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		<title>The Fourth Synoptic Gospel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gospel of John]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel of Luke]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I reached the point in this semester’s class on the historical Jesus that addresses the interrelationship and date of the Gospels, I knew that I wanted and needed to finally turn my attention to Mark Goodacre’s recent book, The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. I am grateful to Eerdmans [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Agentic AI Apocalypse?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terminator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Matrix]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Is Not Skynet: AI Agents, Apocalypse, and the Humans Holding the Keys If you have spent any time online this week, you have probably seen the headlines suggesting that an AI apocalypse might be drawing near. A researcher resigned from Anthropic and posted a thread declaring that the people building AI genuinely believe it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>9/11 25 Years Later</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance Theological Seminary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know I have shared at least a little about my experiences on September 11th 2001, but seeing as it is exactly 25 years later, it seems an appropriate time to revisit the moment. In 2001, I moved back to the United States with my family, having been teaching in Romania for the past three [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rogue AI Isn&#8217;t the Threat You Think It Is</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terminator]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Religion and Rogue AI Is there any connection between religion and rogue AI, the sort of rogue AI that has been in the news lately? Absolutely. As a scholar who works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the humanities, I am here to tell you that what a lot of people think has been [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Cost of Welcome</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Progressive Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[privilege]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The last time my Sunday school class met, we had the opportunity to talk about the cost of welcome. We read the story of Jesus’ mother and brothers coming to see him, and Jesus saying that everyone who does the will of God is his mother and his sibling.   The Background Before we get [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>AI Syllabus Statements You Can Steal for Your Course</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Generative AI Statements I am working on generative AI statements for this semester’s syllabi. I am a professor of religious studies, so my courses cover topics in my field. This semester I’m teaching “The Bible and Misinformation” and “The Historical Jesus.” I still expect the generative AI statements I share here will work (obviously with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Obsolete Paradigm of a Purely Mythical Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mythicism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Carrier]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If one were permitted to give one’s short reviews in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament titles different from those of the volumes being reviewed, I would probably have chosen the title I am giving this blog post, “The Obsolete Paradigm of a Purely Mythical Jesus.” It’s a review of Richard Carrier’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Rachel Held Evans Still Reads Like a Prophet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Evangelicals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Braving the Truth If you’re someone who read everything that Rachel Held Evans ever wrote, you may imagine that you don’t need to get hold of Braving the Truth. This latest posthumous publication is a collection of her writings on her blog, interspersed with several tributes from those who knew her. This book makes me remember [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Two New Songs: Shine! and Come Spirit Come</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m pleased to share two new songs that I’ve written, both intended to be used as modern hymns for communal singing in churches: “Come Spirit Come” and “Shine!” The stories behind them are very different. “Come Spirit Come” was written rather deliberately after I was asked to learn a song that was unfamiliar to me, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>AGI Has Not Arrived, and No Tech Company Wants It To</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James F. McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humanities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humanity]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have made some bold statements here about artificial intelligence, and I hope this most recent one will not disappoint, when I say that AGI has not arrived, and no tech company wants it to. But James, you ask, how can you be so sure? I’ll tackle the two points in turn.   How We [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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