@smhedgecock.bsky.social with a super smart talk on prayer closets as contemporary evangelical gendered practice. #aarsbl25
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@smhedgecock.bsky.social with a super smart talk on prayer closets as contemporary evangelical gendered practice. #aarsbl25
There’s a certain irony to the fact that in order to make it to the Sheraton for this wonderful talk, I had to leave dirty breakfast dishes in the sink. #aarsbl25
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There’s a certain irony to the fact that in order to make it to the Sheraton for this wonderful talk, I had to leave dirty breakfast dishes in the sink. #aarsbl25
Today’s #aarsbl25 was so good. Buddhism unit panel on teaching Buddhism in a fascist regime, followed by two panels excavating fascist roots and fascist æsthetics in the academic study of religion.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Today’s #aarsbl25 was so good. Buddhism unit panel on teaching Buddhism in a fascist regime, followed by two panels excavating fascist roots and fascist æsthetics in the academic study of religion.
Wondering if Princeton University Press pays royalties to their author “The Buddha,” writer of the books _How to Lose Yourself_ and _How to Feel_. #aarsbl25
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wondering if Princeton University Press pays royalties to their author “The Buddha,” writer of the books _How to Lose Yourself_ and _How to Feel_. #aarsbl25
Goodbye Frankfurt, hello Boston! After getting bumped from flight yesterday, it’s good to finally be back home.
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Goodbye Frankfurt, hello Boston! After getting bumped from flight yesterday, it’s good to finally be back home.
15 year-old me will never recover from the fact that I’m taking Flight 420 from Gate 69.
August 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
15 year-old me will never recover from the fact that I’m taking Flight 420 from Gate 69.
Leipziger Lerche, a nut and jam pastry created as a substitute for roasted meadowlark after the Saxon king banned meadowlark hunting. A fitting Aśoka-esque detail to ring in the IABS!
August 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Leipziger Lerche, a nut and jam pastry created as a substitute for roasted meadowlark after the Saxon king banned meadowlark hunting. A fitting Aśoka-esque detail to ring in the IABS!
Train day! Hall in Tirol —> Jenbach —> München —> Leipzig. Looking forward to hearing Germans complain every time the Deutsche Bahn is 3 minutes late.
August 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Train day! Hall in Tirol —> Jenbach —> München —> Leipzig. Looking forward to hearing Germans complain every time the Deutsche Bahn is 3 minutes late.
Friends! Hope to see you in Leipzig, where I’ll present on how I confirmed that the Consecration Scripture was indeed edited by a single person or team. I promise that during my talk I will use the phrase “vibes-based argument” at least twice! conference.uni-leipzig.de/iabs2025/aca...
August 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Friends! Hope to see you in Leipzig, where I’ll present on how I confirmed that the Consecration Scripture was indeed edited by a single person or team. I promise that during my talk I will use the phrase “vibes-based argument” at least twice! conference.uni-leipzig.de/iabs2025/aca...
yuniya edi kwon and amazingly talented friends performing the world premiere of _silver through the grass like nothing_, a meditation on illness, bardo, and Buddhist śarīra, at the Monheim Triennale.
July 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
yuniya edi kwon and amazingly talented friends performing the world premiere of _silver through the grass like nothing_, a meditation on illness, bardo, and Buddhist śarīra, at the Monheim Triennale.
What a joy to see Darian Donovan Thomas ddt93.bandcamp.com perform in the Kapelle zur Schmerzhaften Mutter, at the Monheim Triennale.
July 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What a joy to see Darian Donovan Thomas ddt93.bandcamp.com perform in the Kapelle zur Schmerzhaften Mutter, at the Monheim Triennale.
Day 1 of the Monheim Triennale. So psyched to be back in Germany for this!
July 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Day 1 of the Monheim Triennale. So psyched to be back in Germany for this!
Fellow scholars of religion: y’all should be reading @karenhao.bsky.social’s _Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI_. I think it pairs especially well with @lhulseth.bsky.social ‘s _Capitalist Humanitarianism_. Both about what it means for companies to claim good intentions.
June 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Fellow scholars of religion: y’all should be reading @karenhao.bsky.social’s _Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI_. I think it pairs especially well with @lhulseth.bsky.social ‘s _Capitalist Humanitarianism_. Both about what it means for companies to claim good intentions.
Reading Thackston’s translation of the History of Akbar and just deeply impressed with how the author Abu’l Fazl tries to work around the fact that Akbar was a useless idiot who spent all his time hunting and playing with elephants. Did sarcasm exist in late 16th century Mughal literary culture?
March 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Reading Thackston’s translation of the History of Akbar and just deeply impressed with how the author Abu’l Fazl tries to work around the fact that Akbar was a useless idiot who spent all his time hunting and playing with elephants. Did sarcasm exist in late 16th century Mughal literary culture?
Scenes from my first ever Moby Dick Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. We stuck it out through the end. The vibes were immaculate— a college slumber party for nerds that charmingly transcended generational divides. #mdm25
January 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Scenes from my first ever Moby Dick Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. We stuck it out through the end. The vibes were immaculate— a college slumber party for nerds that charmingly transcended generational divides. #mdm25
Looking forward to indulging in this winter break diversion: Ireland and Kronic’s _Cute Accelerationism_.
January 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Looking forward to indulging in this winter break diversion: Ireland and Kronic’s _Cute Accelerationism_.
This packaging is… semiotically dense!
December 14, 2024 at 1:24 PM
This packaging is… semiotically dense!
This is how colleges and universities end up with so many deans. (From Eva de Clercq’s lovely translation of The Life of Padma)
December 9, 2024 at 1:26 AM
This is how colleges and universities end up with so many deans. (From Eva de Clercq’s lovely translation of The Life of Padma)
An auspicious end to #sblaar24: on the flight home from San Diego the middle seat is free, so it will be occupied by this adorable kitten named Gertrude.
November 26, 2024 at 9:01 PM
An auspicious end to #sblaar24: on the flight home from San Diego the middle seat is free, so it will be occupied by this adorable kitten named Gertrude.
Followed the sage advice of @drewjakeprof.bsky.social and took a pleasant 75-minute stroll along the waterfront to the airport. So much better than sitting in a cab. #sblaar24
November 26, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Followed the sage advice of @drewjakeprof.bsky.social and took a pleasant 75-minute stroll along the waterfront to the airport. So much better than sitting in a cab. #sblaar24
Surreal night watching the Sublime concert unfold from a misty 15th floor vantage point at the Harvard reception. Maybe the strangest affective collision I have experienced at any academic conference #sblaar24
November 24, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Surreal night watching the Sublime concert unfold from a misty 15th floor vantage point at the Harvard reception. Maybe the strangest affective collision I have experienced at any academic conference #sblaar24