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Luke Bretherton
@WestLondonMan
Robert E. Cushman Professor of Moral & Political Theology @Duke Author | Teacher | Talker & Host of the Listen, Organize, Act! Podcast.
Mar 21, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Ancestor thinking vs. legacy thinking: a thread.

I’ve spent quite a bit of time talking with folk in various fields I’m connected to who are either just retiring or retired. Something has nagged at me in reflecting on the ways they talk about the world amid this transition. 1/9 I’ve come name this as the difference between ancestor thinking & legacy thinking. Legacy thinking looks back in anxiety & asks what those coming behind me are doing with what I left behind, whether they’re acting in accord with my commitments or will maintain what I’ve done. 2/9