Aaron Hollander

Associate Director, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute. Scholar & teacher. Theologian & ecumenist. Musician, mixologist, & adventurer.

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

What if dialogical excellence were as much an orienting goal for intellectual work as individual excellence?

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

I've been working hard on this ecumenical event - it's a rare treat to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury to my workplace!

RSVPs for the public portion of the event (9/23 from 10:30-12:30) are open until Sep 12th. If you're in the area, you're welcome!

[Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute @geiinyc]

We are delighted to be hosting Archbishop @JustinWelby at Graymoor on Saturday, September 23rd. Please join us as we present Archbishop Justin with the 14th Paul Wattson Christian Unity Award. Details on the event and RSVP instructions (by 9/12) are at: https://t.co/s4P7HTtVCI

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

I've been working hard on these programs and think they have the potential to make a real difference. One is a course reimagining ecumenics via Franciscan ethical formation, and the other is a PAID opportunity for NYC-area grad students / seminarians. Check it out!

[Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute @geiinyc]

We are delighted to announce two all-new Graymoor Institute initiatives for 2023-24: the Graymoor Peace, Reconciliation, and Ecumenicity Program (GPREP) and the GEII Internship. Details and links follow: (1/3)

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

Ohhhh this is very tempting, as I’ve been sitting on a spicy idea for a sequel to “Blessed Are the Legend-Makers” (https://t.co/hiBw70xGpl) - but 2023 is the year of the monograph and I MUST NOT take on new projects……

[PopCulture&Theology @PopAndTheology]

Call for Papers: Theology, Religion, and Dungeons & Dragons https://t.co/sur3OEqA1u

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

15 min to join us in the Hyatt. Come get weird with the Confederate dead.

[@jalaneschmidt.bsky.social📚👩🏾‍🏫🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🍉 @Jalane_Schmidt]

Today @AARWeb 12:30 MST @theatropectoris & I are giving a talk on Confederate martyrology. We’ll discuss Stonewall Jackson devotees’ pilgrimages to a Virginia battlefield to visit the relic of his amputated arm & other quasi religious Lost Cause practices that are Totally Normal.

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

@MarshCunningham You... you're not up on the latest reconceptualization of dinosaur naming conventions? Hmmm

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

As for the definitive study of the (unconsciously fantastical and heroic-narrativistic) tradition of "moral entrepreneurship" that projects moral and spiritual corrosion onto fantasy roleplaying, don't miss @joe_laycock's outstanding monograph, "Dangerous Games."

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

The discussion of the gamification of politics is noteworthy, but boy howdy does this miss the mark of coherent theological engagement with tabletop roleplaying. For a political theological take on #ttrpgs that's based on research: https://t.co/Fv3CekAxnt (pdf on request!)

[Christianity Today @CTmagazine]

“People are looking for meaning, significance, and bigger storylines in which to belong,” writes @drmoore.

“They're finding them in the very things that are bringing down institution after institution.”
https://t.co/EFXeat8BDV

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

@Delta The same flight is currently scheduled for Monday. Any reason to expect that that won't be cancelled as well?

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

@Delta Flight from LGA to AVL tomorrow morning cancelled with no warning and no communication? After receiving an email invitation to check in for the flight? And "we can't find you another flight"? Do better.

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

@Delta My spouse is flying solo with two young children. Not getting through on phone to customer service. Is anyone interested in helping us find replacement flights?

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

I'm helping to organize this short & sweet #NAAE conference, and doubling up on the wayward hope that we may actually be able to gather for #AAR in person. Should everything go belly up, we will doubtless move the conversation online. Ecumenically-minded friends, take a look!

[Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute @geiinyc]

There is still time to submit a proposal for the 2021 North American Academy of Ecumenists (#NAAE) annual meeting in San Antonio, immediately before the #AARSBL. Proposals due 8/1 - see call for papers here: https://t.co/mazoYUXLjy

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

Delighted to see that my Political Theology article on tabletop roleplaying and ethical formation is receiving some attention! Noticeably more than any of my other research, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised to say… #ttrpg #dnd

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

Thrilled to see this finally in print & pixels, available to anyone with an AAR membership (or give me a holler) - published on the Feast of St. George no less!

[American Academy of Religion @AARWeb]

In a contribution to JAAR’s Discussing the Discipline, Aaron T Hollander theorizes “hagiography” as interconnected MEDIA, rather than texts, and as evidence of the psychosocial PROCESSES, rather than products. Read the article: https://t.co/8GMblgS80e

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

It's the power of mythic narrative infused with a timely alchemy of persistence, dread, gratitude, exhaustion, wonder, and hope. All that's to say: shanty on, my friends. The fight's still on, but that "one day" may yet come. 7/7

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

A take I have yet to see on the sea shanty revival (though I'm hardly Extremely Online) is: it's not a coincidence that it's this particular song that made the form blow up. "Wellerman" isn't just a great vibe and a collaborative jam - it's a myth that hits us in the heart. 1/

[Aaron Hollander @theatropectoris]

The point is not to pin down the allegory. I don't think there is one. I'm NOT saying that the Wellerman stands in for the Eucharist, or Joe Biden, or whatever. The point is that Shantytok and this moment we're having isn't purely random, the internet doing its weird thing: 6/