We prepare to engage in the yearly ritual of scholars in our field: the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), abbreviated AAR-SBL…or is it SBL-AAR? The order makes all the difference. Quality tips are shared to survive an academic conference of this type. Brian shares the tale of his first panic attack, and leaks crucial details from one of his conference presentations—about the Puritan leader Cotton Mather and his belief that the bones of biblical giants had been uncovered in America.
The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL): https://www.sbl-site.org/
The American Academy of Religion (AAR): https://aarweb.org/
The annual meeting online program book (you can search presentations by last name and keyword): https://sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=43
Cotton Mather: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather
Bozeman, To Live Ancient Lives: https://uncpress.org/book/9780807896273/to-live-ancient-lives
Bryce Traister: https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/bryce-traister/
The text of Cotton Mather’s first letter to the Royal Society about the giant bones: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2936986?origin=crossref&seq=1
089 THE MITHRADITES (news roundup: weird Army video; Mithradites of Fond du Lac; AI goes sentient)
088 THE NRSVUE (we review a new Bible translation to fight about)
087 THE HOARD (News Roundup--Brian offers a stunning confession)
086 THE AIGOD (bringing an imaginary friend to life through AI, and playing God)
085 THE DEMONTIME (Kathryn Krick, your local TikTok exorcist in the park; guest Sam Kestenbaum)
084 THE BSG (Battlestar Galactica and the politics of polytheism)
083 THE SLAP (Denzel advises Will; QAnon growing; world’s most boring person; animal heads)
082 THE WARGOD (a hair-raising biblical story of war, prompted by Wonder Woman)
081 THE WILEYMAN (Late Great Planet Earth, Russian religions, Vladimir Putin's spiritual space)
080 THE VOID (News Roundup: God is dope and heckling the pope)
079 THE MALLPUNK (Blink-182 and UFOs)
Programming Note for a New Season (2022)
CHRISTMAS NEWS ROUNDUP SPECIAL (Jesus applies for job; feeble green children; $600K in the bathroom; Cheesecake factory)
BONUS: Ambush Session on Megachurch Pastor Comparing Jesus to "Old Town Road"
BONUS: Checking in on Battlestar, Lost, Leo as Jim Jones, QAnon is back
BONUS: Popeye joke, theory of humor
BONUS: Season in Review, Thank Yous, Mini News Roundup
078 THE CHRISTIANHAIRMETAL (Chris White, director of the new film Electric Jesus)
077 THE FACECHURCH (Should anyone be going to church on Facebook?)
076 THE NEWS (#6: genocide romance, too cold for jihad, confessions without confessor)
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