Dizzying Scales of Sacredness: On Supplements, Absorption, and Transcendence — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW Historians often try to reconstruct places; they map areas to give readers a sense of a whole. I am grateful for that work. But Burrus reminds us that humans do not really experience places as whole.

And we have also posted the first response from Michael Motia #lateantiquity #earlychristianity #NAPS2025 www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/4/...

How can you feel “grounded” when your body is in pain? Check out this conversation where @napainschool.bsky.social Patient Partner @quanamadison.bsky.social and Science Communicator @shirinshs.bsky.social discuss how art helped to find power in her own story bit.ly/4navXTQ #PRF #NAPS2025

How does chronic pain impact an artist’s style and craft? Check out this conversation between @napainschool.bsky.social Patient Partner @sandrawoodsmtl.bsky.social and Science Communicator @shirinshs.bsky.social discussing the creation of #ArtDespitePain bit.ly/4onsZMW #PRF #NAPS2025

Quana Madison NASP Interview

How can you feel “grounded” when your body is in pain? Check out this conversation between @NAPainSchool Patient Partner Patient Partner Quàna Madison and Science Communicator Shirin Sadighparvar discussing how art helped her to find power in her own story bit.ly/4navXTQ #PRF #NAPS2025

Have you considered the lessons to be learned combining academia and industry knowledge of pain science? Read this article from the 2025 @napainschool.bsky.social where @j-nickols.bsky.social gets a perspective on this from Clifford Woolf at #NAPS2025 bit.ly/3UKLXAl #PRF #PainAwarenessMonth

Have you ever thought about the lessons to be learned combining both academia and industry knowledge of pain science? Read this article where @NAPainSchool Science Communicator Julia Nickols gets a perspective on this from Clifford Woolf at #NAPS2025 bit.ly/3UKLXAl #PRF #PainAwarenessMonth

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The 2025 North American Pain School gathered 29 early-career scientists with global experts for a week of mentorship, collaboration & cultural exchange in Montebello, Quebec. IASP proudly supports NAPS and our full network of Pain Schools & Camps.

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#NAPS2025 friends: any able to open the survey just sent out? The organizers are telling me the problem is on my end, but I've used two browsers, two devices, wifi and cellular data but I am always blocked. Anyone have success?

if you weren’t at #NAPS2025 you may not have heard the news: @emuehlbe.bsky.social is the new editor of the Journal of Early Christian Studies! 🎉👏🥳

Detoxing from #NAPS2025 with tuscan white beans, steamed rice, and roasted romanesco with *vitamin water zero* for a beverage

Thank you to the North American Patristics Society and all #NAPS2025 attendees for a wonderful conference in Chicago! Our NAPS conference page where you can get 40% all of our displayed books will be open for a few weeks: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/n...

PLUS I'm unimaginably grateful for the #NAPS2025 GOSPEL THRILLERS panel: thank you thank you thank you to @emuehlbe.bsky.social, @jennisifire.bsky.social, @vox-magica.bsky.social, @christycobb.bsky.social, Brad Storin, & (always) @ctschroeder.bsky.social

heading out from #NAPS2025 with a full heart and brain. it's been a real pleasure to serve on the board. we've got some challenges ahead but this is still my primary academic home going on 30 years (!!!).

Small pump bottle of Garnier Fructis “Sleek and Stay” on a metallic green bubble wrap envelope on a white sheeted bed

#NAPS2025 did anyone else find a Garnier Fructis sample in green bubble wrap wrapping in their room tonight?

While at #NAPS2025 this week popped into the Art Institute to see the fascinating Torlonia Collection exhibit.

Photo of Virginia Burrus surrounded by her advisees

What a wonderful #NAPS2025 We were able to celebrate my advisor’s retirement w two dedicated sessions & a reception. I ended the conference with one of the most fun panels I have ever been on spotlighting @drewjakeprof.bsky.social ‘s Gospel Thrillers. I truly needed this. Until next time, nerds!

Understanding Christianity Through Magical Objects Ritual Boundaries is part of the Christianity in Late Antiquity Series.By Joseph E. Sanzo, author of Ritual Boundaries: Magic and Differentiation in Late Antique ChristianityWhat do you do when you…

"We have the privilege of benefiting from advances in contemporary medicine...early Christians often addressed these and related concerns with the help of so-called magical objects to wear on the body."—RITUAL BOUNDARIES author Joseph Sanzo: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/6...

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It was wonderful to have two of our stellar PhD students in attendance at #NAPS2025. If you're interested in our programs, send us a note!

The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity is both available in print brill.com/display/seri... as well as online! referenceworks.brill.com/display/db/e... #NAPS2025

Starting shortly! Join us from wherever you are!

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"The Demon Flying" by Mikhail Vrubel, currently in the Russia State Museum. This is a symbolist painting, much wider than it is tall. In the foreground is a masculine humanoid figure with pale skin facing (flying?) right. His feet trail behind him like how Superman flies. He is mostly unclothed except for a black cloak belted with what looks like a thick belt of thorns. His eyes are wide open, his black hair flowing. The right third of the painting, in the upper half, is dark—maybe a black cloud? And near the subject's face is a smaller dark blue and black cloud? The background looks like a snowy mountain range to me. All the colors are beiges, whites, grays, and blacks, except for the blue cloud thing(?) near his head. I don't really know what's going on here, but I absolutely love it.

Tomorrow at #NAPS2025, @remedhe.bsky.social is hosting an online session at 1:30 central. Join us! I'll be talking about Evagrius and his disabled, very cold demons.

One more preview image. The thumbnail is weird; make sure to click and check out this demon in all its glory. (And see alt the text.)

Join us virtually tomorrow morning at #NAPS2025!

If you'd like to learn more about the Encyclopedia of Early Christianity or get your own copy of the set (or the e-version), see our website for details! brill.com/display/seri...
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Stop by our North American Patristics exhibit in Crystal Ballroom C to peruse discounted books and journals from 15 publishers. And the view of Chicago is not bad from up here either! #patristics #ancientChristianity #NAPS2025

We're back in the Windy City for #NAPS2025! Stop by our modest table to see the latest books in religious studies and save 40% on them by visiting our NAPS conference page: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/n...

i would 1000% got to a #NAPS2025 session on "Reception of Augustine" if presenters were speculating about which Martha Stewart or Ina Garten party guide he would rely on

this online session on questionable virgins is 🔥 #naps2025

If you're looking to join the #NAPS2025 online sessions, the link is at the END of the full conference program (check your Know Before You Go email) p. 32.

Good morning #NAPS2025! How does one attend the online sessions? I don’t see a link in the app

Our colleague @nitzanshalev.bsky.social is attending #NAPS2025! Drop by for a chat and to check out our latest @degruyterbrill.bsky.social titles!
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