sararonis.bsky.social
associate professor of theology at St. Mary's University TX. I think a lot about demons, fetuses, and other weird things.
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Mazal tov!
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If a classroom zoom visit would ever be helpful, I am always down.
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Thank you so much! That means so much coming from you.
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@miriamanzovin.bsky.social, relating to what we were talking about yesterday. Or the day before. What even is time?
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And before anyone QT's me with posts about American work culture - I'm Jewish, it's not my holiday, and I don't work on weekends, or the many Jewish holidays in the fall (and later in the spring). Just trying to write my book, man...
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Contemporary: The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann (her first book, Three Bags Full is brilliant). If you like historical cozy mysteries: Ashley Weaver's Electra McDonnell series, Allison Montclair's Sparks & Bainbridge series, Jennifer Ashley's Below Stairs series.
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Well, I just found an assignment we'll be doing in my men and masculinity in the Bible course this spring...
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Lily had a bath this week so she can sympathize.
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How is this even a question? 4 is clearly the answer!
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LOL.
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Wait, do you as a religion prof NOT get those emails? Except about people's theories of the Bible, God, and everything even tangentially related to religion?
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Added benefit: this dog will be there, giving her best Fruma-Sarah impression in honor of the day.
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She is also so freaking young! Like what a missed opportunity to hire an incredible older actress.
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Lots of organizations are fighting like hell but in Texas, the odds are stacked against them and they know that.
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But it's not just about content. The curriculum also comes with ASSIGNMENTS. Imagine being a Jewish or Hindu student having to write an essay on Jesus as God and being graded on whether you write what the curriculum identifies as the correct answer.
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As a consultant, my job was to help the organization identify problems so that they could formulate a response. My sense was that they expected the legislature to push it through regardless. It's basically designed to end up in front of the US Supreme Court.
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I still love Carvalho's Primer on Biblical Methods.
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And also, for a state that is 30% Catholic, it's VERY anti-Catholic. (Obviously also antisemitic. But that wasn't surprising).
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I consulted for a Texas organization figuring out how to respond to earlier draft of this curriculum, and it's not shoddy scholarship, it's complete fiction. Like the last 100 years of people thinking seriously about the Bible just never happened.
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Apologies - you'll have to figure out the time and place yourself. Ever since I started working on fetal personhood, I've become more cautious about posting times/locations for my talks online.
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I don't know what dirtbag medievalism means, but now I desperately want to.
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Once this monograph is done, it's literally the next thing on my list.
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What a great idea! Thanks for doing this.
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Came here to make this joke - glad someone beat me to it.