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Butler University Searching for an Associate Provost
I am on the search committee that will be looking for a new associate provost at Butler University. The details follow below. Please spread the word to candidates that you think would be interested and...
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Passive-Aggressive Voice
Via $%@! Academics Say. There is also version not customized for academics (although it may not make sense if you don’t like donuts):
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Sabbatitude
Most of you will be aware that I was on sabbatical last semester. My department administrator used the term “sabbatitude” at some point early in the semester, and I liked the term, and so I thought I...
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Methodological Atheism and Agnosticism in the Study of Religion
Academic study focuses on the world of cause and effect, on evidence and probability. And so there has been much discussion of methodological naturalism in the sciences, at least among those who are...
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What My Desk Says About Me
I confess that my desk is covered in books, and papers from last semester and probably older. Have you been judging me, the way the infographic below suggests?
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Evangelical Fear of Scholarship
Two different people suggested that this quote should be turned into a meme. It is from a blog post which rounded up blogging about the Christology of Mark’s Gospel, in which I also referred to and...
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How to E-Mail a Professor
Sometimes we neglect to explain how to do something, assuming that it should be common knowledge, and then live with constant frustration when others fail to know what we think they should. How to...
View ArticleJewish Christianity and the Origins of Islam #CFP
Click here to view the embedded video.I had the above video of a roundtable discussion of “Jewish Christianity and the Origins of Islam” drawn to my attention. It took place at last year’s ASMEA...
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Informal Discourse for Academics
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When Academics Play RPGs
This sample of how a role playing game works made me laugh. Does anyone know what book it is from?
View ArticleConsensus is Part of the Scholarly Method
An article in Real Clear Science highlighted that consensus-building is part of the scientific method. Alex Bezerow writes: I like to imagine the scientific method as resembling the solar system. The...
View ArticleHow To Decide On A Conference Paper Title
Sarah Bond shared the above flow chart that she made, and I thought I should share it here too, since many will find it entertaining and/or helpful!
View ArticleRome in a Day, Part 1: An Overarching Arc of Arches and Archaeology
I am in Italy for the first time, and will be heading to Camaldoli today by way of Arezzo to attend the Enoch Seminar on John’s Christology and/as Jewish Messianism. Jim Davila mentioned that the last...
View ArticleJohn the Jew: The 2016 Enoch Seminar in Camaldoli, Italy
The 2016 Enoch Seminar on Johannine Christology as Jewish messianism has begun, meeting not only the same building but the same room in which the Florentine Platonic Academy was born. I am delighted to...
View Article“Registered Historical Archaeologist”
That young-earth creationists lie to the general public bothers me. That I once fell for their lies and passed them on to others bothers me a little more. But I feel genuine anger when my students are...
View ArticleWhen Academics Play RPGs
This sample of how a role playing game works made me laugh. Does anyone know what book it is from?
View ArticleRome in a Day, Part 1: An Overarching Arc of Arches and Archaeology
I am in Italy for the first time, and will be heading to Camaldoli today by way of Arezzo to attend the Enoch Seminar on John’s Christology and/as Jewish Messianism. Jim Davila mentioned that the last...
View ArticleJohn the Jew: The 2016 Enoch Seminar in Camaldoli, Italy
The 2016 Enoch Seminar on Johannine Christology as Jewish messianism has begun, meeting not only the same building but the same room in which the Florentine Platonic Academy was born. I am delighted to...
View Article“Registered Historical Archaeologist”
That young-earth creationists lie to the general public bothers me. That I once fell for their lies and passed them on to others bothers me a little more. But I feel genuine anger when my students are...
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