Peter J. Thuesen
@peterjthuesen.bsky.social
Historian of American religion. Writing a book on Boston's Richard Cardinal Cushing (1895-1970), who was loved more for his humanity than his consistency. Previous books: Tornado God (OUP), Predestination (OUP), In Discordance with the Scriptures (OUP).
Heard a wonderful lecture yesterday by my emerita
@iuindianapolis.bsky.social colleague Susan Hyatt about her community engaged work, including on Black and Jewish residents of the Old Southside neighborhood.
Her work was profiled in the @nytimes.com 13 years ago:
www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/u...
@iuindianapolis.bsky.social colleague Susan Hyatt about her community engaged work, including on Black and Jewish residents of the Old Southside neighborhood.
Her work was profiled in the @nytimes.com 13 years ago:
www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/u...
Christians and Jews Rediscover Interracial Haven (Published 2012)
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Heard a wonderful lecture yesterday by my emerita
@iuindianapolis.bsky.social colleague Susan Hyatt about her community engaged work, including on Black and Jewish residents of the Old Southside neighborhood.
Her work was profiled in the @nytimes.com 13 years ago:
www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/u...
@iuindianapolis.bsky.social colleague Susan Hyatt about her community engaged work, including on Black and Jewish residents of the Old Southside neighborhood.
Her work was profiled in the @nytimes.com 13 years ago:
www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/u...
Today's the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican II declaration on non-Christian religions. Here's a great list of resources (see especially the op-ed listed at the bottom). There's also a special joint session upcoming at the @aarweb.bsky.social annual meeting in which... (1/2)
List of events, articles, and resources for marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate.
jordandenariduffner.substack.com/p/interfaith...
jordandenariduffner.substack.com/p/interfaith...
Interfaith Dialogue ‘In Our Time’
Upcoming events, articles, and resources for marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Catholic Church’s declaration on other religions
jordandenariduffner.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Today's the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican II declaration on non-Christian religions. Here's a great list of resources (see especially the op-ed listed at the bottom). There's also a special joint session upcoming at the @aarweb.bsky.social annual meeting in which... (1/2)
There's no better place on the @iuindianapolis.bsky.social campus on a Friday morning than the University Library.
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
There's no better place on the @iuindianapolis.bsky.social campus on a Friday morning than the University Library.
Happy 279th birthday to @princeton.edu, my graduate alma mater, founded as the College of New Jersey in 1746. I've always been grateful to that institution for making my grad studies possible. Here's the Graduate College (photo taken on a visit a decade ago).
October 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Happy 279th birthday to @princeton.edu, my graduate alma mater, founded as the College of New Jersey in 1746. I've always been grateful to that institution for making my grad studies possible. Here's the Graduate College (photo taken on a visit a decade ago).
UPS just delivered Jonathan Stapley's Holiness to the Lord: Latter-day Saint Temple Worship, hot off the press from @oxfordacademic.bsky.social. A welcome addition to OUP's extensive list in Mormon studies.
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
UPS just delivered Jonathan Stapley's Holiness to the Lord: Latter-day Saint Temple Worship, hot off the press from @oxfordacademic.bsky.social. A welcome addition to OUP's extensive list in Mormon studies.
Every Democrat who hopes to win in 2026 and 2028 needs to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest (to quote the BCP) this @nytopinion.nytimes.com editorial.
America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Every Democrat who hopes to win in 2026 and 2028 needs to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest (to quote the BCP) this @nytopinion.nytimes.com editorial.
America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Reposted by Peter J. Thuesen
Breakfast w an octogenarian friend disappointed all the frog suits were sold out.
Morning show and tell with Declaration of Independence to hundreds at the library.
All ages in our family showing up and speaking out across the country.
Texts and socials full of patriotic protest.
A good day.
Morning show and tell with Declaration of Independence to hundreds at the library.
All ages in our family showing up and speaking out across the country.
Texts and socials full of patriotic protest.
A good day.
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Breakfast w an octogenarian friend disappointed all the frog suits were sold out.
Morning show and tell with Declaration of Independence to hundreds at the library.
All ages in our family showing up and speaking out across the country.
Texts and socials full of patriotic protest.
A good day.
Morning show and tell with Declaration of Independence to hundreds at the library.
All ages in our family showing up and speaking out across the country.
Texts and socials full of patriotic protest.
A good day.
No Kings today in the shadow of George Washington on the lawn of the Indiana Statehouse in downtown Indianapolis. State police estimated 5K crowd size; seemed larger to me. Ought to give Gov. Braun pause on Trump's push to redistrict—which polls already show Hoosiers don't want.
October 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
No Kings today in the shadow of George Washington on the lawn of the Indiana Statehouse in downtown Indianapolis. State police estimated 5K crowd size; seemed larger to me. Ought to give Gov. Braun pause on Trump's push to redistrict—which polls already show Hoosiers don't want.
A good reminder for students and professors alike!
"Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard.”
William Zinsser, born on this day in 1922
William Zinsser, born on this day in 1922
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A good reminder for students and professors alike!
The flags of the United Nations member nations inside the Indiana University Indianapolis Campus Center for this month's International Festival. Always an inspiring reminder of how higher education embraces the world.
October 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The flags of the United Nations member nations inside the Indiana University Indianapolis Campus Center for this month's International Festival. Always an inspiring reminder of how higher education embraces the world.
This op-ed by @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social dean Erwin Chemerinsky hits the nail on the head: Trump's "compact" with universities is pure extortion. There will be hell to pay for American higher ed if any universities capitulate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This op-ed by @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social dean Erwin Chemerinsky hits the nail on the head: Trump's "compact" with universities is pure extortion. There will be hell to pay for American higher ed if any universities capitulate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
It's worth noting that there have been women as primates of national churches for a while—among them Antje Jackelén of the Church of Sweden & Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church. But the appointment of Sarah Mullally as Abp. of Canterbury will certainly reignite ecumenical debate.
October 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's worth noting that there have been women as primates of national churches for a while—among them Antje Jackelén of the Church of Sweden & Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church. But the appointment of Sarah Mullally as Abp. of Canterbury will certainly reignite ecumenical debate.
Congratulations to the Rt. Rev. Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London and a former nurse, on her historic appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury! What great news for ecumenical Christianity! (Was pleased too to see she studied theology at @kent.ac.uk, where my daughter also studied last year.)
October 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Congratulations to the Rt. Rev. Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London and a former nurse, on her historic appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury! What great news for ecumenical Christianity! (Was pleased too to see she studied theology at @kent.ac.uk, where my daughter also studied last year.)
Reposted by Peter J. Thuesen
Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.
Back from South Bend and the Cushwa Center's Dolan Seminar in American Religion, which featured a rousing discussion this morning of Tom Tweed's remarkable new book, Religion in the Lands That Became America: A New History (@yalepress.bsky.social). What a treat!
September 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Back from South Bend and the Cushwa Center's Dolan Seminar in American Religion, which featured a rousing discussion this morning of Tom Tweed's remarkable new book, Religion in the Lands That Became America: A New History (@yalepress.bsky.social). What a treat!
The Jesuit founder keeping watch over the Congregation of Holy Cross in the basilica at @notredame.bsky.social.
September 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Jesuit founder keeping watch over the Congregation of Holy Cross in the basilica at @notredame.bsky.social.
The Golden Dome at @notredame.bsky.social earlier this afternoon.
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Golden Dome at @notredame.bsky.social earlier this afternoon.
Always glad to be back at the Cushwa Center at @notredame.bsky.social for the Dolan Seminar in American Religion, this time featuring Thomas Tweed's Religion in the Lands That Became America (@yalepress.bsky.social). I arrived on campus in time to hear organ practice in the Basilica. Glorious!
September 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Always glad to be back at the Cushwa Center at @notredame.bsky.social for the Dolan Seminar in American Religion, this time featuring Thomas Tweed's Religion in the Lands That Became America (@yalepress.bsky.social). I arrived on campus in time to hear organ practice in the Basilica. Glorious!
Are we really still in the United States of America??
September 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Are we really still in the United States of America??
Eamon Duffy reflects on Newman’s impending elevation
thecatholicherald.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A new book by John Turner is always an event, and this book is an especially big event! So glad to see this, @yalepress.bsky.social! The vitality of Mormon history as a subfield has been nothing short of remarkable.
September 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A new book by John Turner is always an event, and this book is an especially big event! So glad to see this, @yalepress.bsky.social! The vitality of Mormon history as a subfield has been nothing short of remarkable.
Yes, this certainly vindicates your line of inquiry. So believing in God is a precondition of freedom? It’s like they’ve never heard of the Establishment Clause!
Still chuckling thinking about the folks who said Christian nationalism—the desire to see a specific expression of Christianity privileged with the gov’t promoting it—isn’t real.
I’m not on Twitter, but this is an official gov’t account.
I’m not on Twitter, but this is an official gov’t account.
September 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Yes, this certainly vindicates your line of inquiry. So believing in God is a precondition of freedom? It’s like they’ve never heard of the Establishment Clause!
He's a grave danger to American public health. The senators knew he's a wacko when they confirmed him. Now it's time for Congress to remove him.
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thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
He's a grave danger to American public health. The senators knew he's a wacko when they confirmed him. Now it's time for Congress to remove him.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Caught a glimpse of this majestic bird this evening at IND. Pleased that Aer Lingus now has a direct connection between Indianapolis and Dublin. I'm now accepting speaking invitations to Dublin! (Cardinal Cushing, anyone?)
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Caught a glimpse of this majestic bird this evening at IND. Pleased that Aer Lingus now has a direct connection between Indianapolis and Dublin. I'm now accepting speaking invitations to Dublin! (Cardinal Cushing, anyone?)