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The Mary We Forgot with Professor Jennifer Powell McNutt (Podcast)
Read more: The Mary We Forgot with Professor Jennifer Powell McNutt (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Jennifer Powell McNutt, who is the Franklin S. Dyrness Chair of Biblical and Theological Studies and Professor of Theology and History of Christianity at Wheaton College and the author of the book that we discuss in this episode, The Mary We Forgot: What the Apostle to the Apostles Teaches…
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Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things with Dr. Andy Byers, Dr. Adam Powell, Dr. Siobhán Jolley, Dr. Brandon Grafius, and Dr. Jana Riess (Podcast)
Read more: Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things with Dr. Andy Byers, Dr. Adam Powell, Dr. Siobhán Jolley, Dr. Brandon Grafius, and Dr. Jana Riess (Podcast)In this episode we’re talking about the new volume on Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things: Studies from the Upside Down on Evil, Ethics, Horror, and Hope (Rowman & Littlefield). We’re joined by the editors Dr. Andy Byers (lecturer in New Testament at Ridley Hall in the Cambridge Theological Federation) and Dr. Adam Powell (lecturer in…
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Mary Magdalene in Jesus Films with Dr. Siobhán Jolley (Podcast)
Read more: Mary Magdalene in Jesus Films with Dr. Siobhán Jolley (Podcast)Continuing our series on Jesus films, we are joined in this episode by Dr. Siobhán Jolley to discuss the representation of Mary Magdalene. Dr. Jolley recently completed her PhD at the University of Manchester with a thesis entitled, “Reimaging the Magdalene: Liberative Reception Criticism and the Counter-Reformation Magdalene.” In our conversation Dr. Jolley talks to…
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The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife with Dr. Christian Askeland (Podcast)
Read more: The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife with Dr. Christian Askeland (Podcast)In 2012 there was global interest in a small Coptic fragment the size of a business card that records Jesus saying the words “my wife.” The fragment was presented to a group of scholars at a Coptology conference in Rome by Dr. Karen King of Harvard Divinity School, who herself had received it from a…
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An Exercise in Thanksgiving
Read more: An Exercise in ThanksgivingDon’t worry, this exercise won’t involve an hour sweating on the stair-master… Today, many of us in North America[1] prepare for the annual traditions associated with plump and tender turkey, cranberries and gravies of countless varieties, and yammy, applely, and pumpkin side dishes with enough to cover a table with enough calories to power the…