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Professor (W3) of New Testament & Ancient History of Religion, University of Osnabrück, Germany. FT or PT/tenured. Focus incl. NT and Christian-Jewish Studies. Required ability to teach in English, membership of a Protestant Church. Deadline 30 June. www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...

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Are you a scholar of religion with a passion for public scholarship? Want to share your work with an enthusiastic, global audience hungry for deeper learning? We’re inviting scholars to give lectures in a live Zoom series hosted by Religion for Breakfast. More here! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Would anyone know how to access the National Enquirer from March 17, 1974? #research

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Wat heeft Faber nou eigenlijk bereikt? Dagblad @trouw.nl: Enkel dat de bestempeling van kwetsbare mensen tot zondebokken voor alles, hun reducering tot cijfers en “gelukszoekers” en het illegale afpakken van mensenrechten nu als normaal beleid beschouwd worden. En niet meer als moreel schandaal.

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Wat Miriam Krekel uit Amsterdam zegt. Het kritiekloos verspreiden en opblazen van leugens over migratie en asiel valt sommige media hoe dan ook aan te rekenen.

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De hedofascist wil, anders dan de fascist uit de jaren dertig, geen offers brengen maar eist vrijheid. Uiteraard gaat dit om een zeer specifieke vrijheid voor een specifieke groep: de vrijheid om te kunnen blijven genieten, dat wil zeggen om te kunnen blijven consumeren, vervuilen, discrimineren...

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I have a few words on why John North (who died at the weekend) was so important in the study of Roman religion. tinyurl.com/bdezvkdm

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It's a sunny day at my Alma Mater!

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Would anyone have a #pdf of Martin Riesebrodt's "Theses on a Theory of Religion" 2008 for me?

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Möchten Sie diese Ausstellung in Ihrem Umfeld zeigen? Wir sind auf der Suche nach Museen, Cafés und Debattierzentren, um unsere Arbeit zu präsentieren! #aargau #schweiz #religion

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Look at this aesthetic... Very well done!

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Junior Researcher & Lecturer at the Ethnographic Museum in Zürich #jobs jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

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I'm writing... nothing world shocking, but I'm actually producing words on the page(s)! #acwri

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For those in Zürich: Vom 30.4. bis zum 14.5.2025 kann im Lichthof des Hauptgebäudes der Universität Zürich (KOL, Rämistrasse 71) die Ausstellung «Religiöse Objekte und ihre Bedeutung im Alltag: Ein Blick in Schweizer Haushalte» besucht werden. www.trf.uzh.ch/de/aktuell/n...

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People often claim psychedelics have been used globally, for millennia, & in rituals of psychological healing. In today's Guardian Long Read, I show what these stories get wrong & why the reality is far more interesting: www.theguardian.com/science/2025... From "Shamanism: The Timeless Religion"

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🥳🎉🎊 Since this week, I'm working at the Study of Religion\s at @unifr.bsky.social on a project regarding visuality in alternative histories!

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Interesse in de dynamiek van collectievorming, religieus erfgoed en klimaatverandering? Op zoek naar een innovatief project om als postdoc aan bij te dragen? Check onze vacature! (deadline: 18 mei) www.uu.nl/organisatie/...

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Oh, it is this time of year again: did people in medieval Europe have a different relationship with work and free time than we do? Yes, of course. Did they just lie around half of the year doing nothing and enjoying their church-prescribed holidays and basked in their free time? No. 1/

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[B] De Gruyter Brill: Junior Acquisitions Editor Theology (f/m/d) bei de Gruyter Brill, ohne Bewerbungsfrist #job @degruyterbrill.bsky.social https://de-gruyter.onlyfy.jobs/job/tzg11sm2947jpxc94nwvw6pxxl8o7q9

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23 applications for our PhD workshop on theory and theorizing in the study of religion/s. Good to see so much interest in this theme, but difficult to make a selection of participants!

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Voor de Nederlanders met FB en IG nos.nl/artikel/2564...

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I used to ask my students a question. On your first day at university, you're accosted by a well-dressed gentleman with a faint aroma of sulphur. He offers you a deal: if you take it, he will guarantee that you graduate with a 2.1, but you will never learn anything beyond what you know right now.

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Welcome in the blue skies! @temenosjournal.bsky.social

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Would anyone have access to the following article for me? Avalos, Hector. 2002. The Ancient Near East in Modern Science Fiction: Zecharia Sitchin’s The 12th Planet as Case Study. Journal of Higher Criticism 9 (1): 49–70.

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PhD Opportunity in Global History Join our team at ETH Zurich for the SNSF-funded project Engineering Empire. 4 years, fully funded. Applicants from marginalized groups are particularly welcome. More details:

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Every spring, people claim the Easter Bunny is an ancient pagan symbol tied to a spring goddess named Eostre or Ostara. I've even found articles on the BBC and Smithsonian website repeating this claim. But the real story is way more recent—and surprisingly traceable. 🧵

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Post Doc! "Materialising the Scots in Northern Europe c.1500-1750: Mobilities, Communities and Materiel Culture" Focus on the Netherlands, Scandinavia or Poland www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa... #Skystorians 🗃

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Looking forward to giving a lecture in @miriamjane5.bsky.social's class about Gender and Manichaeism

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