Manuel Cruz

Rock Climber, Professor-Theology & Continental Philosophy; Spiritual Crush: Simone Weil; Political Crush: Angela Merkel; Intellectual Crush: Meister Eckhart

[Vanderbilt Law @vanderbiltlaw]

Vanderbilt Law School is excited to announce our new Dean of Public Interest, Beth Cruz! Learn more about her background and what she brings to our community: https://t.co/Kai8vcJ4lQ

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

@vanderbiltlaw Excited to see the new horizons for justice to our most vulnerable that Cruz will lead Vandy Law toward.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

@1a Teaching 1st year college students, just out of high school, the deficit that impedes deep learning is a sacred allegiance to opinion. No seeming difference b/w personal opinion & the reasoned (fallible) claims of experts. Some members of Congress fail to know the difference.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

David's Dark Joy Revival #apostrophe#matters

[David Dark's Coordinated Campaign (of Love) @DavidDark]

I believe Denise Levertov.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

Love does not reject reason, but reason refuses to go where the lover goes - Philosopher of Love Jean-Luc Marion #philosophy#love#phenomenology

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

@MarkHMcEntire Or 1930s California for that matter?

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

Breath Prayer of the Day: "Out of the depths, O God, bring life, and justice, and meaning." (Inspired by Genesis 1) Repeat as you think through any and all aspects of your day and the events in our world, feeling free to modify at will..."Out of your love, O God..."

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

Can I get a witness? Nah, I'm good. There's a reason the prophets were reluctant to speak. Even if you can get past your fear of the powerful women and men that you expose, the fear of God remains, and that is a good and awe-ful reality.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

The nuance and danger of condemnation: it involves speaking in the name of God - whether and however G-d is named. The fool condemns freely! The wise one condemns in fear and trembling of the God of whom she is a witness.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

The nuance and danger of condemnation: it involves speaking in the name of God - whether and however G-d is named. The fool condemns freely! The wise one condemns in fear and trembling of the God of whom she is a witness.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

condemn (prophetic): to expose a certain practice, in-action, policy, cultural sentiment, or way of life as destructive and impoverishing of life: human, non-human, and transcendent.

[Katie Rosenson @KRosenson]

@theologoi @DavidDark What definition of “condemnation” are you using? And if possible to articulate, what nuance does it hold?

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

@DavidDark @KRosenson a part: I couldn't resist correcting my own grammar - baw

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

@DavidDark @KRosenson If "condemnation" of hatred is off the meaningful or beneficial table, and not even apart of Jesus' table (questionable), what kind of critique is on the table?

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

@DavidDark @KRosenson All blessing and no condemnation seems to forget the Jesus, who is the Son of the prophets of Israel.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

@MarkHMcEntire No or more or less than the Episcopal Church :)

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

Perhaps, you and Amanda could write alternative funeral liturgies for the Book of Common Prayer that are in keeping with your political theologies and the realities of mass violence in 21st century America!

[Katie Rosenson @KRosenson]

@hausofmanda_ I’m going with: stuff my body in a cannon and blast me through Mitch McConnell’s freaking window.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

After 88 days, my twitter fast has come to an end. Very unclear whether to weep or rejoice.

[Carlos A. Rodríguez @CarlosHappyNPO]

“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.”

~ Miroslav Volf

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

Life is an unforeseeable tapestry of connections. When violence tears into its threads, it is difficult to imagine how the torn pieces can be mended. Perhaps, our only consolation is to carry our sorrows and hopes into the Unforeseeable.

[Manuel Cruz @theologoi]

🎧 Own, For Cello

[Pray As You Go @prayasugo]

Jesus is the revelation of God: he is the one who has seen the Father, and he has come so that people may have life and have it to the full.

Do I feel nourished by this bread of life, this revelation by Jesus of who God is? https://t.co/iNuKyWiRT3 #Scripture #BreadofLife