Syndicate Network

02/21/2025

Check out our final response to Max Botner's JESUS CHRIST AS THE SON OF DAVID IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK written by Nathan C. Johnson titled "Is the Messiah David's Son?' Botner, Wrede, and the question of Davidic Ancestry in Mark."

Jesus Christ as the Son of David in the Gospel of Mark By Max Botner 1.29.25 | Joshua Jipp Symposium Introduction Symposium Introduction In the last decade or so, New Testament scholarship has seen a remarkable resurgence in the affirmation, even centrality, of Jesus’s messianic identity for makin...

02/20/2025

New this week on Syndicate: Wendy Zierler wraps up our symposium on Belser's LOVING OUR OWN BONES by joining Belser in reminding "those of us who currently consider ourselves able-bodied, that disability, essential to the human, creaturely, mortal condition, is coming for us all."

Loving Our Own Bones By Julia Watts Belser 1.29.25 | Mara Benjamin Symposium Introduction Julia Watts Belser’s Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole illustrates the expansive, world-shaping power of interpretation. This book is hermeneu...

02/19/2025

New this week on Syndicate: Robert Hoag wraps up our symposium on Jordy Rocheleau's NEW INTERVENTIONIST JUST WAR THEORY: A CRITIQUE with his essay "Right Authority, Armed Interventions."

New Interventionist Just War Theory By Jordy Rocheleau 2.4.25 | Scott Forrest Aikin Symposium Introduction Sung Jun Han Response Exploring a Role of Mini-Public in the Just War Theories Comments for New Interventionist Just War Theory: A Critique by Jordy Rocheleau In the thought-provoking book, “...

02/15/2025

Allegorical Readings and Davidic Descent -

02/11/2025

Crystal Allen-Gunasekera pushes to defend and develop his "modified national defense paradigm" of just war over and against the "human rights paradigm" that Rocheleau deems too permissive.

New Interventionist Just War Theory By Jordy Rocheleau 2.4.25 | Scott Forrest Aikin Symposium Introduction Sung Jun Han Response Exploring a Role of Mini-Public in the Just War Theories Comments for New Interventionist Just War Theory: A Critique by Jordy Rocheleau In the thought-provoking book, “...

02/07/2025

Just War, Intersectional Difficulties, and Davidic Descent -

02/06/2025

Robert Monson responds to Belser's LOVING OUR OWN BONES with intersectional concerns about being both Black and disabled, stating: "Put simply, is it in the best interests of Black people to claim disability in a meaningful way?"

Loving Our Own Bones By Julia Watts Belser 1.29.25 | Mara Benjamin Symposium Introduction Julia Watts Belser’s Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole illustrates the expansive, world-shaping power of interpretation. This book is hermeneu...

02/05/2025

New this week on Syndicate: Joel Marcus offers a critique of Max Botner's JESUS CHRIST AS THE SON OF DAVID IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK with his essay "Mark 12:35-37 as a Challenge to the Davidic Descent of Jesus."

Jesus Christ as the Son of David in the Gospel of Mark By Max Botner 1.29.25 | Joshua Jipp Symposium Introduction Symposium Introduction In the last decade or so, New Testament scholarship has seen a remarkable resurgence in the affirmation, even centrality, of Jesus’s messianic identity for makin...

02/04/2025

New this week on Syndicate: Sung Jun Han kicks off our latest symposium on Jordy Rocheleau's "New Interventionist Just War Theory: A Critique" with his response, "Exploring a Role of Mini-Public in the Just War Theories."

New Interventionist Just War Theory By Jordy Rocheleau 2.4.25 | Scott Forrest Aikin Symposium Introduction Sung Jun Han Response Exploring a Role of Mini-Public in the Just War Theories Comments for New Interventionist Just War Theory: A Critique by Jordy Rocheleau In the thought-provoking book, “...

01/31/2025

Davidic Messiah, Disability, and Theology -

01/31/2025

Martin Kavka opens our symposium on "one of his favorite three works of theology published in this century" by stating, "There are many many times when reading Julia Watts Belser's 'Loving Our Own Bones' ... when I have gasped."

Loving Our Own Bones By Julia Watts Belser 1.29.25 | Mara Benjamin Symposium Introduction Julia Watts Belser’s Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole illustrates the expansive, world-shaping power of interpretation. This book is hermeneu...

01/30/2025

After a brief hiatus, Syndicate returns with a symposium on Max Botner's "Jesus Christ as the Son of David in the Gospel of Mark." Check out our first response by Adela Yarbro Collins!

Jesus Christ as the Son of David in the Gospel of Mark By Max Botner 1.29.25 | Joshua Jipp Symposium Introduction Symposium Introduction In the last decade or so, New Testament scholarship has seen a remarkable resurgence in the affirmation, even centrality, of Jesus’s messianic identity for makin...