@millinerd

Art historian, author of Mother of the Lamb (2022), "a book of remarkable scholarship combined with deep humanity." -Peter Brown https://xitter.cf/t.co/ixR06QjZSm

 Wheaton, IL
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Joined February 2009
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ACT NOW! You can get my #MaterialMysticism essay at @commentmag FOR FREE 1x per month if you sign up IN THE NEXT 30 SECONDS by submitting your email at the link below so ACT NOW (actually, it's always free, but ACT NOW ANYWAY). comment.org/columns/material…

Material Mysticism with Matthew J. Milliner

Material Mysticism with Matthew J. Milliner is devoted to Christian spirituality as it intersects with physical stuff: contemporary art, art history, matter, practice, and place. Explore the collis...

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We Anglicans like the vernacular AND the Latin (thanks @LuxPatrum )
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The X algorithms tell me I should repost excerpts of the article that I just published to get you to read it but all I can do is post Collingwood excerpts instead.
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An AI-proof genre (for now) millinerd.substack.com/p/an-…
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This is why Ruskin rules at @WheatonCollege art history so long as I have a say.
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For the evening crowd, one of the Orthodox luminaries of the 20th century said this: “Do not change your Church. You carry your problems in you and with you. You will find them wherever you go. Christ is present in all Churches. Search and you will find.”
Matthew J. Milliner@millinerdOct 20
New piece @commentmag on when the Jesus Prayer becomes a jacuzzi. comment.org/the-gentrificati…

The Gentrification of the Saints

Theologian and monk Lev Gillet was a mastermind of twentieth-century ecumenism. Sadly his legacy has been all but forgotten.

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Matthew J. Milliner@millinerdOct 20
New piece @commentmag on when the Jesus Prayer becomes a jacuzzi. comment.org/the-gentrificati…

The Gentrification of the Saints

Theologian and monk Lev Gillet was a mastermind of twentieth-century ecumenism. Sadly his legacy has been all but forgotten.

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New piece @commentmag on when the Jesus Prayer becomes a jacuzzi. comment.org/the-gentrificati…

The Gentrification of the Saints

Theologian and monk Lev Gillet was a mastermind of twentieth-century ecumenism. Sadly his legacy has been all but forgotten.

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Nein.
Charly Wargnier ♨️
@DataChazOct 12
AI is getting out of hand
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Because thumos is trending (from Rowan Williams’ essay on Evagrius in this 2023 volume).
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Ancient Assyrians worshipping @claudeai at the @ISAC_UChicago
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Fantastic and charitable discussion at the University of Chicago regarding the great @UNDPress book The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art.
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Glad to get a mention in this fine piece from @CTmagazine
Matthew J. Milliner@millinerdOct 6
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This Orthodox Ascetic Made Me More Evangelical - Christianity Today

Mark the Monk’s theses on unmerited grace should challenge evangelicals leaving Protestantism behind.

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This Orthodox Ascetic Made Me More Evangelical - Christianity Today

Mark the Monk’s theses on unmerited grace should challenge evangelicals leaving Protestantism behind.

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And that’s how they deal with a senior, respected scholar. If you want to know how they handle the runts, I could tell stories. buymeacoffee.com/ayjay/the-l…

The Last Word on ... all this — ayjay

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“I live at the nexus of creation.” thedispatch.com/article/newt…

At the Center of Things in Newton, Kansas

From this nexus of creation, you could go anywhere. Or you could stay put.

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In a coincidence of cosmic proportions, my contributor copies of @Image_Journal with my poem about Kansas in it came less than a week after my essay on Newton was published.
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Here’s the essay equivalent of the yodler everyone is tweeting about: “Sometimes I do not know where this place stops and where I begin.” thedispatch.com/article/port…

The End of the West Near Portland, Oregon

Mountains, roses, and dreams at the terminus of a famous trail.

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No pads necessary.
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@princessdioramaOct 3
Our homecoming football game
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A word tonight from @pauljpastor
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Good news on the attention span panic front: Several of my students, assigned to read an abridged version of Dostoyevsky’s Demons, upgraded to full length just because.
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