Hannah M Strømmen
@hannahmstrommen.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Bible, Politics, and Culture, Lund University. Biblical reception obsessive.
New issue out in The Bible and Critical Theory journal. Special issue this time on The Bible after José Esteban Muñoz: bibleandcriticaltheory.com/volume-21-no...
VOLUME 21, NO 2 (2025)
bibleandcriticaltheory.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New issue out in The Bible and Critical Theory journal. Special issue this time on The Bible after José Esteban Muñoz: bibleandcriticaltheory.com/volume-21-no...
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Open postdoc position (2 years) in religion and migration in my ERC project ”Faith-Based Refugee Relief in Europe: Connecting the Empirical and the Ethical”. Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - come work in a fabulous team!
Postdoc in Migration Studies (2 years)
We are looking for a candidate who, during two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, wishes to develop their independence as a researcher and contribute
lu.varbi.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Open postdoc position (2 years) in religion and migration in my ERC project ”Faith-Based Refugee Relief in Europe: Connecting the Empirical and the Ethical”. Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - come work in a fabulous team!
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📣 I’m teaching a National Gallery online course about Saints this December!
💡If you’re curious about art, storytelling, or just want to show off in an art gallery, then book now to join the fun.
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/sacred-stories-saints-in-art-december-2025-0
💡If you’re curious about art, storytelling, or just want to show off in an art gallery, then book now to join the fun.
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/sacred-stories-saints-in-art-december-2025-0
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
📣 I’m teaching a National Gallery online course about Saints this December!
💡If you’re curious about art, storytelling, or just want to show off in an art gallery, then book now to join the fun.
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/sacred-stories-saints-in-art-december-2025-0
💡If you’re curious about art, storytelling, or just want to show off in an art gallery, then book now to join the fun.
🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/sacred-stories-saints-in-art-december-2025-0
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Dianne van den Bosch and I wrote about the EU Migration Pact for the Canopy Forum: "The Pact’s silence on 'race' and 'religion' allows the EU to present itself as a neutral arbiter... This self-presentation counters any call for justice ... before such a call could even be made."
"Migration Policy behind the Veil of Ignorance: “Race” and “Religion” in the 2024 EU Migration Pact" by Ulrich Schmiedel and Dianne van den Bosch - Canopy Forum
European Union Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels by Estonian Foreign Ministry (CC BY 2.0) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and Immigration. If you’d like to explore other article...
canopyforum.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Dianne van den Bosch and I wrote about the EU Migration Pact for the Canopy Forum: "The Pact’s silence on 'race' and 'religion' allows the EU to present itself as a neutral arbiter... This self-presentation counters any call for justice ... before such a call could even be made."
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An amazing and essential book for our times! I am grateful to be in the room for this set of panelists and their conversation about the #apocalypse and #immigration in the USA.
Come to my book review panel at #AARSBL2025 ! A cross-organization, interdisciplinary joint session, Sat. Nov 22 @ 1-3:30 Hynes Convention Center 201 -- if not for me, then to hear one of these fabulous panelists! @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social @elprofebarba.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An amazing and essential book for our times! I am grateful to be in the room for this set of panelists and their conversation about the #apocalypse and #immigration in the USA.
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My article on the use of “Render unto Caesar” to support secularism and exclude Islam is published in Critical Research on Religion (open access): doi.org/10.1177/2050...
Rendering unto Caesar: Receptions of the Bible as a source for secularism - Hannah M Strømmen, 2025
In this article, I identify a key trend for demarcating the “secular” as a Western, Christian achievement. I analyze how the New Testament story often known as ...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My article on the use of “Render unto Caesar” to support secularism and exclude Islam is published in Critical Research on Religion (open access): doi.org/10.1177/2050...
My article on the use of “Render unto Caesar” to support secularism and exclude Islam is published in Critical Research on Religion (open access): doi.org/10.1177/2050...
Rendering unto Caesar: Receptions of the Bible as a source for secularism - Hannah M Strømmen, 2025
In this article, I identify a key trend for demarcating the “secular” as a Western, Christian achievement. I analyze how the New Testament story often known as ...
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My article on the use of “Render unto Caesar” to support secularism and exclude Islam is published in Critical Research on Religion (open access): doi.org/10.1177/2050...
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I am beyond excited to share that I am receiving this year’s Brooten Award from the Society of Biblical Literature for my paper, “The Monster at the End of This Essay: Incestuous Whores, Trans Monstrosity, and Genesis 38.” www.sbl-site.org/news/announc...
October 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I am beyond excited to share that I am receiving this year’s Brooten Award from the Society of Biblical Literature for my paper, “The Monster at the End of This Essay: Incestuous Whores, Trans Monstrosity, and Genesis 38.” www.sbl-site.org/news/announc...
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TWO NEW POSITIONS IN HISTORICAL & SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
Two new positions in historical and systematic theology are now advertised for the Religion and Theology research program within the IRCI and FTP: PD attached. The application deadline is 23:59 AEST on 5 November.
www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/ca...
Two new positions in historical and systematic theology are now advertised for the Religion and Theology research program within the IRCI and FTP: PD attached. The application deadline is 23:59 AEST on 5 November.
www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/ca...
Religion and Theology
ACU’s IRCI researches biblical and early Christian studies, medieval and early modern studies, philosophy, religion and theology.
www.acu.edu.au
October 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
TWO NEW POSITIONS IN HISTORICAL & SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
Two new positions in historical and systematic theology are now advertised for the Religion and Theology research program within the IRCI and FTP: PD attached. The application deadline is 23:59 AEST on 5 November.
www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/ca...
Two new positions in historical and systematic theology are now advertised for the Religion and Theology research program within the IRCI and FTP: PD attached. The application deadline is 23:59 AEST on 5 November.
www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/ca...
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My review of @bethhurd.bsky.social's Haven Has A Wall (@uchicagopress.bsky.social): "captivating reading, a tour de force in political theology. ... Hurd shows clearly and compellingly that religion animates what appears as secular. Whether revered or reviled, religion is to be reckoned with.”
Heaven Has a Wall: Religion, Borders, and the Global United States
Published in Journal of Contemporary Religion (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My review of @bethhurd.bsky.social's Haven Has A Wall (@uchicagopress.bsky.social): "captivating reading, a tour de force in political theology. ... Hurd shows clearly and compellingly that religion animates what appears as secular. Whether revered or reviled, religion is to be reckoned with.”
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Es regnet gerade Stellen am BIM: Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Projekt „The Democratic Potential of Religion“ mit vorauss. 2/3-Teilzeitbeschäftigung, befristet für 3 Jahre und 6 Monate. Bewerbungsfrist: 15.10.25. Viel Glück! Alle Infos hier: www.bim.hu-berlin.de/de/aktuelles...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Projekt „The Democratic Potential of Religion“
www.bim.hu-berlin.de
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Es regnet gerade Stellen am BIM: Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Projekt „The Democratic Potential of Religion“ mit vorauss. 2/3-Teilzeitbeschäftigung, befristet für 3 Jahre und 6 Monate. Bewerbungsfrist: 15.10.25. Viel Glück! Alle Infos hier: www.bim.hu-berlin.de/de/aktuelles...
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All are invited to Biblical Public Scholars(hip) in Perilous Times, a webinar that explores shared concern of the increasing vulnerability of biblical scholars who engage in public scholarship. Register Today! buff.ly/jzsmwpT.
Webinar Announcement: Biblical Public Scholars(hip) in Perilous Times - Society of Biblical Literature
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 9: Registration is now open for the Biblical Public Scholars(hip) in Perilous Times Webinar. Visit the registration page to learn more.
buff.ly
September 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
All are invited to Biblical Public Scholars(hip) in Perilous Times, a webinar that explores shared concern of the increasing vulnerability of biblical scholars who engage in public scholarship. Register Today! buff.ly/jzsmwpT.
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"Reading the Bible amid the Environmental Crisis:
Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics"
Sébastien Doane
www.bloomsbury.com/us/reading-t...
Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics"
Sébastien Doane
www.bloomsbury.com/us/reading-t...
September 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Reading the Bible amid the Environmental Crisis:
Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics"
Sébastien Doane
www.bloomsbury.com/us/reading-t...
Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics"
Sébastien Doane
www.bloomsbury.com/us/reading-t...
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A highlight this morning at #IAHR: the first two volumes of a planned 7-volume set on Global Secularity.
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Not here? No problem. The whole series is open access!
You can read all volumes here as they cone out: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/glose...
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Not here? No problem. The whole series is open access!
You can read all volumes here as they cone out: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/glose...
August 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A highlight this morning at #IAHR: the first two volumes of a planned 7-volume set on Global Secularity.
🛤
Not here? No problem. The whole series is open access!
You can read all volumes here as they cone out: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/glose...
🛤
Not here? No problem. The whole series is open access!
You can read all volumes here as they cone out: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/glose...
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It's out! Written together by activists and academics who are concerned with faith-based refugee relief in Europe; edited by Anna Hjälm, Ryszard Bobrowicz, and yours truly.
Living in a World of Neighbours- Wipf and Stock Publishers
Migration is stirring up controversy across Europe. Politicians and pundits point to clashes that flare up--or so the story goes--when people of different re...
wipfandstock.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's out! Written together by activists and academics who are concerned with faith-based refugee relief in Europe; edited by Anna Hjälm, Ryszard Bobrowicz, and yours truly.
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I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
August 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
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Have a spare thirty minutes? Check out our recent podcast on The Book of Revelation.
CenSAMM Director James Crossley introduces the book of Revelation and interviews Dr Michelle Fletcher about the contents and influence of this New Testament text.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmq...
CenSAMM Director James Crossley introduces the book of Revelation and interviews Dr Michelle Fletcher about the contents and influence of this New Testament text.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmq...
The Book of Revelation (CenSAMM at 10 Podcast)
YouTube video by CenSAMM
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August 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Have a spare thirty minutes? Check out our recent podcast on The Book of Revelation.
CenSAMM Director James Crossley introduces the book of Revelation and interviews Dr Michelle Fletcher about the contents and influence of this New Testament text.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmq...
CenSAMM Director James Crossley introduces the book of Revelation and interviews Dr Michelle Fletcher about the contents and influence of this New Testament text.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmq...
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In the second part of their CM conversation, @bethhurd.bsky.social and Hannah Strømmen discuss the role of masculinity in far-right movements today and the importance of focusing on affect when studying them.
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
Bibles Belong to All of Us: Elizabeth Shkaman Hurd Interviews Hannah Strømmen | Contending Modernities
Taking affective investments seriously can be transformative for understanding the staying power of trends and tendencies in biblical reception.
contendingmodernities.nd.edu
August 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In the second part of their CM conversation, @bethhurd.bsky.social and Hannah Strømmen discuss the role of masculinity in far-right movements today and the importance of focusing on affect when studying them.
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
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🌊 On ‘sail’ now! This book is set to make a splash.
👉 First book to unite #Linguistics, #MaritimeLaw and the #LawOfTheSea, written by legal scholars and linguists.
🚢 Shipping now & available via the usual channels: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111332543/html
All puns intended.
👉 First book to unite #Linguistics, #MaritimeLaw and the #LawOfTheSea, written by legal scholars and linguists.
🚢 Shipping now & available via the usual channels: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111332543/html
All puns intended.
August 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🌊 On ‘sail’ now! This book is set to make a splash.
👉 First book to unite #Linguistics, #MaritimeLaw and the #LawOfTheSea, written by legal scholars and linguists.
🚢 Shipping now & available via the usual channels: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111332543/html
All puns intended.
👉 First book to unite #Linguistics, #MaritimeLaw and the #LawOfTheSea, written by legal scholars and linguists.
🚢 Shipping now & available via the usual channels: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111332543/html
All puns intended.
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“Sometimes a book is exciting because it makes you think in new ways. Other times it's important to a particular historical moment. Rarely does a book do both. Hannah Strømmen’s The Bibles of the Far Right is the exception.” -
@bethhurd.bsky.social :
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
@bethhurd.bsky.social :
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
Bibles Belong to All of Us: Masculinity, Civilization, and the Bibles of the Far Right | Contending Modernities
What does a focus on biblical assemblages together with the far-right allow us to see anew?
contendingmodernities.nd.edu
August 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“Sometimes a book is exciting because it makes you think in new ways. Other times it's important to a particular historical moment. Rarely does a book do both. Hannah Strømmen’s The Bibles of the Far Right is the exception.” -
@bethhurd.bsky.social :
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
@bethhurd.bsky.social :
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
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Part II of my discussion with @hannahmstrommen.bsky.social about her new book Bibles of the Far Right. Fantastic, creative work on some of the most vexing questions of our time. @cmnd.bsky.social
Bibles Belong to All of Us: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd Interviews Hannah Strømmen | Contending Modernities
Taking affective investments seriously can be transformative for understanding the staying power of trends and tendencies in biblical reception.
contendingmodernities.nd.edu
August 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Part II of my discussion with @hannahmstrommen.bsky.social about her new book Bibles of the Far Right. Fantastic, creative work on some of the most vexing questions of our time. @cmnd.bsky.social
“Sometimes a book is exciting because it makes you think in new ways. Other times it's important to a particular historical moment. Rarely does a book do both. Hannah Strømmen’s The Bibles of the Far Right is the exception.” -
@bethhurd.bsky.social :
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
@bethhurd.bsky.social :
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
Bibles Belong to All of Us: Masculinity, Civilization, and the Bibles of the Far Right | Contending Modernities
What does a focus on biblical assemblages together with the far-right allow us to see anew?
contendingmodernities.nd.edu
August 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“Sometimes a book is exciting because it makes you think in new ways. Other times it's important to a particular historical moment. Rarely does a book do both. Hannah Strømmen’s The Bibles of the Far Right is the exception.” -
@bethhurd.bsky.social :
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
@bethhurd.bsky.social :
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
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Sometimes a book is exciting because it makes you think in new ways. Other times it's important to a particular historical moment. Rarely does a book do both. Hannah Strømmen’s new book The Bibles of the Far Right is the exception.
My review for @cmnd.bsky.social
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My review for @cmnd.bsky.social
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Bibles Belong to All of Us: Masculinity, Civilization, and the Bibles of the Far Right | Contending Modernities
What does a focus on biblical assemblages together with the far-right allow us to see anew?
urldefense.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sometimes a book is exciting because it makes you think in new ways. Other times it's important to a particular historical moment. Rarely does a book do both. Hannah Strømmen’s new book The Bibles of the Far Right is the exception.
My review for @cmnd.bsky.social
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
My review for @cmnd.bsky.social
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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"One of the defining features of the Trump decade is the strange combination of conservative Christians’ fervent loyalty to the president and Trump’s obvious ignorance of Christianity. Playing to his base, Trump pretends to be an ardent follower of a faith he couldn’t care less about."
“To understand the role the Bible plays in our politics, we have to focus less on what biblical texts mean and more on how the Bible is used.”
– Mac Loftin
www.christiancentury.org/features/how...
– Mac Loftin
www.christiancentury.org/features/how...
How politicians use the Bible
Scholar Hannah Strømmen provides a helpful guide for navigating our scripture-saturated political...
www.christiancentury.org
August 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"One of the defining features of the Trump decade is the strange combination of conservative Christians’ fervent loyalty to the president and Trump’s obvious ignorance of Christianity. Playing to his base, Trump pretends to be an ardent follower of a faith he couldn’t care less about."