Glen O'Brien

Historian, theologian, Professor in the University of Divinity, Uniting Church person, Research Coordinator at The Salvation Army's Eva Burrows College.

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The Boss preaches up a storm in Manchester, resisting Fascist America, quoting James Baldwin, and calling people to action and prayer. Worth a listen. https://t.co/fcO2wAfwm1

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A nice review by Declan Ellis of our book, “A Curious Machine”: Wesleyan Reflections on the Posthuman Future https://t.co/1N1yq9SfN4

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AFTER THE REFERENDUM: WHAT COMES NEXT?
A public webinar by the Uniting Church National History Society with Mark Kickett and Sharon Hollis
Date and Time: 11 September 2024 07:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
https://t.co/oZThWLsy2L...

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“If we cannot think alike, we may love alike”: Can the Methodist schism over queer clergy and same-sex marriage yet be healed? https://t.co/Hg94nQarN6 via @ABCaustralia

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@DouginCanberra I’ve appreciated your interest and engagement Doug but you are one of very few in what is increasingly tumbleweed territory.

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I’ve decided to migrate across to Threads. See you there if you’d like to keep engaging with my ramblings.

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@Personhoodlives Congratulations from one Asbury grad to another.

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The high concept of representing political conservatives like Augustus Pinochet and Margaret Thatcher as vampires is ambitious and clever. ‘Soulless creatures of the devil live among us’. My ★★★ review of El Conde on @letterboxd: https://t.co/7pldznpV9e

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I know I’m out on a limb here but I found The Creator laboured and dull. Sure, it looked good and had some great design elements but story-wise it was lacking. I found its AI apocalypticism shallow compared to similar films. My ★★ review on @letterboxd: https://t.co/YfvSj8NQc1

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@sewistwrites Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier finished 26 March.

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An hilarious comment on identity politics and a portrait of a Black middle class family negotiating its own authenticity in the face of predominantly white expectations. My ★★★★ review of American Fiction on @letterboxd: https://t.co/R7xXQUmy4T

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A new experience for me from peer reviewer no. 2 - unsolicited spiritual advice about how I might like to reflect on myself, as a substitute for a reasoned response to my argument. Just another one of the hazards of Christian academia.

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The paperback edition of my book 'John Wesley's Political World' ships from Routledge on 27 May for $62.39 https://t.co/GIAebQsaJ6

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Beyoncé’s new album, ‘Cowboy Carter’ is not a country album. It’s a genre defying masterpiece that showcases a consummate artist at the height of her powers. Outstanding! #beyoncé #COWBOYCARTER

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I flipped pretty quickly from ‘he’s definitely guilty’ to ‘hey wait a minute’ so I guess that means either American Nightmare is a well structured crime documentary or I’m an idiot. Im going to go with the former. My ★★★½ review on @letterboxd: https://t.co/F8cuZJlCAU

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I can’t think what it must have been like for fans of the best selling science fiction novel of all time to go and see this movie in 1984. I imagine they wept profusely. My ★★★ review of Dune on @letterboxd: https://t.co/Ihtyk4cTG7

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Its steam-punk aesthetic is stylistically daring and it’s infused with wicked humour and incisive commentary on gender politics in an extreme fairy tale of liberation from male control. My ★★★★ review of Poor Things on @letterboxd: https://t.co/muZFsbJgIb

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Anatomy of a Fall (dir. Justine Triet) was my personal favourite of the Academy Award Best Picture nominations and is a cinematic tour de force in its portrait of a complex marriage.
My ★★★★★ review on @letterboxd: https://t.co/VGzhHFf62Q

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Once you start in on this survival drama about the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami you get hooked and before you know it you’ve watched the whole film again. My ★★★★ review of The Impossible on @letterboxd: https://t.co/FnXEKKJ1oJ