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Additional Meetings

November 19-22, 2005
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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AM17-50

United Methodist - Women of Color Scholarship Program
Thursday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM17-100

SDA Religion Chairs
Thursday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM17-102

Adventist Society for Religious Studies
Thursday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

Today through Saturday, the Adventist Society for Religious Studies will address the topic Dynamics of Theology and Violence in Communities of Faith. The presidential address, Jerusalem and Babylon--A Tale of Two Cities: Biblical Theology in Conversation will be presented by Jean Sheldon from Pacific Union College. A business session will follow. For additional information regarding this section, contact Ernest Furness at P.O. Box 8050, Riverside, CA 92515 or 74617.1313@compuserve.com.


AM17-103

United Methodist - Women of Color Scholarship Program
Thursday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM18-1

New Developments in Religious Studies V: Keeping Ourselves Current
Friday - 8:15 am-4:30 pm

An Annual Conference for Secondary School Teachers of Religion, Ethics, History, English, and Social Studies

Friday and Saturday, November 18 and 19, 2005

This annual national conference provides an opportunity for secondary school teachers in independent and public schools to join together to meet colleagues from across the country and to hear about new developments in the fields of ethics and the major religious traditions of the world. Nationally and internationally known scholars will share information about new research and resources, and teachers will talk together about innovative projects they are developing.

Please visit http://www.hds.harvard.edu/prse/ndrs2005.html or call Sarah

Lefebvre at 1-617-384-8047 for updated information (including agenda, presentation descriptions, and registration).


AM18-2

Adventist Society for Religious Studies
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM18-3

Believers Church Bible Commentary Editorial Council
Friday - 9:00 am-3:30 pm


AM18-4

Christians Associated for Relationships with Eastern Europe
Friday - 9:00 am-8:30 pm

Theme: Legacy of a Slavic Pope in Eastern Europe: Prospects for Ecumenism

9:30-11:30 Keith Clements, Council of European Churches

Joseph Loya, O.S.A. Villanova University, "A Catholic View"

Frederica Matthews-Green, Baltimore, "An Orthodox View"

1:00-5:30 Peter Kuzmic, Evangelical Theological School, Osijek, Croatia

Angela Ilic, Belgrade, Serbia, "Relationships Between Traditional Religious

Communities and New Religious Movements In Southeast Europe"

CAREE business meeting - Paul Mojzes, Presiding

7:00-8:30 Miroslav Volf, Yale Divinity School,

A Voice of One’s Own: Public Faith in a Pluralistic World

Call for papers abstract to Paul Mojzes, pmojzes@rosemont.edu by September 15.

Information and pre-registration to James Payton at caree@redeemer.on.ca; 1-905-648-2139 x4287. Registration $30; CAREE members, students, $20.


AM18-6

Lutheran Women in Theological Studies
Friday - 9:00 am-6:30 pm


AM18-8

North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 9:00 am-10:45 am

Theme: Tillich on Symbolism

Christopher Rodkey, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Presiding

Donald Dreisbach, Northern Michigan University

Tillich’s Symbols and Christology: A Failure of Nerve?

Robison James, University of Richmond

Symbol Early and Late: Continuity and Discontinuity between the German and American Tillich

Stephen Murray, Skidmore College

Paul Tillich and the Wrath of God


AM18-9

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies - Board Meeting
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM18-10

United Methodist - Women of Color Scholarship Program
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM18-13

Conference on Contemporary Pagan Studies
Friday - 9:00 am-6:30 pm

9A - 10:30A

"Romancing the Pagan": Folk Music, Politics, and Ideology in Pagan

Intellectual History

Christopher W. Chase, Michigan State University

Religioning Reconstruction: Active Change in Reconstructionist Paganisms

Cat McEarchern, University of Stirling

10:30A - 10:45A

Coffee Break

10:45A - 12:30P

Panel: Writing as an Academic vs. Writing as a Practitioner

Douglas Cowan, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Nikki Bado-Fralick, Iowa State University

12:30P - 2PM Lunch

2P - 3:45P

Film: I Still Worship Zeus

3:45P - 4:00P

Coffee Break

3:30P - 5:30P Book Session: Researching Paganisms

For more information, visit Paganstudies.org or e-mail Cat McEarchern.


AM18-11

North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 11:00 am-1:15 pm

Theme: The Early Tillich

Terry O’Keeffe, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, Presiding

Jean Richard, University of Laval

Philosophy of History in Tillich’s Early Writings

Doris Lax, University of Heidelberg

The Tillich of the Years 1911-1913

Matthew Lon Weaver, University of Pittsburgh

Religion Confronts Nationalism: Tillich’s First World War Chaplaincy Sermons


AM18-65

The Womanist Consultation
Friday - 12:00 pm-4:00 pm


AM18-50

Adventist Society for Religious Studies
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM18-51

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Theme: Asceticism in the Contemporary Dharma Traditions

Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Presiding

Karma Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego

Renunciation in Contemporary Buddhist Monastism

Jeffrey Long, Elizabethtown College

Radical Renunciation: The Aim and Practice of Jain Asceticism

Pravrajika Vrajaprana, Vedanta Society of Southern California

Looking In and Letting Go: Vairagya in the Vedanta Tradition

Veena Howard Rani, University of Oregon, Lane Community College

Asceticism in the Life of Mahatma Gandhi

Kusumita Pedersen, St. Francis College, NYC

Respondent


AM18-52

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Editorial Board
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM18-53

Institute for Biblical Research Board of Directors Meeting
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM18-54

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Theme: Post-Analytic Philosophy and the Study of Religion

This working group examines the application of post-analytic philosophy (as represented in the work of Donald Davidson, Robert Brandom, and John McDowell) to the study of religion and investigates how Holistic Semantics addresses both cultural diversity and epistemic unity. The group welcomes observers to attend the session.

Jeppe Sinding Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Gabriel Levy, University of California, Santa Barbara

Kevin Schilbrack, Wesleyan College

G. Scott Davis, University of Richmond

Terry Godlove, Hofstra University

Nancy Frankenberry, Dartmouth College


AM18-55

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Theme: Papal Visits and Papal Death in Comparative Perspective

Chair: Mary Alyson Prude, University of California, Santa Barbara

Panelists:

Gustavo Benavides, Villanova University

Scott Kline, St. Jerome’s University-University of Waterloo

Gary Laderman, Emory University

Steven Engler, Mount Royal College


AM18-56

Quaker Theological Discussion Group
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Theme I: Quaker Contributions to American Democracy

Presider: Paul Anderson

Jane Calvert, Liberty of Conscience and Quaker Constitutionalism

Stephen Angell, E Pluribus Unum, and Quaker Approaches to Plurality and Unity

Response, Emma Lapsanski

“A Friendly Response to the Vatican,” an update by Paul Anderson


AM18-57

Release of the Carnegie Foundation Book Educating Clergy: Teaching Practices and Pastoral Imagination
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announces the release of Educating Clergy: Teaching Practices and Pastoral Imagination, based on the Foundation's three-year study of clergy education. Published jointly by Jossey-Bass and Carnegie, this publication addresses the ways in which different types of theological schooling mediate the educational tensions among academic, institutional, and pastoral concerns.


AM18-59

Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Rev. Dr. Andrew Purves, of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, will speak on: "'I yet not I but Christ:' Galatians 2:20 and the Christian Life in the Theology of T. F. Torrance."

The vicarious humanity of Christ is the gospel on which we rely in practical theology, for in Jesus Christ all human responses "are laid hold of, sanctified and informed by his vicarious life of obedience and response to the Father" (Torrance, The Mediation of Christ, 108).


AM18-60

Theology and Ethics Colloquy
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM18-131

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Theme: Hear the Cries of the World, part 1

Presentations from the seventh International Conference at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles with selected papers on topics such as the ethics of war, clergy abuse, visual religion, and prison practice.


AM18-61

North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 2:00 pm-3:45 pm

Theme: Tillich and Religious Knowledge

John Thatamanil, Vanderbilt University, Presiding

Mary Ann Stenger, University of Louisville

Experience’s Role in Religious Knowledge

David H. Nikkel, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

The Mystical Formation of Paul Tillich

Tabea Rösler, Princeton Theological Seminary

“You Never See with the Eyes Only”: Reconfiguring Paul Tillich’s Concept of Personhood


AM18-62

Person, Culture, and Religion
Friday - 2:00 pm-6:30 pm

2:00 Book Panel – Pamela Cooper-White, Shared Wisdom: Use of the Self in Pastoral Care and Counseling

Lallene Rector, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Presider

Rodney Hunter, Emory University

Wally Fletcher, Philadelphia

Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt University

Pamela Cooper-White, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA

3:45 Coffee Break

4:00 Visual Experience in the Wondering Brain: Vision in Religion, Art, Sexuality, and Consciousness

Kelly Bulkeley, Graduate Theological Union

Serinity Young, American Museum of Natural History

Carol Rausch Albright, Chicago

5:30 The Psychology and Spirituality of Martial Arts Practice

Lisa Cataldo, Union Theological Seminary

James Jones, Rutgers University


AM18-63

Anglican Association of Biblical Studies
Friday - 2:30 pm-9:30 pm

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia

This year's focus, Scripture, Homosexuality, and the Windsor Report, will be explored in a workshop at 2:30 and in an after-dinner talk by the Right Reverend N. Thomas Wright, Bishop of Durham (England) at 8:00. The workshop's goal is to prepare members not only to understand the issues more clearly but also to be able to lead others in developing such understanding. The schedule also includes a business meeting (4:00), Holy Eucharist (5:30), reception (6:30), and dinner (7:00, reservations required). For dinner reservations, directions, and additional information, see www.aabs.org. The AABS is an international association of biblical scholars who are affiliated with the churches of the Anglican Communion, including the Episcopal Church in the U.S.—new members welcome.


AM18-64

Theology for the PC (USA)
Friday - 2:30 pm-5:00 pm

Presybterian Church (USA) pastors and scholars and others who are interested are invited to this meeting dedicated to doing theology for the church. Theme: What Ever Happened to the Shema?: The Place of the Law in Reformed Worship and Life. The theme will be discussed by a panel of speakers. Further information: Anita Brown, Office of Theology and Worship, 1-888-728-7228 x5033, abrown@ctr.pcusa.org.


AM18-100

Accordance Training Seminar
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

The seminar will review the latest features and new scholarly modules of Accordance Bible Software. It is suitable for both new and experienced users, as well as anyone interested in Accordance. The demonstration will explain basic interface concepts and show how to use the software's advanced search capabilities. There will also be time for questions.


AM18-101

African Association for the Study of Religions
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM18-102

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM) Session 2
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

4:00 Theme: Who is a Hindu?

Jeffrey Long, Elizabethtown College, Presiding

Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawai at Manoa

Pravrajika Gayatriprana, Vedanta Society

Frank G. Morales, Madison, Wisconsin

Rita D. Sherma, Binghamton University

Arya Samaj Speaker (To be announced)

Jeffrey Long, Elizabethtown College

Respondent

Discussion


AM18-103

Feminist Liberation Theologians' Network
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Mapping the Connections: Feminist Work in Religion and Activism is the celebrative focus of our tenth annual meeting. Colleagues from around the world, including Elaine Wainwright, Wanda Deifelt, and Karma Lekshe Tsomo, will help sketch a picture of our collective work. RSVP to Mary E. Hunt, WATER, 8121 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA; 1-301-589-2509; mhunt@hers.com; Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; 1-617-495-5751; elisabeth_schussler@harvard.edu.


AM18-104

International Bonheoffer Society Reception
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM18-106

Karl Barth Society of North America
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Karl Barth: Scriptural Exegesis as Ecclesial Practice

Mike Michielin, Wycliffe College, Cobourg Campus, Canada

Karl Barth on the Eternal Being of Jesus Christ" (CD II/2)

Edwin Chr. van Driel, Yale University


AM18-107

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Evaluating Jason Slone’s Theological Incorrectness

William W. McCorkle Jr., Institute of Cognition and Culture

Luther H. Martin, University of Vermont

James A. Van Slyke, Fuller Theological Seminary

Respondent: Jason Slone, Findlay University


AM18-108

North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Theme: Paul Tillich and Public Theology

Matthew Lon Weaver, University of Pittsburgh, Presiding

Laura Thelander, Princeton Theological Seminary

Tillich’s Ecclesiology as a Source for Public Theology

Jeffrey Keuss, Pacific School of Theology

Unmoving Movement: Evangelical Worship after the “Emerging Church” and Neo-Correlational Theology

Todd Mei, University of Kent at Canterbury

Paul Tillich and the Ontological Foundation of Freedom and Destiny

Thomas Bandy, Guelph, Ontario

“Is That a Prayer?” The Possibility of Worship in Tillich’s Theology of Culture and the Reality of Worship in Postmodern Mission


AM18-109

NTLP Board of Directors
Friday - 4:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM18-110

Sabbath Experience
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Join us for traditional Jewish Sabbath services and meals Friday night and Saturday morning at Congregation Mikveh Israel, 44 South 4th St., the second oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. Services Friday night at 4:30 PM, Saturday morning at 9 AM. Advance registration and payment is required for meals. Please contact Joseph Weinstein, weinstein@bbn.com, by Nov. 1 for registration and more information.


AM18-111

Social Ethics in the Churches of Christ
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

We will continue last year's conversation on the contribution Churches of Christ scholars can make to the field of Christian ethics. We will resume our inquiry into the insights that a "primitivist" or "restorationist" hermeneutic can provide to ethical inquiry. This year we will attempt to draw more directly on our tradition's strengths in Biblical studies to enhance our discussion of social ethics. For more information contact Duane Barron, barron@virginia.edu, or Vic McCracken, vmccrac@emory.edu.


AM18-112

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality Members' Workshop: The Dark Night
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:00 pm

This session on John of the Cross’s poem “One Dark Night” and its prose commentary (II.5) will include readings of the poem in Spanish and English; brief presentations by Mary Frohlich (John’s life experience as background for his spirituality of the Dark Night), Beverly Lanzetta (deconstructive movement of the Dark Night), and David B. Perrin (theological significance of the Dark Night metaphor); and members’ discussion of “Problems and Opportunities in Teaching the Dark Night.”


AM18-133

Society for the Study of Native American Religious Traditions
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM19-15

Christian Theological Research Fellowship
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Theme: Beyond Origins: The Meaning of Creation

9:00 Opening: D. Stephen Long, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Business meeting: Vincent Bacote (President, CTRF)

Wheaton College

9:15 Panel and Discussion

Beth Felker Jones, Huntington College, Presiding

Steven Bouma-Prediger, Hope College

Holy Creatures Living among Other Holy Creatures in a World That Is Holy

Kimlyn J. Bender, University of Sioux Falls

“The Play’s the Thing...” — Re-reading the Doctrine of Creation under the Second

Article

J. Richard Middleton, Roberts Wesleyan College

A New Heaven and a New Earth: The Case for a Holistic Reading of the Biblical Story of Redemption

Respondent: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Fuller Theological Seminary

Copies of the paper abstracts are available at the Christian Theological Research Fellowship (CTRF) website: www.ctrf.info. For additional information contact Vincent Bacote, Wheaton College, 1-630-752-5278, vincent.e.bacote@wheaton.edu.


AM19-33

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Theme: Hear the Cries of the World, Part 2

Presentations from the 7th International Conference at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles with selected papers on topics such as textual sources for dialogue, religion and healing, reconciliation in interfaith work, and contemporary women’s issues.

Business Meeting

Ruben Habito, Perkins School of Theology, Presiding


AM18-113

New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Editorial Board
Friday - 5:00 pm-10:30 pm


AM18-114

Søren Kierkegaard Society Banquet
Friday - 6:00 pm-10:00 pm

Ludwig’s Garten

1315 Samson St.

6:00 Social Hour

7:00 Banquet (contact David Kangas at dkangas@mailer.fsu.edu

8:00 Bruce Kirmse, Connecticut College

The Unpublished Works: Challenges and Rewards


AM18-115

Wabash Center Editorial Board
Friday - 6:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM18-105

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 20th Anniversary Celebration
Friday - 7:00 pm-10:00 pm


AM18-116

CSSR Board Meeting
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM18-117

Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

7:00 Welcome and Devotions

George Guthrie, Union University

7:15 Annual Lecture

Gordon Wenham, University of Gloucestershire

Some Unexploited Resources for Old Testament Ethics

8:15 Formal Response: Chris Wright, International Ministries Director, Langham Partnership International

8:30 Discussion from the floor

8:45 Reception hosted by Baker Book House

For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block, President, IBR, at 1-630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.


AM18-118

Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace Reception
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Applied Religious Studies: Research Resources for Dialogue And Reconciliation

Thomas Selover and Scott Dunbar, University of Saskatchewan

This session investigates how Religious Studies research can ground and guide the activist wing of inter-religious harmony and reconciliation efforts?

This open conversation will explore an engaged model of religious studies research, informed by applied anthropology and peace studies. What is the contribution of the academy at the intersection of scholarship, and dialogue and reconciliation.


AM18-119

LGBT Caucus
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

The LGBT Caucus is an informal network of LGBT scholars of religion that meets each year during the Annual Meetings to discuss the connections between our scholarship and activist work for social justice, both within the academy and in wider societal settings. For further information, contact: Jay Emerson Johnson at drjay1@earthlink.net.


AM18-120

Mennonite Scholars and Friends Reception
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM18-121

National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Perspectives in Religious Studies Editorial Board Meeting
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM18-122

North American Paul Tillich Annual Banquet
Friday - 7:00 pm-10:00 pm

Upstairs at Sotto Varalli, Booth Room, 231 South Broad Street

Our distinguished guest speaker, Ronald H. Stone of the University of Pittsburgh, will deliver the speech, “Reinie and Paulus: Allied Public Theologians.” The cost of the banquet is $50. Please make reservations with Fred Parrella, Religious Studies, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053-0335; 1-408-554-4714.


AM18-123

Quaker Theological Discussion Group
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Session II: Reviews of Towards Tragedy / Reclaiming Hope and The Liturgies of Quakerism by Ben Pink Dandelion

First Review: Hugh Barbour

Second Review: Ruth Pitman

Response from the author


AM18-124

Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies Reception
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM18-125

The Word Made Fresh
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Theme: Evangelical Theology and the Doctrine of Scripture

Canon: Graveyard and Site of Resurrection of Evangelicalism

William Abraham, Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

Moderator: John Franke, Assistant Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Biblical Theological Seminary

Respondents

Cherith Nordling, Director of Christian Formation lbr Campus Life, Calvin College

B.J. Oropeza, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Azusa Pacific University

Telford Work, Assistant Professor of Theology, Westmont College

Tribute to Stanley J. Grenz

Roger Olson, Professor of Theology, George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University

The Word Made Fresh forum seeks to stimulate creative dialogue among evangelical scholars of diverse backgrounds about pressing issues in contemporary theology.


AM18-126

Theology and Philosophy Co-operative
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM18-134

Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins: "Holy Men"
Friday - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm


AM18-127

Society for Hindu-Christian Studies
Friday - 7:30 pm-10:00 pm

Theme: Missions to India -- A Mixed Legacy: Revisiting de Nobili at 400, Ziegenbalg at 300

Corinne Dempsey, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Presiding

Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University

Three Ways of Reading Roberto de Nobili's Interpretation of Caste and Religion

Paul Collins, University College Chichester

De Nobili's Sannyasi Tradition in India Today

Will Sweetman, University of Otago

Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, the Tranquebar Mission, and the "Roman Horror"

Daniel Jeyaraj, Andover-Newton Theological School

Ziegenbalg's Cross-cultural and Inter-religious Approach: An Indian Perspective

Eliza Kent, Colgate University, Respondent

Questions? Contact elizakent66@hotmail.com.


AM18-128

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Friday - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm

Theme: Encountering Quaker Spirituality in Their Own Home: An Evening at the Historic Arch Street Meetinghouse

320 Arch St. (Arch and 4th; http://www.archstreetfriends.org)

All are welcome to learn the basics of Quaker spirituality and the role Quakers played in the “Pennsylvania Experiment.” The evening includes an historical exhibition, conversation with contemporary Quakers about the historical witness of the Religious Society of Friends and its role in a pluralistic world, and an opportunity for quiet worship “after the manner of Friends.” A light reception will follow. For more information, please contact ahouck@saintmarys.edu.


AM18-129

Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 4
Friday - 8:30 pm-9:30 pm


AM18-130

Polanyi Society: Hungarian Roots of Polanys's Heuristic Philosophy of Religion
Friday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

Martin Moleski, Ann Scott, and Phil Mullins will discuss the development of the newly-released biography of Michael Polanyi, co-authored by William Taussig Scott and Martin Moleski.

Information: www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/polanyi


AM18-132

AJCU Conference of Theology / Religious Studies Chairs
Friday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM18-58

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies - Board Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM19-1

Dialog: Editorial Council Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-2

Jerusalem University College - Associated Schools
Saturday - 7:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-3

NABPR Executive Committee Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM19-4

North American Paul Tillich Society - Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM19-5

Religious Studies Review Editors' Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM19-9

Schleiermacher Society
Saturday - 8:00 am-12:30 pm

James Brandt and Catherine Kelsey, Presiding

8:00 Gathering

Peter Foley, University of Arizona

Kant’s God Consciousness and Morality: Coleridge’s Enthusiastic Errors and Schleiermacher’s Perceptive Corrections

Anne Kleinkopf, Iliff School of Theology

Communication of God Consciousness in Schleiermacher’s Christian Faith

10:00 Christophe Chalamet, Fordham University

Calvin and Schleiermacher: Against Speculation

Normunds Titans, University of Latvia

The Relation of Speculation and Dogmatics in Schleiermacher’s Glaubenslehre

11:30 Works in Progress

Papers will be available for pre-distribution by October 1 from ckelsey@Iliff.edu.


AM19-11

Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting
Saturday - 8:00 am-12:30 pm

8:30 Devotions

Bryan Beyer, Columbia International University

8:45 Old Testament Paper

Richard Averbeck, Trinity International University

Foundations of History, Myth, and Ritual in Old Testament Biblical Theology

9:30 Formal Response: Kenneth Mathews, Beeson Divinity School

9:45 Business Meeting

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30 New Testament Paper

Rikki Watts, Regent College

The Word Become Flesh: What Would Biblical Theology Look Like If Truth Were Personal?

11:15 Formal Response: Robert Yarbrough, Trinity International University

11:30 Discussion from the floor

12:00 Adjournment

For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block, President, IBR, at 1-630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.


AM19-10

Council on Graduate Studies in Religion
Saturday - 8:30 am-1:00 pm


AM19-12

The Pluralism Project Bus Tour
Saturday - 8:30 am-12:00 pm

We anticipate visiting religious sites including the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Mosque and the Chua Bo De Buddhist Temple. Details will be available online at www.pluralism.org. Please contact us at staff@pluralism.org to reserve a seat. A modest fee will be required to cover the bus rental expense.


AM19-13

Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 5
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm


AM19-14

AJCU Conference of Theology/Religious Studies Chairs
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-17

Global Ethics and Religion Forum
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-18

Graduate Theological Union Alum Luncheon
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm


AM19-19

International Bonheoffer Society Board of Directors
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-20

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Editorial Board Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-21

Karl Barth Society of North America
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Panel Discussion: On Mike Higton, Christ, Providence And History: Hans W. Frei's Public Theology (T. & T. Clark, 2004)

Chair: George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary

Panel: Mike Higton, University of Exeter; Jason Springs, Princeton University; Katherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological Seminary; Ronald F. Thiemann, Harvard Divinity School


AM19-22

La Communidad
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-23

Liverpool Hope - Manchester Colloquium on Early Methodism: Texts, Traditions, Theologies
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm

9:00 Introduction:

Kenneth Newport, Liverpool Hope University

9:10- 11:20 Presentations:

Richard Heitzenrater, Duke University

Ted Campbell, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Jeremy Gregory, University of Manchester

Robert Webster, University of Oxford

Joanna Cruickshank, University of Melbourne

Gareth Lloyd, University of Manchester

11:20-11:30 Response:

Paul Chilcote, Duke University

Session Two

Liverpool Hope-Manchester Colloquium on Early Methodism: Texts, Traditions, Theologies

Paul Chilcote, Duke University, Presiding

During this session there will be opportunity for debate and discussion of issues arising out of the earlier presentations on the life and work of Charles Wesley and related issues.


AM19-24

Lutheran Women in Theological Studies
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Lutheran women in theological and religious studies as well as some local Lutheran clergywomen gather annually for scholarship, worship, and friendship. Lutheran women scholars – including graduate students – and other women who teach or study at Lutheran colleges and seminaries are welcome to attend all or part of the meeting. Questions? To register, please contact Sandra Mejia at 1-773-380-2885 or sandra.mejia@elca.org.


AM19-25

Mennonite Scholars and Friends Forum
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-26

Mission and Biblical Interpretation: Toward a Missional Hermeneutic
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

What would it mean to read the Bible self-consciously and with an explicit methodological starting point in an ecclesial location that is construed as fundamentally missional in cast and character? For three years, scholars have discussed this question at AAR and SBL. Join the conversation at this session featuring paper presentations and discussion (sponsored by the Gospel and Our Culture Network). For information, visit www.gocn.org or contact Michael Barram, Saint Mary’s College of California, at mbarram@stmarys-ca.edu or 1-925-631-4458.


AM19-27

National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-28

The Neibuhr Society Annual Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

This session is in conjunction with the Journal of Political Theology.

Theme: Views of Niebuhr and Women: Three Voices After Decades of Debate

Convener: Max L. Stackhouse, Princeton Theological Seminary

Panel:

Reinhold Niebuhr: Public and Private

Marion Pauck, Independent Scholar; Oxford University Press Editor (ret.)

Pride, Sensuality and ‘han’: Revisiting Sin from the Underside

Susan Nelson, Theology and Culture, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

A Retrospectgive Evaluation of Feminist/Womanist Reflections on R. Niebuhr

Rebekah Miles, Christian Ethics, Perkins School of Theology, SMU

Followed by:

Business Meeting: Suggestions for Next Year; Election of new Convener and

Board Member(s), Comments from Editor(s), Journal of Political Theology, etc.


AM19-29

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: Reconsidering Theories: Yoga, Transcendence, and the Gods

Jeff Ruff, Marshall University

T. J. Wellman, University of Pennsylvania

Roger Beck, University of Toronto

NAASR Business meeting 11:00-11:30 a.m.


AM19-31

Polanyi Society: The Life and Thought of Michael Polanyi
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Panel discussion: Andy Sanders, Richard Gelwick, Lee Congdon, Leslie A. Muray.

Moderator: Martin Moleski

Annual Business Meeting, 11:15-11:30 AM.

Information: www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/polanyi/.


AM19-32

Restoration Theological Research Fellowship
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-34

Society for Hindu-Christian Studies
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: Loving God in Light of Hindu and Christian Perspectives

Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding

Archana Venkatesan, St. Lawrence University

How to Love God Like a Woman: Some Thoughts on Loving God in the Srivaisnava Sampradaya

Martin Robindra Ganeri, University of Edinburgh

Ramanuja on Loving God -- Aquinas on Loving God: A Hindu-Christian Encounter

Tinu Ruparell, University of Calgary

Love of God and Unity of Wisdom in Ramanuja, Plato, and Leibniz

John Carman, Harvard University

Respondent

Business Meeting: 11:00 a.m.

Questions? Contact elizakent66@hotmail.com.


AM19-35

Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies Annual Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

9:00 Welcome

Wilson Yates, President of the Society

9:10 The Theology of the St. John's Bible

Fr. Michael Patella, OSB, is Associate Professor of Theology at St. John's

University, in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he also serves on The St.

John's Bible Committee on Illumination and Text.

10:30 Break

10:45 Business Session / Small Groups

For additional information regarding this meeting, see our website at

www.ARTSmag.org/society.htm, or contact Kimberly Vrudny at 1-651-962-5337

kjvrudny@stthomas.edu.


AM19-36

The Society for the Study of Anglicanism
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm

Covenant, Coherence and Communion: Anglicanism after the "Windsor Report"

8:45 Gathering, Coffee

9:00 Main Session

Chair: Very Rev’d Richard Giles, Dean, Philadelphia Cathedral

David Ford, Cambridge, UK:

A Wisdom for Anglican Life

Respondent: Paula Nesbitt, UC-Berkeley

10:45 Break

11:00 Panel Session

Chair: Ian Markham, Hartford Seminary, CT.

Esther Mombo, John Chesworth, St. Paul’s College, Kenya

Ian Douglas, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA

Wendy Dackson, NY, Malcolm Brown, Cambridge, UK

12:30 Close

Further inquiries: mpercy@ripon-cuddesdon.ac.uk or thomas.hughson@marquette.edu.


AM19-38

Soren Kierkegaard Society
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: Kierkegaard and Psychology

Stacey Ake, Drexel University, Presiding

9:00 Steve Evans, Baylor University

Can Psychology Be Christian and Still Be a Science? Some Kierkegaardian Reflections

Respondent: Noel Adams, Marquette University

10:00 Break

10:15 Vincent McCarthy, St. Joseph’s University

Kierkegaard’s Unacknowledged Debt to Freud

Respondent: Karen Carr, Lawrence University

11:15 Business Meeting


AM19-39

United Methodist - Women of Color Scholarship Program
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-46

Colloquium on Violence and Religion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-106

United Methodist - Women of Color Scholarship Program
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM19-40

New Developments in Religious Studies V: Keeping Ourselves Current
Saturday - 9:30 am-12:00 pm


AM19-41

New Developments in Religious Studies V: Keeping Ourselves Current
Saturday - 9:30 am-12:00 pm


AM19-42

Christian Scholarship Foundation
Saturday - 11:30 am-1:00 pm


AM19-43

International Bonheoffer Society Annual Meeting of Members
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm


AM19-44

North American Paul Tillich Society - Annual Business Meeting
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm


AM19-45

Wabash Center Caucus of Scholars of Religiously Affiliated Institutions Luncheon
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm


AM19-16

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

9:00 Theme: Dying, Death and Afterlife in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions

Adarsh Deepak, DANAM, and Rita Sherma, Binghamton University, Conveners

Graham Schweig, Christopher Newport University, Presiding

Arindam Chakrabarti, University of Hawaii at Manoa

In Hindu Dharma Traditions

Karma Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego

In Buddhist Dharma Traditions

Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount University

In Jain Dharma Traditions

Alan Segal, Columbia University

In Western Religions- Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Discussions


AM19-30

Person, Culture, and Religion
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

9:00-10:00 Theme: Works in Progress

John McDargh, Presider

New scholars welcome

10:00 Discussion: Spiritually-Oriented Approaches to Therapy: What Roles Do Religious and Theological Studies Play?

Carrie Doehring, Iliff School of Theology, Presenter

11:00–11:30 Business Meeting

Kathleen Bishop and Pamela Cooper-White, PCR Co-Chairs, Presiders


AM19-37

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality: Presidential Address and Business Meeting
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

1:00 Rereading a Spiritual Classic: Thérèse of Lisieux, Far From Spiritual Childhood

The 2005 Presidential Address by Joann Wolski Conn (Neumann College)

2:30 Business Meeting

David B. Perrin (Université St. Paul), President-elect, presiding

All are welcome. For more information, please contact Anita Houck at ahouck@saintmarys.edu.


AM19-50

The Association for Case Teaching
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Join colleagues from across the disciplines in exploring the use of case teaching in the classroom. Used in a wide variety of academic settings, case teaching has proven to be an effective way of engaging students in the critical thinking and creativity that are crucial to religious studies and theology. For more information, contact the Association for Case Teaching at 1-325-674-3701 or www.caseteaching.org.


AM19-53

Jerusalem University College: Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM19-54

Res Publica - Terrorism and Religion: Democracy and Security in a Pluralistic Society
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm


AM20-56

Theta Alpha Kappa Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm


AM19-51

Association of Practical Theology
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM19-52

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Theme: Samkhya-Yoga after Larson: New Directions in Samkhya-Yoga Research

Tracy Pintchman, Loyola University Chicago, Convener

Judy Saltzman, California Polytechnic State University, Presiding

Panelists:

T. S. Rukmani, Concordia University, Canada

Lloyd W. Pflueger, Truman State University

Pratap Kumar, University of KwaZulu Nata, South Africa

Paul Muller-Ortega, University of Rochester

Knut Axel Jacobsen, University of Bergen, Norway

Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Tracy Pintchman, Loyola University Chicago

Gerald J. Larson, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara, and University of Indiana, Bloomington, Respondent


AM19-100

Abingdon Press Evangelical Theology Series
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM19-101

Art/s of Interpretation Group - Political Commitment and the Study of Religion
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Presiding: Randal Cummings, Cal State University, Northridge

This session/round-table discussion addresses the role of the scholar’s own political commitments in his or her study of religious communities. Must such commitments be “bracketed”? Should they be? How does the study of certain religious communities (e.g., indigenous or minority religious communities that have faced oppression or even genocide) lead scholars to positions of political advocacy? Is this an appropriate or even desired outcome of scholarship?

Being An Expert on An Unknown Religion

-Jorunn J. Buckley, Bowdoin College

Scholars or Activists? Russell McCutcheon and the Historicization of Privacy

Craig Martin, Syracuse University

Thoughts on Being a Scholar of Islam and a Muslim in America Post-9/11

Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount

Mi’kmaq Myth and Aboriginal Claims

Jennifer I. M. Reid, University of Maine, Farmington

Respondents: Eric Bain-Selbo, Lebanon Valley College; Lisa J. Poirier, Miami University;

Rick Talbott, Cal State University, Northridge


AM19-103

College Theology Society Board Meeting
Saturday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM19-104

Philosophy’s Turn to Religion
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

This year’s Synousia session will explore the reasons motivating philosophy’s engagement with religion in recent years. Through presentations dealing with various aspects of this turn from or within academic philosophy to religion, and a dialogue with Hent de Vries, whose work is central in this regard, we hope to shed some light on the different ways in which this ongoing event has complicated, supplemented, enriched, and challenged the practices of contemporary philosophy.

Participants to include: Hent de Vries (Johns Hopkins University/University of Amsterdam), Jon Bussanich (University of New Mexico), Peter Ochs (University of Virginia), J. Thomas Higgins (California State University, Fresno), Rocco Gangle (Oberlin College), and Jason Smick (California State University, Fresno).


AM19-107

Won Institute of Graduate Studies/ Asian-Based Buddhist Groups Reception
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Please drop in for light refreshments, some information about Won Buddhism in Philadelphia, and an open conversation on “Shifts in the Perception and Reception of Buddhism in USA: Significant or Not?” Members of Asian-Based Buddhist Groups especially urged to attend. Rev. Bokin Kim will present case report on training of Euro-American leaders in Won Buddhism. We hope to have provocative statements by scholars of trends in Buddhism in USA. We aim for conversation rather than academic papers. For more information: cdallery@earthlink.net.


AM19-138

Association of Practical Theology
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Kathleen Cahalan, Saint John's University, Presiding

Reflection on the "Turn to the Practical" and Its Significance for Bible, History, Systematic, and Practical Theology

Michael Brown, Emory University

James Hudnut-Beumler, Vanderbilt University

Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke University

Respondent:

Rodney Hunter, Emory University

Business Meeting

Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt University, Presiding

For additional information contact Kathleen Cahalan, kcahalan@csbsju.edu, or Rodney Hunter, rhunt02@emory.edu.


AM19-140

Fund for Theological Education Reception Honoring Current and Former FTE Fellows
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm


AM19-108

Westminster Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Dinner at Glenside, PA Campus
Saturday - 6:00 pm-9:00 pm

Westminster is hosting an alumni/ae dinner on the Glenside campus Saturday evening, November 19, 2005. A chartered bus will depart from the Marriott Hotel in Center City at 5:00 pm to take you to the campus and return at 10:00 pm. The evening program will include remarks by the newly installed president, tour of the rare book room, and a demonstration in the Hebrew Institute. There is no cost, but we request that you RSVP to Professor Al Groves at agroves@wts.edu or 1-215-572-3845.


AM19-109

ATS Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM19-110

Brigham Young University and Friends Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM19-112

Description Group
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

The Description project’s purpose is to develop a form of Christian theology in which proper attention is paid both to dogmatics and to ethnography. It seeks to find an appropriate balance between (1) identifying the dogmatic commitments that are part of any description of religious life, however factual it may aim to be and (2) requiring proper ethnographic study to confirm or challenge any claims made in systematic theology about the church or other objects. We wish to overcome a dualism between theology whose descriptions of the world proceed ‘like a hot knife through butter’ and those which struggle to formulate generalisations from particulars. There will be five very brief position papers, followed by discussion. The discussions will be introduced by British theologians Nick Adams (Edinburgh), Ben Quash (Cambridge), Tim Jenkins (Cambridge), Mike Higton (Exeter) and Susannah Ticciati (London). All are welcome to this interdisciplinary session. For further information, including abstracts of the short papers, please contact n.adams@ed.ac.uk after 30 August 2005.


AM19-113

European Society of Women in Theological Researsh (ESWTR)
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Theme: Religion and Sexuality in the Public Discourse in Europe and the USA: Panel and Discussion

Susanne Scholz, Merrimack College, Presiding

Panelists:

Bernadette Brooten, Brandeis University

Maaike de Haardt, Radboud University

Ursula King, University of Bristol

Kathleen Sands, University of Massachusetts

Respondent:

Katharina von Kellenbach, St. Mary’s College

For additional information, contact susanne.scholz@merrimack.edu.


AM19-114

Evangelical Philosophical Society
Saturday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

Theme: What Can Christian Theologians Learn from Kant?: A Discussion of Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion

Chris Firestone, Trinity College, and Stephen Palmquist, Hong Kong Baptist University Introducing Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion

John Hare, Yale Divinity School

Kant on Human Depravity

Christopher McCammon, University of Nebraska

Foundations of a Kantian Religious Epistemology

Nathan Jacobs, Calvin Theological Seminary

Kant's Apologia

Christophe Chalamet, Fordham University

Response to the Panel

Audience discussion to follow. For further information regarding this session, contact Scott Smith, scott.smith@truth.biola.edu.


AM19-115

Faculty of Theology, University of St. Michael's College, Novalis and Toronto School of Theology Annual Reception for Friends and Graduates
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM19-116

International Bonheoffer Society Annual Dinner
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

The International Bonhoeffer Society/English Language Section will hold its annual dinner for members and friends on Saturday, November 19, 7:00 p.m., at the Independence Brew Pub (1150 Filbert Street), within walking distance of Convention Center and near-by hotels. Per person: $35. For reservations and further information, contact the Rev. Charles Sensel, 3624 Belvoir, Rockford, IL 61107 1-815-399-3511, cssensel@tds.net.


AM19-117

Korean - North American Theology Group
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Two new books will be discussed: Anselm Min's The Solidarity of Others in A Divided World and Hee An Choi's Korean Feminist Theology. If you are interested in having dinner together prior to the meeting, please contact Prof. Sang Hyun Lee at 1-609-799-6133, sang.lee@ptsem.edu, Prof. Grace Kim at 1-610-625-6511, gjskim@moravian.edu, or Prof. Andrew Park 1-937-427-9116, aspark@united.edu.


AM19-118

Louisville Institute Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM19-119

North American Hindu Association of Dharma Studies
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Kusumita P. Pedersen, St. Francis College, NY, presiding

Theme: How to Teach Hinduism to a Western Audience

Panelists:

Linda Hess, Stanford University

Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Wellesley College

Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawai’I, Manoa

Arvind Sharma, McGill University


AM19-120

Presbyterian Scholars Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Members of the Presbyterian Church (USA.) and faculty at Presbyterian institutions are invited to this reception to meet and connect with each other. In addition to light refreshments, we hope to find ways to link more closely with one another and with the church. Sponsored by the Office of Theology and Worship, the Office of Theological Education and the Presbyterian Association of Musicians. For further information contact Anita Brown, (888) 728-7228 x5033, abrown@ctr.pcusa.org.


AM19-121

Science and Religion Reception Hosted by CTNS, IRAS, and ZCRS
Saturday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-122

Wabash Center Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm


AM19-142

Smyth and Helwys Commentary Editorial Board
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-114

Institute for Ancient Near Eastern and AfroAsiatic Cultural Research - Colloquium
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

This year's session will consist of a discussion of D. B. Redford's From Slave to Pharaoh: The Black Experience of Ancient Egypt (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). For additional information on the session, please visit the Institute's website at www.iaacr.org or contact Dr. Hugh R. Page, Jr. at poet@hrpj.com.


AM19-125

Baker Academic and Brazos Press Reception
Saturday - 8:00 pm-11:00 pm

We will celebrate the premiere of two important projects:

The launch of the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible, edited by R. R. Reno, Robert W. Jenson, Robert Louis Wilken, Ephraim Radner, Michael Root, and George Sumner. Brief remarks by Stanley Hauerwas at 8:30 p.m.

The publication of the Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Brief remarks by N. T. Wright at 9:30 p.m.


AM19-123

Walter de Gruyter Publisher's Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-124

Wesleyan Theological Society and Society for Pentecostal Studies Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-127

Azusa Pacific University Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-10:30 pm


AM19-128

The Collegeville Reception: The Bible and the Blues
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-129

Continuum Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-130

Fortress Press Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

Please join us! At this year's reception, Fortress Press will again present two annual awards for innovative teaching. For further infomration and nomination form, visit www.fortresspress.com.


AM19-131

Harvard University Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-132

Hispanic Theological Initiative Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-133

New Religious Movements Group Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-134

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

Session One: The Liezi

Chair: Livia Kohn, Boston University

Body and Identity in the Liezi

Livia Kohn, Boston University

Can Mud Daubers Transform Caterpillars? Masters and Their Students in the Zhuangzi & Liezi

Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University

Transforming Xianship: Reading the Zhuangzi in Liezi

Jeffrey Dippmann, Central Washington


AM19-135

Vanderbilt University Alumni/ae and Friends Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-136

W. F. Albright Institute Reception for Alumni/ae and Friends
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-137

WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-141

University of California, Santa Barbara Religious Studies Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM19-143

Johns Hopkins University Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-1

Churches of Christ Professors
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM20-2

Conversations Advisory Board Meeting
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM20-3

Disciples of Christ Faculty/Student Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM20-4

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM20-5

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

We welcome Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary alumni/ae to our Annual AAR and SBL Sunday Morning Worship Breakfast. This will be an occasion for us to fellowship and hear from President Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., as well as worship together. Please join us! Please RSVP by November 4, 2005 to 1-978-646-4029.


AM20-6

Liturgy for Catholics and Friends
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM20-7

Lutheran Professors and Graduate Students Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

Sponsored by Augsburg Fortress.

Speaker: Wolfhart Pannenberg, University of Munich

World-renowned theologian and author Prof. Pannenberg will speak on The Christian Doctrine of Creation and Natural Science.

Please email your breakfast reservation no later than November 11 to events@augsburgfortress.org.


AM20-20

Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation Board of Directors
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM20-21

Science and Religion Networking Breakfast, Hosted by the Metanexus Institute
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM20-8

University of Birmingham Department of Theology and Religion Breakfast Reception
Sunday - 7:30 am-8:30 am


AM20-9

Free Methodist and Wesleyan Church Breakfast
Sunday - 7:30 am-8:30 am


AM20-10

Worship Service Sponsored by the Institute for Biblical Research
Sunday - 7:30 am-8:30 am

The Institute for Biblical Research is sponsoring a worship service in the protestant evangelical tradition to be held from 7:30-8:30 am. Fellows, Associates, Friends of IBR, and all interested participants at the various annual meetings are invited. The service, led by Wayne Johnson, Dean of the Chapel, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, will include prayer, congregational singing, selected readings, and a meditation by Don A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL. For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block, President, IBR, at 1-630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.


AM20-19

The Spirituality of Young People
Sunday - 9:00 am-11:30 am


AM20-100

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Sunday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: Challenges in Teaching "Sensitive" Topics in Hindu Traditions in the Western Diaspora Context

Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida, Presiding

Here, the "sensitive" and difficult topics in teaching Hindu Traditions in the Western context include, but are not limited to: Divinity and divinities (The One and the Many), devas and devis (gods and goddesses), lila, imaging the divine, "graven" image, linga, Kali, holy cow, Sanskrit Dharma terms and concepts without western counterparts, worshipful arts, misappropriations of yoga, TM, sacred rivers such as Ganga (not “Ganges”), etc. The panel will consist of 8 invited panelists.

Panelists

Graham Schweig, Christopher Newport University

Lila; The One and the Many

Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida

Others TBA

Program updates are available at: http://www.danam-web.org/events.htm


AM20-11

Biblical Interpretation Editorial Board Meeting
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm


AM20-12

Christian Theological Research Fellowship
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm

Theme: Sigurd Bergmann, <9>Creation Set Free: The Holy Spirit as Liberator of Nature (Eerdmans)

Bernie Van De Walle, Alliance University College, Nazarene University College, Presiding

Panelists:

Lois Malcolm, Luther Seminary

Mark Wallace, Swarthmore College

Sam Powell, Point Loma Nazarene University

Responding:

Sigurd Bergmann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For additional information contact Vincent Bacote (President, CTRF)

Wheaton College, 1-630-752-5278, vincent.e.bacote@wheaton.edu.


AM20-13

Dempster Selection Committee
Sunday - 11:45 am-3:30 pm


AM20-14

HUC-JIR Annual Alumni Luncheon
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm


AM20-15

Journal of Religious Ethics Editorial Board Luncheon
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm


AM20-18

WBC Luncheon
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm


AM20-50

Society of Christian Philosophers
Sunday - 1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Topic: In Search of the Soul, ed. Joel B. Green

Chair: C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University

Speakers: John Cooper, Calvin Theological Seminary

R. Douglas Geivett, Biola University

Respondent: Joel B. Green, Asbury Theological Seminary


AM20-51

Walter Kaiser Reception
Sunday - 1:30 pm-3:30 pm


AM20-55

Institute for Signifying Scriptures Reception for New Collaboraters and Associates
Sunday - 2:30 pm-3:30 pm


AM19-102

Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture
Sunday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm

Members are invited to attend a reception highlighting the work of various centers and institutes engaged in the study of religion in America.


AM20-101

Foucault Consultation: Discussion of Society Must Be Defended
Sunday - 3:00 pm-4:30 pm

The Foucault Consultation welcomes all who are interested in participating in an open discussion of Michel Foucault’s Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the Collège de France 1975-1976 (New York: Picador, 2003), and its significance for religious and theological studies. Light refreshments will be provided. Questions, please contact Tom Beaudoin, Religious Studies Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA; tbeaudoin@scu.edu; 408-554-4668.


AM20-102

Korean Biblical Colloquium
Sunday - 4:00 pm-6:00 pm

4:00 Greetings

4:20 Jaewon Lee, McCormick Theological Seminary

Romans and the Politics of Difference

5:00 Rohun Park, Vanderbilt University

Revisiting the Parable of the Prodigal Son for Decolonization:

Luke’s Re-configuration of oikos in 15:11-32

5:40 Business Meeting

Papers will be circulated in advance and discussed at the session. For additional

information, please contact John Ahn (john.ahn@yale.edu) or Paul Kim

(pkim@mtso.edu).


AM20-103

Sites of Paul in Asia Minor - Turkey & the 7 Churches of the Revelation
Sunday - 3:00 pm-4:30 pm


AM20-153

Jewish Publication Society Authors Reception
Sunday - 3:00 pm-4:30 pm


AM20-157

Theta Alpha Kappa Annual General Meeting and Reception
Sunday - 3:00 pm-4:30 pm


AM20-54

University of Southern California School of Religion Reception
Sunday - 5:00 pm-8:00 pm

9 AM – 10:30AM

Hellenic and Roman Reconstructionsts and the Making of Sacred Space on the Web

Maria Bittarello

“Romancing the Pagan”: Folk Music, Politics, and Ideology in Pagan Intellectual History

Christopher Chase

TBA

10:45AM - 12:30PM Panel Session

Writing as an Academic or a Practitioner

12:30PM - 2PM Lunch Break

2PM - 3:30PM

“Romuva” Celebrates “Rasa“. Reclaiming Ancient Baltic Traditions through the Modern Celebration of Summer Solstice in Lithuania

Susan Carter

Religioning Reconstruction: Active change in Reconstructionist Paganism

Cat McEarchern

3:30PM - 5:30PM Book Session: Researching Paganisms


AM20-104

Baylor University Press Reception
Sunday - 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

Baylor University Press, along with the Department of Religion and George W. Truett Theological Seminary, invites all Press authors, University graduates, and friends of the university to the reception.


AM20-52

Fascism, Fundamentalism, and Women's Resistance - Mary Daly, Presiding
Sunday - 7:00 pm-9:30 pm


AM20-53

University of Manchester Department of Religion and Theology Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-105

Asbury Theological Seminary Alumni/ae and Friends Gathering
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-106

Carleton College Department of Religion 50th Anniversary Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-107

Center of Theological Inquiry Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-108

Dempster Scholars Banquet
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-109

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and University of Pittsburgh Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-110

Evangelical Philosophical Society
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Theme: Remembering Jesus’ Resurrection: James D. G. Dunn on the Resurrection of Jesus

Chair: William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology

Speaker: Stephen T. Davis, Claremont McKenna College

Gary Habermas, Liberty University

Respondent: James D. G. Dunn, University of Durham

For further information regarding this session, contact Scott Smith, scott.smith@truth.biola.edu.


AM20-111

Gay Men's Issues in Religion Group Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-112

Hendrickson Publishers Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-9:30 pm


AM20-113

Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver Joint Ph.D. Program Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-117

New Living Translation Dinner
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-119

Princeton Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-120

Princeton University Department of Religion Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-121

Religion Editorial Board Meeting
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-122

Indiana University Religious Studies Alumni/ae Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-123

Temple University Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

The Temple University Department of Religion is hosting a reception to honor our distinguished alumnus, John Esposito, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University and Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, on the occasion of his receiving the Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. All graduates, current students and faculty of Temple University, and friends of our department and of Dr. Esposito are welcome to attend.


AM20-124

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Religious Studies Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-127

University of Pennsylvania Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Graduates and friends of the Department and Graduate Group of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania are invited to a reception at Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street. The Center is a short walk south and east of the Convention Center, just on the other side of Independence Hall.


AM20-128

Wabash Center Dinner for New Teachers
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-129

Yale University Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-151

Baha'I Studies Colloquy 2005
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Dr. Robert H. Stockman, DePaul University, presiding

Theme: A Discussion of Leigh E. Schmidt’s Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality

Panelists:

Christopher White, Georgia State University

James Eldin Reed, Harvard University

Robert H. Stockman, DePaul University

Respondent: Leigh E. Schmidt, Princeton University


AM21-125

United Church of Christ Scholars Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM20-130

InterVarsity Press Symposium and Reception: The History of Evangelicalism -- A Conversation
Sunday - 7:30 pm-10:00 pm

7:30 pm Welcome

7:45 pm Panel Discussion: The History of Evangelicalism with Mark Noll and David Bebbington

Join historians Noll and Bebbington as they discuss the complex story of one of today's most widely known (and hotly contested) religious movements.

Noll and Bebbington are the initial contributors to IVP's History of Evangelicalism series.

8:30 pm Dessert Reception


AM20-131

University of Iowa Reception
Sunday - 7:30 pm-9:00 pm


AM20-132

Westminister John Knox Press Reception
Sunday - 7:30 pm-9:00 pm


AM20-133

Society for Scriptural Reasoning - Quranic Reasoning
Sunday - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm

Theme: The Reason vs. Revelation Debate in Light of the Qur’anic Narrative on Abraham, Moses and Jesus

This session will be the first in a series that examines a philosophical issue from the perspective of the Qur’anic narratives on Abraham, Moses and Jesus. The presentations in this session will explore the if there is any relationship between reason and revelation given the Qur’an’s description of the lives/ministries of Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Future sessions will examine the issues of faith vs. doubt and free-will vs. predestination in light of the Qur’anic narratives on these seminal figures.

One month prior to the meeting the papers and responses may be found on the SSR/Drew University Website: www.depts.drew.edu/ssr/nationalssr/.


AM20-118

The Pluralism Project Reception
Sunday - 8:30 pm-10:00 pm

Diana Eck and the Pluralism Project will host this gathering of affiliate researchers, allies, advisors, friends and colleagues. Please join us for refreshments, networking, conversation and informal updates on research projects. Your rsvp to staff@pluralism.org is appreciated.


AM20-152

Comparative Monotheism: Studies in Comparative Theology
Sunday - 8:30 pm-11:00 pm

Presiding, Kurt Anders Richardson, McMaster University,

'Multiconfessionalism and Monotheism in Medieval Islam’, Vincent Cornell, University of Arkansas

'Nestorian Monotheism in 8th Century China', Vincent Shen, University of Toronto

"Monotheism and Aniconism in 19th Century Hindu Reform’, Noel Salmond, Carlton University

Response

Francis X. Clooney, S. J., Harvard University


AM19-111

The Catholic University of America Reception - CANCELLED
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

<s>The Dean and Faculty of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at CUA invite all alumni, students, friends and people interested in our School to our annual reception. We look forward to having you with us.

For additional information about this event, contact Donna Jones at 202.319.5701 or jones@cua.edu.</s>


AM20-115

Mercer University Press, McAfee School of Theology, and Mercer University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-116

Muktabodha Indological Research Institute Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

We invite to you drop by for conversation with our Faculty and refreshments including authentic ladoos.

This is also an opportunity to view our expanded online digital library and learn how you can offer your input; preview our upcoming publications; learn about our expanding scholarship program in India; hear our audio recordings invoking Ganesha and Vishnu; and see fresh footage of students at our Vedashala.

For information on Muktabodha see www.muktabodha.org.


AM20-126

University of Notre Dame Theology Department Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-134

Boston University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-135

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Western Seminary, Calvin Seminary, Calvin Seminars in Christian Scholarship, Calvin and Hope Religion Departments Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

This wine and cheese reception is open to alumni and interested persons, hosted by John Witvliet, Director, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship; Dennis Voskuil, President, Western Seminary; Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., President, Calvin Seminary; James K.A. Smith, Director, Seminars in Christian Scholarship; Kenneth Pomykala, Religion Chair, Calvin College; and Barry Bandstra, Religion Chair, Hope College.


AM20-136

Center for Process Studies Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

Join us for wine, cheese, and conversation. Friends and members of CPS and anyone interested in process-relational approaches to religious studies, theology, biblical hermeneutics, and philosophy of religion are invited. Greet John Cobb, network, discuss, and schmooze. Informal, fun!


AM20-137

Concordia Reception (Concordia Seminary, Concordia Theological Seminary, Corcordia Academic Press)
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-138

University of Chicago Divinity School Reception for Alumni/ae and Friends
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-139

Drew University Alumni/ae Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-140

Duke University Graduate Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-141

Emory University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-142

Florida State University Department of Religion Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-143

International Greek New Testament Project
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-144

Marquette University Department of Theology Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-145

Nazarene Theological Seminary Alumni/ae and Friends Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-146

Perkins School of Theology and Southern Methodist University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-146

Southern Methodist University and Perkins School of Theology Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-147

Scottish Universities Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

Alumni, prospective students, and friends of the Universities of Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and St. Andrews are invited for drinks, updates on developments, and to meet academic staff on hand.


AM20-148

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

Session Two: Comparative Religious Ethics

Chair: Margaret Pearson, Skidmore College

Path of Action in the Bhagavad Gita

Bina Gupta, University of Missouri

Spiritualizing the Flesh: Nietzsche and Dogen on Embodiment as Spiritual Praxis

Joel Krueger, Purdue University

The Ethics of Attainment: A Comparison of the Ethical in Derrida and Dogen

Victor Forte, Albright College


AM20-149

Union/Columbia Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-154

Queen's Foundation Research Centre (UK) Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-155

Brown University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM20-150

Science and Religion Reception
Sunday - 10:00 pm-12:00 am


AM20-17

Lutheran Theological Society of America
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

7:00 am – 8:30 am

7:00 am – Morning Prayer

7:15 am – Program

Topic: TBA

No registration required. Questions? Please contact Sandra Mejia at 1-773-380-2885 or sandra.mejia@elca.org.


AM21-1

Friends of Regent College Breakfast
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM21-2

Fuller Theological Seminary Breakfast
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

Speaker: Dr. Edith L. Blumhofer, Director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals and Professor of History, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Theme: “Rescue, Assurance, Safety, Toil: Fanny Crosby’s Evangelicalism”

For reservations contact Fuller’s Office of Alumni/ae and Church Relations: alum-alumni@dept.fulller.edu or call 1-626-584-5498 by November 6.


AM21-3

Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture in Africa and the African Diaspora - Working Group
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

The focus of this session will be on the Africana Biblical Commentary project. For additional information, please contact Dr. Hugh R. Page, Jr. at poet@hrpj.com.


AM21-5

Society of John Wesley Fellows Breakfast
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM21-6

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Annual Alumni/ae Breakfast
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

Friends and alumni/ae of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School are invited to join Dean Tite Tiénou and members of the faculty for breakfast and fellowship. Reservations may be made with Joanna Hoffman, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2065 Half Day Road, Deerfield, IL 60015; phone 1-847-317-8042; fax: 1-847-317-8141. Cost for the breakfast is $10 and must be prepaid by November 5, 2005.


AM21-7

Union Seminary - PSCE Breakfast
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM21-11

Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation Board of Advisors
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM21-8

Consultation on Dutch Protestant Traditions
Monday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: From Barmen to Belhar: Public Theology in Situations of Crisis

All AAR/SBL members are invited to the inaugural meeting of this Consultation, which will examine the continuing significance of Dutch Protestantism from international perspectives (e.g. The Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Korea, and Southern Africa). Panelists will discuss the theme chosen for 2005 from historical, ethical, contextual and theological perspectives: George Harinck, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (on the historical reception of Barmen); Mieke Holkeboer, independent scholar (on human rights perspectives); Christo Lombard, University of the Western Cape (on Belhar as public theology); Allan Janssen, New Brunswick Theological Seminary (on confessing Belhar in the RCA). For additional information: clifford.anderson@ptsem.edu.


AM21-9

Wabash Center Grant Writing Consultation
Monday - 9:00 am-5:00 pm


AM21-10

University of Regensburg Institute of Protestant Theology Alumni Luncheon
Monday - 11:45 am-1:00 pm


AM21-12

Journal for the Study of the New Testament Editorial Board Meeting
Monday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm


AM21-50

Zygon 40th Anniversary Reception
Monday - 4:00 pm-6:00 pm


AM21-126

Baha'I Studies Colloquy 2005
Monday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Dr. Robert Stockman, DePaul University, presiding

4:00 Dr. Mike McMullen, University of Houston-Clear Lake

“Race Relations and the History of the Houston Bahá’i

Community”

4:40 James Eldin Reed, Harvard University

“Mark Tobey, Bahai, and High Modernism in Seattle, 1922-1962”

5:20 Mikhail Sergeev, University of the Arts, Philadelphia

“Bahá’u’llah and Marx: A Comparison of Their Teachings and the Movements They Have Founded.”

6:00 Discussion

For additional information about these sessions or about the Bahá’i Studies Colloquy, contact Robert Stockman at rstockman@usbnc.org or 847-337-7750.


AM21-100

Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought
Monday - 5:15 pm-6:15 pm


AM21-101

American Journal of Theology and Philosophy
Monday - 6:30 pm-8:00 pm

Chair: Jennifer G. Jesse, Truman State University

Zandra Wagoner, University of La Verne

Kinship Figures, Polluted Legacies, and Recycling: Pragmatic Considerations for Feminist God-Talk

Respondent: Vaughan McTernan, Beloit College

Everyone is welcome! For additional information, contact Jennifer Jesse at jgjesse@truman.edu.


AM21-102

Congregation-based Biblical Scholarship Reception
Monday - 6:30 pm-7:30 pm

The Louisville Institute invites members and friends of the AAR and SBL who are interested in scholarship from and for communities of faith to join them at a reception following the two and SBL and “Congregation-based Biblical Scholarship” sessions. For further information contact Dr. William Brosend, Associate Director, The Louisville Institute, wbrosend@louisville-institute.org.


AM21-103

Ethnic Chinese Biblical Colloquium
Monday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

7:00 Review of One Teacher: Jesus’ Teaching Role in Matthew’s Gospel Report, John Yieh (BZNW 124: Walter De Gruyter, 2003)

Sze-kar Wan, Andover Newton Theological School, Presiding

Reviewers:

Celia Deutsch, Barnard College

Eric Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Responding:

John Yieh, Virginia Theological Seminary

9:00 Business Meeting: ECBC members only

For additional information regarding this session, contact Jeffrey Kuan at 1-510-849-8205 or kjkuan@psr.edu.


AM21-104

Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture in Africa and the African Diaspora - Reception
Monday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM21-106

SAGE Publications Reception
Monday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM21-107

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality: Governing Board
Monday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm


AM21-108

Society of Christian Philosophers
Monday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Topic: Discussion of C. Stephen Evans, Kierkegaard's Ethic of Love (Oxford University Press, 2004)

Chair: Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College

Speakers: M. Jamie Ferreira, University of Virginia

John Hare, Yale Divinity School

Respondent:. C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University


AM21-109

Textual Reasoning Study Session
Monday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

“The Poetics of Medieval Commentary on Torah”

Walter Herzberg, Jewish Theological Seminary

Conveners: Steven Kepnes, Rabbi Len Gordon

The Society for Textual Reasoning with will joined by Rabbi Len Gordon’s TR-Rabbinics Group and the Society for Scriptural Reasoning. Session open to all.


AM21-110

Brite Divinity School Reception
Monday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM21-111

Claremont Reception
Monday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM21-112

Durham University Department of Theology and Religion Reception
Monday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

The Department of Theology & Religion at Durham, UK welcomes alumni/ae, colleagues, friends and guests.

Information will be available for those interested in the following research areas: Biblical and Ancient Languages, Catholic Studies, Church History, Ethics, Hebrew Bible, Jewish Studies, New Testament, Philosophical Theology, Study of Religion, Systematic and Contemporary

Theology (www.dur.ac.uk/Theology). Details of residence packages in the colleges of Durham University will also be available.


AM21-113

Pro Ecclesia Reception
Monday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM21-114

Sheffield University and Sheffield Phoenix Press Department of Biblical Studies Reception
Monday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM21-115

Syracuse University Department of Religion Reception
Monday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM21-116

University of Virginia Reception for Faculty, Alumnus, and Friends
Monday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm


AM22-1

Dead Sea Discoveries Editorial Board Meeting
Tuesday - 7:00 am-8:30 am


AM22-2

Seminary Education in Theology, Ethics, and Reproductive Choice
Tuesday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

Over breakfast, this panel will present the experience of an innovative collaboration between the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, an activist non-profit organization, and Chicago Theological Seminary faculty in developing and piloting a graduate-level course addressing theology, pastoral care, and reproductive choice issues. Panel members will discuss the history and processes of the development of the course “Theology and Reproductive Choice,” its curriculum, teaching methods, and the experiences with its pilot offering to seminary students. Strategies for navigating volatile issues in the classroom and creating space for theological analysis and pastoral care preparation will be highlighted. Please RSVP by November 15 to Rabbi Bonnie Margulis, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, 1-202-628-7700, bmargulis@rcrc.org.


AM22-3

Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research Symposion
Tuesday - 12:00 pm-3:00 pm

Wine & Cheese Reception; symposion – Latin, drinking party.

SBL and AAR delegates welcomed.

Come wind down after a busy conference:

String trio; Great wine; Delicious hors'dourves; Kosher table provided; No presentations.

This event is open to all conference attendees. For more information contact Brian Becker at 573-778-6500 (mobile) or Becker@JS.org.


 

Please join us in
beautiful Baltimore for the
2013 AAR Annual Meeting
November 23-26

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