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December 2018

December 23, 2018

The Book of Strange New Things

As promised, here is my blog post about Michel Faber's novel, The Book of Strange New...

December 22, 2018

VALIS (The Audiobooks of Strange Dead Cats, Part 1)

I recently listened to two science fiction books with religious themes as audiobooks. One is...

December 21, 2018

Come and See: Why I Am (Still) A Christian

In a sermon towards the end of 2015, the (now former) pastor of my church...

December 20, 2018

Bible, It’s Cold Outside

I've followed the recent discussions about the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with interest. But...

December 19, 2018

ReligionProf Podcast Episode 17 with Brent Hege (plus the new Faith and Vocation Podcast!)

In this week's ReligionProf Podcast my guest is my Butler University colleague, Brent Hege. Brent...

December 18, 2018

Hebrew Matthew and Hebrew Josephus

I was reminded a while back (actually, looking at when I first wrote a draft...

December 17, 2018

Shielding Ourselves from the Truth

Vance Morgan wrote a while back: Those who are obsessed, as I am, with questions...

December 16, 2018

Linguistic Ninjas and the Impoverishment of Language

In a conversation with colleagues sometime last year, we had a conversation about appropriate word...

December 15, 2018

Science, Religion, and the Quest for Truth

John Polkinghorne writes: When I left the full-time practice of science and turned my collar...

December 14, 2018

Inerrancy: The Hermeneutics of Defending Slavery

I have such a great appreciation for Neil Carter. Although he is no longer a...

December 13, 2018

Things Christmasy

There have been several Christmas-related posts, some of which cover topics that are addressed every...

December 12, 2018

ReligionProf Podcast with Karen Keen

This week's episode of the ReligionProf Podcast features Karen Keen, who blogs at Reverent Sexuality....

December 11, 2018

Digital Humanities at Work

I have been meaning to blog about HumaReC for some time. HumaReC stands for Humanities...

December 10, 2018

Doctor Who: The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos

The tenth episode of Jodie Whittaker's first season as the Doctor is the season finale,...

December 09, 2018

Recap of Polemic in Late Antiquity Session at #SBLAAR18

This Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity session felt like it had less of a unifying...

December 08, 2018

Recap of Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity and Digital Humanities Session at #SBLAAR18

The joint session with the SBL Digital Humanities program unit was in many ways the...

December 07, 2018

Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara

The Doctor Who episode "The Androids of Tara" is part of the Key to Time...

December 06, 2018

Calls for Papers #CFP

So many interesting calls for papers have come to my attention - a couple related...

December 05, 2018

ReligionProf Podcast with Douglas Estes Part 2: Time, Immortality, and Technology

Of the theological topics that I tackle in my book Theology and Science Fiction, one that...

December 04, 2018

O Come O Come And Write More Advent Hymns

O come O come and write more advent hymns Their number and their quality are...

December 03, 2018

Doctor Who: It Takes You Away

James Whitbrook wrote the following about the Doctor Who episode "It Takes You Away": It...

December 02, 2018

Do God’s Ends Justify God’s Means?

As my Sunday school class moved into John 11 a while back, the fact that...

December 01, 2018

Consistent Biblical Literalism, Flat-Earthism, and Slavery

An effort to be consistently literal in one's interpretation of the Bible leads to absurdities....

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood

The Doctor Who episode The Stones of Blood is part of the Key to Time...

November 29, 2018

A Nativity for Our Time

Via Hemant Mehta. I've shared in the past a nativity scene with the migrants removed....

November 28, 2018

ReligionProf Podcast with Douglas Estes

This week's podcast features Douglas Estes, a New Testament scholar like myself who also engages...

November 27, 2018

What Christians Must Learn From Yoda

Pete Enns writes: Belligerence in theological discussions is a reaction to a deep fear—typically unperceived...

November 26, 2018

Doctor Who: The Witchfinders

Episode 8 of Jodie Whittaker‘s first season as the Doctor, “The Witchfinders,” revisits many familiar...

November 25, 2018

#StarbaseIndy2018

These past days I have been attending Starbase Indy for the first time, and presenting...

November 24, 2018

#SBLAAR18 Recap

The American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting was in Denver...

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