Emily Colgan
@emilycolgan.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Biblical Studies at Trinity College, NZ. Researching eco hermeneutics (Bible+Ecology, Routledge series) and rape culture, religion, Bible (Routledge Focus series). Co-host: Bloody Bible Podcast. Co-director of Shiloh Project. Pākehā She/her
Another excellent Shiloh post from Johanna Stiebert shilohproject.blog/a-response-t...
A Response to a Response to a Response… Yep, It’s Marriage Again!
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> I recognise the irony of writing a piece (for ViaMedia) that begins with commenting on the wordiness of the Church of
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April 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Another excellent Shiloh post from Johanna Stiebert shilohproject.blog/a-response-t...
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In my book, Between Two Rivers, I take you through what it was like to go to school in ancient Babylonia.
Discarded clay tablets from schools preserve the many stages of education and also just…kids being kids. Like one who did this little doodle of (maybe) the teacher
Discarded clay tablets from schools preserve the many stages of education and also just…kids being kids. Like one who did this little doodle of (maybe) the teacher
March 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In my book, Between Two Rivers, I take you through what it was like to go to school in ancient Babylonia.
Discarded clay tablets from schools preserve the many stages of education and also just…kids being kids. Like one who did this little doodle of (maybe) the teacher
Discarded clay tablets from schools preserve the many stages of education and also just…kids being kids. Like one who did this little doodle of (maybe) the teacher
“If International Women’s Day is to be more than a symbolic gesture, it must be grounded in an ethic of radical solidarity – one that refuses to separate gender from race, class and colonial violence.” www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Unequal labour struggles continue to divide women globally
The victories of women’s movements have never been evenly distributed. While some women fought for the right to work, others – especially working-class black women – fought for the right not to be exp...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
March 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“If International Women’s Day is to be more than a symbolic gesture, it must be grounded in an ethic of radical solidarity – one that refuses to separate gender from race, class and colonial violence.” www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
It’s happening this week!!
February 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It’s happening this week!!
We have a new post up on the Shiloh Project! Some really interesting and important resonances between text and contemporary context… shilohproject.blog/what-has-the...
What has the Bible to do with Deepfake Porn?
<!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"left"} --> Today’s post is by Tasia Scrutton. Tasia is an Associate Professor at the University of Leeds and Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Religion and
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February 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We have a new post up on the Shiloh Project! Some really interesting and important resonances between text and contemporary context… shilohproject.blog/what-has-the...
Reposted by Emily Colgan
Detail of cuneiform chiselled onto the wing of a protective spirit from an ancient Assyrian palace in Nimrud.
Just stunning.
Just stunning.
February 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Detail of cuneiform chiselled onto the wing of a protective spirit from an ancient Assyrian palace in Nimrud.
Just stunning.
Just stunning.
In a couple of weeks my dear friend @doctorlamplight.bsky.social and I are giving a lecture on the Bible and violence. Sign up deets below if this is your vibe. Please note that the date and time for the lecture in Aotearoa is 2-4pm on Tuesday 18 Feb. thebiblefornormalpeople.com/classes/bloo...
Blood and Belief - The Bible For Normal People
A live class with Caroline Blyth and Emily Colgan exploring the biblical 'texts of terror' and how they relate to violence today.
thebiblefornormalpeople.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
In a couple of weeks my dear friend @doctorlamplight.bsky.social and I are giving a lecture on the Bible and violence. Sign up deets below if this is your vibe. Please note that the date and time for the lecture in Aotearoa is 2-4pm on Tuesday 18 Feb. thebiblefornormalpeople.com/classes/bloo...
The CFP for SBL in Boston is now open! I’m really excited to be co-chairing the Ecological Hermeneutics unit and would love to receive proposals related to any of the following… #sblaar #sbl #aarsbl #sblaar2025
www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Con...
www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Con...
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The CFP for SBL in Boston is now open! I’m really excited to be co-chairing the Ecological Hermeneutics unit and would love to receive proposals related to any of the following… #sblaar #sbl #aarsbl #sblaar2025
www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Con...
www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Con...
So thrilled you discovered the podcast! 🙈 the accent
I discovered the podcast quite by accident a few weeks ago and I'm hooked. Also, I love the NZ accent (I lived in QLD for a while and had many NZ friends) and the intro music. 😎
January 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So thrilled you discovered the podcast! 🙈 the accent
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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
This was actually one of the final episodes that Caz and I recorded but it seems apt to post it now… sigh 😔 @doctorlamplight.bsky.social
This episode seems timely. Caz + Em look at how the Bible is (mis)used to justify intolerance of transgender lives. We cast an eye on biblical texts cited in transphobic discourse + explore texts which celebrate gender diversity @doctorlamplight.bsky.social www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/lov...
Love thy neighbour: The Bible and transphobia — The Bloody Bible Podcast
In this episode, Em and Caz look at the ways the Bible can be used – or misused – to justify intolerance of transgender and genderqueer lives and identities. They cast a critical eye on some biblical ...
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This was actually one of the final episodes that Caz and I recorded but it seems apt to post it now… sigh 😔 @doctorlamplight.bsky.social
This is going to be exceptional
January 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This is going to be exceptional
I think this is still our most downloaded episode of @bloodybiblepodcast.bsky.social to date… Check it out if you had a listen already!
In this episode, Caz and Em cast a critical eye on biblical "clobber texts" that are used to perpetuate intolerance and violence against people with same-gender desires.
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...
Clobbered: The Bible and Queerphobia — The Bloody Bible Podcast
In this episode, Caz and Em explore how the Bible has been used to justify violence and intolerance against the gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities. They focus on the so-called “clobber texts” - bi...
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I think this is still our most downloaded episode of @bloodybiblepodcast.bsky.social to date… Check it out if you had a listen already!
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If you are unable to submit on the Treaty Principles Bill due to Parliament’s IT system crashing please email the select committee at [email protected] and ask for an extension.
January 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
If you are unable to submit on the Treaty Principles Bill due to Parliament’s IT system crashing please email the select committee at [email protected] and ask for an extension.
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Submissions on the Treaty Principles bill reopened. New closing time and date: 1pm on Tuesday 14 January.
Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes
Parliament's justice select committee has agreed to extend the deadline after receiving a record 300,000 submissions.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Submissions on the Treaty Principles bill reopened. New closing time and date: 1pm on Tuesday 14 January.
Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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I've been ruminating on this since that pic of the PM packing food parcels
there are major issues with charity as a response to food hardship:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
there are major issues with charity as a response to food hardship:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
The dark side to food charity
Reflections on pre-Christmas publicity stunts
open.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I've been ruminating on this since that pic of the PM packing food parcels
there are major issues with charity as a response to food hardship:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
there are major issues with charity as a response to food hardship:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Reposted by Emily Colgan
Here’s a BB episode on the Bible and sexual violence against men in the stories of Lot and Jesus. Reflecting on recent cases of male sexual assault, we discuss how these biblical texts echo harmful myths and misperceptions that surround this crime today www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...
#HeToo - Sexual Violence Against Biblical Men — The Bloody Bible Podcast
In this episode, Caz and Em look at what the Bible says about sexual violence against men. They focus on two biblical texts - the rape of Lot by his two daughters (Genesis 19:30-38) and the stripping ...
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January 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Here’s a BB episode on the Bible and sexual violence against men in the stories of Lot and Jesus. Reflecting on recent cases of male sexual assault, we discuss how these biblical texts echo harmful myths and misperceptions that surround this crime today www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...
Check this out! This project to acClimatise the lectionary is lead by the utterly exceptional Jione Havea and is (I think) going to be a real game changer… very, very exciting. Get in on this mahi (if it’s your thing)!
vimeo.com/1040255044?r...
vimeo.com/1040255044?r...
AcClimatise The Lectionary
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January 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Check this out! This project to acClimatise the lectionary is lead by the utterly exceptional Jione Havea and is (I think) going to be a real game changer… very, very exciting. Get in on this mahi (if it’s your thing)!
vimeo.com/1040255044?r...
vimeo.com/1040255044?r...
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i hope the courage it took for tariana turia to vote against the foreshore and seabed bill is never lost to history. it remains the most principled political act of 21st century new zealand politics. and she caught hell for it from her former party of the time
January 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
i hope the courage it took for tariana turia to vote against the foreshore and seabed bill is never lost to history. it remains the most principled political act of 21st century new zealand politics. and she caught hell for it from her former party of the time
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I have posted my submission on the Treaty Principles Bill here. Submissions close at midnight on 7 January and I have included a link to where you can make your own in the post.
www.meetingplace.nz/2025/01/trea...
www.meetingplace.nz/2025/01/trea...
Treaty Principles Bill
Aotearoa New Zealand history with Dr Vincent O'Malley. The New Zealand Wars, the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti, Māori and Pākehā relations and more
www.meetingplace.nz
January 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I have posted my submission on the Treaty Principles Bill here. Submissions close at midnight on 7 January and I have included a link to where you can make your own in the post.
www.meetingplace.nz/2025/01/trea...
www.meetingplace.nz/2025/01/trea...
Here’s an episode of @bloodybiblepodcast.bsky.social where Caz and I talk about Dinah and Tamar and contemporary myths and misperceptions about rape that continue to shape our thinking about sexual violence today
In this episode, Em and Caz look at narratives of sexual violence in the Bible (Gen 34; 2Sam 13) and in contemporary culture. They discuss the myths and misperceptions about rape that remain prevalent today and distort understandings of sexual violence
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...
#MeToo - Rape Narratives in the Bible — The Bloody Bible Podcast
In this episode, Em and Caz look at some biblical stories that depict sexual violence, focusing particularly on Genesis 34 (the rape of Dinah) and 2 Samuel 13 (the rape of Tamar). They structure their...
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Here’s an episode of @bloodybiblepodcast.bsky.social where Caz and I talk about Dinah and Tamar and contemporary myths and misperceptions about rape that continue to shape our thinking about sexual violence today
I miss Rod a lot. This is such a great way to honour him and his work ❤️
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Call for entries: Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize
Young writers are invited to describe what we must do – and do now – to ensure that future generations live well in Aotearoa New Zealand
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December 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
I miss Rod a lot. This is such a great way to honour him and his work ❤️
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/19/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/19/c...
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about women who don’t perform gender roles ‘properly.’ There are lots of women who don’t conform to gender stereotypes and one of them is Judith whose bloody murder of Holofernes marked her out as both a lethal woman and a biblical hero. I loved making this episode!
🎧 Don’t lose your head! 🎧 Em and Caz examine contemporary cases of women killers to see if these can shed light on the biblical character of Judith, whose murder of Holofernes marked her out as both a lethal woman and a biblical hero…
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...
www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...
Don’t lose your head - Women who kill! — The Bloody Bible Podcast
In this episode, Em and Caz take a closer look at women who kill, and ask why murderous women inspire so much fascination and fear. They draw on some contemporary cases of women killers to see if thes...
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December 20, 2024 at 10:41 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about women who don’t perform gender roles ‘properly.’ There are lots of women who don’t conform to gender stereotypes and one of them is Judith whose bloody murder of Holofernes marked her out as both a lethal woman and a biblical hero. I loved making this episode!