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Steve Wright

@stephenjohnwright.bsky.social
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Australian teaching theology in Manchester. Will post about: theology, cameras, books, and bikes.

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is insane.
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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There's a story being spread by Christian new sites which is misrepresenting the situation at Edinburgh. Here's an appeal from Rachel Myers. Please trust someone internal to the department over sensationalism.
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti... Always take the opportunity to learn about the Magdalene from @siobhanjolley.bsky.social
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Penitent sinner or fiery saint? Mary Magdalene is one of the Bible's most divisive figures. These paintings show why
Known as the "apostle to the apostles”, the controversial and multifaceted saint Mary Magdalene is shrouded in mythology and mystery. What do these artworks reveal about her?
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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The Pilgrimage of Annie Dillard
The celebrated author, who passed away this week, had two great themes: seeing and suffering.
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Niamh @niamhatheologian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just got an article rejected and for tautological reasons: Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s): The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ooh it's actually a joint statement. "The churches are particularly concerned about the coexistence and cooperation of the people in Saxony-Anhalt, and especially about respecting the God-given human dignity that belongs unconditionally to everyone."
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Not that UK postliberalism is without its problems, but these kinds of critiques tend to assume a North American context. There's something that feels like the genealogical fallacy happening when we appeal to origins instead of looking at the developments of this "school" across the world.
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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I think that’s what they call burying the lede, so for the avoidance of doubt: Reimaging the Magdalene is now available in paperback and ebook, courtesy of @bloomsburyrs.bsky.social and @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reimaging... (You’re allowed to buy it now!)
The cover of Reimaging the Magdalene, which features Artemisia’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I once listened to an audiobook where the narrator quite confidently and with great gravity pronounced "pericope" as "periscope"
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Love live blogging a museum visit on the group chat
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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lancelogic @lancelogic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Also a correlation in that there are strong opinions from folks who have either never read him or read very little.
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Kara N. Slade @karanslade.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If the Odyssey discourse has you excited about vitriolic disagreement over the interpretation of texts, let me introduce you to Karl Barth scholarship.
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
How is this masterpiece the least streamed song on Lux?
A screenshot from Spotify showing the song, Jeanne, by Rosalia, with only 4 million streams
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I'm reminded of the moment in Stanley Hauerwas's memoir when he recounts his discovery of running and how he bought a pair of shoes, only to discover later that they were rated as the worst running shoes available by Runner's World magazine.
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"God is supremely liberal" -- Thomas Aquinas, trying to start a fight online
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Surprising absolutely no-one from Australia. English spiders are incredibly timid and lethargic by comparison: www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Australian spider declared world’s fastest after record-breaking sprint
Researchers find running speed of spider is related to body weight and leg length
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
If you feel "useless" as a humanities scholar in the age of AI, it might be time to log off and talk to a person or read a book.
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
David Fergusson closed the Scottish Dogmatics Conference last week with a call for a refined version of modalism to be permissible alongside Nicene trinitarianism. I suspect there'll be a cottage industry of responses to this when it comes out in print.
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RT @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Yeeting the concept of “liminal space” into the sun.
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Goals
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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🎉 New book day! It’s been available early in National Gallery shops for a couple of weeks now but yesterday was official publication day for Saints. Available now at all good book shops and the billionaire bad ones too.
An open box of small pink bound books with Saints on the cover.
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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 30/05/2026
This is a great thread and not just relevant to preaching:
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Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Medieval/Early Modern History
The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700). This is a 1.0 FTE indefinite appointment to start on 1 August...
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
arstechnica.com
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
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UoM Religion @uomreligion.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We are pleased to advertise a postdoctoral fellowship at the Lincoln Theological Institute, from 01/09/2026 - 31/08/2028. The closing date for applications is 19/04/2026. Informal enquiries are very welcome. Full details in the Further Particulars. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job...
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Research Associate (Lincoln Theological Institute) :Oxford Road
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
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RT @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This is the most harrowing take on education I've yet heard. Absolutely no understanding of the formation side of education. Just a pure rational economic efficiency lens. Barbaric. www.lbc.co.uk/article/univ...
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Why are most university degrees still three years long? If we want to fix student finances, the academic calendar needs a rethink | LBC
As MPs launch an inquiry into student loans in England, it’s clear that the debate around how undergraduate degrees are funded shows no sign of slowing down.
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
File under "bad ideas". One of the best things about England's cultural scene is that anyone can walk in off the street and view art for free. share.google/PxBfkWBwyQVZ...
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England set to charge foreign tourists for entry to leading museums
Move would affect British Museum and National Gallery, but could depend on success of government ID card roll-out
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Just read a wonderful editorial preface to an 18th-19th C printing of John Wesley's prayer book. They note numbering variations in the various printings of the text and can't find a resolution so end with some crowd sourcing: "Has any reader seen an early edition?"
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
My article on Charles Wesley's christology is now available via early access. It's always odd to see an article appear which you wrote a few years ago; the critiques come across as a bit grumpy, but I think that argument still works overall. 1/2 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It's wonderful to see a remarkable scholar and exceptional human being take up this post
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It's always a good day to delete your old Academia.edu account
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"Faith knows that it comes upon its decision as one already made" - Bonhoeffer
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I really like Murakami's book about running. This little piece ends quite nicely: 33 was the age he started running, the age he started trying to make a living as a novelist. 33, "The age that Jesus Christ died" www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
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The Running Novelist
If I wanted to have a long life as a writer, I needed to find a way to stay in shape.
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"Everything that needs holiness turns to him [i.e. the Holy Spirit]" - Basil
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Steve Wright @stephenjohnwright.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The tech companies are wanting to sell us one the usefulness of AI, but even ChatGPT can't add a comment to a footnote in MS Word.
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