It’s been a week since the Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion conference in San Diego. I went to some very informative, some inspiring, sessions. I also caught up with many colleagues…
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SBL-AAR 2014 San Diego Preview
I was planning to do a few posts on magic and miracles in Acts called “Paul the Magician?” as a follow-up to my Alcinous post on competitive acculturation, but this will have to wait until…
Bill Maher on the Heart of the (Christian) Liberal Arts Education
Normally I don’t click anything on the tab “popular on youtube,” but one feature video clip caught my eye because it highlighted my undergrad alma mater U.C. Berkeley (Go Bears!). I entered Berkeley as a…
Competitive Acculturation, Part 2: Alcinous and the Stoics on Good Emotions
[Warning! going turbo nerd again:] Remember that in a previous post (long ago, in a time far far away…[here]) I cited Thiessen’s definition of competitive syncretismas: “Rivals in the marketplace in part resemble one another…
Need to Recharge but I Will Be Back!
Whew! I never thought writing out grant applications would be so labor-intensive but for the most part, I spent the entire Spring reading week either writing my monograph or drafting my proposal for some grants….
Selfie and Shelfie from the Classics Reading Room
I’m behind in my writing schedule, so I’m here in the Classics Reading Room at the University of Chicago this late Friday night working on a monograph and trying to write some grant proposals as…
Paul Redux Passes 15,000+ Pageviews
A Byzantine fortress on the Acrocorinth in Greeceand the background photo of the Paul Redux twitter feedPhoto taken by Max Lee © 2014 Acrocorinth Well, it might be small numbers and a small accomplishment to many,…