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ListServ, Who Knew?

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Richard Newton

Off-Script Newsletter I had no idea ListServ could produce HTML newsletters. Who knew? If you haven't signed up for the Off-Script Newsletter, drop your email in the form below so you can stay up on all the news happening in the critical comparative study of scriptures.

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Previously on Off-Script Fall 2024

Posted on January 27, 2025February 3, 2025 by Richard Newton

The little experiment that could is going strong into 2025. Here's a recap of our 2024 season of Off-Script: Conversations on Scriptures, Scholarship, and Our Subfield. And come learn about our new Off-Script listserv and Sowing the Seed newsletter.

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REL Toolbox — What will you build?

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Richard Newton
The New York City skyline is in the background. The text reads,"Welcome to the REL Toolbox, a resource for those in positions of leadership in department."

How do we build institutionally resilient programs for the study of religion, ones that will stand now and tomorrow? We get tools that work. Let's open up the REL Toolbox.

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Job Opening– The Computational Study of Religion

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Richard Newton

I am pleased to annouce that the Department of Religious Studies at the Unviersity of Alabama is hiring, and that I am chairing the search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Computational Study of Religion.

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Catch Me If You Can #SBLAAR18 #NAASR2018

Posted on November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 by Richard Newton

Here we go...It's Richard Newton's presentation schedule for #NAASR2018 and #SBLAAR18

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