James S. Jeffers, Ph.D.

Title: Associate Professor and Chair, History

Department: History

Office: LCH A-319
Phone Extension: x1084
Email Username: jjeffers

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Selected Presentations

“Separating the Inseparable: How Christian Apologists Sought to Separate the Political and Religious Aspects of Emperor Worship,” presented to the XV International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, U.K., 2007.
“Greeks, Romans and Religion in the Holy Land,” a public lecture by invitation at Wheaton College, IL, 2006.
“Caesar v. Christ: the Clash of Cultures and Religions in the Roman Empire and Lessons for Today,” a public lecture by invitation at Fitchburg State College, MA, 2006.
Session Moderator, ETS Patristics Study Group, 2003.
"The Church's Self Identity and Attitude Toward Society in Justin Martyr," ETS Patristics, 2002.
"Slave Language in the Apostle Paul and the Cult of Emperor Worship," Conference on Faith and History, 2000.
"Converting Upper-Division Humanities Courses to the Web," web97, Northern Arizona University, 1997.
"Developing a Faculty Web Page," Teaching, Learning, and Technology Forum at California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1998.
"Teaching Courses Via the Internet," Teaching, Learning, and Technology Forum at California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1997.
Respondent at the 1993 Society for New Testament Studies. Topic: Jews and Christians in Rome.
"Change and Continuity in Lower Class Greek Families of the Hellenistic Era," Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, 1991
"Making Connections: Teaching the Humanities to Diverse Students Across the Curriculum," Lilly Conference on College Teaching--West, 1991.
"The Impact of Roman Enslavement on Hellenistic Family Relations," International Conference on Gender and the Family, 1991.

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