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Jason A. Staples is a Ph.D. Candidate in Ancient Mediterranean Religions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a football analyst for NoleDigest.com (FoxSports/Scout.com), and a professional voice over talent. He has a B.A. in Religion and an M.A. in Religions of Western Antiquity from Florida State University. Read more »

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Does Bible Reading Make People More Liberal?

on October 16, 2011

Christianity Today has posted a new article, Survey: Frequent Bible Reading Can Turn You Liberal,which details the surprising survey results pertaining to attitudes about consumption, social justice, terrorism, etc. The article suggests that consistent Bible reading pushes people leftward on some issues. For example: Some of the most interesting findings relate to moral attitudes. How [...] Read more »

Teaching the Synoptic Problem after the Synoptic Gospels

on September 5, 2011

I had the opportunity to teach a five-week course of “Introduction to New Testament Literature” at UNC-Chapel Hill this summer, and I took the opportunity to reexamine and revamp a few aspects of how I’ve taught that course (or have seen others teach it) in the past. In addition to a lot of fine-tuning and [...] Read more »

The New Perspective on Paul, Ethnocentrism, and Judaism

on August 9, 2011

I know I’m a bit late to the party here (teaching a summer course and doing home renovations have had me busy), but Timothy Gombis’ “The Paul We Think We Know” in Christianity Today is worth the read. Gombis does an excellent job highlighting the differences between the popular Evangelical/Protestant images of Paul and the [...] Read more »