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PJ Wilson

@pjwils.bsky.social

PhD candidate in NT & Christian Origins (migration & Acts) at the University of Edinburgh § coordinating refugee and asylum seeker support projects with the Naz § usual caveats: views are my own, etc.

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PJ Wilson@pjwils.bsky.social · 2w ago

- San Francisco - Athens - Chicago - Belfast - Heidelberg ^ the reason these fall into 'favourite' category is because I've lived in them and/or have some personal connection there. Honorable mentions: Thessaloniki, Edinburgh, Kraków, San Diego, Izmir, San Jose (CR), Boston.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3w ago

QUESTION: What are your FIVE favourite cities anywhere in the world? Bonus points for persuasive explanations why your choices are “right.” Mine (in no order) are: Paris Barcelona New York Montreal Vancouver

PJ Wilson@pjwils.bsky.social · 2w ago

My daughter & I went to the Mamores to hike the 'Ring of Steall' for the Glasgow Fair Monday holiday. Brilliant & exhausting day in the mountains: a 19k circuit, four Munros, & 1700m of ascent; unusually warm on the summits. The teenager had better nerves than me on the ridges & scrambles.

PJ Wilson@pjwils.bsky.social · 3w ago

Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the The Center for Public Theology and Migration's 'Church as Sanctuary' series; a nice departure from my usual writing about the ancient world to things more contemporary and praxis-related. www.theologyandmigration.com/our-saoranas...

Our “Saoranas” Here, As It Is In Heaven

Teacher, I do not know if I can come in today. There are a lot of new flags outside and my wife does not want to be left alone when I go to English class.”This is one of the many messages that I recei...

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Christy Cobb@christycobb.bsky.social · 3w ago

Just noticed that my first book is on sale for $24 on springer’s website (it is usually $120!). If anyone could use a hard copy, check it out here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Slavery, Gender, Truth, and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives

This book examines slavery and gender through a feminist reading of narratives including female slaves in early Christian texts. This interdisciplinary book is a substantial contribution to conversati...

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PJ Wilson@pjwils.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is a brilliant piece by @kabcommons.bsky.social and, I think, will be of interest to anyone working in the study of migration in history.

The Historical Journal@historicaljnl.bsky.social · 3w ago

📘From our latest issue! Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social on 'Discovering ‘Immigration Control’ in England, c. 1540 – c. 1640' #Migration #History #EarlyModern #England #Immigration 📜 16thc 17thc 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Migration history is a growing field – yet the legal status of migrants in early modern England has not yet been investigated in detail. Reconstructing the legal system that governed migrants in early modern England does not just add significant depth and nuance to histories of migration and migrants, but also provides fresh insight into the status of English subjects. Furthermore, it enables historians to trace longer histories of the exclusion of migrants from rights in England and Britain. This article reconstructs the common law governance of migrants between c. 1540 and c. 1640, showing how common law principles and practices excluded migrants from the rights-bearing status of English subjects. Rather than being governed by the law, migrants were substantively governed under prerogative, a form of governance repeatedly resisted by English subjects. Although some migrants could access (unstable) liberties granted under prerogative, for the most part migrants were also subject to discriminatory local byelaws and licences and commissions granted by the crown for their exploitation. The repeated ‘molestation’ of migrants by informers for working contrary to statute, and petitions against this harassment from migrants suggest this early modern system of immigration control was relatively well understood by both subjects and migrants.
British New Testament Society@bntsoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Book launch: New Testament Ethics (Eerdmans, 2026) Tuesday 5 May 7pm, St John's College Durham and online, to celebrate the launch of this book interacting with Richard Hays's landmark Moral Vision of the New Testament, with multiple BNTS contributors www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Book Launch - In person and Online

Please join us on 5 May to celebrate the launch of New Testament Ethics: Revisiting the Moral Vision of the New Testament.

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Society of Biblical Literature@sblsite.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Don't miss your chance to apply for one of the three teaching workshops SBL is offering this year with the generous support of the Wabash Center later this year. The deadline for applications is June 21. buff.ly/LWhLEd5

Workshop Series Announcement: Teaching the Bible Through These Times - Society of Biblical Literature

Thanks to the generous support of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion and Theology, SBL is pleased to announce a new series of

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Kathleen Commons@kabcommons.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just one week to our (very exciting!) hybrid seminar on refugees in Ancient Greece - sign up here! tinyurl.com/zfwf799w

Integrating ancient Greece in refugee history: inscriptions, (in)visibility and refugee agency

Migration and Mobility Seminar

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Kathleen Commons@kabcommons.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our next Migration and Mobility Seminar @ihr.bsky.social on 2nd June: Integrating ancient Greece in refugee history: inscriptions, (in)visibility and refugee agency with Benjamin Gray and James Hua. It's sure to be fascinating, and is in-person and hybrid - sign up here! tinyurl.com/zfwf799w

Katie Cross@drkatiecross.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you missed Paula Fredriksen's recent Gifford Lectures at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social you can catch up at the link below! I'd also warmly recommend @pjwils.bsky.social's excellent commentary, which I've been enjoying alongside a rewatch. You can find it all at @theoscot.bsky.social!

Theology in Scotland@theoscot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Gifford Lectures with Prof Paula Fredriksen are now finished, but if you missed any, were unable to make it, or would like to watch them again, the good news is that they're all online! All six are linked in this 🧵⬇️ #Giffords2026

Flyer: THE GIFFORD LECTURES / THE CONVERSIONS OF CHRISTIANITY / WITH PROF. PAULA FREDRIKSEN Background of image is the 3rd C. 'Christus-Sol' mosaic from tomb of the Julii in the Vatican.
Theology in Scotland@theoscot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the sixth and final lecture, Prof Fredriksen traced how a marginal Jewish sect transformed into an imperial state religion; she charted this development across centuries, but memorably summarised it in her statement: ‘𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧.’ #Giffords2026

Matt Thiessen@mattthiessen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Never in my life did I think I would get a mention in the freaking *GIFFORD LECTURES*! (OK, for over half of my life I didn't know what the Giffords were, but still...)

Theology in Scotland@theoscot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In Lecture 4, ‘The End, and New Beginnings’, Prof Fredriksen provocatively argued ‘Paul was an ethnic essentialist’, dividing the world into Jews and non-Jews. But this came with a difference: Gentiles could ameliorate their ‘physis’ for pneumatic bodies. 1/4 #Giffords2026