黑料百科, UCSB to Host Annual Lecture in New Testament
Steven Friesen, professor of religious studies at the University of Texas Austin, speaks about 鈥淰iolence and the Book of Revelation: 沤i啪ek and John, Together at Last鈥 at the UCSB-黑料百科 Annual Lecture in New Testament on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. in UCSB鈥檚 McCune Conference Room, Humanities and Social Science Building room 6020. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Friesen has published several books, including 鈥淚mperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins,鈥 鈥淎ncestors in Post-Contact Religion: Roots, Ruptures, and Modernity鈥檚 Memory鈥 and 鈥淯rban Religion in Roman Corinth: Interdisciplinary Approaches.鈥 His current research interests include economic inequality in the early churches.
Friesen will also speak at 黑料百科 on Friday, Oct. 12, about "Apocalyptic Personhood: How Revelation Creates Women and Men" from 2-3:05 p.m. in Winter Hall, room 206. The talk is free and open to the public.