JSHJ 13.2–3 Released
The Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus volume 13 issues 2–3 is now available and looks stellar: E.P. Sanders and the ‘Trial’ of Jesus 91 Helen K. Bond Jesus and the Law: Taking E.P. Sanders...
View ArticleOwning vs Syndicating Content
On Tuesday (12 April 2016) Facebook opened up applications to its Instant Articles service to all publishers. I signed up that evening and began the tedious process of setting it up. Since I use...
View ArticleToday’s Degrees Cost More, Worth Less
A friend of mine shared an article repeating a familiar narrative, namely the plight of freshly minted PhDs looking for work. Today’s academic degrees cost far more than they used to but are worth far...
View ArticleChad Wellmon on Reading, From Augustine to Digital Humanists
Chad Wellmon, in “Sacred Reading: From Augustine to the Digital Humanists,” recounts various shifts in the conception of reading over the centuries–how we read, for what we read, the telos of reading,...
View ArticleAdvice from Your Journal Editor
Devoney Looser’s piece, ‘How Your Journal Editor Works‘, is a nice reminder of the flesh-and-blood workings of a journal’s editorial work. The following points stand out: An editor is ‘a real person...
View ArticleReducing Oneself to a Curriculum Vitae (CV)
It recently occurred to me that the academic Curriculum Vitae (CV) is not only an instrument through which a scholar presents the scholarly self to the scholarly world, but also an instrument through...
View ArticleMy book picks from Princeton Profs’ Summer Reading
I am always interested in the books that other academics are hoping to read. Recently Princeton released the summer reading that a handful are hoping to tackle this Summer. From those recommendations,...
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The ‘Discovery’ of 29 New Homilies on the Psalms Attr. to Origen
Recently I was participating in an academic conference where one senior scholar mentioned their involvement at a recent colloquium (cf. report) discussing 29 homilies on the Psalms recently...
View ArticleNew Publication: “Mobile Liturgy”
Recently an article of mine was published: Joshua L. Mann, “Mobile Liturgy: Reflections on the Church of England’s Daily Prayer App” Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet 12 (2017):...
View ArticleExpositus at 12 Months (and other work)
Over at the Expositus blog, I have posted a brief overview of the first 12 months of the organization I lead. I might add to the research summarized there that I also continue to work in New...
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