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March 2020

March 18, 2020

Copycat Anti-Religion

Religions borrow from one another. So do scientific theories, political ideologies, musicians, and all human...

March 17, 2020

Academics and Freedom of Speech

An interesting exploration of the significance and freedom of speech. Here’s an excerpt: Consider science....

March 16, 2020

Learning Online (not) for the First Time

I blogged recently about faculty transitioning courses online on short notice. For some faculty this...

March 15, 2020

#CFP: Female Perspectives on the Future: Science Fiction by German-Speaking Authors

This call for papers will be of interest even if you're not thinking of presenting,...

March 14, 2020

Handwashing for Nerds, Geeks, and Other Science Fiction Fans

There are many musical versions of the recommendation and tutorial for handwashing, trying to ensure...

March 13, 2020

Keep Calm and Teach On (Moving Your Course Online on Short Notice)

Many, many universities and colleges are shifting to online teaching in response to the coronavirus...

March 12, 2020

TELA at #AARSBL19

Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity was involved in multiple sessions at the American Academy of...

March 11, 2020

Inerrancy is for Slavery

There is a narrower as well as a broader sense in which the statement in...

March 10, 2020

The Doctor’s Respect for Religion

Max Curtis has an article on the Tor website about faith and religious symbolism in...

March 09, 2020

#CFP Anthrodecentrism: Humans as Footnotes in Time and Space

CFP: ‘Anthrodecentrism: Humans as Footnotes in Time and Space’ Conference day 12th June 2020 Catholic University of...

March 08, 2020

#CFP A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam

A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam Edited by Ian Bekker, Sabine Planka and Philip van...

March 07, 2020

The Bible Says

This tweet definitely seemed to me to be worth sharing with a wider audience: That...

March 06, 2020

Religion in Ireland: Study Abroad

I'm working on developing a new short-term study abroad course focused on religion in Ireland,...

March 05, 2020

Rock around the Bible

With a project related to progressive rock and the Bible in the works, and the...

March 04, 2020

Open Access Mandaean Book of John

Thanks to generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (which President Trump would...

March 03, 2020

Open Education Week

In recognition of open education week, I want to highlight the way that not only...

March 02, 2020

Doctor Who: The Timeless Children

I’ve already seen people using the term “retcon” in reference to “The Timeless Children.” However,...

March 01, 2020

#CFP International Conference “The Medieval Eschatology”

Call for papes: International Conference “The Medieval Eschatology” The conference will be held at the School...

February 2020

February 29, 2020

Dawn Chorus Playlist

One of the wonderful experiences I had when visiting Australia was to go stand outside...

February 28, 2020

Burden

The movie Burden about a KKK member who turns from racism opens in theaters today,...

February 27, 2020

The Future of Gen Ed Recap, Part 6

I am at long last reaching the end of this extended recap of the day...

February 26, 2020

Grace, Works, Faithfulness, and Jesus

Jesus obeys, therefore God highly exalted him. This is what Paul says in Philippians 2:6-11....

February 25, 2020

OERs

I'll be presenting on the subject of Open Educational Resources (OERs for short) at Butler...

February 24, 2020

Doctor Who: Ascension of the Cybermen

The episode “Ascension of the Cybermen” would have grabbed me even if it had not...

February 23, 2020

Anti-Judaism and the Gospel of John: Enoch Seminar Colloquiuum at #AARSBL19

Here I am returning to a session that I didn't manage to blog about at...

February 22, 2020

#CFP Recovering Female Interpreters of the Bible: Society of Biblical Literature #AARSBL20

Two calls for papers from the Recovering Female Interpreters of the Bible program unit, for the...

February 21, 2020

#CFP Philosophy and Eschatology, or: thinking of/from the end of the world

7th Annual International Conference of the Centre for Phenomenology in South Africa 1st CFP: Philosophy and Eschatology, ...

February 20, 2020

Come Compromise at Crooked Creek Baptist Church!

It is high time for me to invite readers of my blog to my church,...

February 19, 2020

ReligionProf Podcast with Ruth Hayhoe about Suzanne McCarthy, Transcripted

I am extremely grateful to Kurk Gayle for taking the time to transcribe the podcast...

February 18, 2020

Algorithmythicism at #AARSBL19

Continuing my recap of the Digital Humanities session I chaired in November. Let me begin...

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