Creationism, Mythicism, and University Conspiracies
Creationism says: universities are so much under the grip of atheism that creationism cannot get a fair hearing.Mythicism says: universities are so much under the grip of Christianity that mythicism...
View ArticleCIC Information Fluency Workshop
I am currently in Baltimore with some colleagues, at a workshop focused on information fluency in the disciplines of religion, philosophy, and the history of ideas. It started yesterday, and has...
View ArticleHow To E-Mail Your (Not You’re) Professor
This tutorial comes to you courtesy of PhD Comics. If you are not sure why it is funny, don't ask…it's in the syllabus.
View ArticleThe Historical Jesus Goes To University
I recently had a mythicist troll ask for evidence that Jesus is taught as a historical figure at any secular university. I could have merely offered Butler University and been done with it – and...
View ArticleCritique of Pure Welding
It seems that everyone is aware that Marco Rubio’s statement about welders making more than philosophers was simply wrong. It also ignored facts such as that students study philosophy as groundwork for...
View ArticleRequired Religion
I am grateful to Stephen Carlson for directing my attention to Required Religion on Tumblr, which is gifs depicting the experiences of a religion professor. There are so many I can relate to, such as...
View ArticleSBL Paper Accepted
I’ll be on a panel of invited speakers at SBL in 2014, talking about Bart Ehrman’s latest book. In addition, I’ve had a paper accepted by the Metacriticism of Biblical Scholarship consultation. Here’s...
View ArticleWhat’s on Your Gen Con Event Wish List?
The program for Gen Con was made available online on Sunday. That means that you can search for keywords such as “gamification,” “education,” or “McGrath and find the session that my Butler University...
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