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
075 THE FORGERIES (Biblical controversy around the Shapira Scroll and Gospel of Jesus' Wife)
074 THE FLEABAG (transgressive devotion and Fleabag with author Natalie Wigg-Stevenson)
073 THE NEWS (#5: Damon-Affleck curse, Britney goes Catholic, beyond yoga)
072 THE LAMB (Brian subjects Leah to an intriguing art-horror film trailer)
071 THE XFILES (superfan and radio host David Dault on Mulder and Scully)
070 THE NEWS (#4: marrying God, TikTok translators, Instagram SkyMall)
069 THE MOTHER! (Darren Aronofsky's 2017 film mother!, Leah not impressed, Joel Mayward enlightens us)
068 THE JAVIER (remembering our friend and colleague Javier Garcia, who died recently)
067 THE KADDISH (the spirituality of the biggest financial scam in history in A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff)
066 THE BAPTISTS (newsdesk deep dive: SBC convention, history, gender, #metoo, voting)
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065 THE HAPPYCLOUDS (a postmodern capitalist horror show about disrespecting Bob Ross' ghost)
064 THE ERUV (was Mother Theresa a cult leader, and an 18 mile wire above Manhattan)
063 THE CONSPIRACY (toucans are fake, interview with psychologist Dr. Michael Wood)
062 THE MARK (Vaccine passports and Marjorie Taylor Greene's Mark of the Beast)
061 THE NEWS (Roundup #1: Foxmania, halal tacos, mummified bodies, politics as religion, and emotional men)
060 THE REVIEW (internet review culture invades the classroom)
059 THE LICENSE (X-Files maybe-psychic killer sings a song that is sort of like another song)
058 THE CROWN (death of Prince Philip, religious dimensions of monarchies ancient and modern, royal etiquette)
057 THE QISAPPOINTMENT (failed QAnon prophecies, prediction disappointment)
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