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There have been suggestions over the years that Jesus faked his own death, Hugh Schonfeld’s...

It is often strange for professors and other researchers to look back on the calendar...

I thought I'd share a recording of the lunchtime discussion I led on the...

Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations Beyond the Anglocentric Fantastic 28th-29th May 2020 In “Surviving Fantasy Through...

As I said in my review of The Rise of Skywalker, I've long seen the...

This video about Paul's meeting with James is really interesting, and gets at a...

One of the things that mythicists regularly mention is the (in their view) long period...

Merry Christmas! A lot of people have pointed out the mansplaining of the songwriter in...

I am sure that many people, seeing the title of this post, will think immediately...

A round-up of posts related to early Christology, some with particular focus on their expression...

How does a professor blow off steam and relax just a bit before getting...

 Dan McClellan drew my attention to this fascinating short Christmas movie, The Christ Child,...

I went with my son to see the latest Star Wars film and the last...

A while back Cracked offered 25 memes challenging popular misconceptions and misinformation held by people about...

I'm excited that there's a project related to theology and Black Mirror in the works....

International Research Conference Robophilosophy Conference: Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics August 18-21, 2020 Aarhus University, Denmark...

2020 Call for Papers / Proposals The Comics and Popular Arts Conference (CPAC) invites submissions for our...

This message came my way via Dien Ho on Facebook, drawn to my attention by...

Applications are now being taken for the 2020 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship to...

I enjoyed talking with A. David Lewis at ΘeoCon about comic books, graphic novels, and Canon:...

I've blogged before about getting students to read texts as adults that they were previously...

I'm sure I'm not the only religion professor who is a Star Wars fan whose...

As I've been doing in past summaries of this event, let me start with recent...

The next speaker at the Interfaith/Interreligious Studies and Vocation workshop was Jacqueline Bussie, who said that...

I was delighted to attend the NetVUE (Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education) pre-conference workshop...

I began writing this just after seeing the movie about Mr. Rogers starring Tom Hanks...

The first session of AAR/SBL proper that I attended this year (after the pre-conference NetVUE...

I really shouldn't start new projects. But I've had so many conversations recently with academics...

 I'm delighted that Juli Gittinger's book Personhood and Science Fiction is now out, and that...

Research Fellowship Opportunity ACADEMIC YEAR: 2021-2022 THEME: Second Temple Judaism: The Challenge of Diversity The...