A work by Mikis Theodorakis, drawn to my attention by Siobhan Dowling Long and John Sawyer in their volume, The Bible in Music. Read more
Fan Studies Network Conference, 24-25th June 2017 deadline for submissions: March 13, 2017 full name / name of organization: Centre for Participatory Culture, University of Huddersfield, UK contact email: [email protected] The Fan Studies Network 2017 Conference 24-25th June 2017 Centre for Participatory Culture, University of Huddersfield, UK Keynote Speaker: Dr Louisa Stein (Middlebury College, USA) Plenary Address: Professor Matt Hills (University of Huddersfield, UK) The fifth anniversary of the annual Fan Studies Network Conference is visiting the University of Huddersfield... Read more
I love this PHD Comic. At this moment I am down to 22 “unread” e-mails. Of course, “unread” often meams marked unread to remind you to revisit them later. Do you do that as well? Do you insist on dealing with all e-mails immediately? Or do you use your inbox as a place not just for communication, but reminders of things that need to be done? Read more
Malcolm Choat shared this call for papers on his Markers of Authenticity blog: CfP: Panel on Forgeries at SBL Annual Meeting Papers are invited for a panel on forgeries to be held at this year’s Society of Biblical Literature Meeting in Boston in November as part of the ‘Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds’ program unit. The panel will feature papers by members of two international projects on forged ancient manuscripts, ‘The Lying Pen of Scribes’, and ‘Forging Antiquity’, and further papers are invited on topics... Read more
I’m delighted that Wipf and Stock gave me the opportunity to speak at length about the subject of my recent book, Theology and Science Fiction. The video above is a short excerpt, part of their ANNOTATE series. The fuller interview is below. I hope you enjoy them, and that they convince you to read the book – and engage with the theological value of science fiction – if you have not already done so. Read more
After posting about the Magnificat this morning, a friend shared the above image with me on Facebook. Read more
America has a real problem with terrorism, and we should all be very concerned. The situation involves immigrants, locals, and murder. As you may have heard, Adam Purinton – a white American – shot two people in Kansas, killing one of them, while shouting at them to go back to their country. The man who died from his gunshot wounds was Srinivas Kuchibhotla: Should we respond to this by fearing all Americans who look like they are of European extraction? Should we create a... Read more
These two “canticles” in Luke’s infancy story are not actually said to be “songs.” But they become music over and over again in the Anglican tradition, being so important to the Evening Service that composers have often set these words in multiple keys. And that provides something worth looking at in a course on the Bible and music. What happens when you need to put the same words to music over and over again? Here is one of Kenneth Leighton’s... Read more
I was delighted to find this neglected contribution by Richard Strauss to the musical treatments of biblical stories. Read more
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