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Jeffrey Pugh
@JeffreyCPugh
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Elon University. Resident of Charlottesville, writer of books. https://t.co/rZrEX6YyTP…
Nov 4, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Vance may well be right. I am the enemy. Let me explain: In the classes I taught in church history I taught about Augustine's notion of the will to power and the ways it distorts and destroys human society. We explored the incurvature of the human soul into itself that has been label "original sin." 1/
Aug 3, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
A thread on toxic theology, or why "God" can be a problem. Part of what is driving unrest and chaos in America today rests in a toxic theology that motivates ppl to act in certain ways. The connection btw Christianity and the 1/6 insurrection has been covered by others, but the theology that animates ppl sometimes remains hidden. 1/
Jan 16, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
@simonbarrow @Ekklesia_co_uk Some thoughts on Fintan's piece.

Can Joe Biden make America great again? theguardian.com/books/2021/jan… Since the day Trump was elected America as we thought we knew it was over, there was no way back, there would only be a way forward. This was not necessarily bad, bc the old imperial America did much harm in the world. 1/
Aug 27, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Religion's Dangers: A Thread No One Will Read, but Needs to Be Said. Religion is a human construction. You may think your religion is not, it's a relationship with God, but the things that mediated that relationship to you came through traditions and texts that shaped your deepest self. No faith community escapes this reality. 1/
Jul 4, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
American Apocalypse

We are in an apocalyptic moment, though many people don’t understand that word. Apocalypse is actually an unveiling, a revealing of the true state of things. Used in apocalyptic literature like we find in the Bible, it told stories . . . 1/ of the spiritual forces behind political struggles in the material world.

It was written to assure oppressed ppl that God was fighting for them against the forces of wickedness and ultimately good would prevail. The Revelation of John is Christian example where at the end, 2/
Dec 29, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
So, about the Rapture? I have some thoughts. The Rapture is not a thing and Jesus is not coming back, at least not in the way that over 35 million imagine. The Rapture is part of a theological scheme cooked up in the 19th century by John Nelson Darby. 1/ It was a theological innovation that entered into American consciousness through camp meetings, conferences, and other means, run mostly by evangelical/fundamentalist communities. The whole idea is not really a part of the Christian tradition and those who accept it as truth, 2/
Oct 25, 2018 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: My career has been spent studying Christianity and the rise of Nazism, specifically, the massive moral failure of a religion in the face of political nihilism to recognize it and fight back. In early 30's Hitler promised Germany he would take care of the communists /1 and other "degenerates" who threatened Christian civilization. He made the religious appeal knowing Germans would instinctively protect a religion that legitimated and justified anti-Semitism and cultural power, even though he had no real commitment to Christianity. /2