Candida Moss
@candidamoss
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Professor @unibirmingham Papal News @CBS Writer @NatGeo @TheAtlantic @nyt @TheDailyBeast @TIME Award winning Author of #GodsGhostwriters #spoonie
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Joined June 2009
Today is the Launch day for my book #GodsGhostwriters! I am so thrilled with the responses so far and hope that everyone will let me know what they think (It is on sale @amazon) https://t.co/wnw0dBYk8j
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Congratulations to @candidamoss, winner of The Grawemeyer Awards 2026 Religion Award for GOD’S GHOSTWRITERS!
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Bring instant laughter and competition to any holiday party with the magnetic Christmas Bags Chess Game.
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Congratulations to Candida Moss, winner of this year’s Grawemeyer award! https://t.co/de2cvcGllB
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Buy John Turner's work here (or find it at libraries near you): https://t.co/XvxXLk2uci...
yalebooks.yale.edu
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My latest column for National Geographic is on Joseph Smith. It features the amazing new biography by @georgemasonu.bsky.social prof. John Turner and quotes from @benjaminepark.bsky.social's American Zion. https://t.co/mJbIsMcQau
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The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run.
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Excellent analysis by Laura Robinson about why the Epstein birthday note is probably genuine. Humanities methodologies FTW here.
So, here's the thing about the Epstein birthday book. It's harder to explain if it's a forgery than if it's not. The book was compiled in 2003, and the House Oversight Committee had a record of the binding. Then it was in Epstein's custody until 2007 when
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“Chicago has long helped to keep alive tiny fields & esoteric areas of humanistic study... Without the university’s support, and the continued training of graduate students who can keep these bodies of knowledge going, entire spheres of human learning might eventually blink out.”
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University of Oregon is planning to close dept and lay off faculty—incl many *tenured* faculty—& among those impacted are Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and Holocaust Studies. Here is a link to a petition asking the president to reconsider
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Assistant Professor in New Testament, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL. FT/TT. Deadline Sep 30.
mccormick.edu
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2026-30 postdoc Junior Research Fellowships, St John's College, Cambridge. Specified disciplines incl. Theology. FT/Fixed Term: 4 years. Deadline 18 September.
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AI agents aren’t failing for lack of IQ—they’re failing for lack of context. The winners will nail the context layer: clear objectives, permission-aware access to the right content, and workflow-specific tools. Build agents that know your business, not just the internet.
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Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now from @OUPAcademic @news_ub
https://t.co/MoSRXzrbYG
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Abstract. This volume interrogates the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in stud
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@aniketos0 You might like this article about the deadly reputation of the Styx River in antiquity, helps explain why it was associated with the death of Alexander the Great https://t.co/uJcis94zol
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Super chuffed to wake up to the news that my article on nonhumans (animals and demons) in an early Christian text has been published in Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha! It's open access, thanks to @Radboud_Uni . Get it here: https://t.co/gxHwqnv7rQ
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I'm honored that God's Ghostwriters received a 2025 silver medal from the Nautilus Book Awards. I'm so glad that something historically minded can be recognized in this space. https://t.co/BG6QQbD5Ds
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Use BOOKSALE20 for 20% off all print books & calendars. Sale ends December 5!
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My latest for @NatGeo on Ancient Greek and Roman diet featuring the work of @ISAWLib Claire Bubb https://t.co/gVIVwU2t8k
@news_ub @PTRBirmingham
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From protein-filled meals to the benefits of lentils and intermittent fasting, the Classical world had strong opinions about how to stay healthy.
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All good things must come to an end. Pope Leo XIV has canceled his pre-papal X account @drprevost
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This is probably the most unintentionally funny thing I have ever read in my life.
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"Francis represented something increasingly rare in international affairs: a global figure who wielded significant influence without controlling a single weapon or economic sanction.”
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The late Pope Francis wasn't without shortcomings, but he left behind a diplomatic toolkit that offers hope to a fractured world.
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Leo XIII, inspiration for the new pope’s name, wrote in 1891 that "wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner."
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