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Sessions of the Greco-Roman Religions Section at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature 22--25 November 2025 in Boston:
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Sessions of the Greco-Roman Religions Section at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature 22--25 November 2025 in Boston:
Apocalyptic reading with a kind of almost sliver of a silver lining at the end.. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Apocalyptic reading with a kind of almost sliver of a silver lining at the end.. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The newest issue of Religion & Theology 32, no. 1&2 (2025), just out ...
June 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The newest issue of Religion & Theology 32, no. 1&2 (2025), just out ...
A discussion on scholarly journal editorship I am involved with - Keyan Tomaselli on the implications of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa [ASSAf] Statement on the Recognition of Editors and Peer Reviewers, and the whole scholarly value chain in academic publishing.
doi.org/10.17159/saj...
doi.org/10.17159/saj...
Publishing as knowledge clubs: ASSAf Statement on the Recognition of Editors and Peer Reviewers
doi.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A discussion on scholarly journal editorship I am involved with - Keyan Tomaselli on the implications of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa [ASSAf] Statement on the Recognition of Editors and Peer Reviewers, and the whole scholarly value chain in academic publishing.
doi.org/10.17159/saj...
doi.org/10.17159/saj...
Julie Schumacher Cohen, 28 May 2025: "We can grieve the Holocaust as an unfathomable act of human cruelty and mourn the way in which a people not responsible for it—the Palestinians—continue to bear an undue burden from its legacy."
www.commonwealmagazine.org/gaza-israel-...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/gaza-israel-...
Catholic Guilt and Gaza
Insofar as Catholic neglect of the plight of the Palestinians stems from guilt about the Holocaust, it’s long past time to rethink how this guilt is addressed.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Julie Schumacher Cohen, 28 May 2025: "We can grieve the Holocaust as an unfathomable act of human cruelty and mourn the way in which a people not responsible for it—the Palestinians—continue to bear an undue burden from its legacy."
www.commonwealmagazine.org/gaza-israel-...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/gaza-israel-...
New Testament Society of Southern Africa
Supplement Virtual Conference 15 May 2025
The virtual conference will be held via Zoom online. us02web.zoom.us/j/3247885838...
Meeting ID: 324 788 5838
Passcode: 730170
Supplement Virtual Conference 15 May 2025
The virtual conference will be held via Zoom online. us02web.zoom.us/j/3247885838...
Meeting ID: 324 788 5838
Passcode: 730170
May 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New Testament Society of Southern Africa
Supplement Virtual Conference 15 May 2025
The virtual conference will be held via Zoom online. us02web.zoom.us/j/3247885838...
Meeting ID: 324 788 5838
Passcode: 730170
Supplement Virtual Conference 15 May 2025
The virtual conference will be held via Zoom online. us02web.zoom.us/j/3247885838...
Meeting ID: 324 788 5838
Passcode: 730170
A lot of pep-talking for the coming fightback is taking place, and this one adds another bit to the programme needed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump, beware – this is what a global liberal fightback looks like | Timothy Garton Ash
From the Canadian elections to universities and civil society, the campaign to turn the tide against anti-liberal nationalists is well underway, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A lot of pep-talking for the coming fightback is taking place, and this one adds another bit to the programme needed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The madness creep spilling over the border, as reported in the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Redirecting...
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April 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The madness creep spilling over the border, as reported in the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Towards a new civic morality: jacobin.com/2025/04/mele...
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “We Need a New Civic Morality”
As he visits the US for the first time, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise, writes about the collapse of triumphal capitalist narratives and sets out an alternative vision for humanity ...
jacobin.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Towards a new civic morality: jacobin.com/2025/04/mele...
"Although he had a conservative reputation in his earlier years, Pope Francis used his role as a world religious leader to campaign against poverty and social oppression, directly challenging the appropriation of Christianity by figures like J. D. Vance." jacobin.com/2025/04/pope...
Pope Francis Was an Amiable Mold Breaker in the Vatican
Although he had a conservative reputation in his earlier years, Pope Francis used his role as a world religious leader to campaign against poverty and social oppression, directly challenging the appro...
jacobin.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Although he had a conservative reputation in his earlier years, Pope Francis used his role as a world religious leader to campaign against poverty and social oppression, directly challenging the appropriation of Christianity by figures like J. D. Vance." jacobin.com/2025/04/pope...
On the late Pope Francis who made migrants and immigrants a focus of his papacy: www.democracynow.org/2025/4/21/po...
Pope Francis’s Book Editor Robert Ellsberg on the Pontiff’s Life, Legacy & Care for Refugees
We continue our look at the life and legacy of Pope Francis with a focus on his advocacy for migrants’ rights and next steps for selecting his successor, with input from groups like SNAP, Survivors Ne...
www.democracynow.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
On the late Pope Francis who made migrants and immigrants a focus of his papacy: www.democracynow.org/2025/4/21/po...
And another report on the passing of Pope Francis: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Though not a John XXIII, I have read some of his pastoral letters and encyclicals, and I have been impressed by his social vision. I could think with them with my students.
Though not a John XXIII, I have read some of his pastoral letters and encyclicals, and I have been impressed by his social vision. I could think with them with my students.
Pope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88
Death of 266th head of Catholic church triggers period of global mourning and Vatican conclave of cardinals to elect successorLatest updates: tributes paid after Pope Francis dies aged 88
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
And another report on the passing of Pope Francis: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Though not a John XXIII, I have read some of his pastoral letters and encyclicals, and I have been impressed by his social vision. I could think with them with my students.
Though not a John XXIII, I have read some of his pastoral letters and encyclicals, and I have been impressed by his social vision. I could think with them with my students.
Whatever you think of the institution, I did find him an inspirational figure www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88 - Vatican News
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.
www.vaticannews.va
April 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Whatever you think of the institution, I did find him an inspirational figure www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Photo of conference attendees at the just past annual meeting of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa, 31 March to 4 April. The keynote speakers stand in the front row; I am behind Lily Nortjé Meyer, the current honorary president of the Society, in front.
April 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Photo of conference attendees at the just past annual meeting of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa, 31 March to 4 April. The keynote speakers stand in the front row; I am behind Lily Nortjé Meyer, the current honorary president of the Society, in front.
Thom Hartmann in Alternet: "Democracy doesn’t 'die in darkness.' It dies when truth becomes a crime and silence becomes survival."
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
Is this the moment American democracy finally broke?
The highest form of freedom in a democracy isn’t just the right to vote or protest — it’s the right to speak truth to power. To call out corruption. To challenge lies. To stand firm when the powerful ...
www.alternet.org
April 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Thom Hartmann in Alternet: "Democracy doesn’t 'die in darkness.' It dies when truth becomes a crime and silence becomes survival."
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
On the other side of the world, from the margins, this is how African commentators look at events in the Global North ... www.trt.global/afrika-engli...
TRT Global - The West made a mockery of democracy. Now the joke is on them.
As alleged war criminals receive red-carpet treatment and institutions of justice are abandoned, the illusion of moral leadership crumbles—revealing a system built on selective accountability and colo...
www.trt.global
April 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
On the other side of the world, from the margins, this is how African commentators look at events in the Global North ... www.trt.global/afrika-engli...
The dispute centred on raising taxes [e.g. slight raise in VAT] as well as different visions on how to stimulate a moribund economy. But both the ANC and DA act as if they are still in May 2024 country, not really adapted to the new political reality. Adults in the room needed urgently.
April 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The dispute centred on raising taxes [e.g. slight raise in VAT] as well as different visions on how to stimulate a moribund economy. But both the ANC and DA act as if they are still in May 2024 country, not really adapted to the new political reality. Adults in the room needed urgently.
Amidst all the Trump-caused turmoil in the world, South Africa is also on knife's edge: After the elections of May 2024 the ANC was forced into a really grand 'coalition' they called a Government of National Unity. Now the two biggest parties are at loggerheads because of a budget dispute.
April 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Amidst all the Trump-caused turmoil in the world, South Africa is also on knife's edge: After the elections of May 2024 the ANC was forced into a really grand 'coalition' they called a Government of National Unity. Now the two biggest parties are at loggerheads because of a budget dispute.
With the keynote speakers at the just past annual meeting of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa: from left to right - Markus Vinzent, Judith Lieu, Zana de Wet and Chris de Wet, Annette Potgieter, Paul Robertson, and myself.
April 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
With the keynote speakers at the just past annual meeting of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa: from left to right - Markus Vinzent, Judith Lieu, Zana de Wet and Chris de Wet, Annette Potgieter, Paul Robertson, and myself.
The 60th annual meeting of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa has just concluded. At the business meeting, colleague Pieter Botha and I [we both retired December 2022] were voted as honorary presidents of the Society for 2026 and 2027 respectively. A great honour.
April 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The 60th annual meeting of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa has just concluded. At the business meeting, colleague Pieter Botha and I [we both retired December 2022] were voted as honorary presidents of the Society for 2026 and 2027 respectively. A great honour.
On many fronts academics are feeling their way through dark times: aarweb.org/news/religio...
Religious Studies Matters. Expertise Matters. Both Are Under Attack Right Now. - AAR
People pictured in photo, from left: Christina Parrish Stone, Florida Humanities; Claudia Schippert, AAR Executive Director; Alex Weeden, Legislative Assistant to Representative Maxwell Frost; Joy Ban...
aarweb.org
March 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
On many fronts academics are feeling their way through dark times: aarweb.org/news/religio...
Found this post on FB. What a mismatch: ostensibly a post with picture on WWII artifacts, but posted by ... Food recipes [??!!]
March 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Found this post on FB. What a mismatch: ostensibly a post with picture on WWII artifacts, but posted by ... Food recipes [??!!]