Enabling Constraints in the Study of Religion
Via Religion Bulletin: Enabling Constraints: A Symposium on the Demands of Frameworks and Data in the Study of Religion April 27-28, 2017 With Keynote Addresses from: Dr. Winnifred Sullivan, Indiana...
View ArticleNot Really An Expert
Internet, I need your help. According to a commenter who randomly showed up on my blog, I am not a credible source of information, because I do not have a Wikipedia page: I may be wrong, but my...
View ArticleBiblical Scholars Stand With Refugees
If it has been disheartening to see the actions of America’s president and his supporters, and the harmful effects on people that those actions have had on refugees and other extremely vulnerable...
View ArticleAcademics Against the Immigration Ban
There is a petition that all academics are invited to become signatories of: https://notoimmigrationban.com/ I have submitted my name asking that it be added, and I hope that you will do the same if...
View ArticleDigital Humanities Opportunities
First, a call for papers for a new academic book series exploring the intersection of Christianity and the Digital Humanities: Second, from Princeton University: Application for Postdoctoral Research...
View ArticleAAR Sociology of Religion Statement on the Executive Order
I became aware of another statement from an academic group and wanted to add it here along with the others that I’ve shared recently. It is from the American Academy of Religion’s Sociology of Religion...
View ArticleAcademia Pro and Con
This PHDComic seems to me to sum up the work schedule of academics really well, at least in my experience. On the one hand, there has been an incredible amount of flexibility, inasmuch as the...
View ArticleReligion Opening at Butler University
I want to spread the word about an opening at Butler University in my own Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics: Assistant Professor of Religion Butler University seeks to hire a...
View ArticleNational Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association...
I’m really excited about the fact that the major conference in the study of popular culture will be held here in Indianapolis in 2018. It is one that I have long wanted to attend, but given my diverse...
View ArticleAfterlife Dream
On the night of November 24th-25th I had what may well be the strangest dream I have ever had. I wanted to write it down so that I remember the details – even though I am sure that some key things had...
View ArticleSci-Fi #CFPs
Below are a bunch of calls for papers that have come to my attention, all intersecting around science fiction in a variety of interesting ways. Before moving on to those, let me share a link to a...
View ArticleConversation with a Colleague about Inerrancy (Part 1)
I thought I would giver readers of the blog the chance to listen in on the conversation that I have been having recently with a colleague on the topic of biblical inerrancy – in case any of you are...
View ArticleComics in Academia
There are actually multiple ways that graphic novels and comic books might intersect with academia. In this post, I’ll focus on the study of the genre, highlighting a couple of journals dedicated to...
View ArticleResearchers in Late Antique Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean
This opportunity at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany came to my attention, and I thought I should share it. It is connected with the Leibniz project “Polyphony of Late Antique Christianity.” The...
View ArticleDigital Orientalisms Twitter Conference #CFP
I saw this call for a “Twitter Conference” on Digital Orientalisms, and not only did the conference and its subject matter grab my interest, but so too did the form this unconventional conference will...
View ArticleAll Things Bright and Biblical: Biblical Studies as Religious Studies and as...
Let me start this post with a quote from an alumnus of the Religion program at Butler University, something that he said on Facebook. Karl Hofstetter provides one of my favorite answers to the question...
View ArticleCall for Names, Editors, and Contributors: Journal/Magazine of Fiction by...
I really shouldn’t start new projects. But I’ve had so many conversations recently with academics in my field about writing fiction that I think the time has come to do something about it. And so I’m...
View ArticleThe Most Wonderful Time of the Academic Year
How does a professor blow off steam and relax just a bit before getting to work when everyone assumes we are “off work,” “on vacation,” and other things that don’t correspond to the reality? By making...
View ArticleRetrospect and Prospect
It is often strange for professors and other researchers to look back on the calendar year and ahead at the one about to begin. Our rhythm follows the academic year, and so we would more naturally...
View Article#CFP On the Shoulders of Giants, TitanCon 2020, Belfast, Ireland
On the Shoulders of Giants TitanCon 2020 Belfast, Ireland August 28-30, 2020 Call for Papers In the spirit of deepening and broadening its roots, Titancon 2020 is adding a formal academic track to its...
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