31 August 2017 Slides from my talk “Acts as Biblical History?” Here are the slides (in pdf format) from my talk “Acts as Biblical History?” given in the Book of Acts seminar at the British New Testament Conference in Maynooth on Friday 1 September 2017. Categories Articles and papers/Conferences/Research/Speaking Comments: 2
31 August 2017 Tips for conference “small talk” Picture: the chapel at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth University Here’s a fine and interesting post about how to make “small talk” with speakers at conferences, just in time for the British New Testament Conference, which starts today in Maynooth, near Dublin! Categories Articles and papers/Conferences/People/Research/Speaking Comments: 0
14 May 2017 Some recent writing and publishing from me I had a quite spell away from on the blog in the Spring, partly because I’ve been writing and publishing quite a bit. Here’s a note of four that are out and available, and a couple of others that are forthcoming. More are in the pipeline, but I can’t tell you about... Categories Articles and papers/Books and articles/Conferences/Research/Speaking Comments: 0
22 December 2016 It’s here! A new book on Acts, masculinity and politics I’m delighted to say that my editor’s copy of this book popped through the door this week. It’s a fascinating collection of essays looking at the Book of Acts through the lenses of masculinity and ancient politics. The papers and responses were presented at meetings of the SBL Book of Acts section in 2014 and 2015, and they are very... Categories Articles and papers/Books and articles/Conferences/Research/Reviews Comments: 0
11 November 2016 An excellent study day on Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI’s theological legacy We had a splendid day conference at St Mary’s University on Tuesday on the theological legacy of Pope Benedict XVI, co-sponsored by our Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society and our Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible. There were four interesting and stimulating talks, plus the launch of a new book of interviews with the Pope Emeritus... Categories Books and articles/Conferences/People Comments: 0
27 October 2016 Thinking theologically about sport—guest post by Ben McNamara I’m delighted to present a guest post by my former student Ben McNamara about the recent conference in York on Christianity and sport. Ben is a fine up-and-coming rugby (union) referee, and spoke at the conference from that perspective. Those who know me will know that I’m a (very) retired international volleyball referee and trainer of referees, so I’m delighted... Categories Conferences/People/Speaking Comments: 0