Peter Lineham

Retired Professor of History at Albany campus of Massey University

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Superb description of Handel in England - I must read the whole book y Charles King, Every Valley, but this article gives the flavour: “The Famous Mr. Hendel” | Lapham’s Quarterly

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Selling Our Birthright for a Quiet Pew The latest from @commentmag https://t.co/XH2vyWmR8V is an excellent essay

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Why We’re Still Atheists https://t.co/cQSbcFMgjz is an extremely interesting explanation of the strength of Atheism in the former DDR

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What will an evangelical Brazil look like? – https://t.co/Idam7qf6yJ via @aeonmag thoughtful read.

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Confessions of a Music User https://t.co/ixdmCbygOd - such a brilliant insight into the risks of a culture where people are all the time listening to music on devices.

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Just finished ished Derek Tovey's compelling little book."The Christ of History and the Jesus of Faith: a Manifesto". A powerful defence of "theologies history" as useful evidence. Recommended!

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https://t.co/dtG1xvZ7ky - really intriguing when the reader discovers the writer is a Muslim urging Americans to put the Enlightenment and religion back together where they once were (at least for some)!

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On Pilgrimage and Package Tours https://t.co/rge1PnwBdW via @hedgehogreview - such an interesting reflection on pilgrimages as spiritual and what the secular equivalent might be,

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https://t.co/oPfMQeILEk - a very balanced and insightful rebuttal of accounts that the Revolution was a direct consequence of the Great Awakening. Recommended.

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The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in America https://t.co/8aRXqcyGFK is a very nice way of presenting the data about religious diversity.

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Breaking the Revenge Cycle? https://t.co/H63zzoTYCa via @FordhamOrthodox is a very thoughtful analysis of what happens when hate builds.

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A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation https://t.co/oLVrQB7h5d a most helpful article about a complex trend across the world including NZ.

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Here is an excellent article about the need to keep the breath of faith alive: “It’s Our Story and We’re Sticking to It” (Which Story and Why Does It Matter?) — Firebrand Magazine

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Here is a disturbing indication of the new tone of Islam. https://t.co/V4khJyNUji

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When Theology Fuels the War https://t.co/jpnxGv6UEg via @FordhamOrthodox is a disturbing account of a Russain Orthodox document offering justification for the Ukraine war and much else beside.

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Vladimir Putin’s history obsession is a threat to world peace https://t.co/tU9i5rj5bR A rather striking background to making sense of Putin's actions and a warning to those who say that knowing history always is good for us!

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@MsShira50 Happy to answer via [email protected]

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and the toxic trope of the rapist-murderer-racial other https://t.co/r8ScmzxkA4 via @baptist_news . This is an outstanding analysis of the racism in American so called Christian Nationalism.

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Machiavelli on the problem of our impure beginnings – https://t.co/86gK0mjgvq via @aeonmag . An excellent essay with curious relevance to present NZ debates.

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I just signed - will you join me? https://t.co/YRQW4Dzr6h via @actionstation