James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)
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Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis
James Frank McGrath is an American scholar of religion. He is the Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University. He is known for his work on Early Christianity, Mandaeism, criticism of the Christ myth theory, and the analysis of religion in science fiction. .. more
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Find Me Among the Sick – A Review of “The Carpenter’s Son”
When the trailer was first released for Lofty Nathan’s Biblical horror film The Carpenter’s Son, there was some understandable trepidation from all sides. For a more conservative audience, there wa…
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Find Me Among the Sick – A Review of “The Carpenter’s Son” poptheology.com/find-me-amon...
Open Access Journal: Studies in Digital Heritage (SDH)
Studies in Digital Heritage (SDH) ISSN: 2574-1748 Studies in Digital Heritage (SDH) is a peer-reviewed academic journal established by...
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Open Access Journal: Studies in Digital Heritage (SDH) ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/open...
Can We Justify College ?
AI is starting to impact hiring for young men and women with recent college degrees and I fear that this will lead to a sense of hopelessness and further deepen a crisis of purpose.
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"Real people are getting hurt. Dreams are being dashed so profit margins remain astronomically high."
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An Altar Call from Tony Campolo
Transcript: We are facing a problem and that is that we’ve run out of time, and we have to close this thing down. I was going to preach. I’m not going to. I am going to do something else though.
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An Altar Call from Tony Campolo redletterchristians.org/2025/11/19/t...
AI and the Writing Process
I found the Writing Process Model (Flower & Hayes, 1981; Hayes, 2012) helps me think about the development of writing skills and the specific application typically described as writing to learn…
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AI and the Writing Process learningaloud.com/blog/2025/10...
You cannot trust the footnotes in English translations of German handbooks!
Today is All Saints’ Day, and I have been looking at the entry for this in the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, and attempting to learn some real history about the origins of the me…
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You cannot trust the footnotes in English translations of German handbooks! www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2025/...
DOGE Laid Off the Humans. Now the IRS Is Deploying AI Agents
Get ready for a bot to hallucinate your tax bill.
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The DOGE scam was bad. Getting AI agents to deal with income tax will likely be worse.
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Why Trump's immigration crackdown may make America less Christian
(RNS) — America has become less religious because white Americans are less religious. Most recent immigrants are religious, and many are Christians.
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This perhaps more than anything else shows that the "Christian" in "Christian Nationalism" is a symbol emptied of all substance
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Orthodox Judaism is making space for women’s religious leadership – even without traditional ordination
A court decision allowing Israeli women to take the Chief Rabbinate’s exams is the latest sign of growing recognition for women’s religious learning within Orthodox Judaism.
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Orthodox Judaism is making space for women’s religious leadership – even without traditional ordination
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Abraham’s Third Failure: The Hagar Alternative
Welcome back to our series of studies on the five failures of Abraham. I hope you are enjoying this study and learning that Abraham, a man of faith failed God more than once. Abraham was a human be…
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Abraham’s Third Failure: The Hagar Alternative claudemariottini.com/2025/11/24/a...
My Response to a Bad Review of How the Bible Actually Works [Part Two]
Wait no further.
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My Response to a Bad Review of How the Bible Actually Works [Part Two] peteenns.substack.com/p/my-respons...
Trump Rages At "Stupid" Reporter For Pointing Out That His DOJ & DHS Said Afghans Were "Thoroughly Vetted" - Joe.My.God.
REPORTER: “U.S. officials say that the suspect worked very closely with the CIA in Afghanistan for years, that he was vetted and the vetting came up clean.” TRUMP: “He went cuckoo. I mean, he went…
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Trump Rages At "Stupid" Reporter For Pointing Out That His DOJ & DHS Said Afghans Were "Thoroughly Vetted" - Joe.My.God.
Assistant Professor Theology and Philosophy - Texas, United States job with University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37920653
Assistant Professor Theology and Philosophy ID: 2028 Department: College of Christian Studies Type: Full-time Faculty Post Date:...
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Assistant Professor Theology and Philosophy job with University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mike Johnson set to huddle with Indiana Republicans amid redistricting fight
The meeting is an escalation of the speaker's involvement.
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Mike Johnson set to huddle with Indiana Republicans amid redistricting fight - POLITICO
RFK Jr. Ripped for Embarrassing Thanksgiving Photoshop Fail
The 71-year-old health freak has attempted to rewrite history.
www.thedailybeast.com
RFK Jr. used AI to try to rewrite his involvement with unhealthy eating
Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP
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If you really want to get a full sense of just what generative AI is capable of, the infographic in this article in Nature says it all. 😂
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Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of the Bible
Starting in just a few days, the Museum of the Bible will be hosting an exhibition in Washington, D.C., of the Dead Sea Scrolls in cooperat...
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Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of the Bible oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2025/11/dead...
Meals, missionaries, and the ‘Israel of God’: fresh light on the crisis in Galatia - Forget the Channel
An article about the occasion of Galatians discussing concrete social circumstances that sheds light on the "Israel of God" in 6:16
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Meals, missionaries, and the ‘Israel of God’: fresh light on the crisis in Galatia www.lionelwindsor.net/2025/11/19/o...
How to Think about Hebrews's Use of Israel's Scriptures
For twenty-first-century, Christian readers, both biblical testaments present unique challenges.1 Whether intentionally or accidentally, Christian readers often neglect the Old Testament. Or when…
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How to Think about Hebrews's Use of Israel's Scriptures www.jdavidstark.com/how-to-think...
The War in Heaven Comes to Earth - Sermon for Pentecost 22C (Revelation 12)
A blog about Christianity, theology, religion and public life.
www.bobcornwall.com
The War in Heaven Comes to Earth - Sermon for Pentecost 22C (Revelation 12) www.bobcornwall.com/2025/11/the-...
Report from the Didasko Seminar on Philippians
November 2025 (Eugene, Oregon)
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Report from the Didasko Seminar on Philippians nijaykgupta.substack.com/p/report-fro...
ARTICLE: “The Apostle of the Monkey Ancestral Business”: Darwinism and Black Newspapers as Counterpublics, 1859–1929
In the journal Isis: “The Apostle of the Monkey Ancestral Business”: Darwinism and Black Newspapers as Counterpublics, 1859–1929 Matthew W. Hughey Abstract After Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of S…
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ARTICLE: “The Apostle of the Monkey Ancestral Business”: Darwinism and Black Newspapers as Counterpublics, 1859–1929 thedispersalofdarwin.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/a...
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Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is 'crying out'
Pope Leo XIV is urging countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.
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Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is 'crying out'
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