Bible For Normal People BlogHow does Judaism approach the topic of disability? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Julia Watts Belser joins Pete and Cynthia to examine how the Hebrew Bible... The post Episode 287: Julia Watts Belser – A Jewish Perspective on...
Popular Culture And TheologyCall for papers Session “Visualizing conflicts and apocalypses. Religion and visual arts in a Polarized World” Deadline 20 December International Society for the Sociology of Religion June 30 – July 4, 2025 Kaunas (Lithuania) Organized by Francesco...
Reading ReligionDear Reading Religion Subscribers, Congratulations to the 2024 American Academy of Religion Book Award winners. The annual competition for awards for Excellence in the Study of Religion, the Best First Book in the History... READ MORE The post...
ReligionProfWhile “I Love To Write Day” sounds like a recently made up holiday, one for which I’m guessing there aren’t even Hallmark cards available, as someone who loves to write, this seemed like a good opportunity to talk about what keeps me doing it. I’m...
Andrew WhiteheadWhat we know right now and what we'll be waiting to find out
Sowing the SeedDr. James Bielo looks at what the secondhand sacred market can tell us about how people trade in religion and more.
ReligionProfThe American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) is just over a week away. This is turning out to be a busy conference for me. I have sessions I’m presenting in, sessions of program units I co-chair, and things...
The Immanent FrameOne of the largest religious schisms in American history has occurred in the last few years. Around one quarter of the 30,000 congregations in the United Methodist Church (UMC), the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States, have...
Ancient Jew ReviewAdvisory Board member Andrew Jacobs reflects upon the past 10 years of Ancient Jew Review.
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 13 new job opportunities, 6 fellowships, 3 grants, 4 calls for papers, 4 conferences/speakers, and 1 other submission. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who...
Culture on EdgeA new Culture on the Edge volume has landed! Fabricating Authenticity, co-edited by Edge members Jason W. M. Ellsworth and Andie Alexander, is now available from Equinox! Fabricating Authenticity is the 4th volume in Working with Culture on the...
The RevealerHow the decline in religious affiliation and church attendance is altering Black life in the United States The post The Revealer Podcast Episode 52: The Changing Black Church appeared first on The Revealer.
Bible For Normal People BlogIn this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete dives into the chaotic sibling soap opera of Jacob and Esau and all its trickery, questionable family dynamics, and divine... The post Episode 286: Pete Enns – Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 4)...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Earthseed Black Family Archive Project appeared first on April Online.
affecognitiveBefore the arc of injustice settled resolutely over the US last week, I attended the SSA’s 2024 conference in Lancaster, …Continue reading →
Marginalia Review of BooksJ. BARTON SCOTT | Polemic was the literary genre of choice for this intimately visceral boundary-work...
Marginalia Review of BooksERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | There is a long tradition, of course, of writing for lay audiences about science...
Religion MattersGuest Blog: Jane Fitzpatrick, Contributing Writer for Religion Matters Review of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (Harper, 2021) From the schemes of the Goddess of Discord to the vicious revenge of Hecabe, queen of the fallen city of Troy,...
Marginalia Review of BooksSAMUEL LONCAR| Irony traces the curve of human existence striving to be a straight line...
An und für sichKamala Harris’s closing pitch to the American people was to highlight the threat to democracy represented by Donald Trump. I share that sense of threat — lying about a stolen election and fomenting an insurrection to disrupt its certification are...
Religious Studies NewsThe REL ToolboxRussell T. McCutcheon University of Alabama November 7, 2024In 2023, the AAR tasked the Academic Relations Committee (ARC), of which I’m now chair, with developing a resource for those in leadership positions within a department,...
Ken ChitwoodThe 2024 elections are (finally) over. Donald J. Trump is returning to the White House, Republicans look set to regain control of Congress and a range of measures and propositions have gone one way or another on matters such as abortion rights and...
Religion LinkAs we transition from the nonstop election cycle to cover its aftermath and look to what is ahead, here are five ongoing religion stories for you to follow in the weeks and months to come.
ReligionProfI am certain that in the coming days, I will be talking with a lot of academics, progressives, liberals, and Democrats who are not only grieving because of the United States election results but are baffled by Donald Trump’s reelection. I am sure I...
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 23 new job opportunities, 2 call for papers, and 2 conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our...
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionAssistant Professor – Jewish Studies Closing Date – December 16, 2024 Date Posted: 11/01/2024 Closing Date: 12/16/2024, 11:59PM ET Req ID: 39983 Job Category: Faculty – Tenure Stream (continuing) Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science...
Popular Culture And TheologyBy Matthew Brake Brian Cronin wrote an interesting article on CBR about six years ago discussing John Byrne’s 1980s reboot of the Superman villain Lex Luthor. Historically depicted as a mad scientist, Byrne updated him for the 80s by reworking him...
Bible For Normal People BlogDoes the Hebrew Bible matter for Christians? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete is joined by Nerds-in-Residence Anna Sieges-Beal, Aaron Higashi, and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott to answer... The post Episode 285: Pete Enns & the Old...
The Domination ChroniclesOne word not found in President Biden’s apology is "domination"
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Speculative Solidarities: Faith in Practice Field Notes appeared first on April Online.
Popular Culture And TheologyEXTENDED Call for Chapter Proposals (21 January 2025) G.I. Joe, Theology, and Co-bra! Knowing (and Believing) is Half the Battle Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture Editor: Dr Peter Admirand, Dublin City University G.I. Joe is celebrating...
Church HistoryApplications due by November 15 Follow this link to the posting at the Claremont McKenna College Website The Department of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the early assistant...
Popular Culture And TheologyBy John W. Morehead I grew up in the 1970s and have fond memories of walking home from elementary school and cutting through the small local grocery store each day. Right near the entrance were a couple of magazine racks that featured the latest...
State of FormationThis essay originally appeared in Stained Glass Travel in April 2022. It is shared with permission. I have had the privilege of spending the two Easters I have lived in Israel at the French Benedictine monastery at Abu Gosh, in the hills outside of...
Ken ChitwoodTwenty years ago, John D. Roth thought members of his Anabaptist tradition should stop voting — if only for a season. In an essay he distributed among clergy of the Anabaptist movement, which includes pacifist traditions such as the Mennonites,...
The Domination ChroniclesGreetings Friends and Relatives,
The Immanent FrameTen years ago, I examined the entanglement of religion and politics in South Africa ahead of the 2014 national election. Today, the political landscape has shifted, yet many struggles persist. Thirty years after apartheid, the utopian vision of a...
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 35 new job opportunities, 1 fellowship, 1 grant, 8 call for papers, and 11 conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously...
NSRNTess Starman, Howard University Keywords: secularization, politicized religion, deconstruction, deconversion U.S. Christianity has seen a sharp decline in affiliation over the last 20 years. Scholars have often associated this decline with the...
Popular Culture And TheologyBy Danny Anderson First, you stare down creaking stairs that descend into a cold and humid darkness. Then the musty smell of decay moldering under layers of dust overwhelms the rest of your senses. As your eyes adjust, you make the chilling...
Bible For Normal People BlogWhat parts of our faith are worth holding onto? In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry joins Pete and Jared to discuss ways to think... The post Episode 48: Bishop Michael Curry – Love Makes Room for Us All...
Religion in United States HistoryDid you know that Candler has a *lot* of financial support for master's students?
Religion MattersGuest Post: Vicki Garlock, Founder, World Religions 4 Kids Diwali is commonly known as the Hindu festival of lights. The light can be taken literally, as in clay lamps (diyas) and fireworks, or metaphorically, as in “the victory of light over...
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 13 new job opportunities, 2 fellowships, 2 call for papers, and 4 conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the...
Contending ModernitiesIn our troubled times, Palestinian Christian women invite us to walk in love and continue to advocate for freedom, justice, and liberation for all. The post Theological Reflections on Gaza from the Global South appeared first on Contending...
Bible For Normal People BlogShould Christians use the Bible as a template for a healthy marriage? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jennifer G. Bird joins Jared and Angela Parker to... The post Episode 284: Jennifer G. Bird – The Myth of Biblical Marriage...
Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies2024.10.07 | Ryan D. Collman. The Apostle to the Foreskin: Circumcision in the Letters of Paul. BZNW 259. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2023. Review article by Paul T. Sloan, Houston Christian University. “Foreskin” stretches across Paul’s letters as a part...
The Immanent FrameRuth Braunstein revisits her 2019 essay on efforts to reframe the budget as a moral concern. Her work sheds light on an active, if fragmented, network of faith leaders who reject the religious right’s decades-long monopoly on public morality.
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 38 new job opportunities, 5 fellowships, 3 grants, 5 call for papers, 12 conferences/speakers, and 1 other opportunity. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post The 1970 Freedom Seder and its Aftermath appeared first on April Online.