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Author, A GOD-SHAPED NATION, coming June 9 & Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden @groveatlantic * Editor, @ktbuddha, @immanentframe

Chapel Hill, NC
Joined June 2009
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Scholars of religion: sharing your work with strangers you’re trapped with on a plane counts as public scholarship. Put it on your cv. (And godspeed!) #religioninpublic @AARWeb #AARSBL
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Side note: If you have a hankerin' to write analysis and/or reporting in the religion space and you can find a place to do it, *absolutely do it.* The religion beat is massive. There's a *ton* to cover, and there absolutely aren't enough of us to adequately cover it all.
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Calling all religion scholars interested in sharing their work with the public! @Sacred_Writes is NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for our fall online training focused on race, justice & religion with funding from @HLuceFdn. Apps due July 24th, details in 🧵
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Sacred Writes’ in-depth, cohort-based training program provides scholars with opportunities to acquire skills, identify resources, and build the communities of support necessary to produce public scholarship on religion. Apply by January 9! sacred-writes.org/public-sch…
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Are you a scholar of religion (= graduate training on religion) and work on race or sexuality? Applications for @Sacred_Writes’ next public scholarship trainings due 1/9 (super easy applications). $1k stipend to participate.
Big news from @Sacred_Writes team today: applications for our next round of public scholarships training are available NOW on our website (trainings will be virtual March-May and participants are paid $1k for their time). A 🧵 with details:
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
4/ Finally find a bunch of the @Sacred_Writes team (@modmyth @JJRodV @themodsisyphus) on Mon, 9-11am for "The Risks of Going Public: An Interactive Workshop" and stick around after/or stop by at 11 to learn more about our upcoming FUNDED trainings. static1.squarespace.com/stat…
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Friends, if you are leaving Twitter, and/or want to stay updated on Sacred Writes training programs, media partnerships, and public scholarship on religion, now seems like the moment to let you know about our good old-fashioned email list: tinyletter.com/SacredWrites please sign up!
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"I begin seeking the politics of any given text in this relationship among writer, text, and reader. These are relationships of power, and they always have theological implications." @modmyth's thoughts on Literature & Political Theology, our new blog stream she co-edits
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Today is the day! Non-tenure-track religion scholars, please submit your pitches for @Sacred_Writes media partnership with @contingent_mag ! Need more info? See the 🧵 below.
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Friends, Sacred Writes is happy to announce another PAID writing opportunity, with the excellent @contingent_mag! Up to 6 non-tenure-track scholars will be paid $250 for short essays on intersections of women, history, & religion. Deets in 🧵 Send your pitch & CV by May 10!
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
the latest from 2021 public scholarship fellow @aselak for friend of SW @ConversationUS on the limits of papal apologies in the face of centuries-long cultural genocide
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
very cool conversation about demonology with 2021 public scholarship fellow @modmyth coming up on 22 March! be sure to mark your calendars
Y’all are too kind! Can’t wait to talk demonology @WithEdSimon on the 22nd. (Psst see also @Sacred_Writes)
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
We're virtually welcoming @WithEdSimon back to White Whale on 3/22 at 7pm to celebrate his latest, PANDEMONIUM: A VISUAL HISTORY OF DEMONOLOGY (@ABRAMSbooks)! He'll be joined by @modmyth, author of PARADISE LUST (@groveatlantic). Register here: buff.ly/3sEmFoP
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t have an opponent last November. This time, she will. I’m Marcus Flowers, the Democrat & Army Veteran who is going to defeat her, with YOUR help. Please RT, FOLLOW & Donate here: secure.actblue.com/donate/mf… #SendCongressFlowers
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STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT LAMAR RICHARDS SENDS OFFICIAL LETTER TO ADMIN: “If she should decide not to come to this University as a result of not being considered for tenure, Kevin: I want you to know that you would have lost my faith in your ability to lead this University...”
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
and .@modmyth is the author of _Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden_ (@groveatlantic 2011), & former editor-in-chief of the online magazine of religion, culture and politics @KtBuddha. She is fascinated by utopias, origin stories, religious liberalism, & spirituality
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah, which began tonight, is a tzaddik, a person of great righteousness. Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Documents obtained by The Daily Tar Heel show that before UNC announced its reopening plan, the administration received early warning messages from top medical professionals at the University predicting outbreaks of COVID-19 on campus. bit.ly/2E6OrVK
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Brook Wilensky-Lanford retweeted
Wondering what we mean by whiteness and what we can do about white supremacy? Join @AntheaButler and me this Tuesday at 1pm EST. She’s delightful and brilliant. You won’t want to miss her. Link: facebook.com/religionnewssvc
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