I don’t know why but translating Syriac while listening to the lord of the rings soundtracks just works.
Gollum's Precious Smile
ALT: Gollum's Precious Smile
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Jaeda the Fabulous
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Bible scholar lost in library land
So you ever read something that made you go back and rewrite an entire essay that was almost done? Having that with Jayna Brown’s Black Utopias. app.thestorygraph.com/books/3d11f8...
Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds by Jayna Brown
In Black Utopias Jayna Brown takes up the concept of utopia as an occasion to explore new states ...
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Set up my eldest’s 3D printer. Made a boat for the printer’s maiden voyage. The boat capsized when we tested it.
“We have in us what we could become …. In this state people are on the tip of their own tongue, only they do not yet know what they taste like.” Ernst Bloch, Principle of Hope 3.927
More than one scholar stating that something is clearly seen in the manuscripts. I order a photographic copy of the manuscripts in question. Uh… yeah … so easy to see anything … in this minuscule scrawl
Some new and notable books we have just added to our library collection. @alexianafry.bsky.social @abbystein.bsky.social @jamarchal.bsky.social
don't miss out! the deadline for proposals to the ever amazing, annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference is ONE MONTH from today, August 15! studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
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UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion - February 12-14,2027. The UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion (UCR-QTSR) is proudly celebrating its ninth year as the leading i...
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Every time we reread José Esteban Muñoz’s work, it seems better than the last time.
Now that I’ve turned in my manuscript, time to turn to projects on the back burner.
Benediction: on this final day of pride, may you be blessed by being or knowing a queer or trans person, who reflect the image of god not despite being queer or trans but because they are queer and trans. In the name of the Nonbinary Parent, the Transgender Son, and the Genderfluid Spirit. Amen.
On this day of all days I will turn in this manuscript for peer review. Biological sex is variable (intersex folks prove this) and mutable (trans folks prove this). It has always been so and always will be. Those who say it binary and immutable ignore evidence in their extreme gender ideology.
Ok I was told my max word count is 80,000 for my book manuscript, including notes and bibliography. Current count is: 76,714. Woot!
Working on final edits of my book manuscript before turning it for peer review - it is due July 1. So far I cite three films in my discussion of ancient texts: Jurassic Park, Bull Durham, and Barbie. Pretty sure I can sneak in Dogma.
“Do not be cis-formed to this world, but be trans-formed by the renewal of your mind [and body].” Romans 12:2 (with updates)
Im always fascinated by where people end up on my bibliographies, the juxtapositions made by the arbitrariness of their last names. @nabalkattu.bsky.social
It's true! Villanova is hiring a tenure-track position in Eastern Christianity! Please share far and wide. aarsbl.org/job/tenure-t...
So I have been asked for a piece I’m writing to take the wealth of research I have done on Moses in early Christian sources (The Christian Moses [McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019]) and “bring it forward.” This obviously means I should trans my previous readings of Moses, right?
While we're talking about Zotero (very useful! very free!), here's my semi-regular public service announcement that JSTOR lets you read up to 100 articles every 30 days for free. You do have to make a personal account, but you don't need any connection to a school, college, etc. Just go read!
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The Bible Is [Too?] Woke? Part 6: Amos 5:21-24
After learning the Bible is too woke because it directly commands people to be woke, presents heterosexuality and patriarchy as a punishment and a sign we live in a fallen world, it includes people…
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Our god is such a queer god Who slays in the drag show above With fierceness, style, and love Our god is such a queer god
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The Bible Is [Too?] Woke: Part 5 (Matthew 1:18)
The virgin birth of Jesus is incredibly woke! Let’s start from the role of Mary first. “Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged …
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Yes but “bruh” signifies a completely different set of performative kinship relations than “bro.”
Donovan Schaefer@feelingtheory.bsky.social · 2mo agoAnthropologist colleague just described the term "bro" as "the performance of public fictive kinship" and we've reached peak public-facing scholarship.