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December 2019

December 19, 2019

Memes against Memes (Early Christianity Cracked)

A while back Cracked offered 25 memes challenging popular misconceptions and misinformation held by people about...

December 18, 2019

#CFP Reading Black Mirror (and Black Mirror and Theology)

I'm excited that there's a project related to theology and Black Mirror in the works....

December 17, 2019

#CFP Robophilosophy Conference: Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics

International Research Conference Robophilosophy Conference: Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics August 18-21, 2020 Aarhus University, Denmark...

December 16, 2019

Comics and Popular Arts Conference #CFP

2020 Call for Papers / Proposals The Comics and Popular Arts Conference (CPAC) invites submissions for our...

December 15, 2019

Center for Health Humanities Fellowship Opportunity at MCPHS University

This message came my way via Dien Ho on Facebook, drawn to my attention by...

December 14, 2019

Call for Applications for the 2020 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship

Applications are now being taken for the 2020 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship to...

December 13, 2019

Graphic Canon and Chronology

I enjoyed talking with A. David Lewis at ΘeoCon about comic books, graphic novels, and Canon:...

December 12, 2019

Josiah: Children’s Bible Version

I've blogged before about getting students to read texts as adults that they were previously...

December 11, 2019

This Is The Way (and Emails Instead of Meetings: #StarWars Edition)

I'm sure I'm not the only religion professor who is a Star Wars fan whose...

December 10, 2019

The Future of Gen Ed Recap, Part 5

As I've been doing in past summaries of this event, let me start with recent...

December 09, 2019

Vocation and Interreligious Engagement at #NetVUE2019AAR #AARSBL19 Part 2

The next speaker at the Interfaith/Interreligious Studies and Vocation workshop was Jacqueline Bussie, who said that...

December 08, 2019

Vocation and Interreligious Engagement at #NetVUE2019AAR #AARSBL19 Part 1

I was delighted to attend the NetVUE (Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education) pre-conference workshop...

December 07, 2019

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

I began writing this just after seeing the movie about Mr. Rogers starring Tom Hanks...

December 06, 2019

Nazoreans and Enochic Judaism at #AARSBL19

The first session of AAR/SBL proper that I attended this year (after the pre-conference NetVUE...

December 05, 2019

Call for Names, Editors, and Contributors: Journal/Magazine of Fiction by Academics #CFP

I really shouldn't start new projects. But I've had so many conversations recently with academics...

December 04, 2019

ReligionProf Podcast with Juli Gittinger

I'm delighted that Juli Gittinger's book Personhood and Science Fiction is now out, and that...

December 03, 2019

Research Fellowship Opportunity: Second Temple Judaism: The Challenge of Diversity

Research Fellowship Opportunity ACADEMIC YEAR: 2021-2022 THEME: Second Temple Judaism: The Challenge of Diversity The...

December 02, 2019

Jesus, James, and Peter Mythicism

It is worth noting precisely what it is that mythicists do with Paul's references to...

December 01, 2019

Mandaean Book of John Review Panel at #AARSBL19

In the past I've tried to blog while at the AAR and SBL joint annual...

November 2019

November 30, 2019

A Disastrous Call for Papers #CFP

It looks like it may still be possible to submit proposals to this if you...

November 29, 2019

#CFP TexMoot 2020–Apocalypse: Unveiling the Future

TexMoot 2020–Apocalypse: Unveiling the Future Signum University’s Third Annual Texas Literature & Language Symposium From...

November 28, 2019

Biblical Music in the Milken Archive

I love the Milken Archive. So much Jewish music has been made available, promoted, highlighted,...

November 27, 2019

Religion and Life on Mars (Again)

First, the news that an entomologist claims to have spotted insects on Mars. Take a...

November 26, 2019

LDS Rockers

Rock music has been associated in the minds of most people more with LSD than...

November 25, 2019

The Symbolism and Meaning of John’s Baptism

Today I will be appearing on a conference panel about the book I helped produce,...

November 24, 2019

Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden

Time to get back into blogging through classic Doctor Who episodes. Apologies for the long...

November 23, 2019

Call for Papers: The Theological World of Harry Potter – edited volume #CFP

Editors: Taylor J. Ott (Fordham University) and Shaun Brown (Villa Maria College) Theology and Pop...

November 22, 2019

Database of Religious History at #AARSBL19

I have not only been meaning to blog about the Database of Religious History project...

November 21, 2019

What Jesus Learned from Junia

I confess that my initial reaction was to dismiss the idea that Joanna and Junia...

November 20, 2019

ReligionProf Podcast with Ruth Hayhoe

In the ReligionProf Podcast episode embedded above, I talk to Prof. Ruth Hayhoe, a specialist...

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