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2003 Additional Meetings
AM240
"Focus on Japan" Reception Sponsored by University of Hawaii Press and Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM1
United Methodist - Women of Color Scholars Program
Thursday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM239
SDA Religion Chairs
Thursday - 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
AM2
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Pre-Conference
Thursday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM3
Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 1
Thursday - 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
Today through Saturday the Adventist Society for Religious Studies will address the topic "Eschatology and Ethics." The presidential address will be presented by Ivan Blazen, Loma Linda University. 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.
AM4
United Methodist - Women of Color Scholars Meeting
Thursday - 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
AM258
Christian Futures Network
Thursday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM257
Christian Futures Network
Friday - 7:00 am-12:45 pm
AM5
New Developments in Religious Studies: Pre-Conference for Middle and Secondary School Teachers of Religion
Friday - 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Theme: Keeping Ourselves Current: A Pre-Conference for Middle and Secondary School Teachers of Religion
This annual pre-conference provides an opportunity for middle and secondary school teachers in both 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. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Program in Religion and Secondary Education at Harvard Divinity School (PRSE) and Religious Studies in Secondary Schools (RSiSS). For registration and updated program information, visit www.hds.harvard.edu/prse/events.html or contact Diane L. Moore, Director, Program in Religion and Secondary Education, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138; 1-617-384-8047.
AM6
Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 2
Friday - 8:30 am-11:30 am
AM7
Believers Church Bible Commentary Editorial Council
Friday - 9:00 am-3:00 pm
AM8
Lutheran Women in Theological Studies
Friday - 9:00 am-6:00 pm
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? Please contact Pat Wilder, ELCA at 1-773-380-2885 or pwilder@elca.org.
AM9
Society for Buddhist Christian Studies Board Meeting
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM10
Conference on Contemporary Pagan Studies
Friday - 9:00 am-6:00 pm
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Graduate Student Presentations
10:30 Break
10:45 Theme: What Does It Mean to Call Paganism a "Nature Religion"?
Nature Religions Scholars Network Panel
12:15 Lunch
1:45 Theme: Where Are We Now?
Papers on the place of contemporary Pagan Studies in the modern academy.
3:15 Break
3:30 Theme: Where Do We Go from Here?
Panel Discussion of the possible futures of Contemporary Pagan Studies
For more information visit www.paganstudies.org or e-mail Cat McEarchern: cat@paganstudies.org.
AM11
United Methodist - Women of Color Scholars Meeting
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM21
Quarterly Review Annual Meeting
Friday - 11:45 am-6:30 pm
AM22
Scholarship in Churches of Christ
Friday - 12:00 pm-5:00 pm
This conference celebrates theological scholarship in Churches of Christ over the past fifty years. It will focus on the work of five scholars: J. J. M. Roberts (Old Testament), Abraham J. Malherbe (New Testament), Everett Ferguson (Early Church History), David Edwin Harrell (American Religious History), and Thomas H. Olbricht (Restoration History and Ancient Rhetoric). Each scholar's work will be assessed by an assigned reviewer and discussed in a 75-minute session. At a concluding round-table session, the five honorees will discuss issues arising from the presentations. After the Friday evening dinner, Fred Craddock will speak on "Scholarship in the Service of the Church." The conference is sponsored by Restoration Quarterly (Abilene, TX), the Christian Scholarship Foundation (Atlanta, GA), the Restoration Theological Research Fellowship, the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins (University of Texas at Austin), and the Center for Faith and Learning (Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA). Send registration fee ($10) and dinner reservation fee ($36 per person) to James Thompson, ACU Box 29422, Abilene, TX 79699; thompsonja@acu.edu by November 14, 2003.
AM12
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Editorial Board
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM13
Institute for Biblical Research Executive Committee (1)
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM14
The Pluralism Project: Religious Pluralism in North America
Friday - 1:00 pm-8:30 pm
Diana L. Eck will preside over this gathering of Pluralism Project affiliate researchers, teachers, and other scholars who are studying religious diversity in the dynamic context of the U.S. today. Research in the southern states will be highlighted. For a schedule of presentations, visit www.pluralism.org or contact Grove Harris at 1-617-496-2481 or staff@pluralism.org.
AM15
North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 1:00 pm-5:30 pm
1:30 Theme: Postmodernity, Sacramentality and History
Loye Ashton, Millsaps College, Presiding
Michael Kessler, University of Chicago
Emergence from Immaturity: Tillich as a Political and Historical Optimist
Sister Ann Marie Caron, St. Joseph's College
Sacramentality, Rehearsed, Recovered, Reclaimed
2:30 Theme: Tillich and Teilhard
Don Arther, Ballwin, Missouri, Presiding
Paul H. Carr, Air Force Research Laboratory
A Theology for Evolution: Haught, Teilhard, and Tillich
Michael DeLashmutt, University of Glasgow
Tillich and Teilhard: Christology and Cosmology as Expressions of Techno-Theological Hope
James Huchingson, Florida International University
Realms of Complexity: The Relationship of the Inorganic and the Organic in Paul Tillich and Teilhard de Chardin
3:45 Break
4:00 Theme: Robison James' Tillich and World Religions: Encountering Other Faiths Today
Owen Thomas, Episcopal Theological Seminary, Presiding
Panelists:
John J. Thatamanil, Vanderbilt University
Kenneth T. Rose, Christopher Newport University
S. Mark Heim, Andover Newton Theological School
Responding: Robison B. James, University of Richmond
Information: john.j.thatamanil@vanderbilt.edu.
AM16
North American Association for the Study of Religion: Session 1
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
Theme: Evaluating the Ritual Form Hypothesis
Jason Slone, University of Findlay, Presiding
Panelists:
Robert McCauley, Emory University
Brian Malley, University of Michigan
Harvey Whitehouse, Queens University, Belfast
This panel presents experimental, ethnographic, and historical evidence to test the Aritual form hypothesis of McCauley and Lawson's Bringing Ritual to Mind.
AM17
Society for Buddhist Christian Studies
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
Theme: Overcoming Greed: Christians in a Consumeristic Culture
Panelists:
Paula Cooey, Macalester College
Valerie Karras, St. Louis University
John B. Cobb, Jr., Center for Process Studies
Responding: Stephanie Kaza, University of Vermont
AM18
Annual Womanist Consultation
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM19
Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 3
Friday - 1:30 pm-6:00 pm
AM23
Person, Culture and Religion Group
Friday - 2:00 pm-6:30 pm
2:00 Theme: Reflections on the Work of Don Browning
Kelly Bulkeley, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding
Panelists:
Archie Smith, Jr., Pacific School of Religion
Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt Divinity School
Ian Evison, Alban Institute
Greg Schneider, Pacific Union College
Soo-Young Kwon, Graduate Theological Union
Don Browning, University of Chicago Divinity School, respondent
4:30 Coffee Break
5:00 Naomi R. Goldenberg, University of Ottawa
Film Discussion: Goddesses of The Sopranos
AM24
Feminist LiberationTheologians Network
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
The Network's annual gathering will focus on feminist pedagogy in an increasingly conservative time. Discussion will focus on a critical examination of and creative strategies for feminist teaching both inside the classroom and beyond. All are welcome. For more information contact Mary E. Hunt, WATER, 8035 13th Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA; 1-301-589-2509; mhunt@hers.com; or Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; 1-617-495-5751; elisabeth_schussler@harvard.edu.
AM25
Wabash Center Staff Consulting on Grant Writing
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM26
North American Association for the Study of Religion: Session 2
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Theme: Putting Theory in Its Place: The Role of Method and Theory in the Religious Studies Curriculum
Tomoko Masuzawa, Presiding
Mark Hulsether, University of Tennessee
Teaching Cultural Theory in a Master's Program in Religious Studies
Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida
Does Religious Studies Make Sense without Theory and Method? Issues in a Religious Studies Minor Program
Jeppe Sinding Jensen, Aarhus University
Who Do We Think We Are? On the (Necessary) Construction of Genealogies and Pedigrees for the Study of Religion
Manuel Vásques, University of Florida
When Lakatos Meets Foucault: Pedagogy, Criticism, and the Growth of Knowledge in Religious Studies
AM27
The Art/s of Interpretation Group I
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Randal Cummings, California State University, Northridge, Presiding
This session will focus on the work of Kees Bolle, professor emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles, and his most recent book, The Enticement of Religion (University of Notre Dame Press, 2002). Professor Bolle will provide introductory remarks. Charles Long, Chapel Hill, NC; Jess Hollenback, University of Wisconsin at La Crosse; and Rick Talbot, California State University, Northridge will serve as respondents.
This year's session is sponsored by Lebanon Valley College.
AM28
Karl Barth Society of North America
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Theme: Barth's Ecclesiology Reconsidered
Presenter: Nick Healy, St. John's University, New York
Respondents: John Yocum, Oxford University
Kimlyn Bender, Sioux Falls University
AM29
Korean Biblical Colloquium
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
4:00 Greetings
4:20 John Ahn, Yale University
Methodological Concerns and Demarcations of Definitions for Asian/Asian-American and Korean/Korean-American Biblical Studies
5:00 Won Lee, Calvin College
The Concept of the Wilderness in the Hebrew Bible
5:40 Business Meeting
Papers will be circulated in advance and discussed at the session. For additional information please contact Paul Kim, PKim@mtso.edu.
AM30
Society for Buddhist Christian Studies Board Meeting
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM248
Theology and Ethics Colloquy
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM284
Society for the Study of Native American Religious Traditions
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM32
Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars
Friday - 5:30 pm-9:30 pm
Eucharist (5:30), followed by social time, dinner (7:00), and a talk by the Right Reverend Neil Alexander, Bishop of Atlanta. 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.
AM33
Søren Kierkegaard Society Banquet
Friday - 6:00 pm-10:00 pm
6:00 Social Hour
7:00 Banquet (contact Lee C. Barrett at lbarrett@lts.org)
8:00 Mark Lloyd Taylor, Seattle University
Kierkegaard and the 1830 Danish Altar Book: Tracing the Liturgical Shape of His Writing
AM34
North American Paul Tillich Society Annual Banquet
Friday - 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Our distinguished guest speaker for the evening will be Jean Richard of the Université Laval. The cost for the ban-quet is $50. Reservations can be made with Fred Parrella, fparrella@scu.edu; Religious Studies, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, 95053-0335; 1-408-554-4714.
AM35
Scholarship in Churches of Christ
Friday - 6:30 pm-10:00 pm
AM36
Consultation on Asian North American Religions, Theologies, and Hermeneutics
Friday - 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Panel of Atlanta-area Asian American religious leaders discussing issues affecting their communities. Near hotels, $25 per person ($15 students, limited income). To reserve: write check to PANA, provide e-mail address for confirmation, send to Rita Brock, 2441 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709. Deadline, October 18, 2003. Further info: ritabrock@sbcglobal.net. Open to all AAR and SBL members.
AM37
Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries Editorial Board Meeting
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM38
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Editorial Board
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM39
AJCU Conference of Theology/Religious Studies Chairs
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM40
Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting (1)
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
7:00 Welcome and Devotions: Lynn Cohick, Wheaton College
7:15 Presentation
7:30 Annual Lecture: Richard S. Hess, Denver Seminary
"Iron Age Religion in Israel and Its Neighbors: Any Distinctives in the Extra-biblical Evidence?"
8:15 Formal Response: Ted Lewis, Johns Hopkins University
8:30 Response from the floor
8:45 Reception hosted by Baker Book House
For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 1-502-897-4219 or dblock@sbts.edu.
AM41
The Word Made Fresh
Friday - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Theme: The Role of Tradition in Evangelical Theology
Moderator: Jonathan Wilson, Acadia Divinity College
Presenter: Christopher Hall, Eastern University
"The Role of Tradition in Evangelical Theology"
Responses by:
Willie Jennings, Duke University Divinity School
JoAnn Watson, Ashland Theological Seminary
Michael Horton, Westminster Theological Seminary
Roger Olson, George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University
AM42
Mennonite Scholars & Friends Reception
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM43
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: Music as Spiritual Practice, a Performance by Don and Emily Saliers
Friday - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Mark S. Burrows, Andover Theological Seminary, Presiding
Join Don Saliers and Emily Saliers for an evening of musical performance and conversation about spirituality and the musical arts. The program will explore ways that music deepens life by creating, sharing, and improvising across so-called sacred/secular differences. Is there a lyric truth that refuses to side with either Saturday night or Sunday morning? Can music become a bridge between such cultural divides? Emily Saliers is a member of the Indigo Girls, a pioneering music duo with two decades of collaboration, eleven records, a Grammy Award, several platinum CD's, and commitments to the environment, Native American children, Habitat for Humanity, and human rights. Don Saliers teaches theology and liturgy at Emory University, and is a past president of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. For more information, contact ahouck@saintmarys.edu.
AM44
GLBT Activist Scholars in Religion
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 am
In this year's annual gathering of the network, we will discuss the ongoing Roman Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal, including: its broader implications for other Christian churches and for our own work and status as GLBT scholars; the homophobic blame game of identifying gay clergy as the source of the problem; how we can contribute to more constructive forms of analysis and action; and available resources for correcting and enhancing media coverage of the issues. As well, we will have a timely discussion about the possibility of forming a GLBT caucus within the AAR. Mark Jordan and Mary Tolbert will share their perspectives and help facilitate discussion. For further information, contact Jay Johnson, 1-510-233-4318; drjay1@earthlink.net; or Peter Savastano, 1-973-748-3757; p.savastano@verizon.net.
AM45
Quaker Theological Discussion Group: Book Review Session
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Moderator, Susan Jeffers
Theme: Exploring Heaven and Prayers at Twilight by Arthur O. Roberts
Reviews
Author's response
AM256
Pluralism Project Advisors Dinner
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM263
Annual Meeting of the Interreligious Federation for World Peace
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM276
Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins: Parabiblical Prosopography
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM46
Society for Hindu-Christian Studies
Friday - 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Our Friday evening session this year will include a series of up to six presentations on the book selected to receive the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies award for best monograph in Hindu-Christian studies, 2000-2002. Parimal Patel will moderate a panel of commentators, with discussion to follow. For more information, please contact Eliza Kent, elizakent66@hotmail.com, or visit the Society's Web site at www.sandiego.edu/theo/hcs-1/.
AM47
Adventist Society for Religious Studies
Friday - 8:00 pm-9:30 pm
AM48
Polanyi Society: Polanyi's Understanding of Teleology
Friday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
Theme: Michael Polanyi's Understanding of Teleology
Agenda:
Richard Gelwick, University of New England
Polanyi's Daring Epistemology and the Hunger for Teleology
John Apcyinski, St. Bonaventure University
The Discovery of Meaning through Scientific and Religious Forms of Indwelling
Paul Lewis, moderator, Mercer University
Walt Gulick, respondent, Montana State University
Additional information: www.mwsc.edu/orgs/polanyi/ or moleski@canisius.edu.
AM49
AJCU Conference of Theology/Religious Studies Chairs
Saturday - 7:00 am-11:30 am
AM50
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Executive Committee
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM51
North American Paul Tillich Society Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM52
Dialog: A Journal of Theology Editorial Council Meeting
Saturday - 8:00 am-12:00 pm
AM54
International Bonhoeffer Society Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday - 8:00 am-11:30 am
AM55
Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting (2)
Saturday - 8:30 am-12:45 pm
8:30 Devotions: Bing Hunter, Harvest Bible Chapel
8:45 Old Testament Paper: Andrew E. Hill, Wheaton College
On Mystics and Gnostics: King David and the Apostle Paul in Dialogue
9:30 Formal Response: John Oswalt, Wesley Biblical Seminary
9:45 Discussion from the floor
9:55 Coffee Break
10:15 New Testament Paper: Clinton E. Arnold, Talbot Seminary
Paul and Folk Belief
11:00 Formal Response: Frank Thielman, Beeson Divinity School
11:15 Discussion from the floor
11:25 Business Meeting
12:00 Adjournment
For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 1-502-897-4219 or dblock@sbts.edu.
AM56
Schleiermacher Society
Saturday - 8:30 am-12:00 pm
8:30 Theme: Approaches to Using Schleiermacher's Dialectic: Schleiermacher's Account of Thinking with the Aim of Knowing
Started off by Christine Helmer, Claremont School of Theology, this session includes celebrating Arndt's KGA edition of lectures on Dialektik (2002); a report on sources used in it and on essays in Schleiermacher's Dialektik: Die Liebe zum Wissen, edited by Christine Helmer et al. (2003); exploring related lines of research. Contact Terry Tice, ttice@frii.com, regarding papers to be predistributed.
11:00 am Theme: Schleiermacher Studies in Progress
An opportunity to think with colleagues about a wide range of works in progress, to network, to share resources, and to spark potential new individual and collaborative areas for investigation.
AM57
Council on the Graduate Study of Religion
Saturday - 8:30 am-1:00 pm
AM58
The Pluralism Project Bus Tour to the Hindu Temple of Atlanta (Balaji Temple) in Riverdale, GA
Saturday - 8:30 am-11:30 am
Details will be avaliable online at www.pluralism.org. Please contact Grove Harris at 1-617-496-2481 or staff@pluralism.org to reserve a seat.
AM59
Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars
Saturday - 8:30 am-11:30 am
Breakfast (8:30), business meeting, panel discussion on biblical studies publishing today (Henry Carrigan, Trinity Press International; Linda Maloney, Liturgical Press; and Debra Farrington, Morehouse Publishing). For breakfast reservations 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 (Episcopal in US). New members welcome.
AM60
Global Ethics and Religion Forum
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Theme: Religion and the Ethics of War
Chair: Nancy M. Martin, Chapman University
Panelists:
Joseph Runzo, Chapman University
Philip Rossi, Marquette University
Charlotte Fonrobert, Stanford University
Khaled Abu El Fadl, University of California, Los Angeles
Arvind Sharma, McGill University
Xinzhong Yao, University of Wales, Lampeter
Dale Wright, Occidental College
AM62
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 Pat Wilder, ELCA at 1-773-380-2885 or pwilder@elca.org.
AM63
Penitence in Christian Theology Study Group
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
This session, along with another at next year's Annual Meetings of AAR and SBL, is open to any member of AAR or SBL and showcases results from a research project designed to bring together biblical and theological scholars for dialogue around the theme of penitence in Christian theology. Contributions will be summarized in the session with time allowed for conversation between the various scholars. Convened by Mark Boda and Gordon Smith, members of this research project include Terry Fretheim, Carol Dempsey, Richard Bautch, Guy Nave, Stanley Porter, Edith Humphrey, Walter Brueggemann, Roberta Hestenes, John Chryssavgis, Ralph del Colle, Andrew Purves, Cheryl Bridges Johns, and Michael Battle. For the location of the Web site supporting this research project (and where papers may be read prior to the colloquium) e-mail boda@cbccts.ca.
AM65
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM66
The Futures of Political Theology: US Journal Launch
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago
What Does Theology Have to Do with Politics?
Max Stackhouse, Princeton Theological Seminary
Political Theology, Confessional Faiths, Civil Religion and Public Theology
Walter Wink, Auburn Theological Seminary
The Critique of Domination
For more information, contact Timothy F. Simpson, associate editor, Political Theology, (tfsimpson@comcast.com).
AM67
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Editorial Board Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM68
Christian Theological Research Fellowship-Session One: Papers
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Theme: Logike Latreia (Rom. 12:1): Theology in Worship
9:00 Opening: Sally Bruyneel (CTRF Officer), University of Durham
Business meeting: Elmer Colyer (President CTRF), University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
9:15 Panel and Discussion
Convener: Anne King (Co-Vice-President of CTRF), University of St. Thomas
Walter D. Ray, University of St. Thomas
Eucharist Sacrifice and Eucharistic Consecration in East and West
David Fergusson, New College, Edinburgh
Theology and Aesthetics in Reformed Worship
Hans Boersma, Trinity Western University
Liturgical Hospitality: Theological Reflections on Sharing in Grace
Copies of the paper abstracts are available at the Christian Theological Research Fellowship (CTRF). Web site: http://apu.edu/CTRF. For additional information, contact Elmer M. Colyer, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, 1-563-589-3389; ecolyer@dbq.edu.
AM70
Søren Kierkegaard Society
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
9:00 Gordon Marino, St. Olaf College, Presiding
Theme: Kierkegaard on Love and Obligation: Love's Grateful Striving: A Commentary on Kierkegaard's Works of Love, by M. Jamie Ferreira (Oxford University Press, 2001) and Kierkegaard and the Treachery of Love, by Amy Laura Hall (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
Panelists:
M. Jamie Ferreira, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Amy Laura Hall, Duke University
Lee C. Barrett III, Lancaster Theological Seminary
C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University
11:15 Business Meeting
For more information, contact Vanessa Rumble at rumble@bc.edu.
AM71
Religious Studies Review Editors Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM72
Anglican Studies Initiative
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm
Invited: all AAR members interested in a forum for study of the international Anglican communion from a variety of scholarly perspectives (theology, religious studies, history, social sciences).
9:00-11:30 Meeting, Sponsor: St. Augustine Foundation, Canterbury
9:00 Coffee and Doughnuts
9:30 Introduction: Thomas Hughson, Marquette University
Martyn Percy, Manchester University
10:10 Theme: Studying Anglicanism Today
Panelists:
Gareth Jones, Canterbury Christ Church University College
Katherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological Seminary
Robert Slocum, Marquette University
Robert Hughes, University of the South
11:30 Break
11:45- 12.45 Lecture, Sponsor: Continuum Publishing
Daniel Hardy, Cambridge University
Response: Ian Douglas, Episcopal Divinity School
For additional information on this initiative, contact Thomas Hughson, 1-414-288-5859; thomas.hughson@marquette.edu; or Martyn Percy, mpercy@HARTSEM.edu.
AM73
Wabash Center Staff Consulting on Grant Writing (repeat of AM25)
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM74
Society of Art, Religion, and Theology
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM75
Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality Presidential Address and Business Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
9:00 Theme: Raiding the Inarticulate: Mysticism, Poetics, and the Unlanguageable
The 2003 Presidential Address by Dr. Mark S. Burrows, Andover Newton Theological School
10:30 Business Meeting
Dr. Roberta C. Bondi, Emory University, President-elect, presiding
All are welcome. For more information, please contact Anita Houck at ahouck@saintmarys.edu.
AM76
Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 5
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:00 pm
AM77
Society for Hindu-Christian Studies
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
This panel of distinguished scholars takes up the controversial question: "Can Women Become Priests?" Join us for a discussion of this topic in a comparative and cross-
cultural context.
Deepak Sarma, Yale University, Presiding
Panelists:
Susan Ross, Loyola University of Chicago
Maura Ryan, University of Notre Dame
Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
Laurie Louise Patton, Emory University
Respondent:
Leslie Orr, Concordia University
10:45 Business Meeting
Rachel McDermott, Barnard College, Presiding
For more information, contact Eliza Kent, elizakent66@hotmail.com.
AM78
Person, Culture, and Religion Group
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
9:00 Theme: Works in Progress
Kelley Raab, St. Lawrence University Presiding
New scholars welcome
9:45 Theme: Existential/Spiritual and Ritual Dimensions of Addiction and Therapeutic Intervention: An Intercultural, Object Relations Investigation
Peter Savastano, Seton Hall University, Presiding
Panelists:
Valerie DeMarinis, Uppsala University, Karolinska Institute
James Jones, Rutgers University
Pamela Cooper-White, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
John McDargh, Boston College
Kathleen Bishop, Madison, NJ
Owe Wikstrom, Uppsala University
AM80
North American Paul Tillich Society
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
9:00 Theme: Liberationist and Feminist Engagements
Mary Ann Stenger, University of Louisville, Presiding
Maria T. Davila, Boston College
Anthropologies in Dialogue: Paul Tillich and José Ignacio Gonzalo-Faus, SJ, and Anthropologies of Liberation
Gabriella Lettini, Union Theological Seminary
The Unbearable Maleness of New Being: Tillich's Influences in Mary Daly's Spinning and Weaving
10:00 am- 11:30 am Theme: Bernard Donnelly's The Socialist Émigré: Marxism and the Later Tillich
Ronald MacLennan, Bethany College, Presiding
Panelists:
Matthew Lon Weaver, University of Pittsburgh
Terence O'Keeffe, University of Ulster
Ronald H. Stone, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Responding: Bernard Donnelly, University of Ulster
Information: john.j.thatamanil@vanderbilt.edu.
AM81
Consultation on Asian North American Theologies and Hermeneutics: Religious Understanding and Practices
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Chairing: Wonhee Joh
Presentations:
Wan-li Ho, Chinese Religious Women and Social Engagement in Atlanta
Mari Kim, Under Construction: Transitional ANA Personhood and a Theology of Vocation
Soo-Young Kwon, Cultural Hermeneutics of Death: "Homecoming" Rituals in Multicultural Funerals
Sungho Lee, A Study of Identification Hermeneutics in Relation to the Reconciliation of the Korean People
Discussion
AM82
North American Association for the Study of Religion: Session 3
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Theme: Expert Witnessing by Religion Scholars in US Courts: What Are We Doing and Who Are We Working For?
Winnifred Sullivan, Presiding
AM83
The Art/s of Interpretation Group II
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Eric Bain-Selbo, Lebanon Valley College, Presiding
Gerald Larson, Indiana University
"A Beautiful Sunset Mistaken for a Dawn": Some Reflections on India Studies, Religious Studies, and the Modern University
Access a copy of this paper at www.vcsun.org/~cummings/arts.html.
Respondents:
Barbara Holdrege, University of California, Santa Barbara
David L. Haberman, Indiana University
Paul Muller-Ortega, University of Rochester
For more information about the Art/s of Interpretation Group visit the website above or contact Eric Bain-Selbo at 1-717-867-6133 or selbo@lvc.edu. This year's session is sponsored by Lebanon Valley College.
AM84
Karl Barth Society of North America
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Theme: Colin Gunton in Memoriam
Papers in tribute to his work. Presenters to be announced.
AM85
Society for Buddhist Christian Studies
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Theme: Overcoming Greed: Buddhists in a Consumeristic Culture
Panelists:
Kenneth Kraft, Lehigh University
David Barnhill, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University
Respondent: Paul Knitter, Emeritus, Xavier University
AM86
Polanyi Society: Science, Religion and Reality
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Theme: Polanyi Society: Science, Religion and Reality
Anthony Clark, University of St. Andrews
Polanyi on Religion
Walter Mead, Illinois State University
The Tacit and the Unknowable: The Bearing of Each upon Faith and Knowing
Aaron Milavec, University of Victoria
Polanyi's Epistemology of Discovery as Applied to Science, Religion, and Astrology
Moderator: Phil Mullins, Missouri Western State College
Additional information: www.mwsc.edu/orgs/polanyi/ or moleski@canisius.edu.
AM87
Culture and Religious Theory Group
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas, and Jeffrey W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College, Presiding
Theme: The Religious Turn in Culture and Theory
Panelists:
Gianni Vattimo, University of Turin
John D. Caputo, Villanova University
Gregg Lambert, Syracuse University
Philip Goodchild, University of Nottingham
For information, contact Clayton Crockett at cvcrock@bellatlantic.net or Jeffrey W. Robbins at robbins@lvc.edu.
AM88
La Comunidad
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM89
Association of Practical Theology
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Theme: What's the Place of Practical Theology? Institutional and Professional Aspects
Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt University, Presiding
An exploration of past and contemporary influences on practical theology and its distinctive contributions to theological education.
Panel:
Don Browning, University of Chicago
Elizabeth M. Bounds, Emory University
Craig Dykstra, Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Dale Andrews, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
11:00 Business Session
James Nieman, Wartburg Seminary, Presiding
For additional information, contact Karen-Marie Yust, kmyust@cts.edu, or Bonnie Miller-McLemore, bonnie.miller-mclemore@vanderbilt.edu.
AM90
Theological Liberalism
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
This session seeks to explore issues and ideas relevant to theological liberalism. All are welcome. Following the papers, we will invite discussion as to whether, and in what form, the legacies of theological liberalism might continue to inform theological practice and method in the twenty-first century.
Program:
Introduction: J'annine Jobling, Liverpool Hope University College
Gareth Jones, Canterbury Christ Church
"I Haven't an Aquinas Map": Modernism and the Recurring Themes of Anglican Theology
Michael H. Montgomery, Chicago Theological Seminary
Liberal Theology as Contextual Theology: Lessons from Congregations for Theologians
Heidi Gehman, Hartford Seminary
Moving Beyond the Traditional Canon: A Case Study on Moral Change in the Thought of Iris Murdoch
William Schweiker, University of Chicago
Responsibility and Theological Humanism
Additional information: J'annine Jobling, joblinj@hope.ac.uk.
AM91
North American Hindu Association of Dharma Studies
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
The North American Association of Dharma Studies will convene a panel session on the theme War, Violence, and the Search for Liberation: Perspectives from the Dharma Traditions. The panelists will include Chris Chapple (Loyola Marymount University), Gerald Larson (Indiana University), Graham Schweig (Christopher Newport University), and Helen Crovetto. C. Mackenzie Brown (Trinity University) will preside. This session seeks to present both the convergence and divergence among the dharma traditions on what constitutes legitimate or illegitimate uses of violence. The panel will consider from the perspective of a particular system the possibility of a relationship between existential freedom and eschatological liberation; whether ultimate liberation requires existential emancipation, and if so, can that emancipation be fought for by violent means.
Contact: Rita D. Sherma, rita.sherma@cgu.edu.
AM92
Quaker Theological Discussion Group
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Theme: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Quakers
Moderator, Paul Anderson
Howard Macy, George Fox University
Aspects of Prayer and Spirituality
Lonnie Valentine, Earlham School of Religion
Aspects of Peace Work and Social Concern
Responses
AM93
United Methodist - Women of Color Scholars Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM94
Mennonite Scholars and Friends Forum
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Loren Johns, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Presiding
Theme: (How) Should Christian Academics Serve the Church in Their Scholarship? Opportunities and Responsibilities
9:00 Gerald Gerbrandt, Canadian Mennonite University
9:15 Brenda Martin Hurst, Eastern Mennonite University
Hazards and Challenges
9:30 Ben Ollenburger, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
9:45 Elaine Swartzentruber, Wake Forest University
Responses
10:00 Jo-Ann Brant, Goshen College
10:07 J. Denny Weaver, Bluffton College
Discussion
AM95
Theology for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastors and scholars are invited to this meeting dedicated to doing theology for the sake of the church. Focus: Confessing One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Background text: Nicene Creed. Further information: Charles Wiley, Office of Theology and Worship, 1-888-728-7228 x5734; cwiley@ctr.pcusa.org.
AM153
Women, Theology & Film
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
This is a new group of based on international scholars researching in the interdisciplinary fields of feminist theology, women's studies and feminist film theory. There will be a panel of 4 papers with discussion as well as refreshments and time to share ideas at the end.
Sue Yore and Gaye Ortiz presiding
9:00 Rose Tekel, The Re-Definition of Women and Religion in the Post-Colonial Films of Deepa Mehta
9:30 Melissa Conroy, Alice Does: Seeing Female Desire in Eyes Wide Shut
10:00 Arnfríäur Guämundsdóttir, Female Christ Figures in Films: A Feminist Critical Analysis of Breaking the Waves and Dead Man Walking
10:30 Ulrike Vollmer, Close-Up versus Distance: Agnès Merlet's Artemisia and Sally McFague's Loving Look
11:00 Refreshments
For additional information contact Sue Yore, s.yore@yorksj.ac.uk.
AM242
Meeting of the Forum on Religion and Ecology
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM250
Theology and Ethics Colloquy
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM260
Association for Wisdom Education Informational Meeting and Reception
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm
AM262
The Association for Case Teaching
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM272
Colloquium on Violence and Religion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
AM234
Open and Relational Theologies
Saturday - 11:00 am-1:00 pm
AM96
CWS Editorial Board Luncheon: Invitation Only
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
AM97
Graduate Theological Union Alumni/ae Luncheon
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
AM98
Culture and Religion Editorial Board Meeting
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
AM99
Institute for Biblical Research Executive Committee (2)
Saturday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM31
United Methodist - Women of Color Scholars Meeting
Saturday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM100
Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture
Saturday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm
Members are invited to attend a reception highlighting the work of various centers engaged in the academic study of religion in the US.
AM101
Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation Reception
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM103
College Theology Society Board Meeting
Saturday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM104
Science and Religion Hospitality Event
Saturday - 4:00 pm-11:00 pm
The Zygen Center for Religion and Science (ZCRS), the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), and the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS), invite you for refreshments and conversation on issues of the relation betwen science and religion, and on events related to this dialogue. Center presentations at 8 p.m. For additional information, contact albright1@aol.com.
AM106
The Fund for Theological Education Reception to Honor Current and Former FTE Fellows
Saturday - 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
AM105
Society of Christian Philosophers (I)
Saturday - 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Book Discussion:
Merold Westphal, Overcoming Onto-Theology: Toward a Postmodern Christian Faith (Fordham University Press)
Chair: James K. A. Smith, Calvin College
Panel:
Merold Westphal, Fordham University
Walter Lowe, Emory University
Peters Ochs, University of Virginia
AM107
Blackwell Publishing Reception
Saturday - 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
AM61
The Niebuhr Society Annual Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Presiding: Max L. Stackhouse, Princeton Theological Seminary
Keynote Address: Langdon Gilkey, University of Chicago, Emeritus
Theme: Reinhold Niebuhr's Relevance Today: Questions and Affirmations
Respondents: Jean Bethke Elstain, The Divinity School, University of Chicago
Peter Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary
Hak Joon Lee, New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Business Meeting: Robin Lovin, Southern Methodist University
AM102
Opening New Doors to Dharma: Outreach Activities and Aspirations among Asian-Based Buddhist Groups in America
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Theme: Asian-Based Buddhist Groups Reaching Out to Americans: Experiences and Challenges
Co-presiders: Carleton Dallery, Won Institute of Graduate Studies, and Cho Eun-Su, University of Michigan
Panelists:
Bill Aiken, Soka Gakkai International
Bokin Kim, Won Institute of Graduate Studies
Ryuei Michael McCormick, Nichiren Buddhist Temple of San Jose
Ven. Dr. Yifa, Greater Boston Buddhist Cultural Center; Fo Guang Shan Monastery; Hsi Lai University
Comments: Richard Seager, Hamilton College
Meeting sponsored by Won Institute of Graduate Studies, Glenside, PA. For additional information regarding this meeting, call Carleton Dallery at 1-610-668-0466 or e-mail cdallery@earthlink.net.
AM108
Kingswood Books Editorial Board Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM109
Mercer University Press/Smyth and Helwys Publishing/McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM110
Louisville Institute Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM111
Walter deGruyter Publishers Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM112
Hispanic Theological Initiative Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM113
Baker Academic and Brazos Press Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
Authors and friends of Baker Academic and Brazos Press are welcome.
AM114
Bringham Young University and Friends Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM115
European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)
Saturday - 7:00 pm-9:30 pm
7-9:30 pm Hotel – Room Name
Theme: In Memory of Dorothee Sölle (1929-2003)
Susanne Scholz, Merrimack College, Presiding
Panelists:
Luise Schottroff, Pacific School of Religion
Sarah Pinnock, Trinity University
Angela Bauer, Episcopal Divinity School
Renate Wind, Fachhochschule Nürnberg
Andrea Bieler, Pacific School of Religion
Beverly W. Harrison, Union Theological Seminary
For additional information regarding this session, e-mail to susanne.scholz@merrimack.edu.
AM116
Evangelical Philosophical Society (I)
Saturday - 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
Theme: The Resurrection of the Son of God, by N. T. Wright
Moderator: William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology
Speaker: N. T. Wright, Bishop of Durham
Respondents:
John Dominic Crossan, DePaul University
Richard Swinburne, Oxford University
Leander Keck, Yale University
Stephen T. Davis, Claremont McKenna College
Audience discussion to follow.
For further information regarding this session, contact Scott Smith, scott.smith@truth.biola.edu.
AM118
Institute for Ancient Near Eastern and Afroastatic Cultural Research
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
The theme of this year's IAACR Symposium will be Reading Sacred Texts in a Religiously Plural Global Environment. A roundtable discussion is planned. To view a prospectus for the session please visit the Institute's website www.iaacr.org. For additional information please contact Dr. Hugh R. Page, Jr., hpage@iaacr.org.
AM119
Presbyterian Scholars Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 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 Theology of and Worship, Westminster John Knox Press, and Geneva Press. For further information contact Charles Wiley, Office of Theology and Worship; 1-888-728-7228 x5734; cwiley@ctr.pcusa.org.
AM120
University of St. Michael's College Faculty of Theology, and Toronto School of Theology Annual Reception for Friends and Graduates
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM166
Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Theme: Nagarjuna's Contribution to Buddhist and Modern Thought
Chair: Lori L. Witthaus, Grand Valley State University
James Powell, Open Source Buddhist Research Institute
Nagarjuna and the Unreality of Consciousness
Eric S. Nelson, University of Toledo
Speaking about Nothing? Language and Emptiness in Heidegger and Nagarjuna
James Apple, University of Alabama
Nagarjuna's Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises and Hadot in All Things Buddhist
Lori L. Witthaus, Grand Valley State University
Nagarjuna's Role in Early Buddhist Thought
AM259
Reception for Canadian Scholars/WLU Press and CCSR
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM261
Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM287
The Catholic University of America School of Theology and Religious Studies Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM121
Wabash Center Reception
Saturday - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
AM122
Johns Hopkins University Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM123
W. F. Albright Institute Reception for Alumni and Friends
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM124
ATS Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM125
Smyth & Helwys Commentary Editorial Board
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM126
Azusa Pacific University, Haggard School of Theology Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-10:30 pm
AM127
Reception for the University of California, Santa Barbara
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM128
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM129
Continuum/T&T Clark International Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM130
New Religious Movements Group Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM131
Fortress Press Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM232
Reception for David J. A. Clines
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM246
University of Pennsylvania Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM285
Vanderbilt Alumni/ae and Friends Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM132
Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM133
Temple University Breakfast Reception
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM134
Church of Christ Professors
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM135
Wabash Center Teaching Theology and Religion Editorial Board Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM136
Conversations Advisory Board Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM137
Lutheran Theological Society of North America
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
7:00 Morning Prayer
7:15 Theme: The Federation as Communion? The Lutheran World Federation as an Ecclesiological Problem (Revisited)
Speaker: Dr. Mickey L. Mattox, Past Research Professor, Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg; Assistant Professor of late Medieval & Reformation Theology, Marquette, University, Milwaukee. No registration required. Questions? Please contact Pat Wilder at 1-773-380-2885 or pwilder@elca.org.
AM138
Society of John Wesley Scholars (AFTE)
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM139
Garrett-Evangelical/Northwestern University Alumni/ae Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM140
Hispanic Women in Theological Studies
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM141
Prism Publishers Editorial Board
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM142
Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting (3)
Sunday - 7:00 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 Bruce Winter, Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge, UK. For additional information about this session, contact Robert Yarbrough at 1-847-317-6405 or ryarbrou@tiu.edu.
AM143
Disciples of Christ Faculty/ Student Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM144
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 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 hear from one another and to interact with President Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. on the vision for Gordon-Conwell and evangelical theological education. This will also be a time for worship and a Scriptural reflection. Please join us for this event!
AM145
New Interpreter's Study Bible Breakfast (for Editors & Contributors)
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM146
Mass for Catholics and Friends
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM147
Toward A Missional Hermeneutic: The Bible and Mission In Current and Future Discussion
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
Theme: Toward a Missional Hermeneutic: The Bible and Mission in Current and Future
Discussion: Breakfast sponsored by Tyndale Seminary. (Toronto) Conference attendees are invited to a continental breakfast sponsored by Tyndale Seminary exploring a "missional paradigm" as the organizing center of theological education and scholarship. The facilitator is Dr. Michael Barram, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Mary's College of California, who will speak on the implications of a "missional" hermeneutic for teaching and research. Interested participants should contact Dr. Jeffrey Greenman, Tyndale Seminary, by November 8 at 1-416-226-6620, ext. 6720, or by e-mail: jgreenman@tyndale.ca.
AM148
Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture in Africa and the African Diaspora-Afrodiasporan Commentary Planning Session
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
This session will consist of an informational and planning meeting for those interested in being part of the Afrodiasporan Bible Commentary Initiative (ABCI). To confirm participation and receive a copy of the project prospectus, please visit the Institute's website www.nd.edu/~astudies/isrcad.htm or contact Dr. Hugh R. Page, Jr., hpage@nd.edu.
AM149
Boston University School of Theology Dean's Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
Join the Reverend Dr. Ray Hart, dean ad interim, and other members of the School of Theology community for a full breakfast. Dr. Hart will speak about the School's entering class, new faculty, recent developments, and future plans. A check for $10 made payable to Boston University should be sent by November 5 to: Dean Lampros, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 108, Boston, MA 02215. For more information, please contact Dean Lampros at 1-617-353-8972 or sthalum@bu.edu.
AM150
The Alban Institute
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM249
Science and Religion Networking Breakfast with the Metanexus Institute
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM254
Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation Board of Directors
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM255
Journal of Religious Ethics Editorial Board Meeting
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM281
Women's Spirituality Meeting
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM151
Free Methodist and Wesleyan Church Scholars Breakfast
Sunday - 7:30 am-8:30 am
AM244
National Association of Professors of Hebrew Officers Meeting
Sunday - 8:30 am-9:00 am
AM152
Seven Churches of the Revelation & St. Paul in Turkey
Sunday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm
AM155
Zondervan Author Luncheon
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
AM156
HUC-JIR School of Graduate Studies Alumni/ae Luncheon
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
AM157
Christian Theological Research Fellowship-Session Two: Book Event
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
Book: Jeremy Begbie, Theology, Music and Time (Cambridge University Press)
Opening: Vincent Bacote (Co-Vice-President of CTRF), Wheaton College
Convener: Eric Flett, Seattle Pacific University
Panelists:
M. Shawn Copeland, Boston College
Clayton Schmit, Fuller Theological Seminary
Jeremy Begbie, Cambridge University
For additional information, contact Elmer Colyer (President CTRF), University of Dubuque Theological Seminary; 1-563-589-3389; ecolyer@dbq.edu.
AM158
Biblical Interpretation Editorial Board Meeting
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
AM159
North American Paul Tillich Society - Annual Business Meeting
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
AM160
Institute for Antiquity and Christianity Luncheon
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
AM161
Caucus of Scholars at Religiously Affiliated Institutions Luncheon
Sunday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm
The Caucus of Scholars at Religiously-Affiliated Institutions will convene for its fifth annual luncheon. All AAR or SBL members interested in the work of the Caucus are invited to attend the luncheon. The meal is free, but space is limited. To make a lunch reservation, contact Stephen Haynes, Department of Religious Studies, Rhodes College at haynes@rhodes.edu.
AM162
Paulist Press Authors Reception - By Invitation Only
Sunday - 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
AM164
Baylor University Press/Baylor University Reception
Sunday - 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Baylor University Press, George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Department of Religion and the Center for Christian Ethics invites authors, all alumni/ae and friends of the university to this reception.
AM165
University of Southern California
Sunday - 5:30 pm-8:30 pm
AM167
Theta Alpha Kappa: Annual Meeting/Reception
Sunday - 6:30 pm-7:45 pm
Members, alumni, moderators, advisors, representatives, friends of local chapters of Theta Alpha Kappa, the national honorary society for Religious/and or Theological Studies, are urged to attend this Annual Meeting of the membership (6:30 p.m.) and the reception to follow (7:00 p.m.). Those interested in learning more about TAK are also welcome. For more information call 1-315-443-2241 or e-mail rbpilgri@syr.edu.
AM289
Annual Meeting of the North American Editorial Board of Religion
Sunday - 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
AM117
Multifaith Education: Pedagogical and Curricular Initiatives
Sunday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM168
Yale University Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
The Yale University Department of Religious Studies and Yale Divinity School cordially invite you to a reception. We hope you can join us.
AM169
New Living Translation Dinner
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM170
Center of Theological Inquiry Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM171
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Department of Relgious Studies Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM172
Princeton Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM173
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, University of Pittsburgh, Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM174
International Bonhoeffer Society Annual Meeting of Members
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM175
Princeton University, Department of Religion Annual Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM176
Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Theme: A Sacred Obligation: A Critical Discussion
A discussion of A Sacred Obligation, a new statement by the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations. Panelists will include: Peter Pettit (Muhlenberg College), Amy-Jill Levine (Vanderbilt University) and John Pawlikowski (Catholic Theological Union). Joann Spillman (Rockhurst College) will chair. Info: John T. Pawlikowski, jtmp@ctu.edu, or 1-773-753-5353.
AM177
Dempster Scholars Banquet/GBHEM
Sunday - 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
AM178
Gay Men's Issues in Religion Group Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM179
Commemoration of Robert C. Tannehill Festschrift
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM180
Perkins School of Theology: Southern Methodist University Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM181
Southern Methodist University: Perkins School of Theology Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM182
Hendrickson Publishers Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
AM183
Evangelical Philosophical Society (II)
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Theme: The Probability of the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
Chair: William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology
Speaker: Richard Swinburne,Oxford University
Respondents:
John Dominic Crossan, Depaul University
Stephen T. Davis, Claremont-McKenna College
For further information regarding this session, contact Scott Smith scott.smith@truth.biola.edu.
AM184
University of Notre Dame Theology Department Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM241
Muktabodha Indological Research Institute Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM274
Asbury Theological Seminary Alumni/ae and Friends Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-9:30 pm
AM277
Indiana University Religious Studies Alumni Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 am
AM278
United Church of Christ Scholars Reception
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM279
Blackwell Publishing Reception for The Muslim World
Sunday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
AM185
University of Iowa Reception
Sunday - 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
AM186
Westminster John Knox Press Reception
Sunday - 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
AM271
Oxford University Press 2003 Celebration: Featuring The Jewish Study Bible
Sunday - 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
AM187
InterVarsity Press Reception: The Dictionary of the Old Testament Pentateuch and Evangelical Pentateuchal Scholarship Today
Sunday - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
AM163
Society of Christian Philosophers (II)
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
Theme: Relative Identity and the Doctrine of the Trinity
Chair: William L. Craig, Talbot School of Theology
Speaker: Michael Rea, University of Notre Dame
Respondent: Stephen T. Davis, Claremont-McKenna College
AM188
Brown University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM189
Duke University Graduate Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM190
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!
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Liturgical Press Author Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
Please join Liturgical Press for a reception to celebrate our authors and their new books. Special guest of honor will be theologian and poet Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B., author of two new publications, Swift Lord, You are Not, and The Other Hand of God. All AAR and SBL attendees are welcome. Please contact Caroline Linz, Events Coordinator, 1-320-363-2023; clinz@osb.org, for additional information.
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Emory University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
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Concordia Reception (Concordia Seminary, Concordia Theological Seminary, Concordia Academic Press)
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
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Drew University Reception for Alumni/ae
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM195
Nazarene Professors of Religion, Graduate Students, and Nazarene Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM196
Marquette University, Department of Theology Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
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University of Chicago Divinity School Reception for Alumni/ae & Friends
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
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Florida State University Department of Religion Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM199
Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Columbia University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM200
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Seminars in Christian Scholarship, Western Seminary, and Calvin Seminary Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
This reception will be open to all interested in connecting with those representing the Worship Institute or the Seminary. It will be a wine-cheese-hors d'oeuvres type of reception where alumni and other interested persons can gather. The reception will be hosted by John Witvliet, Director of the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship; "James K.A. Smith, Director of the Seminars in Christian Scholarship;" Dennis Voskuil, President of Western Seminary; and Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., President of Calvin Seminary.
AM201
Harvard Divinity School Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
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International Greek New Testament Project: North American Executive Committee
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
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Boston University Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM204
Society for Scriptural Reasoning
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
Society for Scriptural Reasoning
Sunday, 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
Theme: Adam: Human Anthropology in the Image of God out of the Sscriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Presenters will include: Muhammad Suheyl Umar of the Iqbal Academy Pakistan, Steven Kepnes of Colgate University and Kurt Anders Richardson of McMaster University. One month prior to the meeting the papers and society member responses may be found on the SSR/Drew University website: www.depts.drew.edu/ssr/nationalssr/.
SSR steering committee: Daniel W. Hardy, Peter Ochs, Elliot Wolfson, David Ford, Jim Fodor, William Elkins, Steven Kepnes, Basit Koshul, Kristin Lindbeck, Shaul Magid, Willie Young, and Kurt Anders Richardson (convener).
AM205
Science and Religion Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
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"African American Presence" Reception
Sunday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm
AM206
Baylor University Alumni/ae and Friends Breakfast
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
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Union Seminary – Presbyterian School of Christian Education Breakfast
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM208
TEDS Annual Alumni/ae Breakfast
Monday - 7:00 am-8:30 am
AM209
Friends of Regent College