic in the spaces in-between, which one can only see while walking.
American politics has many pathologies, but some (I suspect) stem from cities made for cars rather than people...
American politics has many pathologies, but some (I suspect) stem from cities made for cars rather than people...
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In London last week, I remembered what it's like to live on foot. There's magic in the spaces in-between, which one can only see while walking.
American politics has many pathologies, but some (I suspect) stem from cities made for cars rather than people...
American politics has many pathologies, but some (I suspect) stem from cities made for cars rather than people...
the numinous normal (Oxford, 2025)
September 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
the numinous normal (Oxford, 2025)
sarcastic Mary / London religion
September 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
sarcastic Mary / London religion
pro-worker, #NoKings: Labor Day in Tallahassee
solidarity > tyranny!
@aflcio.org @uff-fsu.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social
solidarity > tyranny!
@aflcio.org @uff-fsu.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
pro-worker, #NoKings: Labor Day in Tallahassee
solidarity > tyranny!
@aflcio.org @uff-fsu.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social
solidarity > tyranny!
@aflcio.org @uff-fsu.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social
This beautiful book is now out! It's freely available as an open-access ebook from @bloomsburyrs.bsky.social (thanks to funding from @templetonrelig.bsky.social).
You can download it here: bit.ly/AMSP2025
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
You can download it here: bit.ly/AMSP2025
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This beautiful book is now out! It's freely available as an open-access ebook from @bloomsburyrs.bsky.social (thanks to funding from @templetonrelig.bsky.social).
You can download it here: bit.ly/AMSP2025
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
You can download it here: bit.ly/AMSP2025
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
This beautiful book is now out! It's freely available as an open-access ebook (thanks to funding from @templetonrelig.bsky.social):
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
August 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This beautiful book is now out! It's freely available as an open-access ebook (thanks to funding from @templetonrelig.bsky.social):
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
Who had "radioactive wasps" on their apocalypse bingo card?
August 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Who had "radioactive wasps" on their apocalypse bingo card?
quiet scenes on the Panhandle coast
July 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
quiet scenes on the Panhandle coast
(In case it needs repeating: yes, covid remains a serious disease. The evidence is clear that there's still lots of it around, and - as I now know - even a mild case can cause lasting harm. Please look out for each other!)
July 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
(In case it needs repeating: yes, covid remains a serious disease. The evidence is clear that there's still lots of it around, and - as I now know - even a mild case can cause lasting harm. Please look out for each other!)
After catching covid in March, my recovery has been extremely slow. Although I'm tired of feeling terrible all the time, I'm grateful that I can convalesce on Florida's Panhandle coast. It's a special place.
July 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
After catching covid in March, my recovery has been extremely slow. Although I'm tired of feeling terrible all the time, I'm grateful that I can convalesce on Florida's Panhandle coast. It's a special place.
July 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Later today I'm chairing a webinar for the American Academy of Religion @aarweb.bsky.social on the crisis of the humanities - and what we can do about it. It's at 3pm Eastern (US) time, and registration is free.
Here's the link to register:
papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...
Here's the link to register:
papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...
June 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Later today I'm chairing a webinar for the American Academy of Religion @aarweb.bsky.social on the crisis of the humanities - and what we can do about it. It's at 3pm Eastern (US) time, and registration is free.
Here's the link to register:
papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...
Here's the link to register:
papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...
Time to make some sorbet! 😋
June 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Time to make some sorbet! 😋