J. Scott Jackson
@jscottjackson.bsky.social
Theologian & independent scholar: Researching William Stringfellow, Karl Barth, principalities & powers; Christology; the doctrine of God.
I've spent part of the morning reading about the 17th century Scottish Covenanters who resisted the incursions of King Charles & Archbishop Laud into the Scottish Kirk, and I fear trouble may be brewing.
September 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I've spent part of the morning reading about the 17th century Scottish Covenanters who resisted the incursions of King Charles & Archbishop Laud into the Scottish Kirk, and I fear trouble may be brewing.
This is a timely essay.
St. Óscar Romero and the Right to Be Accurately Informed About Public Events
Will Cohen on communication.
churchlifejournal.nd.edu
August 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is a timely essay.
This is a fine book, indeed -- beautifully written and succint. Raboteau profiles seven of the most consequential US theo-political radical reformers of the 20th century, revealing their myriad interconnections and common aims that crossed the boundaries of their religious diversity.
American Prophets
A "powerful text" (Tavis Smiley) about how religion drove the fight for social justice in modern America
press.princeton.edu
May 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is a fine book, indeed -- beautifully written and succint. Raboteau profiles seven of the most consequential US theo-political radical reformers of the 20th century, revealing their myriad interconnections and common aims that crossed the boundaries of their religious diversity.
"Rather than seeing AI as a radical break from traditional authorship, our article suggests we're witnessing the latest evolution in a long history of collaborative creation." ~ @wtmcmaken.bsky.social
Ghostwriters Then and Now: Biblical Scribes, Generative AI, and Collaborative Authorship
DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.
derevth.blogspot.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Rather than seeing AI as a radical break from traditional authorship, our article suggests we're witnessing the latest evolution in a long history of collaborative creation." ~ @wtmcmaken.bsky.social
"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen.... For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies." ~ Rev. 18:2-3
Wall Street Bursts With Anger as Trump Tariffs Cause Wild Stock Market Swings
Billionaire investors are in an unfamiliar position, watching and cringing as tariffs roll on and the stock market reels.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen.... For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies." ~ Rev. 18:2-3
So that bit about Mao's cultural revolution at the end made me choke on my coffee. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | Trump Just Bet the Farm
Donald Trump is upending a world that has brought peace and stability for 80 years. What is it he doesn’t understand?
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
So that bit about Mao's cultural revolution at the end made me choke on my coffee. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Protecting our First Amendment freedom of worship should be a cause that unites people of faith across confessional and ideological differences.
Prayer vigil set as churches go to court against Trump administration immigration policy
[Episcopal News Service] An interfaith prayer vigil in Washington, D.C., is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. April 3, the eve of the first hearing in The Episcopal Church’s joint lawsuit with partner denomi…
episcopalnewsservice.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Protecting our First Amendment freedom of worship should be a cause that unites people of faith across confessional and ideological differences.
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Someone has set up a tracker of people who have "disappeared" in the US at the hands of the government's immigration enforcement agency
The tracker has been updated to include Robert Panton a 59 year old Grandfather, who served an incredibly punitive prison sentence and has not reoffended since. He has lived in the United States since he was 9 years old. immigrantjustice.org/press-releas...
Harlem Grandfather, Community Leader Robert Panton Detained by ICE at Check-In in New York City
A beloved father, grandfather, and youth mentor from Harlem, New York, who has lived in the United States for more than 50 years, was detained Tuesday in New York City during a scheduled check-in at a...
immigrantjustice.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Someone has set up a tracker of people who have "disappeared" in the US at the hands of the government's immigration enforcement agency
Four U.S. legislators who "get it": Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Sanders, Sen. Murphy, and now (most emphatically!), Sen. Booker. They have my attention, and I'm listening.
April 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Four U.S. legislators who "get it": Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Sanders, Sen. Murphy, and now (most emphatically!), Sen. Booker. They have my attention, and I'm listening.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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New blog post: Prometheus's Three Challenges to #Christian Theology According to Czech theologian Jan Milíč Lochman. How the mythological #titan became a focal point in Marxist-Christian dialogues of the 1960s. Read more! #Theology #Marxism
Prometheus’s Three Challenges to Christian Theology According to Jan Milíč Lochman
DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.
derevth.blogspot.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New blog post: Prometheus's Three Challenges to #Christian Theology According to Czech theologian Jan Milíč Lochman. How the mythological #titan became a focal point in Marxist-Christian dialogues of the 1960s. Read more! #Theology #Marxism
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
True confession. I do observe Lent (to some extent), but I don't take it with the utmost seriousness. Holy Week is mainly what interests me.
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
True confession. I do observe Lent (to some extent), but I don't take it with the utmost seriousness. Holy Week is mainly what interests me.
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truly kicking around the notion of a William Stringfellow Society as an ecumenical Christian resistance structure
March 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
truly kicking around the notion of a William Stringfellow Society as an ecumenical Christian resistance structure
Life is all about making difficult choices. www.lentmadness.org/2025/03/atha...
Athanasius of Alexandria vs. Irenaeus | Lent Madness
www.lentmadness.org
March 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Life is all about making difficult choices. www.lentmadness.org/2025/03/atha...
Right on. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
Opinion | Democrats Can Stop Trump and Save America
The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Right on. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
Read this. barthcenter.substack.com/p/death-the-...
Death, the Unspeakable
An Essay by Jared Stacy
barthcenter.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Read this. barthcenter.substack.com/p/death-the-...
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"Listen to this man" - #KarlBarth on William Stringfellow. 40 years after his death, Stringfellow's prophetic critique of #empire, consumerism and privatized #spirituality feels more urgent than ever.
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So, You Want to Read William Stringfellow?
DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.
derevth.blogspot.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Listen to this man" - #KarlBarth on William Stringfellow. 40 years after his death, Stringfellow's prophetic critique of #empire, consumerism and privatized #spirituality feels more urgent than ever.
@jscottjackson.bsky.social
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F. William Stringfellow -- lawyer, theologian, holy agitator -- entered into eternal life 40 years ago today. episcopalarchives.org/.../show/lea...
March 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
F. William Stringfellow -- lawyer, theologian, holy agitator -- entered into eternal life 40 years ago today. episcopalarchives.org/.../show/lea...
Ellison's Invisible Man is an incredible, mind-blowing read.
Remembering Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, today on his birthday.
March 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ellison's Invisible Man is an incredible, mind-blowing read.
I wrote a primer on the work of William Stringfellow, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his death.
So, You Want to Read William Stringfellow?
DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.
derevth.blogspot.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I wrote a primer on the work of William Stringfellow, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his death.
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Today marks 40 years since William Stringfellow's passing - the lawyer, activist & Episcopal #theologian who challenged #America's moral powers. His work on "principalities and powers" remains vital for our fraught times.
@jscottjackson.bsky.social
@jscottjackson.bsky.social
So, You Want to Read William Stringfellow?
DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.
derevth.blogspot.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Today marks 40 years since William Stringfellow's passing - the lawyer, activist & Episcopal #theologian who challenged #America's moral powers. His work on "principalities and powers" remains vital for our fraught times.
@jscottjackson.bsky.social
@jscottjackson.bsky.social
A very nice remembrance of Professor Marty from NPR.
Martin Marty, leading scholar of American religion, dies at 97
Martin Marty, one of the foremost interpreters of religion in American public life, died on Tuesday. He was 97 years old.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A very nice remembrance of Professor Marty from NPR.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott