Research in Religious Studies Conference: Call for Papers

Here’s a call for papers I received for a conference I’ve attended and which is a great opportunity for students in religious studies at any level: Planning is now underway for our 11th Annual Research in Religious Studies Conference to be held on May 4 and 5, 2013, at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Alberta, Canada. [...]

Religious Studies and Christian Agendas

In a blog post on the Religious Studies Project website, Raphael Lataster, a postgraduate student at the University of Sydney, has suggested that there is a Christian agenda behind even the supposedly secular study of religion. And he makes that claim because of his own experience of wanting to research mythicism at university. From what [...]

Jim Danko, Religion Major

Butler University students: Please join President Danko (John Carroll University, BA Religious Studies) and the Butler Religion Faculty for dinner and a discussion on possible career paths with a  degree in Religion. Thursday, Jan. 17th, 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Center for Faith and Vocation (Blue House).   Stop in JH202 or email mproffit@butler.edu to RSVP.

Leaving Lethbridge

What is a blog for, if not expressing one’s appreciation? I want to publicly thank everyone who participated in the Research in Religious Studies conference at the University of Lethbridge this weekend, not just for making me feel welcome but also simply for being part of this wonderful event. Special thanks are due to: Jim [...]

Traveling to Lethbridge

I’m traveling to Lethbridge, Canada today to speak at the University of Lethbridge’s Tenth Annual Research in Religious Studies Conference. Jim Linville has made the program available online, as well as saying a bit more about the conference. I may manage to post from there but just in case, I’ve scheduled some posts to ensure [...]

Religion in Star Trek and Doctor Who: From a Gallifreyan God to the Enlightened Enterprise

Jim Linville has shared a poster from the upcoming Research in Religious Studies Conference that the University of Lethbridge is hosting in early May: I wonder whether the attendees will be mostly people indifferent to science fiction, people who think the topic sounds interesting, or will be such die-hard fans of Star Trek and/or Doctor [...]

Review of Mark S. Smith, God in Translation

I am grateful to Eerdmans for sending me a free review copy of Mark S. Smith’s book God in Translation: Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World (published by Eerdmans in 2010, originally published in 2008 by Mohr Siebeck). The book looks at a relatively neglected aspect of ancient Israelite, early Jewish and early [...]