{"id":21,"date":"2022-08-16T18:13:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T22:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:44:05","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-posts-id-21_241eb5-43 .kb-post-list-item{display:grid;}<\/style><ul class=\"wp-block-kadence-posts kb-posts kadence-posts-list kb-posts-id-21_241eb5-43 content-wrap grid-cols kb-posts-style-boxed grid-sm-col-2 grid-lg-col-3 item-image-style-above\"><li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-1138 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-events tag-judaic-studies\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/2023\/09\/17\/judaic-studies-reading-group\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Judaic Studies Reading Group<\/a><\/h4>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-09-17T18:15:15-04:00\">September 17, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>UMaine Judaic Studies invites you to join a special reading group starting in October. We will study and discuss Dara Horn\u2019s\u00a0People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present\u00a0(W W Norton, 2021). This bestselling and critically acclaimed book explores the startling and controversial thesis that Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living. Echoing Chomanada [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/2023\/09\/17\/judaic-studies-reading-group\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Judaic Studies Reading Group<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-1045 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-publications tag-christianity tag-joel-anderson\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/category\/publications\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Publications<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/2023\/01\/18\/joel-anderson-reimagining-christendom\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Joel Anderson Reimagining Christendom<\/a><\/h4>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-01-18T11:42:06-05:00\">January 18, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Joel Anderson, Assistant Professor of History, is the author of the new book Reimagining Christendom: Writing Iceland&#8217;s Bishops into the Roman Church, 1200-1350 (UPenn Press). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/2023\/01\/18\/joel-anderson-reimagining-christendom\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Joel Anderson Reimagining Christendom<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-679 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-honors-thesis tag-honors-thesis tag-psychology-of-religion tag-science\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/category\/honors-thesis\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Honors Thesis<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/2022\/08\/26\/darby-c-casey-effects-of-religious-and-science-identity-on-compatibility\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Darby C. Casey, &#8220;Effects of Religious and Science Identity on Compatibility&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-08-26T18:37:32-04:00\">August 26, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-08-26T18:39:19-04:00\">August 26, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Science and religion sometimes appear to clash; for example, some religious organizations reject COVID-19 restrictions on religious grounds. However, many people, like millions of religious scientists, see science and religion as perfectly compatible. 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Casey, &#8220;Effects of Religious and Science Identity on Compatibility&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-624 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-publications tag-god tag-law tag-plato tag-robert-a-ballingall\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/category\/publications\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Publications<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/religious-studies\/2022\/08\/20\/robert-a-ballingall-on-the-rule-of-law-and-the-imitation-of-god-in-platos-laws\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Robert A. 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