{"id":96021,"date":"2023-04-26T05:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T09:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=96021"},"modified":"2023-04-26T05:52:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T09:52:22","slug":"what-jesus-learned-from-women-and-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2023\/04\/what-jesus-learned-from-women-and-science-fiction.html","title":{"rendered":"What Jesus Learned from Women…and Science Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I made an appearance on the Unrelenting Love YouTube channel and spoke about my book What Jesus Learned from Women<\/em><\/a> as well as about my work on the intersection of science fiction with theology<\/a>. There are three segments and you can find all of them in a playlist here<\/a>. Here are the individual videos:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Jesus Learned from Women - James F. McGrath\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IoUtEk-PuCg?list=PLHl-4nt21sJEO0fRQUew7KRyRk2QbWSAt\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sci-Fi and Theology - James F. McGrath\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-n77kQ_C2VY?list=PLHl-4nt21sJEO0fRQUew7KRyRk2QbWSAt\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I should also share some of the memes made by my students this semester, which I have circulated on social media but never shared here on the blog.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96030\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2023\/04\/we-read-the-gospel-of-philip-mem-yuh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"449\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96033\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2023\/04\/why-r-there-so-mny-oof-meme.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96036\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2023\/04\/they-be-fighting-for-their-lives.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"546\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96039\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2023\/04\/biblical-marys-meme.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p>And finally, here is a painting by one of my students this semester, Caroline Bowers:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96042\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2023\/04\/The-First-Evangelist-smaller-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"768\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made an appearance on the Unrelenting Love YouTube channel and spoke about my book What Jesus Learned from Women as well as about my work on the intersection of science fiction with theology. 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