John Rawls: ‚”In discussing what I call the wide view of public political culture, we shall see that the idea of public reason applies more strictly to judges than to others, but that the requirements of public justification for that reason are always the same‚” Huh. Times change.

So pleased that our (w/ Franklin Ginn @msnorthcott @eebomberg & @alicehague2) article on @ecocongregation is out today in the journal Geo. It’s open access, so check it out here: https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/geo2.59 ‚”Christian climate care: Slow change, modesty and eco-theo‚ citizenship”

If you use the command line (and you should) you’ll really love this epic survey of new and improved versions of classic CLI tools by @rem https://remysharp.com/2018/08/23/cli-improved. Especially love all the key mappings – muscle memory is hard to overcome!”

I’m really concerned lately to see a range of (mostly white, male, older) academics – some of them theologians – who find themselves out of the limelight and convert from scholar to demagogue. They are richly rewarded.

So excited to announce that @PTRBirmingham is hiring a lecturer / sr lecturer in Practical Theology (that’s asst/assoc prof for you in the USA): details here: https://t.co/mwOgDVLpyt (dm me if curious)

Really fascinating (and troubling) piece in @chronicle about education deserts: https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-lives-in-education-deserts Well researched with fantastic – highlights the importance of geography to education!

So pleased our special issue of @EnvHumanities is out. Read our introduction ‘Unexpected Encounters with Deep Time’ here: https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/10/1/213/134711/IntroductionUnexpected-Encounters-with-Deep-Time with @mhbastian @David_Farrier and Franklin Ginn