Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
A theologian writing on interfaith dialogue, the problem of evil, and literature and pop culture, I’m also a Mets fan, have 5 lovely children (some adults now!), and a decent mid-range jumper and heading prowess near the goal. .. more
A theologian writing on interfaith dialogue, the problem of evil, and literature and pop culture, I’m also a Mets fan, have 5 lovely children (some adults now!), and a decent mid-range jumper and heading prowess near the goal.
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Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Dr Edmund Kee-Fook Chia Lecture, 25 September 2025 | The Centre for Interreligious Dialogue (CIRD)
www.dcu.ie
Join me this Thursday September 25th at 3 PM (Dublin time) as Edmund Kee-Fook Chia will speak on: "Interfaith Dialogue: Reflections from Asia.”
ZOOM details and more here: www.dcu.ie/cird/news/20...
ZOOM details and more here: www.dcu.ie/cird/news/20...
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Fantastic! My work email: Peter.admirand@dcu.ie — if you contact me, we can set up a brief zoom call? Tomorrow I’m writing on whether Chuckles was beyond redemption and if his way of violence could ever be redeeming. Rereading your work ethically (and theologically) is rewarding (and melancholic!)
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Aug 14
@mikecosta.bsky.social -- would you have a moment for some questions as I'm an academic writing a chapter on the best G.I. Joe story ever--Cobra: The Last Laugh-- for my edited book on G.I. Joe, Theology, and Cobra! Thanks, Mike!
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The Video Game Library Newsletter - Vol. #020
Celebrating our 20th volume! SEGA fans unite! And some fun Video Game book announcements you won't want to miss!
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Wrapped up "The Last of Us and Theology" from @peteradmirand.bsky.social 📗
A series of thought-provoking essays: from cordyceps science to moral complexity, queer readings, and love in a broken world, it’s a fresh, smart companion to the series.
Ready my full review:
#GameStudies #TLOU
A series of thought-provoking essays: from cordyceps science to moral complexity, queer readings, and love in a broken world, it’s a fresh, smart companion to the series.
Ready my full review:
#GameStudies #TLOU
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Jul 17
How the West Became Antisemitic - Reading Religion
In medieval Europe, Jews were not passive victims of the Christian community, as is often assumed, but rather were startlingly assertive, forming a Jewish ci...
readingreligion.org
See my review of: How the West Became Antisemitic:
Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500
By: Ivan G. Marcus--below
readingreligion.org/978069125820...
Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500
By: Ivan G. Marcus--below
readingreligion.org/978069125820...
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· May 13
After I dropped the younger kids to school today, I sat on a bench and read a chapter of Blood Meridian. A high school friend of my daughter 's was walking to school and said: "I read that book." "For school?" I asked. "No, just on my own." My older son today also quoted Hamlet. What is going on?!
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· May 12
2 Permanent Theology jobs at my university (Dublin City University) are now open for applications:
1 Associate/Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology
and
1 Assistant Professor in Religious Ethics/Theological Ethics.
Details here: www.dcu.ie/theologyphil...
PM me if you have any questions!
1 Associate/Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology
and
1 Assistant Professor in Religious Ethics/Theological Ethics.
Details here: www.dcu.ie/theologyphil...
PM me if you have any questions!
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Apr 17
Robots, sacrificial love, the Gospel, and Ascender and Descender (intrigued yet?!) See my "Sacrificial Love (Of Cyborgs, Saviors, and Driller, a Real Robot Killer) in the Comics Descender and Ascender." Available here: www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14... @jefflemire171.bsky.social, @duss005.bsky.social
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Mar 20
Please join us on April 16th on the DCU All Hallows Campus at 6:30 PM to hear about our programmes in Theology/Religious Studies and Philosophy and listen to fascinating (and short!) lectures by my always interesting colleagues.
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Reminder: Call for papers for my EuARe panel--"Interfaith Dialogue and Transformation"-- is due April 4th. Details here:
www.dcu.ie/.../2025/feb...
www.dcu.ie/.../2025/feb...
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Got my 3 covers today. All looks grat on my quick flip-through before reading. Any news on availability of your original interior art? Thanks!
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Feb 22
Our Divine Sparks with Dearbhail McDonald
A fresh, engaging and thought-provoking look at religious and spiritual life both in Ireland and overseas.
www.rte.ie
Enjoyed my interview on RTÉ Radio 1 (Our Divine Sparks) about theology and pop culture and the growing interest in religion and theology as a subject of study. See link below (my segment starts around 24:30…..)
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Feb 18
Fondazione RUT - Cercando lo Shabbàt (come amore) nonostante il supersessionismo e una notte difficile a Bruxelles
Lo Shabbàt, o come l’ho conosciuto crescendo a Long Island a New York – il “Sabbath” – aveva una connotazione negativa, o nel migliore dei casi, neutra. Non sembrava avere alcuna connessione pratica o...
fondazionerut.org
Link below to my new article in English (and Italian) titled: "Seeking Shabbat (as Love) despite Supersessionism and A Rough Night in Brussels". Thanks to Davide Saponaro for translating.
fondazionerut.org/cercando-lo-...
fondazionerut.org/cercando-lo-...
MDPIBooks/@Religions_MDPI has just published a reprint of the collected volume *The Future of Liberation Theologies* edited by Thia Cooper and I.
Free PDF download here 👇
Free PDF download here 👇
Love starting the New Year with a Parkrun (takes away any pressure on New Year’s Eve, too!)
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Thanks, Ed--just sent this to one of my PhD students involved in the area--will be invaluable for her.
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Dec 17
Stumbled on this mesmerizing collection of 3 short stories while browsing in Books Upstairs. Would have been great to read in Vilnius but worked in Dublin, too.
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Confessions of a Catholic Theologian: On Silence, the Shoah, and the War in Israel-Palestine
| Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations
ejournals.bc.edu
My article, “Confessions of a Catholic Theologian: On Silence, the Shoah, and the War in Israel-Palestine”….now published in Studies in Christian Jewish Relations.
ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/sc...
ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/sc...
Post-mountain run slumber while I’m reading from a pile of books: What in Me is Dark; The Prelude; Day Zero; Cylons in America; With a Needle in the Heart; The Origins of Totalitarianism; Christianity in Comics….it goes on as my attention span is low, hence the pile of books
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Nov 22
In my last "Mystery of God and the Problem of Evil" class this week, an undergrad came up and said: "I hope you didn't mind that I attended your classes. I wish I had been able to register for them but really enjoyed them!"--nice story to counter the common low class attendance groans since COVID.
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Nov 21
It’s very rare that a blood-curling, unforgettable novel (The Road) has a scintillating graphic novel adaption (by Manu Larcenet) and very watchable film version. And if The Last of Us is quasi-Road like, it’s a 5th classic connection (game and tv version…genius inspires genius
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Nov 20
My youngest daughter, who has a cold and loves school, said this just now: “I don’t want to stay home from school. Then I just stay in my bed and cry.” I told her that was the saddest thing I ever heard. The imp laughed. Get better, little Mary, your birthday is in a few days!
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Nov 19
“Thank you, Monkey pants.” No, thank you, James McBride for another novel full of the sweet goodness (and rottenness) of life. If you haven’t yet read it….The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store awaits….
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Extended Call for Papers: G.I. Joe, Theology, and Cobra
EXTENDED Call for Chapter Proposals (21 January 2025) G.I. Joe, Theology, and Co-bra! Knowing (and Believing) is Half the Battle Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture Editor: Dr Pet…
popularcultureandtheology.com
Just going to keep posting some calls for papers #AARSBL folks may be interested in: popularcultureandtheology.com/2024/11/01/e...
Peter Admirand
@peteradmirand.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Taking a break from editing my article on sacrificial love in the comics Descender and Ascender, and thought I could use a little blue sky on this wintry and grey Dublin morning.