Such a treat to have @katieturnerphd.com at @uomreligion.bsky.social today for our Ehrhardt Seminar sharing her brilliant research.

📣 I’m teaching a National Gallery online course about Saints this December! 💡If you’re curious about art, storytelling, or just want to show off in an art gallery, then book now to join the fun. 🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/sacred-stories-saints-in-art-december-2025-0

Very much looking forward to our seminar programme this semester. If you’d like to join (in person or online) then please drop me a line.

A temporary solution to try and limit academia[dot]edu taking my work for AI development and other commercial uses. I think I saw someone suggest this yesterday but have forgotten who.

Did my book fail to make it to a major conference for the second time in a row? Yes, yes it did. Grateful to lovely Sarah from @tandtclark.bsky.social for trying to save the day, but let’s hope they remember to pack it for Boston! #BNTS2025

We're off to a great start in the new Reception, Critical Theory, and Interdisciplinary Studies seminar at #BNTS2025. @tdbiii.bsky.social chaired our first session, which featured papers on decolonising hospitality, positionally and applying Bakhtin to Romans.

This is my news story of the week - a church in Sweden relocating their building!

In-person booking for the conference may have closed, but online registration remains open until 31st August, at the lower rate of £60. estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

A very happy Feast of St Mary Magdalene to all who celebrate! The winner of the book giveaway is @michaeldevries.bsky.social - congratulations! Thanks to all who took part. Hopefully you can persuade your librarian to acquire a copy, but if you have difficulty, please DM me for assistance...

Hi All: would love your help on identifying folks working at the intersection of migration and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament! MANY THANKS!

Just a day left to enter! I’ll do the draw at 2pm (BST) tomorrow.

Some thoughts on women retelling the gospel story. theconversation.com/cynthia-eriv...

Your new academic beach read just dropped! @kelsbot.bsky.social is a superstar, you should be excited about this.

Congratulations to our Class of 2025, who graduated this week! Whether you just graduated (like Sylvia here) or you’ve been in the @officialuom.bsky.social alumni crew a little longer, we’d love to see your graduation photos this week. Tag us, reply, or DM!

Next week I'll be giving a live webinar on "What Did Jesus Wear?" for Religion for Breakfast. Come along for a fun intro to the wonderful world of ancient textiles, Jewish dress behaviour, and why knowing about any of this matters. 21 July @ 9:30am EST. Register at the link below

Ten days left to enter my book giveaway! Tell your friend to enter, (and tell your librarians to buy one please and thanks).

We are in business with bookings! Very much looking forward to welcoming the @bntsoc.bsky.social to Manchester, ideally located to visit the best city in the world.

It's been a busy few weeks for me but was very glad to carve out some time with @dawnllewellyn.bsky.social to shine a light on Sarah Lightman's work. Catch the show in Chester for the rest of the week! theconversation.com/biblical-wom...

Last week @tdbiii.bsky.social and I hosted a workshop in Soeterbeeck about contemporary feminist biblical reception. It was also the eighth hottest day since Dutch records began. Feeling very grateful for friends and colleagues able to be brilliant in extreme conditions and for what’s coming next!

Good Morning from myself, the donkeys, and the wallabies here in Ravenstein! I'm going to be live "skeeting" this workshop hosted by @tdbiii.bsky.social and @siobhanjolley.bsky.social, "Liberating Biblical Women? Feminist Afterlives of the Bible in the 21st Century."

Looking forward to my second paper of #EABSBL, in the final slot of the conference. Sure, it might just be me and the chair but at least we both have ~thoughts about this film!

First presentation of #EABSBL for me is about to begin - looking forward to it!

I’m at the airport en route to #EABSBL, so it feels like the perfect time to send a copy of my book, Reimaging the Magdalene, on a journey too! 💛 like and 🔁 RT and I’ll draw a winner on the feast of Mary Mag (22/07, heathens) Let’s see where it ends up… #Giveaway

New project coming 2026… 🎨 ARTISTS WANTED 💰$5K commission available ✨ Theme: God’s Presence in Lent
📝 Need: Concepts/sketches only 📅 Deadline: June 11 🗓️ Final piece: September 30 Full details: www.karisworship.com/call-for-art... #OpenCall #ArtCommission DMs are open!

Okay, I lied, two more comments. 1: you should also check out the Intersectional Criticism EABS unit that @daisykate.bsky.social, Rae Fujimori, and Suzanna Millar run! 2: If I missed your tag, APOLOGIES PLEASE - add yourself in here!

Our last session has two papers on NT and antiquity (@karrialldredge.bsky.social, @jonathanredding.bsky.social, @siobhanjolley.bsky.social) which also closes with a business meeting. We'd love to hear from you. See you there? (4/4)

Our second and third sessions are on Thursday, June 26th, featuring papers on HB/OT and reception, as well as female characters ( @jackiewyse.bsky.social; @tdbiii.bsky.social; @onikaprincess.bsky.social)! (3/4)

Our first session is on Wednesday, June 25, featuring some from the LEAF team! (2/4)

You're invited to the sessions held by the Intersectional Feminism(s) unit at the upcoming International @sblsite.bsky.social and EABS meeting! 🧵(1/4)

We're hosting the 2025 meeting of the Bible, Critical Theory and Reception Seminar here at @uomreligion.bsky.social today, with some great papers ahead. If you're interested in joining us next year, drop @tdbiii.bsky.social, @drrebekah.bsky.social or me a line!

Great news for fans of not buying books but still having access to them: Reimaging the Magdalene has been added to the @tandtclark.bsky.social Jesus Library, so if your library subscribes you can now access a digital version.

It was great to speak to @feministtheology.bsky.social last night about the book, and a real treat to have such rich conversation around it. @karenod.bsky.social has worked some magic creating that space - highly recommended. 💙

Colm Tóbín on the changing of the Bishop of Rome on the global stage: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

This has been quite the afternoon. Some immediate takes on the election of Pope Leo XIV 🧵

It’s going to be a real treat to end our research seminars for the year with @benquash.bsky.social. Do join us if you’re in the North West or drop me an email for the zoom link.

Author copies of Reimaging the Magdalene have arrived! Tell your librarian it’s available now from @tandtclark.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, but watch this space for a giveaway.

Registration is now open for 'Framing Religious Art in UK Collections', a free workshop led by Maddie Hewitson, where we'll discuss how religious art is interpreted and displayed across UK collections. It's free and online, and we'd love to have you join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/framing-re...

A privilege to join the BBC Breakfast team in the studio to talk briefly about Pope Francis this morning. Hoping to write up some thoughts about the art of his papacy soon if I can find a home for it!

A wonderful (and long overdue) visit to @mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social this evening, hosted by the fantastic Sherry Ashworth to listen to Tereza Ward from @thejohnrylands.bsky.social talking about her research.

May he rest in peace and rise in glory. He didn’t bring the change many of us wanted, but he brought love and joy and genuine fraternity to the seat of the Bishop of Rome. I hope the Church continues to grow in that direction.

Happy Easter, courtesy of the kids of north Liverpool.

The @bntsoc.bsky.social cfp closes on Monday. If you’re working on reception or critical theory or doing something beautifully interdisciplinary we’d love to hear about it. Plus, the abstracts are v short so you could probably get it done quicker than you can eat an Easter egg. Try it. 🐣

After seminar surfing at @bntsoc.bsky.social for the last 6 years or so, I’m very excited to be launching this with @tdbiii.bsky.social! My DMs are open if you have questions or want to see if your work is a good fit. We especially want to hear from folks at the margins (in every sense).

My gal is Picture of the Month at the @NationalGallery, and we made a little film about it. (Tell your Mary Magdalene pals.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeRQ...

**Giveaway Alert** We have a sample of our brand new FTN t-shirt (only 3 currently in existence) and a copy of 'When God Became White'! Just like and follow. For an extra entry give us a re-post. Deadline 10th April 7pm GMT. Winner announced 12th April. (We can only post to a UK address though).

Tomorrow! If you’re reading this you’re invited and we’d love to see you there.

➡️ Available now: 'Reimaging the Magdalene' by @siobhanjolley.bsky.social This book offers a new, intersectional feminist approach to utilising and interpreting the visual reception of Mary Magdalene. Find out more ➡️ www.bloomsbury.com/9780567714268

I’m very happy to share that my book ‘Reimaging the Magdalene: Feminism, Art, and the Counter-Reformation’ is now available to buy at all good booksellers (and the dodgy ones too).

Lovely to be back with friends at Nazarene Theological College today to talk about Reimaging the Magdalene ahead of publication day tomorrow.

In my very specific niche: On my way to teach at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social, looking at Mary Magdalene in the art of Easter. Everyone else on my train is ready for Wembley, so we're not even out of the Lime Street tunnels yet and we're on a third run-through of Poor Scouser Tommy.