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Richard A. Davis
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Kiwi theologian in Cambridge, England. #decolonialsettlertheology #christiananarchism
#peacetheology
#methodism
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March 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.

In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
February 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s "A Farewell to Arms," Faulkner’s "The Sound and the Fury," Early Hitchcock Films, Tintin and Popeye Cartoons & More
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, Early Hitchcock Films, Tintin and Popeye Cartoons & More
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This...
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January 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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“Jimmy Carter’s importance to faith and public life was reintroducing into the public square the principles that animated nineteenth-century evangelicals: concern for the poor, racial equality, peacemaking, human rights and equality for women.”
Jimmy Carter, ‘Born-Again’ President, Humanitarian, Dead at 100
Carter, who died Sunday, made his Baptist faith central whether teaching Sunday School, building homes for the poor, or sitting in the Oval Office.
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December 29, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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Job Opportunity!

The Dept. of Historical and Cultural Studies and the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions at the Univ. of Toronto Scarborough seek expert in Indigenous Histories of Environmental Justice, @ Associate or Professor.

careers.historians.org/jobs/2090380...
Associate Professor / Professor - Indigenous Histories of Environmental Justice in Scarborough, ON for University of Toronto Scarborough
Exciting opportunity in Scarborough, ON for University of Toronto Scarborough as a Associate Prof...
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December 19, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Reading up on Canadian theology for research on #decolonialsettlertheology
December 3, 2024 at 11:27 AM
A solid find for £3. Published 1912.
November 30, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Peace conference In Cambridge UK next year. #peacetheology
November 29, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The #SBL Islanders section will be hosting two sessions, one on Indigenous/Settler readings and the other on (Islander) Nomadism and Identity. Fantastic lineups for both sessions. Hope to see you there.
#SBLAAR2024 #SBLAAR24
November 25, 2024 at 10:05 PM
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
my latest book chapter out now: 'The Christian Ministry of Reconciliation and Settler Decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand'
doi.org/10.4324/9781.... #decolonialsettlertheology
#ToitūTeTiriti
The Christian ministry of reconciliation and settler decolonization in
In this chapter, Richard A. Davis, a Pakeha New Zealander, navigates the terrain of decolonization and reconciliation in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand's
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November 20, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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"The amount of economic harm that the publishers are presently suffering as a result of the IA has not only never been quantified, it has not even been roughly attempted to be quantified."

🔗 "Barbarians at the Gates” by Howard Burton for @ideasroadshow.bsky.social: ideasroadshow.com/barbarians-a...
Barbarians at the Gates
How the Internet Archive is putting publishers to shameAnyone interested in developing a deep understanding of Botticelli’s great mythological works simply must read Charles Dempsey’s 1992 classic,…
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September 3, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Conference
The Bloom Review One Year On: Multi-Faith Perspectives

Date: Wed, May 1 • 09:30 BST

Location: Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0UB

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March 27, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Come to our conference...
February 1, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Somehow we acquired 408 books in 2023.
January 2, 2024 at 9:38 PM
New works in public domain from 2024 web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
December 31, 2023 at 11:28 PM