Michael J. Svigel @svigel.bsky.social Theology professor, department chair, patristic scholar, writer, husband, father. Passionate about the one Lord and his church.
Dr Tiggy McLaughlin @amalasuentha.bsky.social late antique historian, theology teacher, writer; still writing about Jesus's flesh in Merovingian Gaul
Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social Bilingual Canadian association founded in 1922 to promote historical research | Association canadienne bilingue fondée en 1922 pour promouvoir la recherche historique https://cha-shc.ca/ | https://cha-shc.ca/fr/
Nathan Alexander Scott @nas590.bsky.social Historical Theologian. I spend lots of time with the Eary Church Fathers.
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Joshua Schachterle @jschac.bsky.social
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Matthijs den Dulk @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social NT & Early Christianity at Radboud | PhD, UChicago | 2025-32: PI NWO Vidi Project on Ethnicity and In/Equality in Early Christianity | Academic Director, Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion (NOSTER)
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Biblioteca Agustiniana de Buenos Aires - Orden de San Agustin @bibaugosa.bsky.social La Biblioteca de la presencia de la Orden de san Agustin en la Republica Argentina. Especializada / Humanidades y cs. Sociales / patristica / Historia de la Iglesia // Atencion con cita previa en. bibcisao@gmail.com // www.bibcisao.com
Adam Renberg @adamrenberg.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Theology. Teaching Pastor. Historical theology, Christology, and the early church. Book on Eusebius of Caesarea with Brepols.
Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social Mom of 4 in Oz
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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social New Testament, Ancient Associations, Lecturer Religion + Ministry, writer of Women Patrons and Mothers in Associations and the New Testament (*NOW OUT** Mohr), sometime church minister, dog fan, hobby runner (have dined with int’l runners😉)
Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social Associate Professor of Eastern Christianity at KU Leuven.
Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social James Vardaman Professor @Baylor_History; USAToday and NYTimes bestselling author @brazospress;
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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Irish Theological Quarterly is an international refereed journal of Theology based at St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, Ireland. It is published by SAGE.
Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity @aartela.bsky.social The Bluesky account of the American Academy of Religion Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity program unit.
Madalina Toca @madalinatoca.bsky.social Late antiquity, epistolography, manuscripts | Humboldt Fellow in Bamberg. Research Associate at the University of Vienna and KU Leuven. Former Royal Society of Edinburgh Saltire Early Career Fellow in Classics at the University of Edinburgh
Dan Schwartz @bergdenker.bsky.social Late Antiquity, Syriac Studies, Digital Humanities. I promise I'll write something clever after one more cup of coffee. (he, him)
Joshua McManaway @jrmcmanaway.bsky.social Asst Prof of the Practice, MICL @ University of Notre Dame. Academic Director, "Take a Second Look." Researches intersection of Syriac and Latin Christianity. 
@copticscript.bsky.social @copticscript.bsky.social Open access digital humanities project https://copticscriptorium.org. Posts usually by @ctschroeder.bsky.social
Ed Creedy @edcreedy.bsky.social Leverhulme ECR Fellow in Theology at Durham.
PhD in Classics from KCL. Interested in early Christianity, theatre and performance in the Greco-Roman world.
Diane Shane Fruchtman @dianeshanef.bsky.social Rutgers Religion Prof; Medievalist historian of Christianity. Martyrdom Scholar. Advocate for inclusive pedagogy, public education, and peace. New Yorker turned Hoosier. Mom of 3. (She/her or they)
Alison Beach @alisonibeach.bsky.social Medieval Historian at the University of St Andrews. Leader of #TeamNun and the Word of Mouth AHRC-funded project. Works at the intersection of history and archaeology. Humanist with a trowel and a microscope!
Megan Nutzman @megannutzman.bsky.social Ohio State Classics faculty, formerly ODU History dept; PhD from UChicago; MTS+ThM from HCHC; history + material culture of ancient religion; chanter, knitter, weaver; Minnesotan; author of Contested Cures bit.ly/3sMTELi
Alex Istok @alexistok.bsky.social Classics PhD. Teaching at Samford University. Writing about early Christian apologies and Roman legal spaces (real + imagined).
Mark Goodacre @goodacre.bsky.social Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University. Host of the NT Pod. I post on New Testament, Christian origins, ABBA, and Doctor Who.
Mark G. Bilby @mgbilby.bsky.social PhD RS/JCA virginia.edu | MSLIS drexel.edu | youtube.com/@patristica | patreon.com/patristica | orcid.org/0000-0003-0100-6634 | original stuff ©2026 by author, no AI uses permitted
Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos @rsfalcasantos.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religion @AmherstCollege • currently trying to make Socrates of Constantinople cool again
Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social Postdoc @jacculturelmu.bsky.social | Blog: http://medisi.hypotheses.org | Arabic Bible | Manuscript Studies | Book History | Provenance | SciCom | #FirstGen
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Jillian Marcantonio @jrmarcantonio.bsky.social I study late ancient theology and liturgical poetry, and I teach Christian history at Campbell University Divinity School. My posts are from my own perspective, often about things unrelated to my work.
Amy Brown Hughes @amybrownhughes.bsky.social Historical theologian of early Christianity at Gordon College. Lover of all things ancient and all things geeky. Co-author: Christian Women in the Patristic World. Co-host of OnScript podcast.
Alan Garrow @alangarrow.bsky.social Didache, Synoptic Problem, New Testament www.alangarrow.com
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Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social Professor of Early Christian History at the University of Exeter; Canon Theologian at Exeter Cathedral. Crafter of prose, cushions and woolly socks.
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Andrew McGowan @praxeas.bsky.social Teacher of students, baker of bread, writer of books. Anglican, Australian in the USA. Early Christianity specialist. On Quinnipiac land at Yale. Opinions my own. Weekly lectionary comments at abmcg.substack.com
Grant Macaskill @grantmacaskill.bsky.social Lightfoot Professor of Divinity,
Durham University.
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Phil Harland @philharland.bsky.social Professor. Ancient history, vinyl records, biking, tap dancing
Shawn J Wilhite @sjwilhite.bsky.social Some Patristics, some New Testament, some Early Christianity · PhD Durham University · Associate Professor at California Baptist University
Fernando Soler @kefale.bsky.social I study Origen, food, body and metaphor in early Christianity. Associate Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Faculty of Theology.
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Elizabeth A. Clark Center for Late Ancient Studies @eacclas.bsky.social Duke University
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H. Clifton Ward @hcliftonward.bsky.social Associate Professor of History and Theology @ Covenant College | Ph.D. Durham University | Early Christian Theology | History of Christian Spirituality | Biography | Quaerite faciem eius semper
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Arnold Smeets @arnoldsmeets.bsky.social Patristics, Gregory the Great. Coordinator post academisch onderwijs TST en Catholic Studies Network. Voorzitter Vereniging Nederlandse Kerkgeschiedenis en Stichting Utrechts Religieus Erfgoed. Liefhebber van koffie en van Rome, maar ja, wie niet…
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Matthew R. Crawford @mcrawford.bsky.social Professor and Director of Research Program in Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Melbourne, Australia; Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Pappas Patristic Institute @pappaspatristic.bsky.social The PPI at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology supports patristic scholarship through conferences, lectures, summer programs, and publishing.
I.T. Soon @isaactsoon.bsky.social Writer of music, fiction, and scholarship. Recovering nihilist.
Jeremy Bergen @jeremybergen.bsky.social Theology/Religious Studies prof and Dean, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo: theology, church apologies, martyrdom, ecumenism (he/him)
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Mateusz Kusio @mateuszkusio.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social Senior Postdoctoral Fellow in Theology @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social | earlier CRAC UW & @humboldtuni.bsky.social | DPhil @ox.ac.uk | Bible, Ancient Judaism, Early Christianity | http://bit.ly/3pIqAR9 | views own
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David Evans @daevans.bsky.social Religion and History Teacher and Lecturer.
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Francesco Rotiroti @rotiroti.bsky.social Legal Scholar, Historian, Classicist – Legal Theory & History, Antiquity & Early Middle Ages, Classics, Early Christianity, Video Games – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francesco-Rotiroti
Inger Kuin @ingerkuin.bsky.social Writes and teaches about old things, currently at the Classics Department of the University of Virginia. Part-time Rotterdammer. Views expressed by me here (or anywhere else on the internet) are my own, not my employer's. More at http://www.ingerkuin.com
Scott D. Hendricks 📜🪶🪔 @scottdhendricks.bsky.social Sweat, tears, & books (not necessarily in that order) • Music, memoir, & pilgrimage (right now, ad Uzalem) • Christian monastic lit., Origenian tradition, Maximus Confessor, & the Philokalia
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Jen @cassiciacum.bsky.social Making Texas higher education great again. Classics/late antiquity/early Christianity. Sports ball fan.
Paul D. Wheatley, Ph.D. @pauldwheatley.bsky.social Asst. Prof. NT and Greek, Nashotah House Theol. Sem. Mark, Paul, Baptism, Greco-Roman ritual and reading, Rabbis, Origen, Classical Narratology. Manuscript looker, vinyl listener, dad style guru, too many boots and books. Episcopal Priest. Texas forever.
Christoph Heilig @christophheilig.bsky.social Author. Research group leader at the University of Munich. Interested in theology, literature, and AI.
http://www.christoph-heilig.de
Et ego in Arcadia esse vellem.
Christopher W. Skinner @skindawg73.bsky.social Professor of NT-EC at Loyola Chicago. Writing on Mark's Christology & Fourth Gospel reception, and slowly producing the Anchor Commentary on the Gospel of Thomas.
Beatle fan. Fender guitars. Father of 3 (1 is a T1D).
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social Imposter PhD student in patristics @ Duke.
General editor @ luxpatrum.com
Consubstantial with Theo & Rory. Romani ite domum.
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Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social History professor. Former manuscript cataloger. Research: Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Syriac manuscripts, Syriac Literature. He/him.
ReMeDHe @remedhe.bsky.social The working group for Religion, Medicine, Disability, and Health in Late Antiquity! Also for ancientists, medievalists interested in medical history in the greater Mediterranean premodern. Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis & @taramulder.bsky.social
NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social The North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature is a scholarly organization dedicated to the study of the Christian Apocrypha.
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Katie DeBoer, Ph.D. @ktdeboer.bsky.social Teaching Latin, Greek, Classical Studies | writing about women, gender, identity in the ancient world | reading Homer, Vergil, Ovid, et al. | ea / eam 🐶
Andy Radde-Gallwitz @argphd.bsky.social Disabled Prof. Long Covid. He/him.
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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social I’m University Research Professor in the Study of Religion and was a longtime Dept Chair but now teach, read, write, and have opinions on the fate of higher ed.
Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (Crandall University) | PhD (Cantab) | Ancient Mediterranean Religion, incl. Early Judaism and Christianity
Redescribing Christian Origins @redescribingxo.bsky.social Academic research group focused on early Christianity in its Mediterranean context.
Heike Omerzu @heikeomerzu.bsky.social Historian of early Christianity at University of Copenhagen (UCPH) - she/her
James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis
Janelle Peters @janellepeters.bsky.social https://t.co/S6p3kYIb8d
Kylie Crabbe @kycrabbe.bsky.social ARC DECRA on Disability in early Christianity, Associate Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies @IRCI_ACU @ACUmedia, UCA Minister
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Christoph Markschies @markschies.bsky.social ... beschäftigt sich nicht nur mit antikem Christentum
A. v. Stockhausen @vonstockhausen.org Director of “Die alexandrinische und antiochenische Bibelexegese in der Spätantike” at Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and editor of “Patristic Text Archive” (PTA).
Ancient Christianity, Patristics, Digital Classics.
#VeryAsian Dr. Sid Sudiacal (he/him/siya) 🇵🇭🇨🇦 @drsids.bsky.social Filipino Canadian scholar interested in the intersection of psychology, history, and theology.
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Tony Burke @tonyburke.bsky.social Religious Studies prof., York University, Toronto; writes on Christian apocrypha
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social Christian, PhD from SLU, etc. Mostly basketball stuff.
Rick Brannan @rickbrannan.com Data Architect/Data Wrangler. Doer of ML/MT and AI thingies. Translator of Lexham Press' "Apostolic Fathers." Mastermind behind the "Lexham English Septuagint." Now working on Baylor Handbook for Shepherd of Hermas. He/Him.
web: https://rickbrannan.com
Brandon Smith @bdsmith.bsky.social Chair and Associate Professor of Theology & Early Christianity at Oklahoma Baptist University // Center for Baptist Renewal co-founder // Author // Sad Dallas sports fan // linktree.com/churchgrammar
Laura Locke Estes @lblestes.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Pepperdine | writes on Syriac Christian exegesis, early Islam, and construction of religious identity
Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University. Author of Jesus & the Forces of Death and A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles.
Sarah E. Rollens @apocalypsenow5.bsky.social Department Chair and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College. PhD in the Study of Religion (EC&NT), University of Toronto & Centre for Jewish Studies (2013).
Jeremiah Bailey @ntecprof.bsky.social Historian of Early Christianity. Occasional speculative fiction writer. Constant speculator about the occasion of ancient documents. I do not speak for my employer.
Robyn Faith Walsh @zafulotus.bsky.social Associate Prof of New Testament and Early Christianity & Gabelli Senior Scholar @ University of Miami; Professorial Research Fellow @Universität Wien (2026–2028)
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http://robynfaithwalsh.com- P Paul T. Sloan @paultsloan.bsky.social Associate Professor of Early Christianity at Houston Christian University.
Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social Michigander with ideas about ancient history, writing, cats, bikes
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New book! Things Unseen, available open access from University of California Press: https://luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1525/luminos.253
Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social Advisor @ UVA
Working on early Christianity, slavery, & Roman Palestine
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Caroline (Carrie) T. Schroeder @ctschroeder.bsky.social Solo mom, teacher, writer, friend, Chloe's person. Author/ed Children & Family in Egyptian Monasticism http://tiny.cc/umx8lz, Monastic Bodies, Melania. carrieschroeder.com. Co-founder copticscriptorium.org. Prof @ OU. Opinions mine not my employer's
Charles Meeks @charlesmeeks.com Associate Professor and Director of Anglican Formation and Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology
PhD in theology from St Mike’s, Toronto. History of exegesis, ecclesiology, sacraments, etc. Anglican priest.
charlesmeeks.com
Eric Vanden Eykel @evandeneykel.bsky.social Ph.D. Christian Origins, Associate Professor of Religious Studies. Black Lives Matter. Views expressed here are my own, and do not reflect the views of my employer.
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Erin Galgay Walsh @eringwalsh.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School and the College | Syriac literature, late antiquity, biblical interpretation | Editor-in-Chief ancientjewreview.com