Here we go...It's Richard Newton's presentation schedule for #NAASR2018 and #SBLAAR18
Catch Me If You Can #SBLAAR18 #NAASR2018
Crowdsourcing a Conference Talk on Politics, Pedagogy, and Public Scholarship
Were you to attend either of the following panels, ... what should we discuss so that the moment we share is not a waste of time?
ICYMI: On Kings and Trump Cards
A student asked me the other day whether King's legacy is something to be given up since it can be used for contrary ends. My piece doesn't answer this with a clear answer. I do hope that it leaves readers asking that question. To me that question is a prior step to ruthlessly careful and self-conscious criticism.
Real Talk: CFPs and Stepping up the AAR and SBL Pre-Game
As I've written before, so much of academic life is trying to figure out how people fit into the boxes we use to make sense of our worlds. Knowing some of the politics and frustrations that entails, I've tried to use this website to open that process up a bit. And I appreciated sharing about that in some different venues.
Blessings:Reprise–Chance the Rapper, Religion, and the Senses
Students in Dr. Richard Newton's Signifying Religion: An African American Worldview course were invited to employ tools and theories from religious studies to explore how meaning making works. Miriam Balasundram took a phenomenological approach to consider religion and the senses. She was taken by the rhythms of Chance the Rapper and reflected on what led her to … Continue reading Blessings:Reprise–Chance the Rapper, Religion, and the Senses
Sowing the Seed 