There is a new call for papers as well as oh so many that have been extended. I may in the end submit something to one or more of them. Take a look and see how many there are and how interesting! First, a conference at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands about theology and aliens: Call for Papers: Alien Imaginations Facing the challenge of first contact Dates: 2022, June 28-30 Venue: Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University... Read more
Two calls for papers/abstracts proposing book chapters that grabbed my attention, and I am sure that many who read my blog will feel the same way. First: Historifans is looking for contributors who want to geek out and write articles about the connections between contemporary pop culture and their scholarly interests. Historifans is a popular culture history site that seeks to create conversations that link current historical research with contemporary fandoms. We are currently in the process of building a pipeline of articles in preparation for our launch in early 2022. We highly encourage graduate students, early career academics, alt-ac... Read more
Jaime Clark-Soles is the author of an important recent book on the subject of women in the Bible, and she isn’t alone. Hopefully she and I along with Lucy Peppiatt will manage to have a conversation and record it to share with those who are interested in our books and the broad subject area they all relate to. In the meantime, Jaime asked me some questions the answers to which I thought I’d share here. 1. What made you write... Read more
Recent blog post and articles about the epistles and other things related to Paul: David Miller shared readings from his course on Romans Letter writing in the time of Paul The apostle Paul as role model for the reading pastor Is the New Perspective on Paul Heretical? Evangelical Textual Criticism on Romans 8:34 Review of Lisa Bowens on African American Readings of Paul Top 12 Commentaries on Romans Aaron Sherwood, Romans: A Structural, Thematic, and Exegetical Commentary Romans 101: Why... Read more
A call for papers that may be of interest to some readers: Dissenting Beliefs: Heresy and Heterodoxy in Fantasy Name of organization: Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic contact email: Dissenting.Beliefs@gmail.com categories (up to 5): gender studies and sexuality, graduate conferences, interdisciplinary, religion deadline for submissions: August 31, 2021 Religious fantasy, for a great many readers, is synonymous with Christian fantasy; more specifically, it is understood as literature overtly reproducing biblical narratives within a fantasy world, such as C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. Concurrently,... Read more
Two things related to my book What Jesus Learned from Women. First, I will be on the Apocalypse Here podcast tomorrow, talking with Jon DePue and Laura Robinson about the book. You can watch it live on YouTube via this link. It will also be available afterwards for those who cannot be there. But the live video provides opportunity for chat and other things, so tune in live if you can. Second, Gloriamarie Amalfitano wrote a 5-star review of What Jesus Learned... Read more
A new episode of Glenn Siepert’s What If podcast has been released in which Glenn and I talk about my book What Jesus Learned from Women. Have a listen—if you don’t already this is probably a podcast you’ll want to subscribe to and listen to regularly. I recently made a guest appearance on Pete Enns’ Bible for Normal People blog. There I explore some points of intersection between my book What Jesus Learned from Women and Enns’ work on the Bible’s... Read more
The website is now up, and registration is now open, for a conference that I am involved in organizing: Christianity & Science Fiction: A Virtual Event (11-13 October, 2021) The Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, in partnership with the Department of Middle East Studies (University of Michigan), is pleased to announce a four-day virtual conference that explores the symbiotic relationship between Christianity and science fiction. The meeting is chaired by James McGrath, Gabriele Boccaccini, Jason von Ehrenkrook, Deborah Forger,... Read more
Two new calls for papers that will likely be of interest to some blog readers: Imaging Peace: Care-full Non-violence in Contemporary Sci-fi Narratives Type: Call for Papers Date: June 15, 2021 to September 30, 2021 Location: Maryland, United States Subject Fields: Film and Film History, Human Rights, Literature, Peace History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies In literature and popular culture, the non-violent approach is vastly underrepresented as a viable philosophy. This is problematic because the stories we tell shape the imaginary... Read more
First, although not specifically about the Bible and music, music in Christian worship is a major focus in this upcoming event, a four day virtual revival that begins July 27th. Very Rev. Kim Coleman writes about this retreat, “History buffs will enjoy learning about the original Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Collection of African American Spirituals and Other Songs that is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and was the precursor to the Lift Every Voice and Sing II hymnal many Episcopal... Read more
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