Tony Keddie

@KeddieTony

Religious Studies prof . New Testament | 2nd Temple Judaism | Bible & Politics. Author, Republican Jesus. Tweets are my own (he/him). BLACK LIVES MATTER.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    11 Feb 2020

    Right-wing Jesus is running amok in American politics, but it’s not too late to stop him! I’m thrilled to announce that my new book is now in production with and will hit the shelves in October!

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  2. Feb 8

    “the simple elimination of symbolic reminders is not enough... It is better to put a mirror to these figures—and to ourselves—through a transparent legal process that exposes fact, challenges extremism and “deep state” conspiracies, and demands consequences.” Yes!!

    I wrote this piece for on the impeachment trial this week!
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  3. Retweeted
    Feb 5

    Hi ! We'll be reading your excellent piece this month for a faculty workshop . Thanks for sharing

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  4. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    I totally get the temptation to make space laser jokes. But doing so allows us to imagine that she's the oddball. She's not. She's the GOP's idea of an AOC, only they're treating her better than the Democratic establishment treats AOC.

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  5. Retweeted
    Jan 29

    Starting in a little over an hour (12 pm ET)! And don't forget that we'll be streaming the webinar live on Facebook:

    How religiosity influenced the attempt to overturn the election. [Photos of panelists]
    Free webinar this Friday! "Insurrection, White Supremacy, and Religion" with presenters , , , & -- moderated by . Open to AAR members & non-members -- Jan. 29 at 12 pm ET:
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  6. Jan 27

    “He’s calling us crazy!”—loving the marginalia on my used text of Freud’s Future of an Illusion!

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    Jan 26

    For all of you who responded (over 1,000 of you) The seminar on "Insurrection, White Supremacy and Religion" from the is THIS FRIDAY!!! Join us at noon EST for a great conversation! Open to the Public!!!!

    How religiosity influenced the attempt to overturn the election. [Photos of panelists]
    Free webinar this Friday! "Insurrection, White Supremacy, and Religion" with presenters , , , & -- moderated by . Open to AAR members & non-members -- Jan. 29 at 12 pm ET:
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  8. Retweeted
    Jan 25

    A new open-access volume of conference proceedings on ancient Egypt and the environment has been published, co-edited by Thomas Schneider!

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  9. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    We've got another blog post for you today in our "Unknown Peoples" series! Dr. Gregg E. Gardner of tells us about the many ancient groups that inhabited a rural village at the site of Horvat Midras in Israel and the diversity of this area in antiquity. 1/X

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  10. Jan 20

    Biden cabinet: “One group not represented? White evangelicals, the group most loyal to President Donald Trump.” via

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  11. Retweeted
    Jan 20

    Jesuit celebrated Mass for Biden this morning, saying the invocation at the inauguration, Jesuit high school mom, J-Lo performing at the inauguration, and Jesuit parish parishioner, Lady Gaga performing. We didn't rig this.

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  12. Jan 20

    Heading into the rest of this day with champagne and ’s poem on repeat!

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  13. Retweeted
    Jan 20

    "Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we step into and how we repair it." ~

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  14. Retweeted
    Jan 11

    Come hear me dork out about She-Ra, Captain Marvel and epiphanies! ⚡️

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  15. Retweeted
    Jan 15

    Our managing editor () and editor for Ancient Egypt () are giving a talk next week (Jan 20th 3pm PST) for here at UBC, covering updates on the project as well as showing off some of the pedagogical activities we've been preparing.

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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 14

    I want to encourage everyone to get their hands on my colleague 's new article "The Mark of Cain and White Violence" published in the Journal of Biblical Literature 139 (2020) 661-673. It's brilliant.

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  17. Jan 17

    Self-described “Q Shaman”:“Let’s all say a prayer in this sacred space.” Pelosi: they’ve desecrated “our temple of Democracy.” RS profs: religious space: constructed and contested, with discursive claims to sacred space implicating much more than religion—race, politics, class...

    So has footage of the prayer that was led on the Senate chamber floor by insurrectionists on Jan 6. It was led by the so-called QAnon Shaman, and occurs roughly 2/3 into this video. Here's a quick transcript.
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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 15

    The death penalty is fundamentally a poor person’s issue. Over nearly 40 years of visiting death row facilities across the United States, I have never met a single person with money or resources. Capital punishment means “those without the capital get the punishment.”

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  19. Jan 11

    “Racialized forgetting is the precondition for Gaetz, Palin, Metaxas, and Graham to almost reflexively assert BLM and Antifa’s responsibility for the violence at the Capitol.” Terrific article by

    Here is my piece about the predictable blaming of Antifa and for by conservatives. Hint: This is a reprehensible and very American tradition
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    Jan 8

    The story behind the signs? "While the Jesus 2020 signs don’t necessarily mean that Trump is Jesus, they do gesture to the idea that God chose Trump to 'restore' power to those who confess faith in Jesus." ICYMI,

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  21. Retweeted
    Jan 7

    University of Oklahoma Religious Studies dept is hiring. Would you help circulate the job ad?

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