The podcast of Stephen May’s TANSA talk “Modernism and posthumanity in science fiction: the case of Iain M. Banks” from last Friday is now available at http://archive.org/details/NotPostmodernismButPosthumanityIainM.BanksScienceFictionAnd.
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Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
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Special TANSA meeting on Friday April 13th
Modernism and posthumanity in science fiction: the case of Iain M. Banks
Speaker is Dr. Stephen May, formerly of St Johns College, back from the UK
Laidlaw College, at 7pm
Please RSVP to Nicola Hoggard Creegan (NicolaHC [at] laidlaw [dot] ac [dot] nz) if you are coming for pizza at 6.15pm.
Pizza $5 Gold Coin for Lecture
BIO: Rev. Dr. Stephen May is an English Anglican priest and former lecturer in systematic theology at St. John’s College, Auckland (1988-2001). He is currently in New Zealand as a guest lecturer at Bishopdale Theological College, Nelson. He is author of ‘Stardust and Ashes: Science Fiction in Christian Perspective’ (SPCK, 1998). He is married with two children, and enjoys cricket, reading and beaches.
“Stardust and Ashes : Science Fiction in Christian Perspective” (Stephen May) -
As a visual person I’m always on the lookout for graphical or visual ways that theological ideas can be portrayed. Tim Challies‘ Visual Theology series is one example of that, showing how one theological perspective (Reformed) might be displayed in the medium of infographics. The Trinity example would have been helpful a week or two back in class.
See Visual Theology – The Trinity | Challies Dot Com
Any other examples out there? I’m looking for some eschatological diagrams (I have made my own, but would like to see what others have done).
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Being in the middle of our PBRF (Performance-based Research Funding) exercise, it was interesting to read AKMA’s thoughts on the similar regime in the UK. See Akma » REF Justice.
See also:
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Some sage advice for graduate students (and those preparing them) on moving into the academic profession.
See Russell McCutcheon: Theses on Professionalization – The Religious Studies Project
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Links from the great Marmite crisis!
- Marmite Stock Running Out | Stuff.co.nz.
- New Zealand Marmite Shortage: Traders Cash In | Stuff.co.nz.
- How To Make Your Own Marmite | Stuff.co.nz.
- The English Can Cook: How to make your own Marmite.
- ‘No truth’ to Marmite stunt rumours – National – NZ Herald News.
- Marmite – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Marmite – Love it or hate it (Official UK site).
- Sanitarium – MarmArt (NZ site).
- Vegemite – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- VEGEMITE (Aus/NZ site).
- The Marmite FAQ.
And the pretenders
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Playing around with Freegal at the Auckland Libraries
See Freegal Music arrives at Auckland Libraries
This new downloadable music service is now open for use by all library members. As the name suggests, Freegal Music offers free, legal music downloads, letting you pick songs from the vast Sony Music catalogue. All library members are permitted to download three free songs each week.
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Interesting snippet about how one’s own perception and manifestation of characteristics associated with a role might be enhanced by wearing clothes associated with those roles.
Snippet is here: How Important Might It Be for Religious Leaders to Wear Symbolic Garments? – Science and Religion Today
Links through to: The Brain-Focusing Power of the Lab Coat – Miller-McCune.
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A new magazine – God and Nature – seeks to engage with science & religion from a literary perspective.
The magazine is a joint venture between the American Scientific Affiliation (US) and Christians in Science (UK mostly).
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This is clever. Take a street map of London and replace all the road names with song titles connected to locations. See Dorothy | Song Map Unlimited Edition.
