YDS asked me to teach theology this semester and propose a course, so I'm taking this syllabus for a spin. First solo class. Am very excite!!1
![Theology and Desire
REL xxxx
Fall 2026, Yale Divinity School
A Seminar
Time: [preferred: Tuesdays 3.30–5.20]
Location: TBD
Dr. Samuel Ernest
samuel.ernest@yale.edu
Office Hours: TBD
[Image of a a detail from the Doubting Thomas by Albrecht Durer: Thomas putting his fingers into Jesus's side wound.]
One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that [Jesus] answered them well he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that ‘God is one, and besides God there is no other’; and ‘to love God with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask him any question.
Mark 12:28–34 (NRSVue-ish)
Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
John 20:26b–28 (NRSVue)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnz4li5rsvx2gtodkoks6bvo/bafkreidyd44u2wkqkkx4ebmzeb67rw25s25oopb3avtt65ojfffrwb2mhm)
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writer, theologian, PhD religious studies from Yale, founding publisher and editor of @homodoxy.com + rearviewrag.com
![Editorial Staff
Hyperion Books for Children
114 Fifth Avenue
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Caledonia, Michigan 49316
August 15, 2006
To Whom It May Concern:
In “The Bartimaeus Trilogy: Book Three: Ptolemy’s Gate” 1st edition Copyright 2006, on the first paragraph on page 216, the first word of line four is “resposibilities.” I believe it is supposed to be “responsibilities.”
I am really enjoying the book! Thanks.
Sam Ernest](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnz4li5rsvx2gtodkoks6bvo/bafkreiermlkogwxdudx4vxvofvegjkfmopfqcvos3dg3gp5pn6wlt2o4xu)
![[italics] For the angels and the hosts—](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnz4li5rsvx2gtodkoks6bvo/bafkreigpbjp6p4c6bomkwcplcjwlhoo4cnkrh7gsovrno725zfhrijo4oe)
![adobe indesign mock-up of a personal ad with text: HOMODOXY; GLM, 32, Yale educ soon-to-be PHD seeks READERS, WRITERS, and GENEROUS DONORS for
new press for gay/queer/trans lit and theology. Books Reprinted in Contemporary Context (BRICC) series for reprints and translations w/ new intros, Unitudes series for small books with big ideas, and new writing, ALL GENRES; books worth burning; Homodoxy is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profits arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Homodoxy must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law; homodoxy.com; logo reading PROUD MEMBER [clmp]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnz4li5rsvx2gtodkoks6bvo/bafkreiayk7l3u64osxyllfc26ynefjle2j6vq2k7zrwe6xkzwotaexm2o4)
![15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
seek out their wickedness until you find none.
16 The Lord is king forever and ever;
the nations shall perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed,
so that those from earth may strike terror no more.[b]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnz4li5rsvx2gtodkoks6bvo/bafkreidnftokfwdex4pplsgbvoxq2k36qt3knmmn36q2ukbtp7muroksnq)
!["revolution now means community now"
[and cut off underneath: Christopher Street meant"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnz4li5rsvx2gtodkoks6bvo/bafkreictk5pn5dishndrdacp25jgfkwgo3yqucubrua4i6kt6taikrkyqe)
![Event poster:
Please join us in welcoming
Kelly Foster Lundquist
for a talk and signing of her memoir
Beard:
A Memoir of a Marriage
Saturday, Nov 15th, 4pm
Writer and educator Kelly Foster Lundquist will bless the bookspace with a reading and talk about her debut memoir, Beard. Kelly will be in conversation with Samuel Ernest, local author of Coarse Work. All are welcome; hope to see you here...
[A picture of the cover is on the left: Pink book with a black beard mask. Images of Kelly and me to the bottom right.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnz4li5rsvx2gtodkoks6bvo/bafkreibtcnxpns3zy7waxdhsnaf2tifw62gsawuzoxvgl66fxmk57g7kai)
![“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.
Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy” – a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnz4li5rsvx2gtodkoks6bvo/bafkreigorsped3dzgaevcgmmirareeyuqqlqjpypgf34ihy752vtbdsfy4)
