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Matthew J Kuiper
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Religion Prof, Hope College. I study Islam, Religious Propagation, South Asia. Fascinated by “modernity.” Author, Da'wa: A Global History, bit.ly/3tRW47F, & other stuff. Posts mine. 13.1🏃
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And let it be said again, that Israel’s real friends will turn out in the long run to have been its critics, not the so-called “friends“ which are now underwriting this self-destructive path.

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This is not to say that higher ed doesn’t have major issues to work through. It does. It’s just not the mythical or exaggerated issues Vance and maga imagine. And as always, if you misdiagnose the problem, your remedy will be the wrong. 2/2

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If you’re interested, this is worth a read. I found this online after seeing several graffitis of boats… www.abbaye-montmajour.fr/en/discover/...

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It also made this odd muffled, low-pitched siren sound at random times for reasons I never figured out (not when backing up or any other obvious time). Oh well, it got me where I needed to go safely:)

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For more on the project, which is comparatively studying preaching and preachers… PredicMO - Grammars of preaching: lexis, mapping, staging (Middle East, 19th-21st centuries). www.iremam.cnrs.fr/fr/anr-predi...

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More on PredicMO (www.iremam.cnrs.fr/fr/seminaire...), and two (out of 5!) of the sessions I'll be part of:

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Good column. Thanks for sharing.

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Yes, sometimes they coincide, but often enough they don’t, as clearly seen in many global south Christian communities which are often conservative theologically while being politically more progressive.

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To be fair, as an independent, I think the statement is undoubtedly so in certain respects (just ask the people of Gaza and Lebanon), but in terms of domestic politics, oh the (lost) irony...

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Matthew J Kuiper
@matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
Religion Prof, Hope College. I study Islam, Religious Propagation, South Asia. Fascinated by “modernity.” Author, Da'wa: A Global History, bit.ly/3tRW47F, & other stuff. Posts mine. 13.1🏃
154 followers126 following201 posts