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High Priest, or Savior?

July 4th, 2017

[ by Charles Cameron — semantics of the theology of presidency, seen from the left ]
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Jack Jenkins, in ThinkProgress and on his Twitterstream:

It’s interesting how expression differs across media, no?

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Jack Jenkins is a Harvard Divinity alum, I’m from Christ Church, Oxford, myself, and we both think informed religious reporting is important. In short, he’s a natural ally.

My tweet to Jack:

I might grant you High Priest, maybe — but Savior?

Oh for pity sake, stop beating up on one another

July 4th, 2017

[ by Charles Cameron — just listen to Sister Rosetta ]
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I don’t care whoe is beating up whom, or who for that matter. Just stop.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe:

Being British in America today

July 4th, 2017

[ by Charles Cameron — still a Brit, though I love this place and may soon go for dual citizenship ]
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My embassy speaks for me —

Wishing you all a happy and blessed Fourth!

Jihadi religion & culture — work and play mebbe?

July 4th, 2017

[ by Charles Cameron — nothing quite like first unpacking a box filled with copies of a book you sent off months ago! ]
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Point focus:

Peripheral vision:

Two important new books — I have to say, I’m dying to read the Hegghammer, have the Maher on a close-to-hand reference shelf.

Retweets as quantifiers of interest, but so what?

July 4th, 2017

[ by Charles Cameron — mostly skeptical of quantification of human affects ]
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TwShiloh retweeted these two NJ Homeland Security tweets (DoubleTweet in the Wild!) with a comment:

Two products released at the same time. Note the retweet/like rates. ?That’s what confirmation bias looks like on Twitter.

I’m just now sure what I should deduce from the fact that Anarchy gets so many more RTs than White Supremacy.

and:

Are we more inclined to favor attacks on the left (anarchists) than on the right (supremacists) — does left violence just seem more noteworthy — do more people from one side of the divide follow New Jersey Homeland Security, maybe — or is it all just a little to anecdotal and indeterminate to form any conclusions?

H/t JM Berger.


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