Nothing Could be Further from the Truth
Collected Columns of Reed M.N. Weep, 1997-2012
by Reed M.N. Weep, edited by Alumno Sinllanto
Paperback (Published)
(June 2016)
ISBN: 9781781791462
6.1 x 9.17 inches
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This collection brings together some of the columns written by Reed M. N. Weep and published beginning in 1997 until 2012 in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion and its precursor, the Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion. The columns satirize the academic discipline of religious studies, contemporary university life, and popular culture. There is little here that rises to the level of Truth (with a capital T). Instead the emphasis is on humor, trutH (with a capital H). The book includes introductions by Russell McCutcheon, Craig Prentiss, Scott Elliott, Craig Martin, and Weep’s student, Alumno Sinllanto.
This collection brings together some of the columns written by Reed M. N. Weep and published beginning in 1997 until his disappearance in 2012 in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion and its precursor, the Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion. The columns satirize the academic discipline of religious studies, contemporary university life, and popular culture. There is little here that rises to the level of Truth (with a capital T). Instead the emphasis is on humor, trutH (with a capital H). The book includes introductions by Russell McCutcheon, Craig Prentiss, Scott Elliott, Craig Martin, and Weep’s student, Alumno Sinllanto.
FROM THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER INTRODUCTION: REED M. N. WEEP: THE MAN, THE LEGEND, THE COLUMNIST Alumno Sinllanto Reminiscences of the Editors HE PACKED A PUNCH Russell T. McCutcheon HITTING ROCK BOTTOM WITH REED M. N. WEEP Craig Prentiss WHO WAS WEEP? THE REVIEWER Scott S. Elliott BRILLIANT OBSESSIVE: A REED WEEP COMEDY Craig Martin The Columns 1. THE MCCUTCHEON DECADE, 1997-2001: IT SURE SEEMED LIKE TEN YEARS 1.1 The AAR/SBL Annual Meeting: Mission Review 1.2 How to Write a Book Note 1.3 The Cost of Messiahship 1.4 The Groups Are Where It's At: A Guide to the Annual Meeting 1.5 The Department Secretary: Master of the Universe 1.6 Next on Oprah: Lives Ruined by Student Evaluations 1.7 Higher Education among the Nacirema 1.8 The Bible in Bean Town: A Guide to the SBL Annual Meeting 1.9 Letters to the Editor 1.10 Letter to the Editor 1.11 A Sorry Excuse for a Major: Religion 1.12 Video Vignettes for the Concerned Teacher 1.13 Minutes of the May Meeting of the Faculty Senate 1.14 A Letter from Fidelio 1.15 The Torpedo Rec 1.16 Retiring, But Not Shy 2. THE PRENTISS DECADE, 2002-2004: I COULD HAVE SWORN IT WAS TEN YEARS 2.1 The New Testament Mystery Solved 2.2 The Students of Generation A: A Major Disappointment 2.3 President Bush, Meet Emperor Meiji 2.4 The View from the Head: An Interview with Hyrum N. Rollment, Reed M. N. Weep's Department Chair 2.5 The War and the State of the Union in Esperanto 2.6 Teaching for the New Millennium 2.7 The Origins of Religion Revealed 2.8 The World Religions: Hinduism 2.9 The World Religions: Buddhism 2.10 The World Religions: Christianity 3. THE ELLIOTT DECADE, 2005-2008: IT WAS A SHORT DECADE 3.1 The World Religions: Islam 3.2 Meeting with the Special Assistant to the Provost 3.3 Managing Stress 3.4 True That 3.5 Desert 3.6 ESTPPPMFC 4. THE MARTIN DECADE, 2008-2011: OK, SO MAYBE IT WASN'T EXACTLY TEN YEARS 4.1 The Candidates' Religion 4.2 Death of a Professor 4.3 The Commencement Address I Wish I Could Give, If They'd Ask Me (Which They Won't) 4.4 Bloom's Taxidermy 4.5 Banner Roll Out 4.6 To Betty Purdy, Department Secretary, Upon Her Retirement 4.7 Opera Mundi 4.8 Assessment Is a Journey, Or the Last Column I Will Ever Write about Assessment 4.9 Among the Orsians: The Revolutionary Discovery of a New Religion! 4.10 Keeping Up With the Kollege Professors: The Pitch 4.11 Announcement: Reed M. N. Weep Retirement
- By (author) Reed M.N. Weep
- Edited by Alumno Sinllanto
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