The remarks I gave at a press conference celebrating the installation of solar panels at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.
Remarks Celebrating the Installation of Solar Panels at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston
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Political Theology, Discovery and the Roots of the ‘Great Replacement’
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In a recent article in Race & Class I trace the origin of the "great replacement" conspiracy back to the Doctrine of Discovery.
Most read blog posts of 2023
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A list of 2023's most popular blog posts.
Books read in 2022
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A list of the books I read in 2022.
Most Read Blog Posts of 2022
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A review of 2022's most popular blog posts.
Sermon List Updated
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During the peak of the pandemic I fell woefully behind on both posting the texts of my sermons and keeping my the list of my sermons up to date. One of my sabbatical projects is to work to rectify that situation. This morning, I finished updating my list of sermons. It now is complete from 2006 to the present (the list from 2001 to 2005 still needs work). The texts of many sermons still remain to...
Prague
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After I left Oxford, I spent the weekend in Prague. Like my time in Oxford, the trip was primarily work related. I was there visiting the Czech photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková. Her show at FotoFest 2022 will be held at First Houston. My father and I are curating it and the objective of the visit was to work with her to make the final selection of images for the exhibition. I think it is going to...
Libraries and Restaurants in Oxford
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Friday was my final day in Oxford. And so, consummate foodie and lover of books that I am, I thought I would offer a few comments about libraries and restaurants in Oxford. I spent most of my time working in Harris Manchester College’s Tate Library. The college started life as an institution to train Unitarian ministers and the library is literally crammed with ephemera celebrating past...
Rambling Through Oxford
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Oxford is a quintessential walking city. It is made for foot traffic and bicycles, not cars or even public transit. My morning commute to Harris Manchester College consists of a thirty minute walk through a series of meadows. Along the way, I am passed by numerous bicyclists. There’s a playground, manicured lawns and gardens, several small bridges going across creeks, and so many fields of wild...
Harris Manchester College
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I am spending the first two weeks of my archival research time at Harris Manchester College. It is part of the University of Oxford. It was originally founded as an institution to train Unitarian ministers, but as the fortunes of British Unitarianism have declined so has its connection with the movement. Right now, there are perhaps 3,000 Unitarians throughout the United Kingdom, worshipping in...