A Response to a Response to a Response… Yep, It’s Marriage Again! <!-- wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> I recognise the irony of writing a piece (for ViaMedia) that begins with commenting on the wordiness of the Church of

Another excellent Shiloh post from Johanna Stiebert shilohproject.blog/a-response-t...

Photo of a square shaped clay tablet with 5 lines cuneiform text followed by a ruling (a line). In the blank space below the line, the student has drawn a seated figure with an outstretched arm and possibly the start of another figure behind that one.

In my book, Between Two Rivers, I take you through what it was like to go to school in ancient Babylonia.

Discarded clay tablets from schools preserve the many stages of education and also just…kids being kids. Like one who did this little doodle of (maybe) the teacher

Unequal labour struggles continue to divide women globally The victories of women’s movements have never been evenly distributed. While some women fought for the right to work, others – especially working-class black women – fought for the right not to be exp...

“If International Women’s Day is to be more than a symbolic gesture, it must be grounded in an ethic of radical solidarity – one that refuses to separate gender from race, class and colonial violence.” www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Yes! Caz and I will be on in a couple of weeks, too 🫠

It’s happening this week!!

What has the Bible to do with Deepfake Porn? <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"left"} --> Today’s post is by Tasia Scrutton. Tasia is an Associate Professor at the University of Leeds and Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Religion and

We have a new post up on the Shiloh Project! Some really interesting and important resonances between text and contemporary context… shilohproject.blog/what-has-the...

Photo of a detail from a stone relieve that shows large feathers with incredible detail, lots of lines to show individual parts of the feathers, overlaid with cuneiform text

Detail of cuneiform chiselled onto the wing of a protective spirit from an ancient Assyrian palace in Nimrud.

Just stunning.

Blood and Belief - The Bible For Normal People A live class with Caroline Blyth and Emily Colgan exploring the biblical 'texts of terror' and how they relate to violence today.

In a couple of weeks my dear friend @doctorlamplight.bsky.social and I are giving a lecture on the Bible and violence. Sign up deets below if this is your vibe. Please note that the date and time for the lecture in Aotearoa is 2-4pm on Tuesday 18 Feb. thebiblefornormalpeople.com/classes/bloo...

The CFP for SBL in Boston is now open! I’m really excited to be co-chairing the Ecological Hermeneutics unit and would love to receive proposals related to any of the following… #sblaar #sbl #aarsbl #sblaar2025
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So thrilled you discovered the podcast! 🙈 the accent

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.

They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.

Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.

I think about it a lot in moments like this.

This was actually one of the final episodes that Caz and I recorded but it seems apt to post it now… sigh 😔 @doctorlamplight.bsky.social

This is going to be exceptional

I think this is still our most downloaded episode of @bloodybiblepodcast.bsky.social to date… Check it out if you had a listen already!

If you are unable to submit on the Treaty Principles Bill due to Parliament’s IT system crashing please email the select committee at justice@parliament.govt.nz and ask for an extension.

Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes Parliament's justice select committee has agreed to extend the deadline after receiving a record 300,000 submissions.

Submissions on the Treaty Principles bill reopened. New closing time and date: 1pm on Tuesday 14 January.

Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The dark side to food charity Reflections on pre-Christmas publicity stunts

I've been ruminating on this since that pic of the PM packing food parcels

there are major issues with charity as a response to food hardship:

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#HeToo - Sexual Violence Against Biblical Men — The Bloody Bible Podcast In this episode, Caz and Em look at what the Bible says about sexual violence against men. They focus on two biblical texts - the rape of Lot by his two daughters (Genesis 19:30-38) and the stripping ...

Here’s a BB episode on the Bible and sexual violence against men in the stories of Lot and Jesus. Reflecting on recent cases of male sexual assault, we discuss how these biblical texts echo harmful myths and misperceptions that surround this crime today www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...

AcClimatise The Lectionary This is "AcClimatise The Lectionary" by UMESynodNSWACT on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Check this out! This project to acClimatise the lectionary is lead by the utterly exceptional Jione Havea and is (I think) going to be a real game changer… very, very exciting. Get in on this mahi (if it’s your thing)!

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i hope the courage it took for tariana turia to vote against the foreshore and seabed bill is never lost to history. it remains the most principled political act of 21st century new zealand politics. and she caught hell for it from her former party of the time

The overwhelm is real and it's deliberate. You don't have to be an expert, or write a treatise on why it's bad. They know it's bad!

"I am writing to register my opposition to X Bill. I do not believe it aligns with the values we aspire to. I urge you to scrap it as recommended by numerous experts"

Treaty Principles Bill Aotearoa New Zealand history with Dr Vincent O'Malley. The New Zealand Wars, the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti, Māori and Pākehā relations and more

I have posted my submission on the Treaty Principles Bill here. Submissions close at midnight on 7 January and I have included a link to where you can make your own in the post.

www.meetingplace.nz/2025/01/trea...

Here’s an episode of @bloodybiblepodcast.bsky.social where Caz and I talk about Dinah and Tamar and contemporary myths and misperceptions about rape that continue to shape our thinking about sexual violence today

Call for entries: Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize Young writers are invited to describe what we must do – and do now – to ensure that future generations live well in Aotearoa New Zealand

I miss Rod a lot. This is such a great way to honour him and his work ❤️

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I’ve been thinking a lot recently about women who don’t perform gender roles ‘properly.’ There are lots of women who don’t conform to gender stereotypes and one of them is Judith whose bloody murder of Holofernes marked her out as both a lethal woman and a biblical hero. I loved making this episode!

In this @bloodybiblepodcast episode on dangerous men in the book of Esther, we give a big shoutout to the amazing womanist biblical scholar, Dr Ericka Dunbar. You can read some of Ericka's work on sex trafficking in Esther here

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Dangerous Biblical Women: The Femme Fatale — The Bloody Bible Podcast In this episode, Caz and Em take a closer look at the fascinating figure of the femme fatale, or ‘fatal woman’, in the Bible and popular culture. Focusing on the biblical character of Delilah (Judges ...

In this Bloody Bible episode, we explore the mesmerising, dangerous, and truly intriguing figure of the femme fatale, focusing on the quintessential biblical femme fatale, Delilah. It’s a good one!
#BloodyBible #FemmeFatale www.bloodybiblepodcast.com/episodes/blo...

It’s such an incredible privilege to co-host the @bloodybiblepodcast.bsky.social with my dear friend and co-conspirator, Caroline Blyth. Check it out if you haven’t already. There are currently two seasons… and a book is in the works

In #sblaar24 news, I’m joining Barbara Rossing as co-chair of the Eco Hermeneutics programme unit. Bring on #sblaar25! 🔥