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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.

Posted in BlogTagged AAR, biblical studies, higher education, humanities, Religion, religious studies, Richard Newton, SBLLeave a comment

January 6, 2021, Pivotal Moments, and Hindsight

Posted on January 7, 2025January 6, 2025 by Richard Newton

How do we choose to remember historical events? With dates like January 6, 2021, we have a lot to learn from seeing them as timelines and constellations.

LinkPosted in Blog, Culture, ReligionTagged american history, civil religion, Culture, jeremy copulsky, mike altman, politics, religious studies, smithsonian, social theory, uncivil religionLeave a comment

AI and Religion–Reflective as Usual?

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Richard Newton

What do AI and large language models say about us? What I'm learning from Nathan Loewen and Don Kraybill.

LinkPosted in Blog, Scholarship, Teaching and TechnologyTagged ai, amish, artificial intelligence, don kraybill, LLM, nathan loewen, philosophy, religious studies, technology1 Comment

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.

Posted in Blog, Professional Development, ReligionTagged AAR, higher ed, higher education, pedagogy, Religion, religious studies, SBL, TeachingLeave a comment

The Secondhand Sacred with Dr. James Bielo

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Richard Newton
Picture of James Bielo. He's wearing a blue, button-down shirt and grey pants. He wears glasses with round frames and looks into the camera. In the background is a blur of stone pavements and foliage.

Dr. James Bielo looks at what the secondhand sacred market can tell us about how people trade in religion and more.

Posted in BlogTagged anthropology, archives, bible, biblical studies, Christianity, Culture, museum studies, Religion, religious studiesLeave a comment

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