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March 2018

March 29, 2018

Mary Magdalene Movie and Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMduTL5KQlE&feature=em-subs_digest The new movie Mary Magdalene is one that I'm going to need to see...

March 28, 2018

Sci-Fi #CFPs

Below are a bunch of calls for papers that have come to my attention, all...

March 27, 2018

Natural Order of the Family?

I had someone's meme drawn to my attention on Facebook. It was this: It was...

March 26, 2018

Why I Am a Panentheist

A friend of mine noticed that I mentioned in passing that I hold to a...

March 25, 2018

Palm Sunday with Jesus as Jean-Claude Van Damme

I'm grateful to Brian Le Port for reminding me of this video featuring Jean-Claude Van...

March 24, 2018

The Humanities in a Changing World

Most readers of this blog will have heard this news: "The University of Wisconsin at...

March 23, 2018

The X-Files Season 11 Finale: My Struggle IV

The last episode of The X-Files may well be the last episode not just of season...

March 22, 2018

Second Temple Early Career Academy

Charlotte Hempel shared this news on Facebook: We are today launching the STECA Blog -...

March 21, 2018

Secret Mark and Rock Lyrics

Some months ago, there was a Salon article about Stairway to Heaven and what is...

March 20, 2018

Resurrection and Hope

I received an e-mail from a blog reader a while back, and have long meant...

March 19, 2018

What Does Crucifixion Sound Like?

One of the questions that I ask students in my course on the Bible and...

March 18, 2018

Can a Muslim Follow Jesus?

There was quite a bit of discussion a while back about whether the Muslim God and the...

March 17, 2018

Banished from the Heavenly Boardroom

When this was shared on Facebook, the following question was posed in a comment: Did...

March 16, 2018

The X-Files: Nothing Lasts Forever

The episode starts with doctors harvesting organs. We hear a snippet of talk radio about...

March 15, 2018

Gnostic America Conference

April DeConick shared this information about a conference that is coming up very soon -...

March 14, 2018

Canon and Nitpickery in Star Trek Fandom and Other Religions

Recently, Adam Kotsko blogged about Star Trek and canon (a subject of ongoing interest of...

March 13, 2018

Timeless Returns (History Professors from the Future)

Tom Gauld's cartoon from The Guardian is about a topic that I have understandably long been...

March 12, 2018

#CFP The Material of Christian Apocrypha

The Material of Christian Apocrypha University of Virginia November 30 to December 1, 2018 Confirmed...

March 11, 2018

The X-Files: Rm9sbG93ZXJz

I ended up not blogging right away about the week before last's episode of The...

March 10, 2018

Star Wars Manuscripts, Libraries, and Archaeology

Recently Brandon Hawk shared his thoughts on the Medieval manuscript prototypes for the insides of...

March 09, 2018

The X-Files: (All Too) Familiar

The title of this X-Files episode, "Familiar," is a perfect pun. The episode explores the...

March 08, 2018

#CFP Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research

It is long overdue for me to highlight this particular publishing opportunity for undergraduates. If...

March 07, 2018

Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron: The Movie and the Music

I love teaching my course on the Bible and music! In the class period dedicated...

March 06, 2018

Amy-Jill Levine to speak at Butler University

I am delighted to be able to share information about this upcoming event at Butler...

March 05, 2018

How Much of the Bible do Young-Earth Creationists Reject?

I have been meaning to blog about this topic ever since Hemant Mehta pointed out...

March 04, 2018

The Core of a University Education

Most readers of this blog will know that in March I stepped into an administrative role...

March 03, 2018

Caring for Your Faith

Kerry Connelly writes: One of the things that’s most surprising about my seminary journey is...

March 02, 2018

Your Pick of Piccolo

Somehow if one Googles "piccolo" the top result will tell you that "Piccolo is a...

March 01, 2018

Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary by Conceptual Categories

Anyone who has learned a language has worked with vocabulary lists. Sometimes these are provided...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

The Pantheism and Panentheism Project

The Pantheism and Panentheism Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, welcomes applications for summer...

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