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CURRICULUMVITAEDr.HarryO.MaierProfessorofNewTestamentandEarlyChristianStudiesVancouverSchoolofTheology6015WalterGageRoadVancouver,BCV6T1Z1CanadaTelephone:(604)822-9461www.harryomaier.comwww.vst.academia.edu/HMaierE-mail:[email protected];[email protected]
UNIVERSITYAPPOINTMENTSANDTEACHING1September–presentFellow,MaxWeberCenterforAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudies,UniversityofErfurt,Germany1January–30June2017AlexandervonHumboldtFellow(1January–31March),DAADFundedFellow(1April–30June),MaxWeberCenterforAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudiesattheUniversityofErfurt,Germany1June–30July2016ResearchFellow,MaxWeberCollegeofAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudiesattheUniversityofErfurt,Germany1June–30August2015ResearchFellow,MaxWeberCollegeofAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudiesattheUniversityofErfurt,Germany1September2014–present
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2 Appointedtothesocicorrespondenti,FondazioneSanCarlo,Modena1June–30August2014ResearchFellow,MaxWeberCollegeofAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudiesattheUniversityofErfurt,Germany1June–30August2013ResearchFellow,MaxWeberCollegeofAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudiesattheUniversityofErfurt,Germany1October–31December2012AlexandervonHumboldtResearchFellow,MaxWeberCollegeofAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudiesattheUniversityofErfurt,Germany1January–30September2012ResearchFellow,MaxWeberCollegeofAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudiesattheUniversityofErfurt,GermanyMarch2009GuestProfessor,DepartmentofTheology,UniversityofExeter1March2005-PresentFullProfessorofNewTestamentStudies,VancouverSchoolofTheology1January-30June2004AlexandervonHumboldtResearchFellow,Wissenschaftlich-theologischesSeminarRuprecht-Karls-UniversitätHeidelberg1September-31December2003FatherEdoGattoChairinChristianStudies,St.FrancisXavierUniversity,Antigonish,NovaScotia1July2001:Tenured
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3 1May1998–30August2000:AlexandervonHumboldtResearchFellow,Wissenschaftlich-theologischesSeminarRuprecht-Karls-UniversitätHeidelberg1April1997—30April1998:AssociateProfessorofNewTestamentStudies,VancouverSchoolofTheology1July1995--31March1997:AssistantProfessorNewTestamentStudies,VancouverSchoolofTheology1993-June1995:InterimDirectorofChurchandMinistryProgramsatVancouverSchoolofTheology(April1993-June1995)1991-1993:Post-doctoralSSHRCCResearchFellow,VancouverSchoolofTheologyandDepartmentofClassics,UniversityofBritishColumbia1987-1990:SessionalLecturerinReligiousStudiesDepartment,UniversityofSaskatchewan1990-1991:OrdainedintheEvangelicalLutheranChurchinCanadaandservedasInterimPastor,TrinityLutheranChurch,Delta,BC1989-1990:Studentinternpastor,LutheranChurchoftheCross,Victoria,BCEDUCATION OxfordUniversity,1983-87: D.Phil.inNewTestamentandEarlyChristianOrigins(Supervisors:Maurice
Wiles;RobertMorgan;BryanWilson)
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4 LutheranTheologicalSeminary,Saskatoon1982-1983,1987-89: MasterofDivinityUniversityofAlberta,1981: YearofindependentstudyinLatin,MusicologyandArtHistory PacificLutheranUniversity,Tacoma,WA,1979-1981: B.A.(MagnaCumLaude)Majors:English,History,PsychologyAWARDSANDDISTINCTIONSGRANTS
1. 2019--MaxWeberCenterforAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudies,UniversityofErfurt,Researchstipendfor2months(June–July),$6000US.
2. 2018–MaxWeberCenterforAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudies,Universityof
Erfurt,Researchstipendfor2months(June–July),$8,000US.
3. 2017–AlexandervonHumboldtResumptionofFellowshipAwardfor3months(January--March),$30,000US.
4. 2017–DeutscherAkademischerAustauschdienstResearchAwardfor3months
(April–June),$30,000US.
5. 2015–co-recipientwithMarlisArnoldandJörgRüpke,FritzThyssenFoundationGrantinsupportof“SeeingtheGod,BeingSeenbytheGod:Space,Performance,andVisionintheReligionsoftheRomanEmpire,”Bonn,27-29May2015,€8,000.
6. 2013–3-monthMaxWeberResearchGrant,UniversityofErfurt,$3,000US.
7. 2012–AlexandervonHumboldtResumptionofFellowshipAwardfor3months
(October-December),$30,000US.
8. 2012–9-month(January–September)MaxWeberFellowshipatTheMaxWeberCentreforAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudies,ErfurtUniversity,$60,000US.
9. 2009/10–awardedATSCollaborativeResearchGrantwithRobertDaumto
research“DisturbingImages:ReadingCivicIdealsinearlyJudaismandAncientChristianityagainsttheBackdropofRomanImperialIconography,”$35,000US.
10. 2008–May-July,appointedguestLecturerandResearcher,UniversityofEssex,“The
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5 Apocalypse,AmericanFundamentalism,andEcotheology,ӣ2,000.
11. 2004–3MonthAlexandervonHumboldtFellowship,takenupatthe
wissentschaftlich-theologischesSeminar,UniversityofHeidelberg,$40,000US.
12. 2003–2004MonthsFatherEdoGattoChairinChristianStudies,SaintFrancisXavierUniversity,Antigonish,NovaScotia,$30,000CDN.
13. 1999-2000–AlexandervonHumboldtFellowship,takenupatthe
wissentschaftlich-theologischesSeminar,UniversityofHeidelberg,$60,000US.
14. 1991-93–Post-DoctoralFellowship,SocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncilofCanadatoresearchthesocialsettingofheresyfromtheNewTestamentperiodtolateantiquity,$30,000CDNperannum.
15. 1984-87–CommonwealthScholarship,OxfordUniversity,awardedonthebasisof
academicexcellenceandpromiseandwhichincludedfulltuition,livingandtravelexpenses,etc.,$40,000CDNperannum
OTHER
1. 1997-2000–MemberoftheEditorialAdvisoryBoardofStudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses
2. 1995-97–ElectedPresidentoftheCanadianSocietyofPatristicStudiesforatwo
yearterm.
3. 1993–WinnerofcompetitiontoprovidePrayersoftheChurchforlectionaryyearCin1994-95(oneoffourinvitedbytheEvangelicalLutheranChurchinCanadatosubmitprayersforadjudication).
4. 1989—WinnerofthefirstReligiousStudiesdoctoraldissertationcompetition
sponsoredbytheCanadianCorporationfortheStudyofReligion,aprizebeingawardedonceeverytwoyears.TheprizeincludedpublicationofmydissertationbyWilfredLaurierUniversityPress.
5. 1983,87—VariousacademicawardsfromtheLutheranTheologicalSeminary,
Saskatoon
6. 1981—MagnaCumLaudefromPacificLutheranUniversityandawardedentrytoArete,anacademicfraternity,onthebasisofacademicachievement.
7. 1979,80—WinnerofprizesforpoetryattheSeattleBumbershootFestivalandthe
TacomaArtsGuild.
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6 PUBLICATIONSMONOGRAPHSANDEDITEDVOLUMES
1. NewTestamentChristianityintheRomanWorld,EssentialsofBiblicalStudies.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2018.
2. SeeingtheGod:Image,Space,PerformanceandVisionintheReligion of the Roman Empire, Politics, Culture and Religion in the Greco-RomanWorld,ed.MarlisArnold,HarryO.MaierandJörgRüpke.Tübingen:MohrSiebeck,2018.
3. Iltempopresenteedaltrecatastrofi.Bologna:EdizioniDehonianeBologna, 2018.
4. Lacostruzionedell'ereticonelcristianesimodelleorigini.Bologna:Edizioni DehonianeBologna,2015.
5. PicturingPaulinEmpire:ImperialImage,TextandPersuasionintheWritingofColossians,EphesiansandthePastoralEpistles.London/NewYork:Bloomsbury,2013.
6. TheCallingoftheNations:Exegesis,Ethnography,andEmpireinaBiblical-HistoricPresent,MarkVessey,HarryO.Maier,SharonV.Betcher,RobertDaum,eds.Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2011.
7. ApocalypseRecalled:TheBookofRevelationafterChristendom.Minneapolis: Fortress,2002.
WinneroftheCanadianChristianWritersAssociationAwardforBestBookinPhilosophyandChristianLeadership,2003.
8. TheSocialSettingoftheMinistryasReflectedintheWritingsoftheShepherdofHermas,ClementandIgnatius.Kitchener:WilfredLaurierUniversityPress,1991;reprinted2002inStudiesinChristianityandJudaism/Etudessurlechristianismeetlejudaisme11). WinneroftheCanadianCorportationofReligionAwardforBestDissertationinReligion,1990.
FORTHCOMING
9. DesiringMartyrs:LocatingMartyrsinSpaceandTime.Spatiotemporality/Raumzeitlichkkeit.EditedbyHarryO.MaierandKatharinaWaldner.Berlin:DeGruyter,2019.
10. EncounteringtheOther:ChristianandMultifaithPerspectives.EditedbyLauraDuhan-KapanandHarryO.Maier.Eugene,OR:Wipf&Stock,2019.
11. ExperiencingtheShepherdofHermas.EditedbyAngelaKimHarkinsandHarryO.Maier.Ekstasis:ReligiousExperiencefromAntiquitytotheMedievalPeriod.Berlin:deGruyterPress.Projected2020.
12. ColossiansandPhilemonThroughtheCenturies,BlackwellBibleCommentary.
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7 Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell,undercontract.
13. VisionsoftheEndoftheWorld.EditedbyHarryO.MaierandLauraDuhanKaplan,Eugene,OR:Wipf&Stock,inpreparation.
ARTICLES/COLLECTEDESSAYS
1. “Exposed!Nakedness,Clothing,andImperialIconographicalThemesinEarlyChristianApocalypticLiterature.”InDressandAntiquity.EditedbyAliciaBattenandKellyOlson.London/NewYork:Bloomsbury,forthcoming,2019.
2. “TheCosmicChristandHisGospel,”VisualCommentaryonScripture(thevcs.org).December2018.CuratedbyBenQuash.ThreeexpositionsofartinconversationwithCol.1.15-20andasyntheticessay.Accessed25January2019.thevcs.org/cosmic-christ-and-his-gospel.
3. “RitualizingDesireinTheShepherdofHermas.”InExperiencingtheShepherdofHermas.Ekstasis:ReligiousExperiencefromAntiquitytotheMedievalPeriod.EditedbyAngelaKimHarkinsandHarryO.Maier.Berlin:DeGruyterPress,forthcoming,2020.
4. “TheBookofRevelationandtheSpatiotemporalCreationofTrauma.InDesiring
Martyrs:LocatingMartyrsinSpaceandTime.Spatiotemporality/Raumzeitlichkkeit.EditedbyHarryO.MaierandKatharinaWaldner.Berlin:DeGruyter,forthcoming,2019.
5. “MakingHistorywiththeShepherdofHermas,”EarlyChristianity,forthcoming2019.
6. “Romans Watching Romans: Christ Religion in Close Urban Quarters and
NeighbourhoodTransformations,”ReligionintheRomanEmpire,forthcoming2019.
7. “ApocalypseandApocalypticintheEarlyChurch.”InRe-ImaginingApocalyticism:Apocalypses,ApocalypticLiterature,andtheDeadSeaScrolls,ed.JohnJ.CollinsandLorenzoDiTommaso.Atlanta:SBLPress,forthcoming2019.
8. “TheFather,TheSon,TheParaclete,andJohnonLocation.”InDieQuellenderIdee
der dynamischen Einheit – des reziproken Ineinseins – im Johannesevangelium.Eckhart:TextsandStudies,ed.JulieCasteigt.Leiden:Peeters,forthcoming2019.
9. “‘I consider them shit.’: Paul, the Abject, and the Religious Construction of the
Other.” InEncountering the Other: Christian andMultifaith Perspectives, ed. LauraDuhan-KapanandHarryO.Maier.Eugene,OR:Wipf&Stock,forthcoming,2019.
10. “Onesimus,PhilemonandtheApostlePaul:ACaseStudyinIndividualizationand
DividuationinImperialSpatialContexts.”InReligiousIndividualization:Typesand
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8 Cases.HistoricalandCross-culturalTypesandCases.HistoricalandCross-culturalExplorations,editedbyMartinFuchs,Bernd-ChristianOtto,RahulParsonandJörgRüpke.Erfurt:UniversityofErfurt,forthcoming,2019.
11. “TheAwfulLinesofEusebiusofCaesarea.”InLinesinSpacetimePerspective,edited
byJuttaVinzent.Berlin:DeGruyter,2018,169-85.
12. “Post-colonialInterpretationoftheBookofRevelation.”InTheOxfordHandbookoftheBookofRevelation,editedbyCraigKoester.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,forthcoming,2019.
13. “BusinessWomen,HospitalityandDiverseTeachingsinthePastoralEpistles.”In
Women,ChristianityandJudaism,editedbyIlariaRamelliandJoanTaylor.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,forthcoming2019.
14. “Salience,MultipleAffiliation,andChristBeliefintheLycusValley.”InTheFirst
UrbanChurches2:TheLycusValley,editedbyJamesR.HarrisonandL.L.Welborn.Atlanta:SBLPress,forthcoming,2019.
15. “Paul,theGreekOldTestamentandthePromotionoftheFlavianOrderin1
Clement.”InTheEarlyReceptionofthePaultheSecondTempleJew.LibraryofSecondTempleStudies92,editedbyIsaacW.Oliver,GabrieleBoccacciniandEricNoffke.NewYork/London:T&TClark/Bloomsbury,2018,301-16.
16. “Paul’sAlternativeMediterranean.”InMediterraneanStudiesinAntiquity:Settingthe
Agenda,editedbyRubinaRaja.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,forthcoming,2019.
17. “EarlyChristianMartyrology,ImperialThirdspaceandMimicry:TakingtheSpatial
TurntotheArena.”InSpaceTimeoftheImperial,SpatioTemporality/Raumzeitlichkeit1,editedbySusanneRau,HoltMeyerandKatharinaWaldner.Berlin:DeGruyterOldenbourg,2016,354-84.
18. “SeeingtheBloodofGod:TheTriumphantCharadeofIgnatiusofAntiochtheGod-
Bearer.”InSeeingtheGod:Image,Space,PerformanceandVisionintheReligionoftheRomanEmpire,Politics,CultureandReligionintheGreco-RomanWorld,editedbyMarlisArnold,HarryO.MaierandJörgRüpke.Tübingen:MohrSiebeck,2018,209-24.
19. “Paul,ImperialSituation,andVisualizationintheEpistletotheColossians.”InThe
ArtofVisualExegesis:Rhetoric,Texts,Images,EmoryStudiesinEarlyChristianity16,editedbyVernonK.Robbins,RoyR.JealandWalterS.Melion.Atlanta:SBLPress,2017,171-94.
20. “1/2Clement,”OxfordBibliographiesOn-line.OxfordUniversityPress,2016.
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9 21. “TheShepherdofHermas,”OxfordBibliographiesOn-line.Oxford:OxfordUniversity
Press,2016.
22. “‘Forherewehavenolastingcity….’:FlavianIconography,RomanImperialSacrificialIconography,andtheEpistletotheHebrews.”InHebrewsinContext,AncientJudaismandEarlyChristianity91,ed.GabriellaGelardiniandHaroldW.Attridge.Brill:Leiden,2015,133-54.
23. “SanPabo,Certeau,tácticasyestrategias,”MicheldeCerteau:UnaHerencia.LaTorre
delVirrey.RevistadeEstudiosCulturales17(2015):36-47.
24. “MarciontheCircumcizer.”InMarcionasReligiousEntrepreneur.StudiaPatristicaSupplement.EditedbyMarkusVinzent.Leiden:Brill,forthcoming2019.
25. “HistoireCroisée,EntangledBodies,Boundaries,andSocio-PoliticalGeographyinthe
lettertotheColossians.”InBorders:Terminologies,Ideologies,andPerformance,WUNT,editedbyAnnetteWeissenrieder.Tübingen:MohrSiebeck,2016,77-94.
26. “TheApostolicFathers,”“IgnatiusofAntioch.”InTheT&TClarkCompaniontothe
Atonement.EditedbyAdamJohnson.NewYork/London:T&TClark,Bloomsbury,2017,371-76,547-50.
27. “Space,BodyandChurchinIgnatiusofAntioch:TowardaSpatialTreatment.”In
StudiesontheTextoftheNewTestamentandEarlyChristianityinHonorofMichaelW.Holmes.NewTestamentTools,Studies,andDocuments.EditedbyDanGurtner,JuanHernández,andPaulFoster.Leiden:Brill,2015,517-36.
28. “PublicandPrivateinEmergentChristianDiscourse.”InPublicandPrivatein
AncientMediterraneanlawandReligion,ReligionsgeschichtlicheVersucheundVorarbeiten65,editedbyJörgRüpkeandCliffordAndo(Berlin:DeGruyter,2015),143-64.
29. “Images,Rites,TextandtheApostlePaul.”InQuestionsd’interpretation:images,
rites,textes/TheProblemofInterpretation:Images,Rites,Texts,editedbyPhilippeHoffmann,JürgRüpke,andCarloAltini.Stuttgart:Springer,2018,29-40.
30. “Colossians,Ephesians,andEmpire.”InAnIntroductiontotheNewTestamentand
Empire,ResourcesforBiblicalStudy.EditedbyAdamWinn.Atlanta:SBLPress,2016,185-202.
31. “TerritorializingSpaceandImagination:UsesofRomanImperialUrbanIdealsand
IconographyinImaginingRightandFalseTeachinginEmergentChristianDiscourse.”InConstructionsofSpaceVI:BodyandExperiencein"ThisWorld"and"OtherWorlds"inAncientMediterraneanSpatialImagination.EditedbyGertPinsloo.London/NewYork:Bloombury/T&TClark,forthcoming2019.
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10 32. “ComeandSee:ThePromiseofVisualExegesis,”Colloquium:TheAustralianand
NewZealandTheologicalReview47(2015):152-57.
33. “IgnatiusofAntioch,”“Bishop,”“Deacon,”“Deaconness,”“Colossians,”“Ephesians,”“1,2Thessalonians.”InDictionaryofAncientMediterraneanReligions.EditedbyJenniferKnust,EricOberlin,MichaelSatlow,andLizbethFried.NewYorkandLondon:Routledge,2015.
34. “KleidungII,”[TheSocialMeaningofClothinginGreek,Roman,JewishandChristian
Antiquity]DasReallexikonfürAntikeundChristentum21(2004):cols.1-59.
35. ReviewEssayofTheRiseofChristianity.ASociologistReconsidersHistory(RodneyStark)TheJournalofTheologicalStudies49(1998):328-34.
36. “Vision,Visualisation,andPoliticsintheApostlePaul”MethodandTheoryinthe
StudyofReligion7.1(2015):1-21.
37. “Nero.”InDictionaryofAncientMediterraneanReligions,editedbyEricM.Oberlinetal.NewYork/London:Routledge,2016.
38. “TheHouseholdRuleintheNewTestamentandEarlyChristianity.”InEncyclopedia
oftheBibleanditsReception,editedbyDaleC.Allison,Jr.,VolkerLeppin.Berlin:DeGruyter,2016.
39. “TheUseoftheNewTestamentinIgnatiusofAntioch.”InEncyclopediaoftheBible
anditsReception,editedbyDaleC.Allison,Jr.,VolkerLeppin(Berlin:DeGruyter,2016).
40. “TheUseoftheNewTestamentintheShepherdofHermas.”InEncyclopediaof
theBibleanditsReception,editedbyDaleC.Allison,Jr.,VolkerLeppin,etal.Berlin:DeGruyter,2016.
41. “BetwixtandBetween:ACanadianReadingofRobertJewett’sCommentaryon
Romans.”InFromRometoBeijing:SymposiaonRobertJewett’sCommentaryonRomans,editedbyK.K.Yeo,andRobertJewett.Lincoln,NE:PrairieMuse,2013,243-54.
42. “Soja’sThirdspace,Foucault’sHeterotopiaanddeCerteau’sPractice:Space-time
andSocialGeographyinEmergentChristianity”HistoricalSocialResearch38.3(2013):76-92.
43. “Paul,IgnatiusandThirdspace:ASocio-geographicExploration,”inToddStilland
DavidE.White,eds.,TheApostolicFathersandPaul.PaulineandPatristicsScholarsinDebate2(London:BloomsburyT&TClark,2016),162-80.
44. “FromMaterialPlacetoImaginedSpace:EmergentChristianCommunityas
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11 ThirdspaceintheShepherdofHermas.”InChristianCommunitiesintheSecondCentury:BetweenIdealandReality,editedbyMarkGrundkenandJosephVerheyden.Tübingen:MohrSiebeck,2015,66-89.
45. HebrewsasThirdspace.”InJesus-GestaltundGestaltungen.RezeptionendesGaliaers
inWissenschaft,KircheundGesellschaft,FSGerdTheissen,editedbyDavidHorrell.Göttingen:Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht,2013,285-98.
46. “TheShepherdofHermas.”InTheOxfordEncyclopaediaofBooksoftheBible,edited
byMichaelD.Coogan.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2012.
47. “FamilyintheBible.”InTheOxfordEncyclopaediaoftheBibleandEthics,editedbyRobertBrawley.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2015.
48. “TailoringtheChristianSelfinClementofAlexandria.”InIndividualandSelfinthe
SecondCentury,editedbyJörgRüpkeandGregWoolf.Tübingen:Mohr/Siebeck,2013,66-89.
49. “1,2Clement.”InTheNewInterpreter’sDictionaryoftheBible,Vol.1,editedby
CatherineDoobSakenfield.Nashville:Abingdon,2006.
50. “NeroinJewishandChristianTradition.”InBlackwellCompaniontotheNeronianAge,editedbyMartinDinterandEmmaBuckley.Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell,2013,385-404.
51. “ClementofRome,1,2Clement.”InTheEncyclopediaofAncientHistory,editedby
RogerBagnall,KaiBrodersen,CraigChampion,AndrewErskine,SabineHuebner.Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell,2012,revised2018.
52. “Bishop.”InTheEncyclopediaofAncientHistory,editedbyRogerBagnall,Kai
Brodersen,CraigChampion,AndrewErskine,SabineHuebner.Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell,2012,revised2018.
53. “GreenMillennialism:AmericanEvangelicalism,Environmentalism,andtheBookof
Revelation.”InTheBibleandEcotheology,editedbyDavidHorrell,CherrylHunt,ChistopherSouthgate.London/NewYork:T&TClark/Continuum,2010.
54. “ReadingColossiansintheRuins:RomanIconography,MoralTransformation,and
theConstructionofChristianIdenityintheLycusValley.”InColossaeinSpaceandTime:LinkingtoanAncientCity,NOTA94,editedbyAlanCallahanandMichaelTrainor.Göttingen:Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht,2012,212-31.
55. “RomanImperialIconographyandtheConstructionofEarlyChristianIdentity”
Consensus33(2008):59-71.
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12 56. “AResponsetoStephenMoore,LauraDonaldson,andJaceWeaver.”InTheCalling
oftheNations:Exegesis,Ethnography,andEmpireinaBiblical-HistoricPresent,editedbyMarkVessey,HarryO.Maier,SharonV.Betcher,RobertDaum.Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2011.
57. “OnMakingtheFamiliarStrange:AnOrientationtoBiblicalStudyinVancouver,”
TeachingTheologyandReligion10,2(2007):80-86
58. “SuspectMillennium:RememberingApocalypse,”ReflectionsYaleDivinitySchool,92,1(2005):55-59.
59. “PicturingPaulAgainstEmpire:TheGospelofApostletotheGentilesinImperial
Perspective,”Consensus31,1(2006):109-34.
60. “ComingOutofBabylon:AFirst-WorldReadingofRevelationamongstImmigrants.”InDavidRhoads,ed.,FromEveryTribeandNation:ReadingRevelationinContext.Minneapolis:Fortress,2005),82-109.
61. “ThePresident’sRevelation:TheApocalypse,AmericanProvidence,andtheWaron
Terrorism,”WordandWorld,25,3(2005):294-307.
62. “ThePoliticsofDiscordandConcordinPaulandIgnatiusofAntioch.”InTheNewTestamentandtheApostolicFathers,editedbyAndrewGregoryandChristopherTuckett.Oxford:Clarendon,2005,307-24.
63. “DomesticChristianities:TheDiscipliningofDiversityintheAncientChurch.”
InAPeople’sHistoryofChristianity,vol.2ofAPeople’sHistoryofChristianity,editedbyVirginiaBurrusandDouglasJanz.Minneapolis:Fortress,2005,213-33.
64. “JesusandEmpire.”InEncyclopediaofReligionandNature,editedbyJeffreyKaplan
andBronTaylor.NewYork:Continuum,2005.
65. “DominionfromSeatoSea:Eusebius,Constantine,andtheExegesisofEmpire.”InTitleintheText,BiblicalHermenetuicsandColonialandPost-ColonialPre-Occupations,editedbySharonV.Betcher,RobertDaum,MarkVessey,HarryO.Maier.Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2008.
66. “Barbarians,ScythiansandImperialIconographyintheEpistletotheColossians.”In
PicturingtheNewTestamentWUNT2.193,editedbyAnnetteWeissenrieder,FriederikeWendt,PetravonGemünden.Tübingen:Mohr,2005,385-406.
67. “ASlyCivility:ColossiansandEmpire,”JSNT27(2005):323-49.
68. “ThePoliticsoftheSilentBishop:SilenceandPersuasioninIgnatiusofAntioch,”
TheJournalofTheologicalStudies55(2004):503-19.
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13 69. “KleidungII,”DasReallexikonfürAntikeundChristentum21(2004):1-59.
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71. “ThisistheFeastofVictory”Worship+Matters,ed.AndreLavergne.Winnipeg: ELCiC,2002www.worship.ca.
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Rockies.”InNewTestament,vol.5ofEarthBible:ReadingsfromthePerspectiveofEarth.EditedbyVickyBalabanskiandNormanC.Habel.Sheffield:SheffieldAcademicPress,2002,156-84.
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AcademyofReligion62,3(1995):719-45.
80. “ReligiousDissent,HersyandHouseholdsinLateAntiquity,”VigiliaeChristianae49,5(1995):49-63.
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83. "PurityandDangerinPolycarp'sEpistletothePhilippians:TheSinofValensin
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5. ActsoftheApostlesandtheRhetoricofRomanImperialism(DrewW.Billings),
forthcomingHistos:TheOnlineJournalofAncientHistoriography.
6. John:AnEarthBibleCommentary:SupposingHimtobetheGardener(MargaretDaley-Denton),forthcomingBiblicalTheologyBulletin.
7. TheYoungAgainsttheOld(L.L.Welborn),forthcomingBrynMawrClassicalReview.
8. TheFather-SonRelationshipandChristologicalSymbolismintheGospelofJohn
(AdesolaJoanAkala),BiblicalTheologyBulletin47(2017):236-38.
9. SilenceandPraise:RhetoricalCosmologyandTheologyintheBookofRevelation(RyanLeifHansen)BiblicalTheologyBulletin47(2017):233-34.
10. TheOriginofHeresy:AHistoryofDiscourseinSecondTempleJudaismandEarly
Christianity(RobertRoyalty)ChurchHistory.
11. StoneandDung,OilandSpit:JewishDailyLifeintheTimeofJesus(JodiMagness),forthcomingNearEasternArchaeology.
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12. MealsintheEarlyChristianWorld:SocialFormation,ExperimentationandConflictattheTable(editedbyDennisE.SmithandHalTausig),forthcomingAnglicanTheologicalReview.
13. PriscillianofAvila:TheCompleteWorks(MarcoConti)TheClassicalReview
14. IgnatiusofAntioch:AMartyrBishopandtheOriginoftheEpiscopacy(AllenBrent),TheCatholicHistoricalReview
15. TheRevelationofJohn:ANarrativeCommentary(JamesL.Resseguie)TorontoJournalofTheology
16. GodandPower:Counter-ApocalypticJourneys(CatherineKeller), forthcoming
Ecotheology
17. FromPaultoValentinus:ChristiansatRomeintheFirstTwoCenturies(PeterLampe),TheJournalofTheologicalStudies56,2(2005):655-57.
18. TheApostolicTradition.Hermeneia(PaulF.Bradshaw,MaxwellE.Johnson, andL.EdewardPhillips),forthcomingReligiousStudiesReview
19. "ConcordandPeace":ARhetoricalAnalysisoftheFirstLetterofClementwithanEmphasisontheLanguageofUnityandSedition(OddMagneBakke)ReviewofBiblicalLiteraturewww.bookreviews.organdinMarvinA.Sweeney,ReviewofBiblicalLiterature2003SocietyofBiblicalLiterature5(2003):504-9.
20. Words,Imagery,&theMysteryofChrist:AReconstructionofCyrilofAlexandria’s
Christology(StevenA.McKinion)TheJournalofEcclesiasticalHistory54,1(2003):112-13.
21. ProclusBishopofConstantinople:HomiliesontheLifeofChrist(JanHarm Barkhuizen)TheJournalofEcclesiasticalHistory54,1(2003):111-12.
22. IntroducingtheNewTestament(JohnDrane)AnglicanTheologicalReview85,1(2003):193-94.
23. TheMessageandtheKingdom:HowJesusandPaulIgnitedaRevolutionand
TransformedtheAncientWorld(RichardA.HorsleyandNeilAsherSilberman) AnglicanTheologicalReview84,3(2002):774-75.
24. PolycarpandJohn:TheHarrisFragmentsandTheirChallengetotheLiterary Tradition(FrederickW.Weidman)JournalofReligion81,3(2001):453-54.
25. TheShepherdofHermasHermeneia(CarolynOsiek)TheJournalofTheologicalStudies52,1(2001):342-46.
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26. DasMartyriumPolykarpCommentarzudenapostololischenVätern6(Gerd Buschmann)TheJournalofTheologicalStudies52,1(2001):516.
27. DerersteClemensbriefCommentarzudenapostolischenVätern2(HoracioE.Lona)TheJournalofTheologicalStudies52,1(2001):339-42.
28. DerBarnabasbriefKommentarzudenapostoloschenVäter8(FerdinandR.
Prostmeier)forthcomingTheJournalofTheologicalStudies
29. TheLadiesandtheCities:TransformationandApocalypticIdentityinJospehand Aseneth,4Ezra,theApocalypseandTheShepherdofHermas(EdithMcEwan Humphrey)StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses27,1(1998):159-60.
30. Montanism:Gender,AuthorityandtheNewProphecy(ChristineTrevett),forthcomingTheTorontoJournalofTheology
31. ArchetypalHeresy:ArianismThroughtheAges(MauriceWiles)Church
History:StudiesinChristianityandCulture67,3(1998):629-30.
32. Church,BookandBishop.ConflictandAuthorityinEarlyLatinChristianity(PeterIvanKaufmann)TheJournalofTheologicalStudies49(1998):348-52.
33. TheRiseofChristianity.ASociologistReconsidersHistory(RodneyStark)TheJournal
ofTheologicalStudies49(1998):328-34.
34. Sage,Saint,andSophist:HolyMenandTheirAssociatesintheEarlyRomanEmpire (GrahamAnderson)TheTorontoJournalofTheology13/2(1997):263-65
35. AftertheApostles:ChristianityintheSecondCentury(WalterH.Wagner)The
TorontoJournalofTheology13(1997):123-24.
36. WhoArethePeopleofGod?EarlyChristianModelsofCommunity(HowardClarkKee)TheJournalofEarlyChristianStudies4(1996):555-58.
37. DiePolykarpbriefe,KommentarzudenApostolischenVätern,5(JohannesBapt.
Bauer) TheJournalofTheologicalStudies47(1996):642-45.
38. MartyriumPolycarpi—EineformkritischeStudie.EinBeitragzurFragenachderEntstehungderGattungMärtyrerakte,BeiheftezurZeitschriftfürdieneutestamentlicheWissenschaft,70(GerdBuschmann)TheJournalofTheologicalStudies46,2(1995).
39. LachristologiechezClémentdeRomeetdanslePasteurd'HermasParadosis,33
(PhilippeHenne)TheJournalofTheologicalStudies45,2(1995).
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17 40. DieClemensbriefe,HandbuchzumNeuenTestament,17(A.Lindemann)The
JournalofTheologicalStudies44(1993):338-41.
41. PastoralLifeandPracticeintheEarlyChurch(CarlA.Volz)ReligiousStudiesandTheology11(1991):102-105.
42. FromJewishProphettoChristianGod.TheOriginsandDevelopmentofNew
TestamentChristology(MauriceCasey)Consensus19(1993):143-45.
43. Christianity:ACulturalPerspective(JamesB.WigginsandRobertS.Ellwood)Consensus15(1990):131-32.
44. TheScienceofTheology,TheHistoryofChristianTheology,Vol.1(GillianR.Evans,
AlistairMcGrath,AllanD.Galloway)ReligiousStudiesandTheology10(1990):98-101.
45. TheStudyandUseoftheBible(JohnRogerson,ChristopherRowland,Barnabas
Linders)ReligiousStudiesandTheology10(1990):98-101.CONFERENCECOMMUNICATIONS/INVITEDLECTURESACADEMY
1. “ReligiousExperienceinAntiquity,ShepherdofHermasandReligiousExperience,”Respondent,SBL,Denver,19November2019.
2. “RomansWatchingRomans:TheShepherdofHermasandNeighbourhood
Transformations,”CentroItalianodiStudiSuperiorisulleReligioni,ChristianOrigins,Bertinoro,26September2018.
3. “EkphrasisintheArena,”VividSpeechinEarlyChristianity,LeibnizUniversität,
Hannover,25Sepember,2018.
4. “HermasandNeighbourhoodTransformation,”Eisenach,UniversitätErfurt,4July2018.
5. “1ClementandPersuasion,”Oberseminar,InstitutfürNeuesTestament,Friedrich-
AlexanderUniversitätErlangen-Nürnberg,Erlangen,5July2018.
6. “HermasandtheCity,”Oberseminar,SeminardesNeuenTestaments,MartinLutherUniversitätHalle-Wittenberg,15June2018.
7. “GeocriticalTravelswithEusebiusofCaesarea,”SBL,Boston,20November2017.
8. “VisualExegesis:AnHistoriansDialoguewithBiblicalScholars,”SBL,Boston,18
November2017.
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9. “TheShepherdofHermasandTime,”HarvardDivinitySchool,16November,2017.
10. “TheBookofRevelationinTimeandSpace,”weeklongdoctoralseminar,FondazioneSanCarlo,Modena,22-26May,2017.
11. “Paul,theGreekOldTestamentandthePromotionoftheFlavianOrderin1
Clement,”TheEarlyReceptionofthePaultheSecondTempleJew,NangeroniSeminar,Rome,27June2016.
12. BookPanelRespondentofHarryO.Maier,PicturingPaulinEmpire:ImperialImage,
TextandPersuasioninColossians,EphesiansandthePastoralEpistles,Socio-RhetoricalCriticismandContestedPaulinessections,SBL,19November2015.
13. “SeeingtheBloodofGod:TheTriumphantCharadeofIgnatiusofAntiochtheGod-
Bearer,”SeeingtheGod:Image,Space,PerformanceandVisionintheReligionoftheRomanEmpire,Bonn27May2015.
14. BookPanelRespondentofUlrichHuttner’sbook,EarlyChristianityintheLycus
Valley(Leiden:Brill,2013),SBLPolisandEkklesia:InvestigationsinUrbanChristianity,18November2014.
15. “Space,ImaginationandEarlyChristianity,”FondazioneSanCarlo,Modena,24-30
May2014.
16. “ColossiansandLivedReligion,”MaxWeberCentreforAdvancedCulturalandSocialStudies,Erfurt,Germany,June20,2014.
17. “ImaginedandRealSpaceinPaul,”InternationalSBL,Vienna,Austria5July2014.
18. “SecretSpacesandHiddenPratices:TheSocialConstructionofHeresyinEarly
Christianity,”FondazioneSanCarlo,Modena,30May2014.
19. “PaulandSpace”ChicagoDivinitySchool,15April,2014.
20. “IndividualisationandVisualizationinEmergentChristianity,”IndividualisierungKollegForscherGruppeTagung,15July2013.
21. “Image,Imagination,andEmergentChristianity”Interpretazioneseminar,
FondazioneCassadiRisparmiodiModena,26June2013.
22. “EphesiansasThirdspace”SBL,Baltimore20November2013.
23. RespondenttoSocialRhetoricalSession,SBL,Baltimore20November2013.
24. “RomanIconography,ImperialSituationandPaul,”invitedspeaker,Sawyer
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19 Seminar,EmoryUniversity,16-18September2013.
25. “FaithandEmpire,”invitedspeaker,WaterlooLutheranSeminar,11September
2013.
26. “Ekphrasis,ImaginationandPaul”CSBS,UniversityofVictoria30May2012.
27. “NeroinChristianReception”invitedspeaker,UniversityofRegensburg,15April2012.
28. RespondenttoDavidHorrell,SNTSLeuven,4August2012.
29. “ClementofAlexandria,ClothingIdeals,andtheChristianSelfinSecondCentury
Alexandria,”invitedforMaxWeberKolleg,UniversityofErfurtseminaronReligiousIndividualizationinHistoricalPerspective,19-21June2010.
30. “ClothingandtheSelfinSecondCenturyChristianity”CanadianSocietyofPatristic
Studies,Montreal,May2010.
31. “PicturesofHarmony:Iconography,ImperialConcord,ImperialWives,andEcclesialHarmonyinthePastoralEpistles”SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,NewOrleans,November,2009.
32. “ReadingwithPictures”SeniorNewTestamentSeminar,OxfordUniversity,May23,
2009.
33. “Iconography,ExegesisandEmpireintheNewTestament”Classics,NearEastern,ReligiousStudies,UBC,March12,2009.
34. ResponsetoHowJesusBecameaChristian(Toronto:RandomHouse,2008),United
ChurchofCanadaWomen’sStudyGroup,December12,2008.
35. “JesusandPaulLocation:PuttingEmpireinitsPlace”PublicLecture,VancouverSchoolofTheology,January27,2009.
36. “ForherewehavenolastingCity”:RomanImperialIconography,Sacrificial
Iconography,andtheEpistletotheHebrews”SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Boston,November,2008
37. “MarcionisDead;LongLiveMarcion!”SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Boston,
November,2008.
38. ““Hehasbrokendownthedividingwallofhostility”:EphesiansandEmpireintheLightofRomanIconography”CanadianSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,May,2008
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20 39. “’LetthePeaceofChristRuleinYourHearts’:RomanImperialMilitary
Iconography,MoralTransformation,andtheConstructionofChristianIdentityinColossians”SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,SanDiego,November,2007
40. “ChristianResponsestoEmpireintheNewTestament:Resistance,Transformation,
Paradox”UnitedChurchofCanadaBurrardNewWestminsterPresbytery,NorthVancouver,July1,2007
41. “GeorgeW.Bush’sWaronTerror,AmericanForeignPolicy,andtheBookof
Revelation”SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Washington,DC,November,2006
42. “RomanImperialArtandtheSocialConstructionofEarlyChristianity”SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Washington,DC,November,2006
43. “ImagesofVictoryinRomanImperialandEarlyChristianArt”CanadianSocietyof
PatristicStudies,YorkUniversity,May29,2006.
44. “ReadingLikeaLaodicean:John’sApocalypseinEmpireThenandNow”SheldonJacksonCollege,Sitka,Alaska,April21,2006.
45. “IconographyandtheTheologyofVictoryinRomanImperialandEarlyChristian
Art”AAR/SBLPhiladelphia,November,2005.
46. “PreachingRevelation”VancouverSchoolofTheology,October17,2005.
47. “PaulandPolitics”1DayConferenceSouthernInteriorConferenceoftheBCSynod,ELCiCOctober,2005.
48. “SellingtheWaronTerror:GeorgeW.Bush,CivilMillennialismandtheBookof
Revelation”October1,2005,ThompsonRiverUniversityCollege,Kamloops,BC
49. “PaulandIconography”TheCanadianSocietyofBiblicalStudies,London,Ontario,May30,2005.
50. “ColossiansandAphrodisias,”SozietätdesNeuenTestaments,Heidelberg,2004.
51. “FamilyQuarrels:ThePoliticsofDiscordandtheRepresentationofHousehold
DivisioninGreco-RomanLiteratureandthePastoralEpistles,”SBLSeminarinEarlyChristianFamilies,SBL/AARSanAntonio,Texas,2004.
52. “ThePoliticsofDiscordandConcordinPaulandIgnatiusofAntioch,”Oxford
ConferenceontheNewTestamentandtheApostolicFathers,Oxford,England,April5-8,2004.
53. “TheApocalypse,NewReligiousMovements,andMillennialism,”St.FrancisXavier
University,Antigonish,NovaScotia,November18,2003.
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54. “St.PaultheSubversiveRomanCitizen:ReadingPaulAgainsttheBackdropofRomanImperialGlobalizationandMiliataryDomination,”CoadyInternationalInstitue,St.FrancisXavierUniversity,Antigonish,NovaScotia,November13,2003.
55. “ReadingRevelationAgainasiffortheFirstTime:TheChallengeoftheApocalypse
toContemporaryIdentity,”St.FrancisXavierUniversity,Antigonish,NovaScotia,October15,2003.
56. “TheoriesoftheOriginsofApocalyptic,”St.FrancisXavierUniveristy,Anitgonish,
NovaScotia,September30,2003.
57. “ThePoliticsoftheSilentBishop:SilenceandPersuasioninIgnatiusofAntioch”CanadianSocietyofPatristicStudies,Halifax,NovaScotia,May28,2003.
58. SeminarDiscussionofApocalypseRecalled:TheBookofRevelationAfter
Christendom,CanadianSocietyofPatristicStudies,Halifax,NovaScotia,May27,2003.
59. “SexandAntiquity,”RespondentforAncientConstructionofSexinAntiquity
Seminar,AmericanAcademyofReligion,Toronto,Ontario,November19,2002.
60. "RetrievingRevelation:TheApocalypse,PopularCulture,andtheCallto61. Discipleship"SimonFraserUniversity,October16,2002.
62. “TellingStories:ReligiousDifferentiationinaPluralisticCulture,”Keynoteaddress,
NorthShoreInternationalConferenceonBowenFamilyTheory,NorthVancouver,BC,6April2001.
63. “IJohn:AutobiographyandAuthorialConstructionintheBookofRevelation,”
CanadianSocietyofBiblicalStudies,Laval,PQ,25May2001.
64. “TheRemembranceofPlacesPast:TheContestforTopographyandHistoryinEarlyChristianConflict,”EuropeandtheMediterraneaninLateAntiquityConsultation,AmericanAcademyofReligion,SanFrancisco,November22-25,1997.
65. “TheEndoftheCityandtheCityWithoutEnd:TheCityofGodasRevelation,”
History,ApocalypseandtheSecularImagination:AnInterdisciplinarySymposiumonAugustine’sCityofGod,27thAnnualMedievalWorkshop,UniversityofBritishColumbia,GreenCollege,18-20September,1997.
66. “ApocalypticPanopticism,”byInvitationoftheCenterfortheStudyofCultureand
Religion,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,October,1996.
67. “ApocalypseNow:AncientApocalypticanditsAudience”ResidentSpeaker’sSeries,GreenCollege,UniversityofBritishColumbia,November,1996.
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68. “StagingtheGaze:NarrativeRepresentationinEarlyChristianApocalyptic,”NorthAmericanPatristicsSociety,Chicago,June,1996.
69. “1Clementand1and2CorinthiansandtheRhetoricofHybris,”CanadianSocietyof
BiblicalStudies,St.Catherines,Ontario,May,1996.
70. "TheViolentGazeofJohn'sApocalypticEye,"SeminarontheRepresentationofViolenceandtheViolenceofRepresentationinEarlyChristianity,TheCanadianSocietyofPatristicStudiesandtheCanadianSocietyofBiblicalStudies,Montreal,June,1995.
71. "TheTopographyofHeresyandDissentinAntiquity,"TheCanadianSocietyof
PatristicStudies,Calgary,May,1994.
72. "TheEndoftheEarlyCatholicismThesis,"TheCanadianSocietyofPatristicStudies,Calgary,May1994.
73. "`Manichee!':LeotheGreatandtheOrthodoxPanopticon,"TheNorthAmerican
PatristicsSociety,Chicago,May1994.
74. "PrivateSpaceastheSocialContextofArianisminAmbrose'sMilan,"TheNorthAmericanPatristicsSociety,Chicago,May1992.
75. "PrivateLifeandtheCareoftheSelfinClementofAlexandria,"CanadianSocietyof
PatristicStudies,Victoria,June1990.
76. "TheSociologyofSectarianisminNewTestamentChristianity,"TheCanadianSocietyofBiblicalStudies,Victoria,June1990.
CHURCH
1. “DietrichBonhoefferandtheCostofDiscipleship,”St.Mark’sCollegeContinuingEducation,LentSeries,27March,2019.
2. “TheBookofRevelation,”St.David’sUnitedChurch,3Sundayseries,3,12,19
February2019.
3. “TheBookofRevelation,”VSTAcademy,StPaulLutheranChurch,Bellingham,WA,7-8December,2018.
4. “FourGospels,ManyResurrections,”OakBayUnitedChurch,Victoria,20-22
October,2017.
5. “FourGospels,ManyResurrections,”St.PaulLutheranChurch,Bellingham,WA,8October2016.
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6. “PaulandUniversalism,Continued,”ChristChurchCathedralMen’sBreakfast,18September2016.
7. “PaulandUniversalism,”ChristCathedralMen’sBreakfast,15May2016.
8. “CreatingJesus:TheHistoricalJesusinScholarshipandFilm,”3WeekSeries,St.
Andrews-WesleyUnitedChurch,Vancouver,BC,March2016.
9. “ReadingtheNewTestamentLikeYourLifeDependedOnIt,”HilhurstUnitedChurch,Calgary,AB,15February2016.
10. “WhatCanRevelationTeachUsaboutAdvent?”St.BarnabasAnglicanChurch,
Victoria,BC,15December2015.
11. PaulandEmpireandLentenlectionarystudyforELCAclusterofpastors,FaithLutheranChurch,Bellingham,4February,2015.
12. “SpaceandEarlyChristianIdentity,”ELCiCStudyGroup,Canmore,AB18-22
September2015.
13. “PaulandJesus”ChristChurchCathedral,VancouverBC5November2013.
14. “Violence,Memory,andFamilyTrauma”:ADialoguewithRabbiJonathanInfeld,BethIsraelSynagogueattheJewishCommunityCentre,Vancouver,BC,4November,2013.
15. “PaulandEmpire,”ChristChurchCathedral,Vancouver,BC,27May2013.
16. “Jesus,Paul,andEmpire,”PointGreyUnitedChurch,January24,2009.
17. “ConversationswithApocalypse”,3weekmini-course,StAndrewsWesleyUnited
Church,Vancouver,BC,January-February2008.
18. “Paul,Economics,andJustice”ELCiCPastorsStudyConference,Banff,Alberta,February,2006.
19. “Millennium,Apocalypse,America”NativeMinistriesConsortium,Fairbanks,Alaska,
December8,2005.
20. “PaulandEmpire”3-DayELCiCStudyConference,Victoria,BC,February,2005.
21. “LeavingLeftBehindBehind:TheMeaningoftheBookofRevelationinContemporarySociety,”HighlandsUnitedChurch,June11,2003.
22. “MakingNoiseafterChristendom:TheSecularState,ChristianityandResistingthe
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24 PrivatisationofReligion,”KeynoteSpeakerforChurchDepotII:ChristianFormation–BlueprintforFaith,DioceseofNewWestminsterandBCSynod,ELCiC,Vancouver,BC,October5,2002.
23. “WhataRevelation!TheApocalypse’sCalltoWorld-EndingDiscipleship,”Lecturer
for“CryOut!”ELCiCNationalYouthGathering,Vancouver,BC,August15,2002.
24. “TheContributionofReligiontoSecularSociety,”Philosopher’sCafé,ChristChurchAnglicanCathedral,Vancouver,BC,28April2002.
25. “TheSecularDeal,theNewDeal,andtheBookofRevelationinContemporary
Society,”Invitedeveninglecture,St.Mary’sKerrisdaleAnglicanChurch,Vancouver,BC,26August2001.
26. “TheChallengeoftheBookofRevelationtotheChurchattheEndofChristendom,”
Speaker’sAddresstoannualmeetingoftheLutheranStudentCentre,Vancouver,BC,5June2001.
27. TheBookofRevelationandJesus,theChurchandContemporaryCulture,”3Keynote
addresses,TheConfessionalEvangelicalLutheranFellowshipoftheCross,Camrose,Alberta4-5June2001.
28. “RevelationattheEndofChristendom:PractisingtheEndoftheWorld,”1week
courseatSorrento[AnglicanRetreat]Centre,BC,August3-8,1998.
29. “TheEconomyofCaesarandtheEconomyofGod:ChristianDiscipleshipinaGlobalEconomy,”aneveninglecturedeliveredtotheSouthernAlbertaStewardshipCommitteeoftheEvangelicalLutheranChurchinCanada,May7,1998.
30. “TheLivingEnd:TheBookofRevelationasProtestattheEndoftheMillennium,”3
lecturesdeliveredtotheEvangelicalLutheranChurchinCanada,BritishColumbiaSynodPastors’Conference,RosemaryHeightsRetreatCentre,Langley,BC,February2-4,1998.
31. “PractisingtheEndoftheWorld:TheChallengeoftheApocalypse,”aone-daywork
shopontheApocalypseconductedatRyersonUnitedChurch,Vancouver,BC,January26,1998.
CONFERENCESORGANIZEDANDFORTHCOMING
1. “TheShepherdofHermasandReligiousExperience,”SBLReligiousExperienceinAntiquity/InventingChristianity:ApostolicFathers,Apologists,andMartyrsSection,organizedwithAngelaKimHarkins,Denver,SBL,19November,2018.
2. “ReligionofQuarters:PracticingReligiononaNeighbourhoodScaleinthe
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25 HellenisticandImperialPeriods,”co-organizedwithEmilianoRubensUrciuoliandJörgRüpke,Eisenach,4-6July2018.
3. “WorldsofWonder:SacredGeographyinCross-disciplinaryPerspective,”co-
organizedwithDr.PaulaPryce,GreenCollegeSpeakersSeries,GreenCollege,UBC,2017/18.
4. “LocatingMartyrsandSpace/Time,”co-organizedwithProf.Dr.KatharinaWaldner,
ErfurterRaumzeit-Gruppe,UniversityofErfurt,7-8June2017.
5. “FacesoftheApocalypse,”co-organizedwithRabbiDr.LauraDuhanKaplan,VancouverSchoolofTheology,23-25May2017.
6. “ReligiousConstructionsoftheOther,”co-organizedwithRabbiDr.LauraDuhan
Kaplan,VancouverSchoolofTheology10-12May2016.
7. “SeeingtheGod,BeingSeenbytheGod:Space,Performance,andVisionintheReligionsoftheRomanEmpire,”co-organizedwithMarlisArnoldandJörgRüpke,Bonn,27-29May2015.
8. Founder,Co-organizerandCo-chairofTheGreaterVancouverBiblicalColloquium,
2008-present.
9. “TheTitleintheText:BiblicalHermeneuticsandColonialandPost-ColonialPreoccupations”co-hostedwithSharonBetcher,RobertDaum,andMarkVessey,GreenCollege,UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,BCSept-May2002/03.
10. “ConsultationontheTeachingandInterpretationoftheBibleintheUnitedChurch
ofCanada”sponsoredbytheWabashFoundation,co-hostedwithJimLindenberger,RichardAscough,andLeifVaage,Vancouver,BC18-22April2002.
EDITORIALPOSITIONS
1. 2016—present---associateeditor,BrynMawrClassicalReview
2. 2016—present---editorialboard,Spatiotemporality/Raumzeitlichkit.Practices–Concepts–Media/Praktiken–Konzepte–Medien
3. 2015—present---editorialboard,RhetoricofReligiousAntiquity
4. 2001—present---internationaleditorialadvisortoTheJournalofEcclesiastical
History
5. 1997—2000---memberofeditorialadvisoryboardStudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses
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26 PROFESSIONALSOCIETIES
1. AmericanAcademyofReligion2. CanadianSocietyofBiblicalStudies3. CanadianSocietyofPatristicStudies4. NorthAmericanPatristicsSociety5. SocietyofBiblicalLiterature6. SocietasStudiorumNoviTestamenti(elected)
EXTERNALREVIEWSOFMANUSCRIPTSFORPUBLICATION
1. OxfordUniversityPress2. CambridgeUniversityPress3. BaylorUniversityPress4. UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress5. FortressPress6. JournalofEarlyChristianStudies7. BiblicalInterpretation
COURSESTAUGHT:
1. CreatingJesus:TheHistoricalJesusinScholarship,Film,andLiterature2. SynopticGospels3. Paul4. GospelofJohn5. NewTestamentChristologies6. De/ColonizingChrist:JesusAgainsttheBackdropoftheRomanEmpire7. RevelationinExegesisandtheHistoryofInterpretation8. “Christianity”and“Judaism”intheFirstFiveCenturiesoftheCommonEra9. SecondCenturyChristianities10. Body,Sex,andSocietyintheNewTestamentandEarlyChristianity11. WisdomTheology(TeamTaught)12. PreachingApocalyptic(TeamTaught)13. FromTexttoInterpretation:MethodsinBiblicalInterpretation14. ResearchMethods(TeamTaught)15. EmergentJudaismandChristianityagainsttheBackdropoftheRomanEmpire
(teamtaughtwithRobertDaum)16. NewTestamentInterpretationinFirstNationsContexts