Browsing the archives for the social identity category

22 Dec 09

End of the Fall Quarter

Well, I survived another challenging quarter. This was my first one as a Teaching Assistant at UCLA and it took some getting used to balancing teaching responsibilities, my own research, and family life. Teaching took the bulk of my time this quarter. Though I know this is a life long struggle for academics, I will [...]

0 Comments Posted in Rome, academic life, social identity, teaching, ucla by Patrick George McCullough
25 Nov 09

SBL 2: My First Performance at the Big Show

Giving my first paper presentation at the national meeting for SBL, I felt a bit like Napoleon Dynamite trying to work out at Muscle Beach. After going through with the presentation, I now understand the shocked stares I got from some people when they heard I would be giving a paper at SBL as a [...]

6 Comments Posted in SBL, methodology, social identity by Patrick George McCullough
16 Sep 09

Now, There's a Book I Have to Read . . .

Dramatic movie preview voice: “Just when you thought all the dust had been settled, one man has come to shake it off. The writing was on the wall, and he decided to reread it. He enters the arena where two groups battle over the true meaning of identity. He searches through every city in the [...]

0 Comments Posted in Uncategorized, books, christian origins, social identity by Patrick George McCullough
15 Jul 09

New Blogger: Brian Tucker

The Biblioblog Top 50 blog points out a new blogger on the scene, Brian Tucker. Here’s what they say:
New Testament Professor Brian Tucker of Michigan Theological Seminary has recently started a blog by the name of Identity Formation in the New Testament. Much of Brian’s work looks at the imperial context of the New Testament, [...]

0 Comments Posted in bibliobloggers, social identity by Patrick George McCullough