Scott D. Moringiello
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Regian/Eph/Cantabrian/Domer Loves Dorothy Day, John Fluevog, Bryan Garner, Mookie Wilson. Associate professor of Catholic Studies ( @DePaulCTH ) @DePaulU .
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"Suppose someone invented an instrument, a convenient little talking tube which, say, could be heard over the whole land...I wonder if the police would not forbid it, fearing that the whole country would become mentally deranged if it were used" -- Kierkegaard
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Today is my dad’s funeral mass. Please pray for him and my family.
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May I ask you to pray for a friend who recently died? He leaves behind his wife and three children. It was sudden and unexpected. He was 35.
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Christological insight from the 5 y-o:
“Jesus was a carpenter because God makes stuff.”
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I love J-L Cauvin.
God only brought one guy back from the dead on Easter. Trump is here to bring back the whole economy on Easter 2020. Enjoy this clip (possibly, like, the best ever), share and be sure to subscribe to Making Podcasts Great Again (
@TrumpPod
) - new every week!
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Last night, I received a letter from the Provost saying that I had been promoted to associate professor with tenure effective July 1, 2020! These are trying times in the academy, in Chicago, in the USA, and in the world at large. But I'm honored by the faith DePaul has put in me.
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I've never posted a meme before, but this is the reason to start.
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My man!
My book on Irenaeus comes out in 2019. USCCB brings this up in 2020. Pope Francis declares this in 2021.
I report. You decide.
#PopeFrancis
says he will declare St. Irenaeus the 37th Doctor of the Church; "coming from the East and exercising his episcopal ministry in the West," he will be known as the "doctor of unity."
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A student in my Intro to Catholicism class told me that his mom prays the Rosary every day. Then he told me that thanks to my class, he’s started praying it too. 1/
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I'm going to chalk this up as a parenting win:
My 8 y-o's class is doing a saints project. Each child chooses a saint to research and tell the class about.
My 8 y-o chose Irenaeus. He ends with "St Irenaeus taught us the living human being is the glory of God."
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If you’re the praying type, please pray for my dad. It would have been his 72nd birthday today.
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Just heard from a student who told me that thanks to my history of Christianity class, he's started going to mass and confession regularly and frequently reads the Bible. He tells me he entered the class as a baptized agnostic who hadn't been to mass in years.
Deo gratias
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8 y-o: “How is [prominent senator] a millionaire? He’s a politician.”
Me: “he wrote a book”
8 y-o: “You wrote a book. Why aren’t you a millionaire?”
Me: ...
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I've been working on editing a translation of Books Four and Five of Irenaeus's Adversus Haereses for a long while. I finally sent off a pretty solid draft to the editor.
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I introduced Pascal today by saying that he wanted to shake his readers up. "Imagine a guy who just plays video games and wears sweatpants and eats Cheetos," I said."Pascal wants to get him to think about what he loves and why."Two students responded, "Wait, that's my boyfriend."
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University life is demoralizing in all sorts of ways, but then you hear from two students who tell you your class has helped bring back their faith in God and their connection to the Church and you get all choked up and you recommit yourself to the whole enterprise.
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Because it is Mountain Day, alumni of .
@WilliamsCollege
are allowed to take the day off. We’re members of the community. I don’t make the rules. I do, however, have some apple cider in the fridge, so I’m going to have that now.
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I just realized T Swift’s “Willow” is a gloss on Alcibiades’s speech in the Symposium. (I’m teaching the speech tomorrow in class.) THREAD! 1/
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I'm delighted that .
@commonwealmag
published this piece I wrote about Jerry Russello (
@ubookman
). Thanks especially to .
@MatthewSitman
for his editing work.
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My dear friend Thomas Levergood went home to the Lord this afternoon.
His leadership of the Lumen Christi Institute was one of the great intellectual apostolates in the Church. His friendship to me was one of the great joys of my life.
May he rest in peace. 1/2
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Kinda weird that the Coen Brothers and Rick Heinrichs never adapted a Flannery O’Connor novel (or short story) to film.
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Teaching Augustine's Confessions this week in a class for first-year students about Love.
Thinking about asking Twitter's two most famous Augustinians (.
@ebruenig
and .
@lastpositivist
natürlich) to say hello to the class for me.
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“When Dads are by themselves, they have mustaches.” My 3 y-o, distilling the essence of Dadness.
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Yesterday I saw a former-student-now-friend I taught 8 years ago. She told me that our class discussions about love (Plato, Augustine, Kierkegaard) have deeply shaped how she approaches relationships.
I’ve never been more thankful for a conversation. It’s every teacher’s dream.
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Please pray for an urgent intention. Thank you so much.
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Earlier today, the two y-o shouted, “Pope Bendict!”
The 6 y-o replied, “which one? There are sixteen.”
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Jesus never had children. Paul recommends celibacy. Many central Christian thinkers were not biological fathers. In other words, Christian theology has often been passed down by men who had no real experience of family life or what it takes to make it work.
Locke never had children. Neither did Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, or Kant. Rousseau had children but gave them all up for adoption. In other words, Enlightenment rationalism was the construction of men who had no real experience of family life or what it takes to make it work.
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I chalk this up as a teaching win.
One of the students in my class on spiritual memoirs told me that because of the class, he's reading more and going to mass regularly.
Thanks .
@zenahitz
.
@SohrabAhmari
.
@amyandauthor
.
@Jessica_Mesman
.
@marykarrlit
Your books change lives.
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It's official!
Now it's official: Pope Francis declares St. Irenaeus a doctor of the church, giving him the title of "Doctor of Unity," as a bridge between Christians of the East and West.
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In his class reflection, a student told me that thanks to the class he (1) understands why his grandma loves God and (2) is better able to dissect complex texts.
This is one of the best things I've ever been told about my classes.
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Very excited this came in the mail today!
Thanks to the wonderful people at
@PAULISTPRESS
for all their help.
All my Irenaeus friends will be interested, I hope.
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The 7 y-o just referred to crumbs as “muffin zest.” I encourage us all to do this in 2020. Thank you.
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If capitalism is so efficient, how does Amelia Bedelia have a job?
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@dwaldenwrites
I unironically think this is one of the benefits of the NO mass. People get to sing.
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I met him when I was 15, thanks to our mentor John Connelly. Jerry has been a model and a mentor ever since. I knew this day was coming. But this morning when I prayed for him among the dead rather than among the sick, it was very, very hard.
I love you, Jerry.
It is with a heavy heart that the
@ubookman
and
@KirkCenter
family announce the passing yesterday of our longtime editor, Gerald J. Russello (1971-2021) after a battle with cancer. We'll pass along details as soon they are determined. Please pray for his family and his soul.
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"This class helped me change my understanding on how the Bible is structured and brought awareness to how much love and wisdom it shares with its readers. I am going to give prayer another chance and buy my own copy of the Bible." res ipsa loquitur
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@avermeule
Old: all the Justices should come from two law schools
Bold: all the Justices should come from one high school
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Is this from Tertullian's De Anima or Frank Herbert's Dune?
“In good faith, I grieve that Plato has become the spice merchant of all the heretics.”
Doleo bona fide Platonem omnium haereticorum condimentarium factum
#Tertullian
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It's worth remembering that the heroes of two "European" philosophical/theological classics (Symposium and Confessions) are North African women (Diotima and Monica).
(I taught the Confessions this week. The students -- all women! -- loved it.)
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At age 13, Sally, who lived in the suburbs, watched MTV’s Unplugged. At age 43, Sally, with her liberal arts degree, now works at NPR and came up with the Tiny Desks concerts.
This is a Gen X success story.
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Ngl, I think I did a pretty good job today helping the students to see why Gregory of Nyssa's On the Soul and Resurrection is beautiful and good and true.
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Please pray for an intention through the intercession of St Jude. Thank you so much.
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In the last day or so, some scholars of early Christianity started following me. I'm excited about that.
Does this mean I should tweet more about Irenaeus and Ignatius and less about Taylor Swift and the Gilmore Girls?
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This is a Jesuit appreciation post.
Thanks to:
Phil Judge
Jim Van Dyke
Arthur Bender
Brian Daley
David Meconi
Anthony SooHoo
for all that they've done -- and do -- for me and the Church.
Happy Feast Day!
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Is the Feast of St Monica a good time to note that I think Dua Lipa's "Levitating" could be a read as a commentary on the Vision at Ostia, told from Monica's point of view?
Did Monica call Augustine "Sugar Boo" in Berber? I'm sure.
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The 5 y-o just now before bed:
"The hardest question in the history of the world is where do words come from."
I mean, he's kinda right.
I guess we'll start Genesis 1-11 and Plato's Cratylus tomorrow.
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We didn’t discuss the Rosary in class, but we did discuss prayer one week and Mary and the saints another. 2/
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Exactly right:
"Consider using this challenge as an opportunity to reassert the basic purpose of education: to develop the skills, to cultivate the virtues and habits of mind, and to acquire the knowledge necessary for leading a rich and meaningful human life."
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Re: young people. I once taught Deus Caritas Est with constant reference to the video for Drake’s “God’s Plan.” I also taught about tradition with constant reference for the video to “Thank u, next.” Happy to accept all media inquiries.
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Thomas, you brought us all together to celebrate your life and console each other. We hugged and prayed and swapped stories of you and the ideas you loved and fought for.
Rest In Peace, my dear friend.
We love you.
(I cried all the way home.)
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The 7 y-o refused to do something, informing us that he was a human being, had free will, and didn't have to do things.
My better half reminded him that God gave us free will to make good choices.
He responded that he could make bad choices.
People doubt theology is relevant?
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Just a reminder that .
@MatthewSitman
is a superb editor. Dude can make even my prose look good.
10/10 would recommend.
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"I'm not a parody of myself," I scream as I work on Hebrew flashcards during the 5 y-o's tee ball practice and then go to the library to borrow Murakami's 1Q84.
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.
@Chris_arnade
‘s Dignity was the most important book of 2019.
.
@zenahitz
‘s Lost in Thought is the most important book of 2020.
Both remind us who we are and what we can be.
Now I have to design a class around them.
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Ya want stressful, I'll give ya stressful:
Helping your 8 y-o son pick out walk-up music for his little league summer team.
(Reader, we picked The Beatles' "Helter Skelter." There was a lot of consultation involved.)
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I got my first charcoal gray suit from Brooks Brothers when I was 20 (as one does). I haven't worn it in a while. (COVID, etc.) Twenty-two years later, I've never needed the waist adjusted. Ws in the chat.
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After we had a long conversation about Christianity, I gave an agnostic friend McCabe’s “God” and Deus Caritas Est. The friend had started praying. Please pray for him.
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When I posted a picture of my book on Irenaeus a couple of weeks ago, my bishop, the wonderful John Stowe of Lexington, KY, sent me a congratulatory email. Today, the US bishops have discussed asking the Pope to declare Irenaeus a doctor of the Church. I report, you decide.
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I realized tonight that if I had a tv, I could get all my TV news from
@RegisHighSchool
alumni:
@jimsciutto
@BuckSexton
@ColinJost
@PabloTorre
and
@patokeefe12
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@PatBlanchfield
Let's be honest: if you can sleep for 24 hours straight these days, you deserve two checks.
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I might pepper my classes with the line that I am "old man, who does not dance or sing like you, but who believes, like you, that injustice and evil are not invincible."
#PopeFrancis
sends message to
#VaxLive
concert, describing himself as an "old man, who does not dance or sing like you, but who believes, like you, that injustice and evil are not invincible."
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At Target. Drinking a peppermint mocha. Feeling in the Christmas spirit, and, tbqh, pretty basic.
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A Liberal Arts Education is the real preparation for life. Don't let anyone tell you differently.
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@lastpositivist
When I teach this text, I tell the students, “next time your mom asks you to do some chores, say ‘woman, how does your concern affect me?.’ When she looks at you angrily, just say, ‘Mom, I’m quoting Jesus.’”
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Today my 8 y-o was upset with me. He told me that in my stocking I would get coal, toothbrushes, and Starbucks coffee.
Ngl, that hurt.
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I taught Montainge's "On Friendship" today. In our discussion of his view that your true friend needs to be your intellectual equal, I pointed out that the students (all women) might well have trouble finding men who were their intellectual equals. Most nodded knowingly.
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I’m sitting alone in a taco bar in Chicago. I’m playing trivia. I’m absolutely crushing it.
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If you’re not listening to _Loveless_ (one of the greatest albums of all time), is it really Valentine’s Day?
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@uhactually
If you want to get an apartment in Brooklyn, my guess is that rent would only be like $500/mo.
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Today I got followed by a Leverhulme prize winner, a WaPo journalist, and Catholic peace activists.
“now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,“
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The 4 y-o just now:
“I really like baseball and medieval cathedrals.”
You and me both, kid. You and me both.
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Lexington, KY has all six of these.
1.Ouita Michel
2.UKy School of Architecture
3.temperate climate
4. town/gown/horses/bourbon = "enlivening urban chaos"
5. safety
6. my kids love it here.
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As an academic I'm grateful to have a spouse who is smarter than I am and who reads my stuff before I send it out. 10/10. Would recommend.
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I'm with Matt D. on this.
You should love what you teach so much that you're always excited to share that love with others. If you don't think it's worth your while, the students won't either.
If you don't love it, there are so many more things to do in life.
it's a crisis of self-confidence--and the students flock to it when you actually believe what you're doing is important
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Teaching is about showing students what you love and why you love it so they can figure out they love and why they love it.
That sounds simple, but it's difficult and rare and precious. And we should spend more time thinking about it.
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Please pray for the soul of Mr John L. Connelly, who died two years ago today.
He taught so many of us so much.
I wrote this appreciation of him about seven years ago as he was about to retire from Regis High School.
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How am I celebrating my birthday, you ask.
I just talked with .
@AshleyMcKinless
and .
@zacdayvis
about Irenaeus for 45 minutes.
10/10. Would recommend talking to them at any point on any topic.
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This is true in itself, of course. But my students are amazed when I explain to them that Christianity is a "Middle Eastern" religion. And when I teach them about Syriac, Coptic, Armenian (&c &c) Christianity, new worlds are opened to them.
(This is for a origins to 1200 class)
We need an online program on Blacks in classics but it also uncovers the African origins of Christianity. Even non Christians need to know that Christianity is not White and it would probably undo A LOT of mess. U.S. racism is rooted in a misrepresentation of Christianity.
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Also, I’m editing page proofs for my monograph right now. I’m not just clever references and bow ties, people.
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I told the boys their mother was perfect. The 6 y-o responded, “only God is perfect.” Our house respects Mt 5:48 and classical theism.
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Jesus teaches two things.
1. In order to be a human being you must love unconditionally.
2. If you do, they'll kill you.
Love is the most revolutionary force of all. The establishment doesn't make fun of it because it's lightweight; it makes fun of it because it realizes on some level that it's the most serious thing of all. It's the one true thing that could bring their house down. And still will.
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Best theological book of 2024 just dropped.
Congrats to our director, William T. Cavanaugh, on his new book, THE USES OF IDOLATRY, "a sympathetic but critical account of how & why we sacrifice ourselves & others to gods of our own design."
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If you follow me on this website, please follow .
@Chris_arnade
. And please read his book Dignity. The book has changed the way I teach.
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Yesterday I told my students that when I was in high school, if I wanted to hear a song I had to
1. Hope it came on the radio
2. Own it on CD or cassette
3. Know how to play it on the piano.
They were astonished I did # 3.
I still do this!
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tfw in response to your tweet, your favorite UK journalist tags the lead guitarist of one of your favorite bands to discuss a rapper from Los Angeles.
This website is free!
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As the semester starts, universities are seeing generative AI as a technical issue to be managed. They should be seeing it as an opportunity to discuss the value of liberal learning. 1/x
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Johnny Cash’s cover of “Hurt” is the correct answer here.
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I deeply admire my friend Rob Wylie’s article on envy in the latest .
@thelampmagazine
. It’s my favorite thing that excellent magazine has published.
I don’t envy it. We’re friends.
Like Aristotle and unlike Morrissey I love it when my friends are successful.
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