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Queer and Christian: Review of Brandan Robertson’s New Book

I am long overdue to offer a review of Brandan Robertson's powerful book Queer and Christian:...

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January 11, 2026

Neither Conservative Nor Christian

I have been wondering for a while, but especially in the past couple of days,...

October 2024

October 31, 2024

Why Some Christians Oppose Halloween—and Why They’re Wrong

Happy Halloween! This article offers an explanation for why modern conservative Christians oppose the celebration...

September 2024

September 02, 2024

A Sin Unlike Any Other

Are Christian same-sex relationships an oxymoron? Or is claiming that God prohibits love - not...

November 2019

November 19, 2019

Gendered Christian Professor Ratings

I recently learned that Dr. Ben Schmidt made a website about gendered language in teacher...

December 2018

December 26, 2018

ReligionProf Podcast with Christopher Benek

Here is the supersized ReligionProf Podcast that was released as a "Christmas Special" yesterday, featuring...

October 2018

October 06, 2018

The Material of Christian Apocrypha Conference

Via Tony Burke's NASSCAL blog, I learned of the Material of Christian Apocrypha conference and...

March 2018

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...

February 2018

February 16, 2018

Jesus’ Hell and Dante’s Internet

I actually had a draft post for a while, planning to blog about hell and...

December 2017

December 03, 2017

Faith Palm

Hemant Mehta shared the image above, suggesting that this is how progressive Christians should advertise...

November 2017

November 02, 2017

The PACA Plan and the Second American Civil War

A flyer about the PACA ("Pray America Christian Again") Plan was stuck on the outside...

July 2017

July 22, 2017

Christian Agnosticism

Someone on Reddit asked about Christian agnosticism, leading me to write the following (on which...

July 01, 2017

By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them

Whatever one may think of the fruits of Barack Obama as a liberal Christian, the...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

The Cave

The above piece by Steve Reich takes its inspiration from the shared sacred site marking...

May 2017

May 23, 2017

Babylon Bee Christian Movie Ideas

The Babylon Bee is a great source for Christian satire. Just recently they posted a...

April 2017

April 16, 2017

Christians who don’t believe in the Resurrection?

Hemant Mehta and Ian Paul both blogged about the statistic (which the BBC also reported...

February 2017

February 07, 2017

Early Jewish Christian Relations and the Presidential Executive Order on Immigration

A statement from the steering committee of the SBL Early Jewish Christian Relations program unit:...

October 2016

October 04, 2016

Trump: Not a Polished Human Being

After watching the vice-presidential debate this evening, I was struck by many things. But the...

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May 28, 2016

The Scepter and the Star

I am grateful to Eerdmans for having sent me a free review copy of the...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

I Hope Every Class Makes You Uncomfortable

I've been waiting for the start of classes to return to a post on another...

November 2015

November 27, 2015

Christians in Name Only

This cartoon has been making the rounds. It is a pity that some are treating...

November 23, 2015

Traditions and Religious Worlds of Late Antiquity – #AARSBL15 Monday Afternoon

Traditions or Eastern Late Antiquity co-sponsored a session with the SBL section on Religious Worlds...

November 18, 2015

Bible School Primer for Governors

I just saw the news that Indiana governor Mike Pence has begun turning away refugees....

November 18, 2015

All It Takes Is One

Yesterday I came across quotes from Roslyn and Bob Cargill, and I thought they deserved to...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Finding God in the Genome

This image from Pictoral Theology illustrates nicely a number of things about the approach many...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Christianity

Eldad Keynan has been looking for archaeological evidence of ancient Jewish Christianity in Israel for...

September 29, 2015

How Widespread is Mythicism?

An English conservative Christian website drew on Barna research and put together a study, which...

September 28, 2015

NASSCAL (North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature)

It isn't NASCAR (although there was some discussion of whether it would be mostly funny or...

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#YCAS2015 Begins

Last night I reached Toronto, where the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium is bing held, and...

September 24, 2015

Traveling to Toronto #YCAS2015

I'll be traveling to Toronto today to the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium. I will try...

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