Jeffrey C. Pugh
@jeffreycpugh.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Elon University. Resident of Charlottesville, writer of books. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jeffrey-C.-Pugh/author/B001K8MMYI?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
Sliding into DMs is a block.
Sliding into DMs is a block.
I feel like this needs to be posted everyday until we realize the madness that has fallen on us. Until we reject the constant lies we are building a debt hard to pay.
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I feel like this needs to be posted everyday until we realize the madness that has fallen on us. Until we reject the constant lies we are building a debt hard to pay.
We are so selfish. This Halloween, think of others for a change.
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We are so selfish. This Halloween, think of others for a change.
"I did that," says Memory.
"I could not have done that," says Pride, remaining implacable.
Eventually, Memory yields. Nietzsche
Thus ended today's lesson.
"I could not have done that," says Pride, remaining implacable.
Eventually, Memory yields. Nietzsche
Thus ended today's lesson.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"I did that," says Memory.
"I could not have done that," says Pride, remaining implacable.
Eventually, Memory yields. Nietzsche
Thus ended today's lesson.
"I could not have done that," says Pride, remaining implacable.
Eventually, Memory yields. Nietzsche
Thus ended today's lesson.
Happy Reformation Day, y'all.
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Happy Reformation Day, y'all.
If this guy shows up, best give him the full-size candy bars you're holding back for yourself.
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If this guy shows up, best give him the full-size candy bars you're holding back for yourself.
Let's look at the up side everyone. At least we'll have one less hallway for the Christmas decorations.
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Let's look at the up side everyone. At least we'll have one less hallway for the Christmas decorations.
Little theology nerd humor this morning.
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Little theology nerd humor this morning.
Yeah, I'm not celebrating this type of humanity.
October 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Yeah, I'm not celebrating this type of humanity.
Things are getting dire in Portland. The horror! The horror!
October 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Things are getting dire in Portland. The horror! The horror!
I think about this quote often these days. Until US society overthrows the lies that suffocate us now, we will not be free.
August 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I think about this quote often these days. Until US society overthrows the lies that suffocate us now, we will not be free.
I mean, it could've been worse. At least they didn't rebrand as Barrel o' Crackers.
August 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I mean, it could've been worse. At least they didn't rebrand as Barrel o' Crackers.
Charlottesville, Va August 11/12, 2017. Today, all of America is Charlottesville and under attack. Without resistance, the orders we build in politics or economics eventually mutate and spawn totalitarianism, even if it’s the soft totalitarian promise to keep us safe. Will this be our future?
August 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Charlottesville, Va August 11/12, 2017. Today, all of America is Charlottesville and under attack. Without resistance, the orders we build in politics or economics eventually mutate and spawn totalitarianism, even if it’s the soft totalitarian promise to keep us safe. Will this be our future?
Perhaps there are times when you shouldn't take things literally.
July 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Perhaps there are times when you shouldn't take things literally.
Yep, pretty sure this place is getting teed up somewhere.
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Yep, pretty sure this place is getting teed up somewhere.
Just a reminder that hope is never lost, even in the apcalypse.
June 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Just a reminder that hope is never lost, even in the apcalypse.
You know who else was Augustinian?
May 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You know who else was Augustinian?
Somebody wants to give a run at the Borgia clan for most corrupt.
May 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Somebody wants to give a run at the Borgia clan for most corrupt.
For all those grading final papers/tests we salute you.
May 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For all those grading final papers/tests we salute you.
Because if anyone's going to do the indoctrination, it's going to be us.
May 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Because if anyone's going to do the indoctrination, it's going to be us.
Cartoonist gets it.
April 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Cartoonist gets it.
Marlette nails it.
April 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Marlette nails it.
This company understands the assignment.
April 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This company understands the assignment.
" ... and this is what I call this-worldliness: living fully in the midst of life's tasks, questions, successes and failures, experiences and perplexities-- then one takes seriously no longer one's own sufferings but rather the suffering of God in the world."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer executed 4/9/1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer executed 4/9/1945
April 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
" ... and this is what I call this-worldliness: living fully in the midst of life's tasks, questions, successes and failures, experiences and perplexities-- then one takes seriously no longer one's own sufferings but rather the suffering of God in the world."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer executed 4/9/1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer executed 4/9/1945