Husband - Dad - Disciple - History Prof. Auburn Ph.D., 19th Cent. US Religion/Civil War/South. Peacemaker. Tweets abt faith, family, football, history, & life.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but the hardcover edition of @BJJPayne's "Gin, Jesus, and Jim Crow" is currently on a ridiculous sale for *under $11* on Amazon. I've read great things about this book, and can't wait to get into it!
amazon.com/dp/0807171484?psc…
I’m not surprised by the expulsion of the TN 3, but it’s infuriating & demoralizing nonetheless. The hypocrisy and anti-democratic impulses of the TNGOP seem to know no bounds.
I was dismayed by several elements of Jay Green's article yesterday for @Current_Pub1, and his treatment toward a collection of serious Christian scholars. @kkdumez's response is fantastic, and anyone who read Jay's piece should read this as well. /1
kristindumez.substack.com/p/…
To his credit, Jay Green's follow-up post at Current acknowledges and apologizes for the poor clarity and slipshod framing of scholars, but, notably, still does not provide specific rationale/evidence for the framing, nor engage their work or arguments. /4
Final thoughts (at least for now) on the Hugh Freeze hire/situation: 1. I hate this for so many people. Mostly for women like @chelsandrews and others, for whom the process has both resurrected old hurts/abuses and created a host of new ones. /1
This process has been illuminating, particularly in seeing the ways in which so many staff, media, and individuals have either stood up for consistency in ethic and integrity... or blithely ignored those values. The disparity in those responses has been disheartening, at best.
This is an embarrassment and a morally bankrupt decision. I’m extremely disappointed in @JohnCohenAD and my alma mater.
BREAKING: Sources confirmed to Auburn Live over the last 15 minutes that Hugh Freeze will be the next football coach at Auburn
Expect an announcement later today.
FREE on3.com/teams/auburn-tigers/…
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Someone needs to write a cultural history of how the word "novel" came to be a synonym for "book."
I’m as proud an AU alum as there is, but I will root for Auburn to lose every game that Freeze is coach until he is fired, if this happens. The same as I did with my beloved Jags under Urban. @JohnCohenAD, please, for all dignity and morality, do not let this happen.
I approve this hermeneutic.
