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Summary
In this episode, Deirdre Fulton joins us to share about the process of updating the NRSV, and to tell us a little about her role in that process. Deirdre Fulton is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament here at Baylor University.
Themes
Bible translation, text criticism, NRSVue
Relevant Baylor Press Books
Baylor handbooks on original languages (NT Greek, Hebrew Bible, Septuagint): https://www.baylorpress.com/books/series/ Book previewed by Cade: Katherine Dell, The Lord By Wisdom Founded the Earth, https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481317047/the-lord-by-wisdom-founded-the-earth/Additional Resources
For more about the NRSVue (https://www.friendshippress.org/pages/about-the-nrsvue) For Deirdre Fulton's faculty profile (https://religion.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/person/deirdre-fulton-phd) -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Tyler Mowry about teaching religious studies in online settings, using digital humanities, and assigning AI.
Tyler is a Hebrew Bible PhD student and Learning Management System Content Specialist at Baylor University.
Links to the digital humanities tools Tyler mentions in the interview will be posted in due course.
The essay on assigning AI (written by Ethan and Lilach Mollick) is available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4475995
Relevant Episodes:
Publishing academic articles with Jeff Hubbard: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/publishing-academic-journal-articles-with-jeff-hubbard/id1648052085?i=1000637176857 Networking at AAR/SBL with Dave Nelson: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/publishing-academic-journal-articles-with-jeff-hubbard/id1648052085?i=1000637176857 -
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In this episode, Zen speaks with Leslie Garrote about American Evangelicalism: its history, the challenges of studying a living religious movement, and best practices.
Leslie is currently a PhD student in Baylor's Religion Department. She is a Hispanic Theology Initiative scholar and a recipient of the Louisville Institute's doctoral fellowship.
Leslie's Recommended Readings:
Mark Noll's A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada Darren Dochuck's From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism Daniel Vaca's Evangelicals Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America Kristen Kobes Du Mez's Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Anthea Butler's White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in AmericaRead Leslie's Anxious Bench essay here: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2024/07/what-black-women-bloggers-can-teach-american-evangelicals/
Other Episodes You Might Like:
Mandy McMichael on hearing Baptist women's history: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hearing-history-mandy-mcmichael-on-interviewing-baptist/id1648052085?i=1000619951034 Adam Bond on Black Baptist Leaders, Race Literature, and the Salvation of America: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-baptist-leaders-race-literature-and-the/id1648052085?i=1000653202533 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with E. Trey Clark about his new book, Black Contemplative Preaching: A Hidden History of Prayer, Proclamation, and Prophetic Witness (Baylor University Pres: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481321990/black-contemplative-preaching/).
Related Episodes:
Malcolm Foley on Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree-malcolm-foley-on/id1648052085?i=1000607851160 Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar on Africana Biblical Criticism: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/africana-biblical-criticism-and-the-book-of/id1648052085?i=1000600183961 Marcus Jerkins on Black Lives Matter and the Gospels: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-lives-matter-to-jesus-marcus-jerkins-on-salvation/id1648052085?i=1000599025436The Baylor University Press book plugged in the middle of the episode is By the Word Worked by Fleming Rutledge (https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481321754/by-the-word-worked/).
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In this episode, Zen speaks with Dr. Joel Burnett about his cutting edge research on the Amman Theater Statue, a larger-than-life, Iron Age statue discovered in 2010. We discuss the statue's origin, its features, and its religious function. Along the way, Joel helps us understand how this statue relates to and sheds light on other ancient Near Eastern societies, including Israel and Judah only seventy miles to the west.
Here's a link to an article about the Amman Theater Statue, including numerous pictures: https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2019/12/Amman-Theatre-Statue-and-Ammonite-Royal-Ancestor-Cult
Here's a link to Joel Burnett's new book on the statue: https://www.asor.org/news/2024/05/aasor75-amman-theater-statue
Also in this episode, Cade Jarrell from Baylor Press joins us to discuss a new book by Philip Jenkins, Kingdoms of This World. You can learn more about that book here: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481319935/kingdoms-of-this-world/
Other Episodes You Might Like:
Seeing and Touching History with Cynthia Shafer-Elliott: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seeing-and-touching-history-cynthia-shafer-elliott-on/id1648052085?i=1000585869717 The Book of...Judges? with Julian Chike: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-book-of-judges-julian-chike-on-literary/id1648052085?i=1000610082013 Africana Biblical Criticism and the Book of Esther with Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/africana-biblical-criticism-and-the-book-of/id1648052085?i=1000600183961 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Beverly Gaventa about Paul's letter to the Romans. Her New Testament Library commentary is out now with Westminster John Knox (https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/0664221009/romans.aspx).
This episode also features special music from Paul Zach (ft. Jon Guerra, Tristen Stuart-Davenport, and IAMSON). Listen to the full track on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube.
Cade Jarrell also joins to talk about Paul and the Wrath by Thomas P. Dixon, out now from Baylor University Press (https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481321358/paul-and-the-wrath/).
Relevant Episodes
Paul and the Good, Green Life (ft. Julien Smith and Cherryl Hunt): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-and-the-good-green-life-conversations-with/id1648052085?i=1000622634985 Greco-Roman Associations and the New Testament (ft. Bruce Longenecker): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greco-roman-associations-and-the-new/id1648052085?i=1000605716630 Mike Bird on Jesus among the Gods: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mike-bird-on-jesus-among-the-gods/id1648052085?i=1000588501532 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Barry Harvey about the story that led to the Barmen declaration, how Dietrich Bonhoeffer factors into that story, and how Barmen remains relevant today, even after 90 years.
Barry Harvey is professor of theology in the Religion Department as well as in the Great Texts program of the Honors College here at Baylor University. Among other specialties, Barry is a Bonhoeffer scholar, exploring Bonhoeffer’s thought in classes, articles, and a book titled Taking Hold of the Real: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Profound Worldliness of Christianity.
Other Episodes You Might Like:
Carr and Helmer on ordinary faith in polarized times: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theology-ethics-and-a-church-in-conflict/id1648052085?i=1000631232401 Malcolm Foley on James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree-malcolm-foley-on/id1648052085?i=1000607851160 Amanda Tyler on Christian nationalism: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amanda-tyler-on-religious-liberty-and-christian/id1648052085?i=1000592862958 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Micheal O'Siadhail about his new collection of poetry, Desire, which is out now from Baylor University Press.
Micheal O’Siadhail is an award-winning Irish poet. He received the Irish American Cultural Institute prize for poetry in 1982; the Marten Toonder prize for Literature in 1998. And one of his other Baylor University Press books, The Five Quintets, received the Conference on Christianity and Literature’s 2019 book of the year award.
Listen to Micheal discuss Testament, another collection of poems, on a previous episode of Currents in Religion: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/micheal-osiadhail-on-faith-poetry-and-daring-to-love/id1648052085?i=1000590394430
Learn more about the Desire here: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481320061/desire/
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In this episode, Zen speaks with Gary Dorrien about his new book, Anglican Identities, recently published by Baylor University Press.
Learn more about the book and Gary here: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481320931/anglican-identities/
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Episode Overview
In this episode, Zen speaks with Adam Bond about his story and scholarship.
Adam Bond joined the Religion Department at Baylor University in the summer of 2023. Prior to his time at Baylor, he served as the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia. Bond is a historian of Christianity in the United States. His research and writing focus on the narratives and ideas of Black Christian leaders of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Episode Links
Carr and Helmer's book, Ordinary Faith in Polarized Times: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481319317/ordinary-faith-in-polarized-times/Other Episodes You Might Like:
Malcolm Foley on James Cone, racism, and American Christianity: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree-malcolm-foley-on/id1648052085?i=1000607851160 Marcus Jerkins on Black Lives Matter to Jesus: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-lives-matter-to-jesus-marcus-jerkins-on-salvation/id1648052085?i=1000599025436 Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar on Africana Biblical Criticism: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/africana-biblical-criticism-and-the-book-of/id1648052085?i=1000600183961 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Léon van Ommen about his new book, Autism and Worship, out now from Baylor University Press.
Resources from the Episode
Buy the book: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481319898/autism-and-worship/ Learn about the Centre: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/centre-for-the-study-of-autism-and-christian-community-1725.php Listen to the Centre's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autism-and-theology-podcast/id1705103191Other Episodes You Might Like:
Erin Raffety on disability, inclusion, and justice: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/should-we-abandon-inclusion-erin-raffety-on-disability/id1648052085?i=1000594272809 Devan Stahl on an era of soft eugenics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/an-era-of-soft-eugenics-devan-stahl-on/id1648052085?i=1000589593683 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Robin Jensen and Mikeal Parsons about their new co-edited volume Early Christians and Their Art, which is out now with SBL Press. You can learn more about the book at the link below.
Our GuestsRobin Jensen is the Patrick O’Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. But she is also a concurrent faculty member of Art History and Classics and a fellow of the Medieval Institute.
Mikeal Parsons is the University Distinguished Professor Kidd L. & Buna Hitchcock Macon Professor of Religion at Baylor University.
Other Episodes You Might Like
Menachem Fisch and Debra Band on Picturing Ecclesiastes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/picturing-ecclesiastes-a-conversation-with/id1648052085?i=1000650359438 Natalie Carnes on Art and Feminist Theology: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natalie-carnes-on-feminist-theology-and-the-arts/id1648052085?i=1000583436666 Mike Parsons and Cody Sanders on Corpse Care: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rotten-epiphany-mikeal-parsons-and-cody-sanders-talk/id1648052085?i=1000595686788 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Elise Edwards about her new book Architecture, Theology, and Ethics: Making Architectural Design More Just (Lexington Books, 2024).
Dr. Elise Edwards is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Baylor University. You can order the book by clicking here.
Other Episodes You Might Like
Feminist theology and the arts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natalie-carnes-on-feminist-theology-and-the-arts/id1648052085?i=1000583436666 On inclusion and justice with Erin Raffety: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/should-we-abandon-inclusion-erin-raffety-on-disability/id1648052085?i=1000594272809 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Menachem Fisch and Debra Band about their illuminated philosophical commentary, Qoholet: Searching for a Life Worth Living. You can learn more about the book by clicking here.
Other Currents in Religion Episodes You Might Like:
Natalie Carnes feminist theology and the arts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natalie-carnes-on-feminist-theology-and-the-arts/id1648052085?i=1000583436666 Micheal O'Siadhail on faith, poetry, and daring to love: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/micheal-osiadhail-on-faith-poetry-and-daring-to-love/id1648052085?i=1000590394430 Thomas Gardner on lyric theology: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lyric-theology-thomas-gardner-on-marilynne-robinson/id1648052085?i=1000602629863 -
Rebecca Poe Hays is working on several projects that bring the Psalms into conversation with recent research on trauma and resilience. She joins us today to talk about her research, both how it helps us better understand the psalms historically and how it makes them relevant in the life of faith today.
Rebecca Poe Hays is Assistant Professor of Christian Scriptures at George W. Truett Seminary at Baylor University.
Other CIR episodes on the psalms
Bill Bellinger on Psalms as a Grammar of Faith: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-grammar-lesson-in-prayer-bill-bellinger-on-the-psalms/id1648052085?i=1000587487293 Trevor Laurence on cursing psalms and Christian ethics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cursing-christ-and-christian-prayer/id1648052085?i=1000583436719 Deirdre Fulton on translating the NRSVue: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/updating-the-nrsv-a-chat-with-deirdre-fulton/id1648052085?i=1000623434086 -
In this episode, Zen recaps some interesting, important, or otherwise intriguing religion news headlines.
Polls/Reports Cited in Part 1
Is Religion Good for You? https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/512216/religion-spirituality-tools-better-wellbeing.aspx Asian American Nones & Connection to Religion: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/10/11/religion-among-asian-americans/ Generational & Geographical Trends in Faith: https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/two-global-religious-divides-geographic-and-generational Gen Z and the Sacred: https://www.springtideresearch.org/post/news/sacred-experience-benefits-gen-z-spirituality-wellbeingThe Fire and the Cloud: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481320504/the-fire-and-the-cloud/
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In this episode, Zen speaks with Jeff Hubbard about publishing academic journal articles. As a graduate student, Jeff has published in seven different peer reviewed journals and has a lot of wisdom (and humor) to share. You can learn more about Jeff by visiting his academia page (https://baylor.academia.edu/JeffHubbard/).
Other Episodes You Might Like
Writing Religious Studies: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/writing-religious-studies-featuring-amos-yong-alicia/id1648052085?i=1000621879919 Dave Nelson on Publishing Academic Books: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dave-nelson-on-publishing-academic-books/id1648052085?i=1000606742147Theology in Many Voices by Amy Chilton: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481317306/theology-in-many-voices/
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In this episode, Zen speaks with Dr. Susan Benton about her research on women in early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world and her work as a member of the ministry guidance team in Baylor's Religion Department.
Learn more about the ministry guidance program at Baylor University: https://religion.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/ministry-guidance
Check out Gary Dorrien's new book with Baylor University Press: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481320931/anglican-identities/
Related Episodes:
Bruce Longenecker on Greco-Roman associations: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greco-roman-associations-and-the-new/id1648052085?i=1000605716630 Amy Marga on imagining motherhood: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imagining-motherhood-in-the-christian-tradition/id1648052085?i=1000583436695 Dustin Benac on adaptive church and ministry: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adaptive-church-dustin-benac-on-collaborative-christian/id1648052085?i=1000597869190 -
This episode is a rerun from November 2022.
In this episode, I speak with Dave Nelson, who is the director of Baylor University Press. We speak specifically about AAR/SBL from a publishers perspective. Dave offers honest advice about networking and discusses why he enjoys conferences like this one.
AAR/SBL discount: Get 30% off and, if you're in the US, free shipping on all orders from BaylorPress.com by entering the code 17AARSBL23 at checkout.
Related Episodes:
On writing a PhD application: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-applying-to-phd-programs-in-religion/id1648052085?i=1000632014324 On publishing academic books: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dave-nelson-on-publishing-academic-books/id1648052085?i=1000606742147 -
In this episode, Zen speaks with Philip Jenkins about his new book A Storm of Images: Iconoclasm and Religious Reformation in the Byzantine World, recently published by Baylor University Press.
Dr. Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History & Director of the Program on Historical Studies of Religion at Baylor University.
Related Episodes:
Jessica Wai-Fong Wong on icon theology and antiracism: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/icons-economies-and-racism-a-conversation-with/id1648052085?i=1000584235192 Natalie Carnes on the arts, theology, and feminism: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natalie-carnes-on-feminist-theology-and-the-arts/id1648052085?i=1000583436666 Micheal O'Siadhail on poetry and scripture: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/micheal-osiadhail-on-faith-poetry-and-daring-to-love/id1648052085?i=1000590394430 Thomas Gardner on lyric theology: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lyric-theology-thomas-gardner-on-marilynne-robinson/id1648052085?i=1000602629863 - Daha fazla göster
