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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Any recommendations for translations of the Daodejing and Zhuangzi? Preferably undergrad friendly, scholarly translations. Every time I publish a video about Daoism, I wish I had my own copies.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 03/09/2026

Hey it’s me & @vox-magica.bsky.social writing about our department and the crucial work of studying religion (and the Humanities)

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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A student in my class told me she was inspired to take it after seeing the lost tribes Religion For Breakfast video so thanks @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social !

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Susannah Crockford @suscrockford.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Watch my interview with @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social about my new book, A Perturbed System, on Religion for Breakfast youtu.be/53Q1V1Pgw_g?...

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Why Climate Change Sounds Like Apocalypticism (feat. Dr. Susannah Crockford)

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I feel this way sometimes with certain religious beliefs and practices (I.e the rapture being invented sometime in the late 1700s)

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RNS @rns.org · 20/07/2026

OPINION: (RNS) — A new study found that, even among Gen Z Christians, the strong alliance between Trump and Christianity has had a negative impact on churchgoing for many.

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Half of Gen Z says Trump support keeps them out of church

(RNS) — A new study found that, even among Gen Z Christians, the strong alliance between Trump and Christianity has had a negative impact on churchgoing for many.

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Writing a video script on Mithras and am deep in researching constellations. In true Mithraic fashion, I just keep thinking to myself: "Space is so cool."

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New video! Are Babies Born Atheists? This is the latest episode in our ongoing series on nonreligion. This one covers everything from the cognitive science of religion to the sociology of religion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZdM...

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Are Babies Born Atheists?

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We’re doing something pretty cool this month at the Religion Department. Musician and scholar Atéha Bailly is leading a four-part “guided reading” on Hip Hop and Islam. But instead of reading a book, we're analyzing a playlist of hip hop songs. Register here: www.religiondepartment.com/hiphopislam

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Reporters: So we hear that Americans are recently returning to religion, especially young people. That true? Reputable Pollsters: Nope. Reporters: Well, our vibes say yeah. So we’re just gonna do 100 articles and podcasts about how Americans are returning to religion.

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Jacob Barrett @jakebarrett25.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I had such a great conversation with @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social and Andrew Aghapour about the amazing work they’re doing at The Religion Department! Listen now, and get involved in the awesome work they are up to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-religion...

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The Religion Department: An Online Learning Platform with Andrew Mark Henry and Andrew Ali Aghapour - New Books Network

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I love how Zoom constantly makes me decline help from their AI companion every fucking time I open the app for a routine meeting. Love it. Two enthusiastic user-experience thumbs up.

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12tone @12tone.nebula.tv · 23/03/2026

This is musicology.

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

New video! For centuries, Christians have tried to identify Gog and Magog with real nations…from the Soviet Union to modern China. But what (or who??) are Gog and Magog?: youtu.be/wh11CuVUZPY?...

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What Are Gog and Magog?

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This video was so much fun. I've never been so invested in learning about a fish. Kudos to Hank Green for making it so interesting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR9M...

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This Fish Deeply Changed How I See Myself

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 09/02/2026

fwiw Americans are very bad at understanding that the 2 things you're not supposed to discuss - politics and religion - infuse literally everything that the country has done, is doing, and will do it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 04/02/2026

I taught a class on “hope” last year and the few theorists who’ve written on it all point out that hope is the harder choice - that despair is easy and too often fashionable

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

My Daoist Canon video I published forever ago has surged to become the second most viewed video on the channel over the last 72 hours. Did i miss a Daoist-themed news peg or something? Algorithms are weird.

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Aureus (Moral Anxiety Studio) @moralanxiety.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Just watched the lovely work by @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social on ties between the sacred groves and the societies that form them, treasure them, and alter them. A useful reference for worldbuilders curious about the wilds. #indiedev #writing

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What Fantasy Gets Wrong About Sacred Groves

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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

“The sweeping study includes focus groups and interviews with K-12 students, parents, educators & tech experts in 50 countries…It found that using AI in education can ‘undermine children's foundational development’ and that ‘the damages it has already caused are daunting,’ though ‘fixable.’”

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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says

A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

After the huge success of last year's tour, I’m again leading an Ancient Christianity Turkey tour in May 2026! We’ll walk the streets of Ephesus, visit ancient churches and synagogues, and nerd out about ancient religion together. Spots are limited → www.wetravel.com/trips/ancien...

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Ancient Christian Turkey with Religion for Breakfast | Ephesus 2026 in Turkey

This tour is a deep dive into the world of early Christianity and ancient Greco-Roman religion—led by Dr. Andrew Mark Henry, a scholar of early Christianity and the creator and host of Religion for Br...

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JeffIsOnTheRoad @jeffisontheroad.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Why Psychedelics Feel So Religious | Entheogens Explained | Nebula @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social, As language and cultures change, the words people use to describe their experiences will change as well. We can only use the words we know based on our cultural background. nebula.tv/videos/relig...

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ReligionForBreakfast — Why Psychedelics Feel So Religious | Entheogens Explained

Discover why psychedelics so often spark mystical experiences. This video dives into research on entheogens, exploring awe, unity, and powerful altered states of consciousness.

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Finishing up a video on the living descendants of Confucius. About 80 generations. Though historians doubt the genealogy’s historicity before 1055 CE.

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Prof. Dr Beth Singler @bvlsingler.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

It was wonderful to meet Simon recently, and really great to be mentioned in his latest opinion piece for the @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/afa5...

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Who needs a priest when you have a chatbot?

The morphing of religion from communal activity into private pursuit goes one step further

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Honored to have my book *Religious Affects* discussed as part of this outstanding Religion for Breakfast video essay from @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social reviewing the evidence for religious behavior among animals!

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Are Animals Religious?

YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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Ancient Christian Turkey with Religion for Breakfast | Ephesus 2026 in Turkey

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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Dear friends and worthy enemies, next week I will be giving this online talk for those who might be interested, thanks to the good offices of @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social . It is a pay what you want event which will be live streamed and recorded. I will try not to say anything TOO seditious.

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The Religion Department

Online classes taught by scholars of religion.

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Already thinking of content for The Odyssey next year. What scholars of Homeric Greek literature and religion would you recommend?

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I was an early adopter of the stock trading app Robinhood in 2013. Their whole thing was democratizing investing with zero-fee trades, and it honestly enabled a broke grad student like me to invest. But now, I get daily spam from them to gamble on sports and elections. Predatory, extractive bullshit

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Thorn Mooney @thornthewitch.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

You can take my survey of contemporary Paganism, plus a number of other awesome seminars with brilliant scholars!

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The Religion Department’s Black Friday sale is live! Study religion with real experts— live seminars, lectures, and guided readings. Get 25% off annual memberships with code BF25 at: religiondepartment.com/membership

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Religion Department Membership

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Looks like YouTube is launching a "likeness detection" tool that will alert me if someone creates an AI video with my likeness. I'm sure there are downsides I'm not thinking of, but I'm glad YT is making an effort to protect against my face being used by AI. Next I'd like to see "voice detection."

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.

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This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots

A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Any experts on Chabad-Lubavitch here? Could use a fact-checker for a segment in my upcoming video.

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Amazing. Good thing our government didn’t cut $500 million of mRNA research. Oh wait…

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Apparently The Rapture is trending? Time to surface and oldie: No, the Rapture is not in the Bible: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvsj...

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The Origins of the Rapture

YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

The Kabbalistic Tree of Baking Whereby divine Volume emanates to the lower vessels & is differentiated into units

A chart showing how to convert various measures of volume used in baking. Each unit is portrayed as a circle with bumbers around it, and lines link each circle to the appropriate number on each of the other circles. It looks like the Kabbalistic tree of the sefirot.

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I didn't realize how bad Google's enshittifictaion had become, until I switched my default browser to DuckDuckGo a few seconds ago. Holy shit, the AI overviews were degrading the user experience so much.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Definitely the best Iran headline of the year

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

A lot of the justifications point to the number of Religious Studies majors—but is this really how a dept’s value should be judged? In many RS departments in which I’ve taught, our courses have enormous enrollments & student interest +

“Counting majors does not reflect the value religious studies brings to a college, its proponents and practitioners say. Courses in religion are popular among undergraduates because they learn, often for the first time, about religion as something to study rather than to practice. Now that is more important than ever, some in the discipline say.”

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

apropos of the religious studies isn’t theology convos… my mom: i’m going to put [a copy of your book] by the altar. me: i don’t know that it’s good enough for god, mom. my dad: but god is all you write about. (i didn’t have the heart to tell them i don’t write about god, obvs.)

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 22/08/2025

This is a neat video by @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social, relevant to the considerations we've been playing with as part of #MythAugust, and very much the sort of thing we mean when we talk about a world feeling "lived-in" on @worldbuildcast.bsky.social. youtu.be/pjrrUZeJMSo

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Why Fictional Religions Feel So Fake

YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast

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