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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- Bulletin 41.2
- Reed M. N. Weep Retirement
- Field Notes: News and Announcements in the Discipline
- Divinity Manifest in a Female Body: Guglielma of Milan as the Holy Spirit, Female Deity and Female Leadership in the Later Middle Ages
- Sexual Liberality as Othering: The Case of Islam in Late Antiquity and Modernity
- SORAAAD Book Notes with the Bulletin
- Romania’s Saving Angels: ”New Men”, Orthodoxy and Blood Mysticism in the Legionary Movement
- Christus Virgo: Representations of Christ as a Virgin in Early Christianity and Late Antiquity
- Editorial: New Challenges, New Directions
- 'The Stars Down to Earth' - Why Educated Women in the Western World Use Astrology
Category Archives: Sexuality and Gender
Right Reverend: Sex, Contraception, and the Episcopal Body
Since January of this year, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has been one of the most vocal critics of the Obama administration’s mandate that all non-church institutions (including Catholic-run hospitals and universities) must make contraception available as part … Continue reading
Posted in Donovan Schaefer, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Sexuality and Gender, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Catholic Church, contraception, kimerer lamothe, Michel Foucault, Obama administration, religion and embodiment, religion and sexuality, Saba Mahmood, Timothy Dolan, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Women at the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting 2011
Michael F. Bird (Evangelion) notes that, of 700 papers to be presented at this month’s Evangelical Theological Society Conference, he recognises that only 8 are by women. There may be a few other women’s names that Michael acknowledges he does … Continue reading
Picture Book: Remembering 9/11
Here are two provocative images I’ve recently seen that relate to the ten year anniversary of 9/11: This one was found via Facebook—shared by a friend of a friend: The text reads: “Flight 93 Born Hero’s; Gave their Lives to … Continue reading
Death by a Thousand Qualifications?
I recently posted this link to my Facebook page: I followed it with a series of qualifications. “Yes, this naturalizes sexual difference, normalizes heterosexuality, and reduces women (to some extent) to their genitalia. But it’s STILL FUNNY!” A friend of … Continue reading
Jesus’ Man-Breasts
Jack Nicholson’s (Christ-like) Man-Breasts In contemporary Western society, an (imaginary) flat “chest” is marker of male gender; and round, spherical breasts are a marker of female gender. In the realm of the symbolic the everyday real breasts of men and women, with their assortment of … Continue reading
Posted in Deane Galbraith, Religion and Theory, Sexuality and Gender
Tagged Apocalypse, bra, breast implants, breasts, chest, digital enhancement, flat-chested, Gender Trouble, Jack Nicholson, Jesse Rainbow, Jesus, Judith Butler, Keira Knightley, man-boobs, man-breasts, moobs, paps, Real, Revelation of John, Son of Man, Song of Solomon, symbolic, voyeurism, μαστοῖς
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Biblical Studies Carnival נז (November 2010)
Each month, the Biblical Studies Carnival showcases the most thought-provoking biblioblogging (biblical studies blogging) from scholars, students and keen amateurs. This is Biblical Studies Carnival 57, that is, Carnival נז from NZ. Academy, Biblioblogging and Handy Hints Conference Time November saw the … Continue reading
Posted in Deane Galbraith, Humor, Pedagogy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion in the News, Sexuality and Gender, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged AAR, American Academy of Religion, American Schools of Oriental Research, Ancient Near East, ASOR, biblical studies carnival, biblioblog, christian origins, Emerging Judaism, ETS, Evangelical Theological Society, Gospels, Greek, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, Jesus, Jewish mysticism, Nazi biblical scholars, New International Version, New Testament, NIV, NIV 2011, November 2010, Old Testament, Paul, Pseudepigrapha, Pseudo-Paul, reception history, Revelation, SBL, Septuagint, Society of Biblical Literature, Talmud, Tanach, נז
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The Pope, The Gay Saint, and His Lover: The Beatification of Cardinal Newman
On September 19, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI will beatify John Henry Cardinal Newman.[1] A controversial figure in Nineteenth-Century England, Cardinal Newman converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism towards the middle of his life. Yet during the recent lead up to … Continue reading
Posted in Deane Galbraith, Religion in the News, Sexuality and Gender
Tagged Achilles, Ambrose St. John, beatification, canonization, Cardinal Newman, Catholic, celibacy, devotee of Greek love, gay, gay saint, homosexuality, Ian Ker, Joseph Ratzinger, Leo Strauss, Lyotard, Martin Smith, Oscar Wilde, OutRage!, Patroclus, Peter Tatchell, Pope Benedict XVI, saint, same-sex
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