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July 2019

July 06, 2019

God, Gods, New Edens, and Imperfect Saints on Star Trek: Discovery and Beyond

Another book chapter that I finished a draft of this summer is about gods in...

June 2019

June 25, 2019

Exploring The Orville #CFP #CFA

Call for Abstracts Exploring The Orville Edited by David Kyle Johnson and Michael Berry McFarland...

June 22, 2019

Sci-Fi, Superhero, Game, and Cinematic #CFP Round-Up

So many calls for papers came to my attention, that I thought it better to...

June 10, 2019

ΘeoCon 2019

Matt Brake shared the call for submissions for ΘeoCon 2019, and I want to do likewise,...

June 05, 2019

ReligionProf Podcast with Emily Swan

The 40th episode of the ReligionProf Podcast features Emily Swan, who is a minister, an...

June 01, 2019

Recalling Our Matrix

I missed the 20th anniversary of the movie The Matrix, which transformed science fiction, cinema,...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

DS9 #CFP

This call for papers grabbed my attention immediately in a way that few do: CALL...

May 19, 2019

Are Humans a Virus?

At one of the public lectures in this year's Butler Seminar on Religion and Global...

May 11, 2019

#CFP The Age of the Pulps: the science fiction magazine, 1926–1960

Call for Papers: The Age of the Pulps: v Submission date for 400-word proposals—: 1...

May 10, 2019

#CFP ‘Science Fiction Beyond the West: Futurity in African and Asian Contexts’ Symposium at SOAS

Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS) 'Science Fiction Beyond the West: Futurity in...

May 07, 2019

Changing Beliefs

The cartoon above from David Hayward prompted me to share some thoughts about this...

May 04, 2019

Canon #CFP x2 (Bible and Beyond)

Two calls for papers and several other items related to canon came to my attention...

April 2019

April 29, 2019

#CFP Productive Futures: The Political Economy of Science Fiction

Call for papers: Productive Futures Productive Futures: The Political Economy of Science Fiction Bloomsbury, London,...

April 17, 2019

ReligionProf Podcast with Anthony Le Donne: Gods of Thrones, Canon, and More

Anthony Le Donne returned to the ReligionProf podcast to talk about his multivolume book project,...

April 05, 2019

ΘeoCon 2019

Details have been announced about the 2019 ΘeoCon, which this year will take place at...

April 02, 2019

#CFP Fantastic Religions and Where to Find Them: Deities, Myths and Rites in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Fantastic Religions and Where to Find Them Deities, Myths and Rites in Science Fiction and...

March 2019

March 24, 2019

Gods of Star Trek

This sentence from a recent conversation Adam Kotsko and Sarah Jaffe had sums up my...

March 21, 2019

Contributing to the Black Archive: The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos

I have some wonderful news to share: I have been commissioned to write the volume...

March 20, 2019

ReligionProf Podcast with Zondervan Bible

I hope you enjoy this conversation with Melinda Bouma and Bob Gaudet who work for...

March 18, 2019

Science Fiction and Prophecy

Having written about science fiction as prophecy here not long ago, I was struck by...

March 07, 2019

Judaism Rebooted, or a Crucified Messiah Retconned?

My visit to McCormick Theological Seminary was so engaging that even now I'm not done...

March 04, 2019

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks

This episode is an important precursor to the modern era, as well as a successor...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

ReligionProf Podcast with Paul Driscoll

I would have been delighted to chat with Paul Driscoll no matter what - we...

February 25, 2019

Science Fiction and Religion #CFP

Another call for papers connected with the Journal for Religion, Film, and Media: CFP: SCIENCE...

February 20, 2019

ReligionProf Podcast with Jeremiah Bailey

This week's episode features Jeremiah Bailey, with whom I've been connected for a long time...

February 01, 2019

Star Trek Discovery: New Eden

The second episode of the second season of Star Trek: Discovery is bound to be...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Star Trek Exhibit at the Children’s Museum

I'm very happy to share information that was provided to me about an upcoming exhibit...

January 28, 2019

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

The Armageddon Factor is the episode that brings the Key to Time sequence of episodes...

January 26, 2019

Inspirational Science Fiction Quotes

I recently resumed my "reading" of Frank Herbert's Dune series through audiobooks, after a longer...

January 22, 2019

Saints Scully and Mulder

These devotional candles featuring the main characters from the X-Files grabbed my attention - not...

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