Evan Berry
@ecothought.bsky.social
Settler on Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh territory. Sunny, but grumpy at the same time. Academic interests: environmental humanities, religion and climate change, petroculture, religious studies in public higher education, human rights 🍉🌈🏜️
Congratulations to Dr. Mario Orospe Hernandez, who yesterday successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Mattering Technologies. Secular/Religious Borders in Bolivian Lithium Mining” at Arizona State University
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Mario Orospe Hernandez, who yesterday successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Mattering Technologies. Secular/Religious Borders in Bolivian Lithium Mining” at Arizona State University
Saw and spoke to the qanon shaman, who came and interacted with our group. His sign was a demand that the Epstein files be released. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Saw and spoke to the qanon shaman, who came and interacted with our group. His sign was a demand that the Epstein files be released. #NoKings
Went to #NoKings PHX with fellow members of @ucwarizona.bsky.social
Good turnout, lots of righteous anger.
Good turnout, lots of righteous anger.
October 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Went to #NoKings PHX with fellow members of @ucwarizona.bsky.social
Good turnout, lots of righteous anger.
Good turnout, lots of righteous anger.
Arizona prepares for climate change
TLDR: adaptation without mitigation because “politics”
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
TLDR: adaptation without mitigation because “politics”
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Arizona prepares for climate change
TLDR: adaptation without mitigation because “politics”
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
TLDR: adaptation without mitigation because “politics”
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
This is why we must organize around boards of regents/trustees. They are unelected and are ultimately responsible for the success or failure of higher educational institutions.
September 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This is why we must organize around boards of regents/trustees. They are unelected and are ultimately responsible for the success or failure of higher educational institutions.
September 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Another important point: assessing programs by counting majors is, by design, a measure meant to undermine humanities programs. We need to find other, better ways of demonstrating to administrators and publics the value of religious studies classes.
4/4
4/4
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Another important point: assessing programs by counting majors is, by design, a measure meant to undermine humanities programs. We need to find other, better ways of demonstrating to administrators and publics the value of religious studies classes.
4/4
4/4
An important point to highlight: Religious Studies is "cross-pressured," by people who don't think religion is important and by people who confuse religious studies with religious practice--two wrongheaded ideas about why ours is not a "real" academic field. 3/4
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
An important point to highlight: Religious Studies is "cross-pressured," by people who don't think religion is important and by people who confuse religious studies with religious practice--two wrongheaded ideas about why ours is not a "real" academic field. 3/4
One fundamentally important connection between Oprah and her protégés (“doctors” Phil and Oz) is that they all fuse New Thought with neoliberalism.
They all, Oprah included, hold that health & wealth are achieved through the will, and that sickness & poverty are about being weak-willed.
They all, Oprah included, hold that health & wealth are achieved through the will, and that sickness & poverty are about being weak-willed.
August 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
One fundamentally important connection between Oprah and her protégés (“doctors” Phil and Oz) is that they all fuse New Thought with neoliberalism.
They all, Oprah included, hold that health & wealth are achieved through the will, and that sickness & poverty are about being weak-willed.
They all, Oprah included, hold that health & wealth are achieved through the will, and that sickness & poverty are about being weak-willed.
Someone should write a book about how (white) American ways of interacting with nature are steeped in a hyper-individualistic Protestantism.
www.ucpress.edu/books/devote...
www.ucpress.edu/books/devote...
August 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Someone should write a book about how (white) American ways of interacting with nature are steeped in a hyper-individualistic Protestantism.
www.ucpress.edu/books/devote...
www.ucpress.edu/books/devote...
I take some issue with the term "fetish," but still, just look at this picture from the lobby of a megachurch in Midland, Texas.
July 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I take some issue with the term "fetish," but still, just look at this picture from the lobby of a megachurch in Midland, Texas.
Different artist, same city, same message
June 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Different artist, same city, same message
Learning from @amanda-m-nichols.bsky.social about the temporal, eschatological, and cultural histories and futures of nuclear technologies at #ISSRNC2025 @issrnc.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Learning from @amanda-m-nichols.bsky.social about the temporal, eschatological, and cultural histories and futures of nuclear technologies at #ISSRNC2025 @issrnc.bsky.social
For real, my first thought when I saw this thumbnail was “I don’t even recognize the cast of SNL anymore.” Like no joke I thought there was no way this wasn’t a sketch.
April 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For real, my first thought when I saw this thumbnail was “I don’t even recognize the cast of SNL anymore.” Like no joke I thought there was no way this wasn’t a sketch.
“If your number one goal is for children to grow up to pay taxes, maybe you don’t care that much about children after all.” From @lagunavintage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“If your number one goal is for children to grow up to pay taxes, maybe you don’t care that much about children after all.” From @lagunavintage.bsky.social
Contact information for the El Salvadoran embassy and consulates in the US.
April 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Contact information for the El Salvadoran embassy and consulates in the US.
The #HandsOff Phoenix protest was well attended and energetic. People see the connections between the attack on education and the attack on immigrants, they understand the link between cuts to healthcare and tax cuts for billionaires. And they’re pissed.
April 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The #HandsOff Phoenix protest was well attended and energetic. People see the connections between the attack on education and the attack on immigrants, they understand the link between cuts to healthcare and tax cuts for billionaires. And they’re pissed.
Post a ship that’s not Star Wars or Star Trek
March 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Post a ship that’s not Star Wars or Star Trek
When things get really awful, do you ever wish someone would just organize a combination pizza party / cremation seminar?
Well, you’re in luck.
Well, you’re in luck.
March 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
When things get really awful, do you ever wish someone would just organize a combination pizza party / cremation seminar?
Well, you’re in luck.
Well, you’re in luck.
Also, this CFP for the religion and economy unit looks really interesting
papers.aarweb.org/sites/defaul...
papers.aarweb.org/sites/defaul...
March 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Also, this CFP for the religion and economy unit looks really interesting
papers.aarweb.org/sites/defaul...
papers.aarweb.org/sites/defaul...
Jessica Beaudette, a PhD candidate in religious studies at ASU, just published an article related to her dissertation research: "Relational Conservation: Undisciplining Community-Based Fieldwork in the Okavango Delta, Botswana." It's been a positive experience to watch her project unfold!
December 11, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Jessica Beaudette, a PhD candidate in religious studies at ASU, just published an article related to her dissertation research: "Relational Conservation: Undisciplining Community-Based Fieldwork in the Okavango Delta, Botswana." It's been a positive experience to watch her project unfold!
bsky roast is just AI generated smoke up your skirt. I like myself just fine, being told to like myself feels like exploitation.
December 4, 2024 at 9:26 PM
bsky roast is just AI generated smoke up your skirt. I like myself just fine, being told to like myself feels like exploitation.
The @issrnc.bsky.social reception also included a presentation of Amanda Baugh’s new book “Falling in Love with Nature: the values of Latinx Environmentalism” and Terra Rowe and Joerg Reiger’s new volume “Liberating People, Planet, and Religion”
November 23, 2024 at 5:06 AM
The @issrnc.bsky.social reception also included a presentation of Amanda Baugh’s new book “Falling in Love with Nature: the values of Latinx Environmentalism” and Terra Rowe and Joerg Reiger’s new volume “Liberating People, Planet, and Religion”
At AAR Annual Meetings, the @issrnc.bsky.social hosts a gathering that combines social gathering and academic conversation. This year, we celebrated the lives of Forrest Clingerman and Ellen Bernstein.
November 23, 2024 at 5:00 AM
At AAR Annual Meetings, the @issrnc.bsky.social hosts a gathering that combines social gathering and academic conversation. This year, we celebrated the lives of Forrest Clingerman and Ellen Bernstein.