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October 2018

October 16, 2018

Theologies of Fictional Worlds

As I've been thinking about the topics we talked about when I visited Chicago recently,...

October 14, 2018

Science Fiction and Spiritual Imagination

I recently had the delightful experience of visiting McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, to speak...

October 01, 2018

ΘeoCon: Where Theology and Popular Culture Meet

I was delighted to have the opportunity to participate in the first ever ΘeoCon (pronounced...

September 2018

September 19, 2018

ReligionProf Podcast Episode 4 with Shayna Watson

I will be serving as moderator at the end of this month for a...

September 05, 2018

ReligionProf Podcast Episode 2 Featuring Ankur Gupta

In the second episode of the new ReligionProf Podcast, I sit down with my friend...

September 02, 2018

Coloring Outside the Lines

Morgan Guyton recently offered a helpful challenge to a widespread conservative Evangelical way of thinking...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

The Bible Shows Us How to Do Theology, Rather than Telling Us What to Believe

In a recent blog post, Pete Enns wrote: Not all biblical writers were on the...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

Researching József Répászky

I am long overdue to return to family history research, and I expect to focus...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

Westworld and Religion

Somehow I've managed not to blog about Westworld, despite having found both seasons incredibly engaging,...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

More about ΘeoCon

I've received some additional information about the ΘeoCon event that will be held in September, which...

May 15, 2018

ΘeoCon: Where Theology Meets Popular Culture #CFP

I apologize for sharing this call for papers on such short notice, but I only...

April 2018

April 15, 2018

New Reviews of Theology and Science Fiction

A couple of reviews of my book Theology and Science Fiction have appeared recently. Jaime Wright...

April 07, 2018

Faith that the Bible is Wrong

David Hayward shared this cartoon that gets nicely at the moral problems with the story...

April 06, 2018

New Book Series on Theology and Popular Culture

Fortress Press and Lexington have a new book series focused on theology and popular culture....

April 04, 2018

Touching the Face of the Cosmos Day Conference

I want to draw attention to the day conference at Fordham University in New York...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

Saved by God from God?

The crucifixion of Jesus makes perfect sense as an expression of the wrath of the Romans against Jesus....

February 2018

February 21, 2018

Is Your Idea of God an Abomination?

Bruce Gerencser writes: What kind of God allows children to be murdered, all because his...

February 09, 2018

Theology and Science Fiction Radio Interview and Review

I recently spoke with Jim Lebans of the Canadian Broadcasting Company about religion and the...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Love Your Nation And Its Flag As You Love Yourself

From a post by Adam Ericksen with the title "Mike Pence Is a Devout Christian,...

September 2017

September 04, 2017

Suffering and Stupid Theology

I was already planning to share this graph by cartoonist David Hayward well before Hurricane Harvey...

August 2017

August 30, 2017

AI Article, AAR, and an Unprecedented Third Appearance on Talk Gnosis

So much time had passed since I did the above interview for Talk Gnosis, that...

August 29, 2017

Distracted Religion and Sci-Fi Memes

A student made a meme about modern theology and philosophy and shared it with a...

June 2017

June 17, 2017

Theological Malpractice

The New York Times recently featured an article about the resurgence of liberal religion in...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Theology and Science Fiction Interview

I'm delighted that Wipf and Stock gave me the opportunity to speak at length about...

February 06, 2017

Episcop-Aliens

I couldn't resist sharing this meme, falling as it does at the intersection of religion and...

December 2016

December 14, 2016

Conversation with Anthony Buzzard, Part 2

Here's the second part of my conversation with Anthony Buzzard. It starts abruptly, but hopefully...

December 08, 2016

Chamber Chat Before Messiah

The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra has two performance of Handel's Messiah this coming Sunday and Monday. The first...

December 05, 2016

Pop Mythology Reviews Theology and Science Fiction

There is a review of Theology and Science Fiction on the blog Pop Mythology. In it,...

November 2016

November 02, 2016

TheoFantastique Interview about Theology and Science Fiction

I am grateful to John Morehead for having interviewed me about my latest book, Theology...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

First Review of Theology and Science Fiction

The first blog review of my book has been offered, by Bob Cornwall. Click through...

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