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-蜜桃传媒 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 蜜桃传媒 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.