The annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies continues today in beautiful Sackville, New Brunswick! Today, PhD student John Ottuh presents “Reading 1 Samuel 28 in Ancient Jewish and African Medium Contexts.”
Congratulations to Rory Tasker (MA 2021) on completing his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of Toronto.
McMaster Religious Studies
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This May, Elaine Michalicka (BA 2024) completed the Master of Divinity, with a focus on counselling and spiritual care, at McMaster Divinity College. She plans on working in chaplaincy within the Catholic District School Board.
Check out Dr. Liyakat Takim's new essay, “Ijtihad and Reform in Modern Shi'ism” in The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Reform.
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Check out John Van Maaren's (University of Vienna, McMaster PhD 2019) new article, "Learning to Treat Other Ways of Being Generously Through the Biblical Studies Classroom" in Teaching Theology & Religion!
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Today is the final day of the CSBS annual meeting in beautiful Sackville, NB! And it's a big day for McMaster presenters…
Dr. Hanna Tervanotko presents “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, the birds of the air, and they will tell you” (Job 12:7): Bird Divination in Ancient Jewish Texts.”
Congratulations to PhD student Pema Sherpa, on being awarded a prestigious Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Buddhist Studies! Check out the following link for more information about Pema’s research project:
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We are hiring for a 1-year position!
Religious Studies at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social invites applications for a 1-yr Contractually Limited Appointment position at the rank of Lecturer or Asst. Prof. from Aug 1, 2026 to July 31, 2027.
See the following link (position 76421):
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Rob Jones (Penn State University, McMaster PhD 2020) presents “Becoming Nonhuman: Revelation 13 and the Transhuman Apocalypse in Evangelical Christianity.”
And PhD student Eduardo Folster-Eli presents “The God of This Age: Nonhuman Agency in Comparative Perspective within the Ancient World.”
Matthew Walsh (Acadia University, McMaster PhD 2016) presents “Context and Combinations: Daniel 7:13–14 in the Synoptic Gospels.”
Ken Penner (St. Francis Xavier University, McMaster PhD 2006) presents “Canadian Social Activists Inspired by the Bible.”
