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The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the True™ Religion 27 Jun 2013 | 11:28 pm
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SBL Baltimore won’t know what mythed them 22 Jun 2013 | 01:45 am
Doing some work organizing all the stuff I have to get done over the next little while and I noticed that I’m going to be a very busy boy for SBL. First, I’ll have meetings for the Metacriticizing of...
Academic Freedom and Biblical Scholarship 19 Jun 2013 | 10:57 pm
Another in a long series of rebooting this blog… I’m co-chair of the SBL Metacriticizing of Biblical Scholarship Consultation for the Society of Biblical Literature and we have a session on Academic ...
2013 RRS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 27 Apr 2013 | 09:42 pm
SATURDAY May 4 ROOMS AND PRESIDERS TBA 8:50: OPENING COMMENTS Session 1 RELIGION AND OTHER EXERTIONS: (aka no pain, no gain). 9:00-9:30 From the Ancient to ...
Research in Religious Studies Conference Lineup, May 4-5, Lethbridge AB 24 Apr 2013 | 10:15 pm
As promised, the Complete List of Papers and Presenters for the 2013 Research in Religious Studies Conference May 4-5 in Lethbridge. All 49 of them. They are roughly categorized, a full schedule will...
Research in Religious Studies Conference: Another good one in the works 15 Apr 2013 | 10:17 pm
The 2013 Research in Religious Studies Conference for undergraduates and MA students (May 4-5) is shaping up. We were getting a bit concerned about low submission numbers up until the deadline (last F...
Dr. Jim speaking in Calgary this Friday: And the Lord Human made Huey, Dewey, Louie, Wall-E, and Eve. The Deification of Humanity in Silent Running an... 11 Mar 2013 | 01:11 am
Please come…. please… The paper was originally intended for an SBL session in 2012 (Chicago), but I had to back down after another new section was approved for two sessions instead of the expected on...
Metacriticism of Biblical Scholarship Consultation Needs Consultants! 25 Feb 2013 | 11:40 pm
It’s crunch time for the 2013 Baltimore (Nov. 23-26) Baltimore AAR/SBL Call for Papers! I’m on two steering committees, the Israelite Prophetic Literature section, and the Metacriticism of Biblical...
Academic Freedom at SBL 2013! Get your proposal written! 5 Jan 2013 | 03:12 am
The call for papers for the 2013 Society of Biblical Literature conference in Baltimore (Nov. 23-26) is up and running, and I thought I would advertise one of the sessions/topics that the Metacriticis...
Pathetic Piety and Protected Privilege 28 Dec 2012 | 12:14 am
Back in early December, the Member of Parliament for Lethbridge, Conservatively Rootin’, Tootin’, Shootin’, Jim Hillyer, published his monthly column in the Lethbridge Herald. His latest misfire is n...