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Why Study Religious Studies at Butler University?

First things first: Why study Religion or Religious Studies at a college or university at...

December 2022

December 18, 2022

Being a Visiting Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford University

It has been a month since my last blog post. I would have to check...

April 2022

April 25, 2022

Sabbatical Update

Now that some details and arrangements have been finalized I can finally share details about...

February 2021

February 20, 2021

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

This isn't a post about Les Miserables (although I could easily see myself turning my...

December 2020

December 07, 2020

Defending Religion

Since I write about ancient and modern religious debates with such frequency, I expect some...

April 2020

April 21, 2020

Ramadan Comes to American Universities

I was happy that last year, well before final exam week arrived, my university leadership...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

Cook-Crone Research Bye-Fellowship

This fellowship opportunity at the University of Cambridge came to my attention via jobs.ac.uk: Gonville &...

August 2019

August 05, 2019

Rethinking Core and Liberal Education

Debates about the liberal arts and American higher education continue. Here are some recent significant...

August 01, 2019

PhD position in Syriac Studies

Via the Hugoye list: A four-year PhD position in Syriac Studies, funded by Ghent University’s...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

Conversation with a Colleague about Inerrancy (Part 1)

I thought I would giver readers of the blog the chance to listen in on...

March 2018

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...

February 2018

February 18, 2018

Thus Have We Made The World

I remember the scene in the movie The Mission in which one of the characters responds to...

August 2017

August 17, 2017

Gamification in Higher Education #GenCon50 Presentation

I'd like to share some of my experience of Gen Con's Trade Day yesterday. To...

August 16, 2017

Ovid Butler vs. White Supremacism

Conservative blogs drew attention to a Butler University course about resisting "Trumpism" a while back. I don't want...

July 2017

July 26, 2017

Psalm 137: The Oxford University Press Playlist

Oxford University Press shared some settings of Psalm 137 on their blog, as musical...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Games and Pedagogy

March 22, 2017

Jesus’ Personality and His Father’s Business

Last Sunday in my Sunday school class we started off with the question of whether...

February 2017

February 03, 2017

Digital Humanities Opportunities

First, a call for papers for a new academic book series exploring the intersection of...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Academics Against the Immigration Ban

There is a petition that all academics are invited to become signatories of: I have submitted...

December 2016

December 15, 2016

Enabling Constraints in the Study of Religion

Via Religion Bulletin: Enabling Constraints: A Symposium on the Demands of Frameworks and Data in...

December 06, 2016

Adjunct Professor Needed at University of Massachusetts Boston

If you or someone you know is qualified and available to teach this course, please...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Call for Papers: The Place of Religion in Film

March 30th-April 1st, the University of Syracuse will host a conference on "The Place of...

October 11, 2016

If You Know The Answer

A friend mentioned on Facebook having seen a billboard with these words on it at...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Language of Instruction

When I saw this in the description of a course taught at a German university,...

September 14, 2016

The University Administrator’s Prayer

I had the idea for the above variation on the Serenity Prayer during a recent conversation about...

September 06, 2016

Three Famous People Who Majored In Religion

A video made by someone who doesn't know that employment rates for those who major...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

It’s In The Syllabus

I think we have three options. One is to say "you should already know the...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

A Novel Approach to Religion and Science Fiction

I'm in the process of finalizing the reading list for my course on Religion and Science...

July 24, 2016

Should You Be Making Games?

It was interesting to have an article come across my feed, providing guidance about whether...

July 18, 2016

Studies in Late Antiquity

Via Jim Davila, I learned about this fascinating new book series that Edinburgh University Press...

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