Eastern Orthodoxy and the Specters of Contemporary Protestantism: Intra-Christian Conversion in Historical Perspective

PROGRAM SESSIONS ůƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŚĞŵĞƌŝĐĂŶĐĂĚĞŵLJŽĨZĞůŝŐŝŽŶĐŽŽƉĞƌĂƚĞƐǁŝƚŚZĞůĂƚĞĚ^ĐŚŽůĂƌůLJKƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ;Z^KƐͿƚŚĂƚŚĂǀĞƐŝŵŝůĂƌŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂƐƚŚĞZ͕ĂŶĚƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐƚŚĞŵƐƉĂĐĞĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ;ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐŵĂƌŬĞĚǁŝƚŚĂWηͿ͕ƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚŽĨƚŚĞƐĞƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐŝƐŶŽƚƌĞǀŝĞǁĞĚ ďLJĞŝƚŚĞƌƚŚĞZ͛ƐWƌŽŐƌĂŵhŶŝƚƐŽƌŝƚƐWƌŽŐƌĂŵŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͘ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 P22-101 North American Association for the Study of Religion Executive Council Meeting P21-400 Adventist Society for Religious Studies Reception and Registration Thursday, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400 (Fourth Level) Adventist Society for Religious Studies welcomes its members for the Reception hosted by Loma Linda University School of Religion. Registration will run parallel to the Reception. Online registration is open prior to the annual event. P21-500 Friday, 8:30 AM–9:45 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Friday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM A22-100 Public Understanding of Religion Committee Meeting Friday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Erik Owens, Boston College, Presiding Adventist Society for Religious Studies Theme: Presidential Address: Dr. Denis Fortin Thursday, 7:00 PM–8:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410 (Fourth Level) Panelist: Denis Fortin, Andrews University P21-501 Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Business Session I Thursday, 8:00 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410 (Fourth Level) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 A22-101 Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee Meeting Friday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Omni-Balboa 1 (Fifth Level) Thelathia Young, Bucknell University, Presiding A22-102 Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting Friday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-AAR Suite Davina C. Lopez, Eckerd College, Presiding P22-100 P22-102 Adventist Society for Religious Studies Polanyi Society Theme: Paper Session I: History and Methods Friday, 8:00 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) Katrina Blue, Pacific Union College Closing the Door: The Fundamentalist Narrative and Its Impact on Adventism Gilbert Valentine, LaSierra University Exiting the General Conference Presidency: Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy and Issues of Unity Theodore N. Levterov, Loma Linda University “Going Back to the Future”: Re-discovering Ellen White’s Prophetic Inspiration after the 1919 Bible Conference Michael W. Campbell, Southwestern Adventist University The Haunting of Adventism: Ghosts from the 1919 Bible Theme: Polanyian Investigations Friday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400B (Fourth Level) Walter B. Gulick, Montana State University, Billings, Presiding Martin Turkis II, University of Navarro Searching for Teleological Origins: Correlating the Material and the Immaterial Tim Simpson, Morehead State University, and Jon Fennell, Hillsdale University A Polanyian Rationale for the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 91 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 A22-106 International Connections Committee Meeting P22-103 Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Board Meeting Friday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400A (Fourth Level) Friday, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Malibu (South Tower - Fourth Level) Olga Kazmina, Moscow State University, Presiding A22-107 Regional Coordinators Meeting A22-103 Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee Meeting Friday, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM Omni-Boardroom 2 (Sixth Level) Munir Jiwa, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding Friday, 9:00 AM–4:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Newport Beach (South Tower - Fourth Level) Katherine Downey, Dallas, TX, Presiding A22-108 Academic Relations Committee Meeting A22-104 Status of Women in the Profession Committee Meeting Friday, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM Omni-Boardroom 1 (Sixth Level) Melissa M. Wilcox, University of California, Riverside, Presiding Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Dana Point (South Tower - Fourth Level) Susan E. Hill, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding ZPWK A22-109 Public Scholarship and Practical Impacts Workshop A22-105 Women’s Caucus Theme: 1000 Women in Religion: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Friday, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Colleen D. Hartung, Holy Wisdom Monastery, Presiding Panelists: May May Latt, American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Rosalind F. Hinton, LAOUTLOUD Deborah Fulthorp, SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary Mary Hamlen, Harvard University Mary Ellen Chown, Catholic Network for Women’s Equality Alicia Panganiban, Mayo Clinic Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College Janice Poss, Claremont Graduate University See page 71 for details. Theme: Media Training and Work Outside the Academy Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Convention Center-27A (Upper Level East) Cristine Hutchison-Jones, Harvard University, Presiding Panelists: Reza Aslan, University of California, Riverside Kelly J. Baker, Women in Higher Education Andrew Henry, Boston University See page 71 for details. ZK A22-110 (=S22-102a) THATCamp - The Humanities and Technology Camp Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Constance Kassor, Lawrence University, Candace Mixon, Macalester College, Adam Porter, Illinois College, and Younus Mirza, Shenandoah University, Presiding See page 71 for details. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 92 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A22-112 Sound and Religion Religion and Media Workshop Friday, 9:00 AM–6:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Panelists: Amy Cimini, University of California, San Diego Anandi Knuppel, Emory University Francis Stewart, Bishop Grosseteste University Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University Finnian Moore Gerety, Brown University See page 72 for details. Theme: Techno-Utopias Friday, 11:00 AM–6:00 PM Convention Center-6E (Upper Level West) Beth Singler, University of Cambridge, Presiding Panelist: Juli Gittinger, Georgia College and State University See page 71 for details. P22-104 Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Business Session II Friday, 10:00 AM–10:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) P22-106 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: Teaching the Field Friday, 10:00 AM–11:50 AM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Panelist: Leslie Dorrough Smith, Avila University Responding: Rita M. Lester, Nebraska Wesleyan University Ian Cuthbertson, Dawson College Leonie Geiger, University of Bonn Martha Smith Roberts, Denison University P22-107 Adventist Society for Religious Studies Paper Sesssion II: Theology and Hermeneutics Friday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) Charles Scriven, Gilbert, Arizona Facing Finitude: Barthian Light on Adventism’s Long Struggle with the Humanity of Inspired Writers John W. Webster, La Sierra University Divinity School “Bombshells in the Playground”: 1919 Paradigm Shifts on Hermeneutics Matthew J. Korpman, Yale University Antiochus Epiphanes in 1919: Ellen White, Daniel, and the Books of Maccabees Jeffrey Gang, Loma Linda University Apocalypse When? Seventh-day Adventist Eschatological Pessimism in the Aftermath of World War I ZK A22-113 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 A22-111 Q Chicano Park Tour Friday, 12:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-Meet at Registration (outside Halls F&G) See page 9 for details. P22-200 Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Board Meeting Friday, 12:00 PM–3:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) P22-201 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theme: Teaching with Film for Social Change Learning Friday, 12:00 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-22 (Upper Level East) This workshop will begin with lunch and will be followed by a presentation from Odyssey Impact about Odyssey documentary films for community engagement and social change learning. Odyssey Impact team members will share lessons learned from their impact campaigns. Invited faculty presenters will discuss issues of social change learning and teaching strategies in the classroom. The focus: Participants will engage questions about how to tackle issues such as: student resistance, sensitive content, and social change learning dynamics and issues in the classroom. Additional questions will involve how does social change learning happen – during a film and after? What creates action and/or transformed perspective? How is it measured? When does it fail? What teaching strategies are most effective? Panelists: Anne Faustin-Davis, Odyssey Impact Kirsten Kelly, Odyssey Impact Storm Swain, United Lutheran Seminary Ralph Basui Watkins, Columbia Theological Seminary Pre-registration required. Limit 50 participants. Active teaching faculty are encouraged to preregister. Contact: Beth Reffett, reffettb@wabash.edu x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 93 John Shaver, University of Otago Religion, Fertility, and Child Outcomes: Tests of Functional Hypotheses with the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children Joseph Bulbulia, University of Aukland Belief and Unbelief over the Lifespan: Surprising Findings from a National Longitudinal Study FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 ZKQ A22-114 Theological Education Workshop Theme: Science and Religion: A Pedagogical Workshop at Scripps Oceanographic Institute Friday, 12:30 PM–5:30 PM Convention Center-Meet at Registration (outside Halls F&G) See page 72 for details. ZK A22-115 Anti-Islamophobia Workshop Theme: Teaching Against Islamophobia (By Invitation Only) Friday, 12:30 PM–6:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Todd Green, Luther College, Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina, and Aysha Hidayatullah, University of San Francisco, Presiding A22-200 American Lectures in the History of Religions Committee Meeting Friday, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire Boardroom (Fourth Level) Duncan Williams, University of Southern California, Presiding A22-201 Graduate Student Committee Friday, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) Rachel Toombs, Baylor University, Presiding Friday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM P22-206 P22-202 Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: A Symposium: T. F. Torrance on Theosis and Universal Salvation Friday, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-206 (Second Level) A short business meeting for members of 30 minutes will precede the symposium. Oliver Crisp, University of St. Andrews T. F. Torrance on Theosis and Universal Salvation Responding: Myk Habets, Laidlaw College See www.tftorrance.org for more details. Theme: History of the Field Friday, 1:00 PM–2:50 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Panelist: Aaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester Responding: James Edmonds, Arizona State University D. Jamil Grimes, Louisville Seminary Andrew Durdin, Florida State University Rebekka King, Middle Tennessee State University ZWK A22-202 P22-205 International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion Theme: Recent Insights from Evolutionary Religious Studies Friday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Connor Wood, Center for Mind and Culture, Cambridge, MA Ritual and Self-Regulation in Complex Social Systems Becoming a Public Scholar Workshop Friday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) See page 72 for details. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 94 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A22-203 Z W A22-205 Women’s Caucus Theme: Prospects for Future Research Friday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-6F (Upper Level West) Massimo Rondolino, Carroll University, Presiding Panelist: Felice Lifshitz, University of Alberta See page 72 for details. Theme: Weaving Public Spaces: Extending Scholarship on Gender and Religion Friday, 2:00 PM–3:45 PM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, Presiding Panelist: Alicia Panganiban, Mayo Clinic A22-204 ZK Ethnography and Theology Workshop Theme: Representation and Normativity: Crises and Possibilities Friday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-6B (Upper Level West) Theodore Hickman-Maynard, Boston University, and Natalie WiggStevenson, Emmanuel College, Presiding Panelists: Sabrina Müller, University of Zurich Clare Watkins, University of Roehampton Todd D. Whitmore, University of Notre Dame Derrick Lemons, University of Georgia Kristina Helgesson Kjellin, Church of Sweden, Uppsala University James Bielo, Miami University Angela Cowser, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Irma Fast Dueck, Canadian Mennonite University Katharine Lassiter, Mount Saint Joseph University See page 72 for details. P22-209 Adventist Society for Religious Studies Theme: Paper Session III: Ethics and Mission Friday, 1:45 PM–3:45 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) Business Session will follow. Aleksandar Santrac, Washington Adventist University The Bankruptcy of Christian Fundamentalism’s Rule-Based Morality: Case Study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics Cristian Dumitrescu, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies Fundamentalism and Mission: The Seventh-day Adventist Case Tihomir Lazic, Newbold College Adventist Quest for Truth: A New Methodological Opportunity Michel Sunhae Lee, University of Texas Looking Westward, Narrating Eastward A22-206 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Comparative Hagiology Workshop ZWK Centers on Religion and Public Life Workshop Theme: Sharing Insights and Practice Friday, 2:00 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-6A (Upper Level West) See page 72 for details. P22-210 International Bonhoeffer Society Board of Directors Meeting Friday, 2:00 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 313 (Third Level) A22-207 ZK Buddhist Contemplation Workshop Theme: Teaching Buddhist Contemplation in Higher Education Friday, 2:00 PM–5:30 PM Convention Center-7A (Upper Level West) Gloria I-Ling Chien, Gonzaga University, Presiding Panelists: Gloria I-Ling Chien, Gonzaga University Namdrol Miranda Adams, Maitripa College Jane Compson, University of Washington, Tacoma Amelia Hall, Naropa University Karma Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego See page 73 for details. x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 95 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 ZAH A22-208 Religion and Ecology Workshop Theme: Cosmology and Ecology Friday, 2:30 PM–5:30 PM Convention Center-7B (Upper Level West) Panelists: Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University John A. Grim, Yale University Nancy Maryboy, Indigenous Education Institute Carl Anthony, Breakthrough Communities Brian Swimme, California Institute of Integral Studies Responding: Sam Mickey, University of San Francisco Heather Eaton, Saint Paul University See page 73 for details. P22-212 Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality Theme: A Contemplative Experience of the Oceanside Environment Friday, 2:30 PM–6:00 PM Offsite - Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Dr Douglas Hardy, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Presiding 2:30 PM Departure from Convention Center (Please check SSCS website to confirm details.) 3:00 PM Welcome, Conversation, and Contemplative Tour of the Campus Rev. Dr. Rebecca Laird, Professor of Christian Ministry and Practice, will lead a contemplative tour of the beautiful campus of Point Loma Nazarene University, exploring its religious history and, with the collaboration of the University’s faculty in Biology, its natural environment. The afternoon, graciously hosted by the School of Theology and Ministry, will include time for both conversation and individual reflection. A meeting room will be available for those who prefer not to walk. Light refreshments will be provided. The University is a short cab ride from the Convention area, and participants are welcome to join the session late. For further information on this event, including reservations for the free shuttle, and our evening events (the Society dinner and the evening reception, both subsidized for SSCS members), please visit sscs.press. jhu.edu/annual_meeting/annual_meeting.html; please send additional questions to Anita Houck, Secretary, at ahouck@saintmarys.edu. Panelists: Rebecca Laird, Point Loma Nazarene University Andrew Lee, Graduate Theological Union Shannon McAlister, Fordham University 5:30 PM Return to Convention Area All are Welcome! ZW A22-300 Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit Theme: FREE Workshop on Public-Facing Scholarship in Religions, Medicines, and Healing Friday, 3:00 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311 (Third Level) Emily Wu, Dominican University of California, and C. Pierce Salguero, Penn State University, Presiding See page 73 for details. P22-316 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: The Role and Influence of Private Funding on the Field Friday, 3:00 PM–4:50 PM Convention Center-25A (Upper Level East) Panelist: Gregory D. Alles, McDaniel College Responding: Joshua Patterson, University of Georgia Michael Altman, University of Alabama John McCormack, Aurora University Natalie Avalos, University of Colorado Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 96 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x P22-317 C Theme: Coming Together Over the Ganges: Raimon Panikkar Symposium-Gerry Larson Memorial Friday, 3:00 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Young-chan Ro, George Mason University, and Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University, Presiding The 2019 SACP panel, to be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the AAR in San Diego, will combine the Raimon Panikkar Symposium and the memorial tribute to Gerry Larson, who was the past President of the SACP, 1982–85. Besides, many members of the Panikkar Symposium were Gerry Larson’s friends and colleagues. In the second half of the panel, we honor and remember our dear colleague, Gerald Larson, who passed in April of this year. It will begin with the presentation of some personal letters exchanged Raimon Panikkar and Gerald Larson over the years. Next, the panel will feature two scholarly papers on 6ƘԲNK\D and Yoga to pay tribute to Gerry’s lasting academic contribution. The session will conclude as we engage in floor discussion and initiate the actual work of compiling the “sutras on climate change.” We will have a short business meeting to finish off this year’s meeting. Program 3:00 PM Opening Welcome 3:05 PM–4:50 PM Part I: Ecosophy (Raimon Panikkar’s Cosmo-TheAnthropic Worldview): Practical Suggestions from the Religious Traditions on Climate Change In the Panikkar Symposium we will address the urgent issue of climate change, and how various religious and philosophical traditions respond to the present-day crisis and what insight, solutions, and actions they may suggest. The aim of this session is to compile the “sutras on climate change”—something similar to the “Nine Sutras on Peace” (in Panikkar, Cultural Disarmament: The Way to Peace, 1995). Such a concise presentation of key ideas may turn out to be helpful as the sutras may guide us to practical insight, leading to action. When completed, we hope to upload the “Sutras on Climate Change” on the SACP website (and other possible sites), so that they may be available to the colleagues who are engaged in Intercultural and interdisciplinary philosophical endeavor. Abdulaziz Sachedina, George Mason University Practical Suggestions from Islam on Climate Change Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University Practical Suggestions from Zen Buddhism and Nishida on Climate Change Young-chan Ro, George Mason University Practical Suggestions from Confucianism on Climate Change Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame Practical Suggestions from Hinduism on Climate Change Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University Practical Suggestions from Asian Christianity on Climate Change: Pope Francis’ Encyclical and Asian Catholic Churches Diane Pendola, Skyline, California, and Yakshi Vadeboncoeur, Skyline, California Praxis: Panikkarian Earth Liturgy FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Maria Roberta Cappellini, CIRPIT Centro Interculturale Raimon Panikkar Italia Practical Suggestions from the Contemporary Western Philosophical Perspective on Climate Change Andrew Thrasher, Birmingham University Practical Suggestions from the Contemporary Western Christian Cosmology of Creation on Climate Change 4:50 PM–5:00 PM Break 5:00 PM–6:30 PM Part II: Remembering Gerry Larson Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University Gerry and Raimundo: Remembering Gerry Larson Milena Carrera, Vivarium Prof. Larson and Panikkar at UCSB, Some Letter Exchanges Lara Mitias, Antioch College Dualisms East and West: Resolving Cartesian Problems with the Insights of Samkhya-Yoga Geoffrey Ashton, University of San Francisco Recuperating the Life of Nature in the 6ƘΥNK\D Kārikā: A Reconsideration of Gerald Larson’s Theory of 3UDNΩWL through the Lens of Goethe’s Organics 6:15 PM–6:20 PM Short announcement (5 minutes) 6:20 PM–6:30 PM Break 6:30 PM–6:50 PM Part III: Reflections: Scholarly Responsibility in Addressing Climate Change Floor discussion and drafting of Intrareligious, intercultural responses in “sutra-form”—the purpose of this exercise is to summarize what we may learn from diverse religious-philosophical traditions. We will take Panikkar’s “Nine Sutras on Peace” as a model. 6:50 PM–7:00 PM North American Panikkar Group Business Meeting: Young-chan Ro, George Mason University, and Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University, Presiding P22-319 Adventist Society for Religious Studies Sectional Meetings Friday, 3:45 PM–4:45 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo D (Second Level) Christian Theology and History New Testament Old Testament Philosophy and Ethics Practical Theology World Religions/Missiology Michelet William, Andrews University The Social Gospel Movement and Adventism in Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century in the United States x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 97 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Friday, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM P22-320 P22-322 William James Society Talk Friday, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Société Internationale d’Études sur Alfred Loisy P22-324 Theme: Working Papers on RC Modernism Friday, 4:00 PM–5:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Annelies Lannoy, Ghent University Magic, Science and Religion. Alfred Loisy’s Quest for the Origin of Religion Luc Brogly, Independent Scholar Writing on Controversial Topics during the Modernist Crisis: The Case of L’Eucharistie by Pierre Batiffol Charles J. T. Talar, University of St. Thomas At the Intersection of Science, Philosophy, and Religion: The Philosophy of Ėdouard Le Roy Karl Barth Society of North America Lectures P22-321 Polanyi Society Theme: Polanyi’s Imaginaries Friday, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Vista (South Tower - First Level) Phil Mullins, Missouri Western State University, Presiding Jean Bocharova, Mount San Jacinto College Enchanting or Bewitching: The Role of Rhetoric in the Formation of an Imaginary Andrew Grosso, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, SC “Visionary Art” and the Rehabilitation of Modern Imaginaries Richard W. Moodey, Gannon University Polanyi’s Imaginaries and Pictures Responding: Charles Lowney, Hollins University Jon Fennell, Hillsdale University Friday, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Coronado (South Tower - Fourth Level) George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding Han-luen Kantzer Komline, Western Theological Seminary Barth and Augustine Shao Kai Tseng, Zhejiang University Barth and Actualistic Ontology P22-323 Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Theme: Buddhist and Christian Resources for Addressing Sexual Violence Friday, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 307 (Third Level) Leo Lefebure, Georgetown University, Presiding Buddhist and Christian communities have faced serious challenges regarding sexual misconduct in recent years. This session will discuss various aspects of these situations and will explore resources from the Buddhist and Christian traditions for responding constructively. Panelists: John Sheveland, Gonzaga University Amy P. Langenberg, Eckerd College Laura Schmidt Roberts, Fresno Pacific University Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Notre Dame of Maryland University Cristina Lledo Gomez, Charles Sturt University Pamela Yetunde, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities P22-325 Adventist Society for Religious Studies Meetings Friday, 4:45 PM–5:45 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo H (Second Level) Special Group Meetings: Black Theology Group Women in Theology Group Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 98 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A22-402 Religious Literacy College-Wide Guidelines Project Mindfulness Workshop for Educators Friday, 5:00 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 500 (Fifth Level) Diane L. Moore, Harvard University, and Eugene V. Gallagher, Connecticut College, Presiding Panelists: Brian K. Pennington, Elon University Cherie Hughes, Tulsa Community College Eugene Y. Lowe, Northwestern University Margaret Lowe, Bridgewater State University Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa Davina C. Lopez, Eckerd College Nadine S. Pence, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Grant Potts, Austin Community College Jane Naomi Iwamura, University of the West Joseph A. Favazza, Saint Anselm College Joseph Laycock, Texas State University Kenneth Mello, Southwestern University Reuven Firestone, Hebrew Union College Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University Richard Ekman, Council of Independent Colleges Friday, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM Convention Center-26A (Upper Level East) Trung Huynh, University of Houston, Presiding See page 73 for details. A22-400 Journal of the American Academy of Religion ( JAAR) Editorial Board Meeting Friday, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300 (Third Level) Andrea Jain, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Presiding A22-401 ZK FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 A22-404 P22-402 Christian Systematic Theology Unit Theme: The State of Systematic Theology Friday, 6:00 PM–8:30 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Junius Johnson, Baylor University, Presiding What is the current state of the discipline of systematic theology? What obstacles and opportunities do we face as we continue to reflect on Christian theology in our present cultural moment? The Christian Systematic Theology Unit of the AAR invites you to join us for a discussion of these questions followed by a reception with the panelists. The event is free, but RSVP is required. Please RSVP by November 1 at eventbrite.com/e/the-state-of-systematic-theology-paneltickets-58381297031. Sponsored with the generous support of Wipf and Stock Publishers, Baylor University Press, and the Episcopal Church at William and Mary Panelists: William T. Cavanaugh, DePaul University Sarah Coakley, University of Cambridge Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University Christoph Schwoebel, University of St. Andrews P22-403 Søren Kierkegaard Society Annual Banquet L Film: Tel Aviv on Fire: Peacebuilding, Religion, and Film Friday, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502 (Fifth Level) Jolyon Mitchell, University of Edinburgh, Presiding Sponsored by the Religion, Media, and Culture Unit and the Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit A roundtable discussion on peacebuilding through film following the screening of an award-winning comedy about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tel Aviv on Fire (2018, directed by Sameh Zoabi, 96 minutes). This movie provides a catalyst for discussion about the role of film and comedy in one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. At the heart of this cinematic tale is a Palestinian writer, Salam, who lives in Jerusalem and draws upon the experiences and skills of an Israeli checkpoint commander to enhance a popular Palestinian soap opera. The roundtable will explore this and other films’ representation of religion, contested borders, divided communities and gender relations, as well as critical reflection upon the potential of film for contributing to conflict transformation and religiously informed peace building in Israel-Palestine. Friday, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM Offsite - The Prado, 1549 El Prado, Balboa Park, Alhambra Room, Second Floor The cost is $50 for dinner; $65 for dinner and two hours of alcohol service. Society President Sheridan Hough will present a paper. Advance reservations are required. Panelist: Sheridan Hough, College of Charleston Please contact Secretary/Treasurer Jeffrey Hanson at: jhanson@fas. harvard.edu For further information visit kierkegaardsocietyusa.com x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 99 P22-504 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 18 Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Business Meeting G A22-403 Anti-Islamophobia Workshop Theme: Teaching Against Islamophobia Reception (By Invitation Only) Friday, 6:30 PM–8:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Del Mar (South Tower - Third Level) Friday, 7:00 PM and Later P22-503 International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture Theme: Recent Developments Friday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Mark Peterson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Presiding Scholarship investigating the intersections among religion, nature, and culture remains a lively and important area of academic inquiry. The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture is an organization dedicated to creating spaces and fostering conversations at the cutting edge of scholarship in this area. This mini-roundtable brings together the authors of two recent monographs to discuss the state of the field and to identify questions of ongoing significance. Sarah McFarland Taylor will speak about her book Ecopiety (NYU Press 2019) and Dan McKanan will discuss EcoAlchemy (UC Press 2017). Members and friends of the ISSRNC are invited to join the conversation, share food, and explore opportunities for collaboration. Panelists: Sarah McFarland Taylor, Northwestern University Daniel McKanan, Harvard University Responding: Robin Veldman, Texas A&M University Theme: Violence: Its Justification and Role in the Spiritual Life Friday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Michael T. McLaughlin, Old Dominion University, Presiding Panelists: Graham M. Schweig, Christopher Newport University and Graduate Theological Union Ted Ulrich, University of Saint Thomas Patrick Beldio, Reunion Studios, Washington, DC Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union Responding: Michael Stoeber, Regis College and University of Toronto P22-500 12 Step Recovery Support Meeting Friday, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) LU A22-500 Film: Loyalty Friday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501AB (Fifth Level) Zachary Moon, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding Sponsored by the Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit Loyalty is the first national storytelling project to recount the experiences of American Muslim military service members, past and present. We introduce a diverse group of men and women — immigrants, converts, and American-born Muslims — who gave an oath to protect the United States and uphold its Constitution. Given the rise in Islamophobia since 9/11, the project intentionally shines light on the contradiction that arises when Muslims volunteer to defend a nation that does not always defend them. Through immensely personal stories, the film shows that “loyalty” cannot simply be reduced to one’s love of country but, in fact, takes many forms and is as complicated at the American Muslim experience itself. Themes addressed include the unique work of Muslim military chaplains who are fighting for religious freedom, interfaith cooperation, and acceptance of Islam in the United States Armed Forces. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 100 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Regional Officers Breakfast A23-1 Yoga Class Saturday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Convention Center-7B (Upper Level West) Katherine Downey, Dallas, TX, and Rachel Toombs, Baylor University, Presiding Gathering of the Presidents, Student Directors, Regionally Elected Coordinators, and other regional officers for a full breakfast meeting to discuss activities in the regions, the work of the Regions Committee, and other regional issues. All AAR members in regional leadership roles (incoming and outgoing) are invited to participate. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Saturday, 7:00 AM–8:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua A (Third Level) Join us for a one hour energizing and wakening yoga class, appropriate to all levels of practitioners. Fun flow will incorporate the whole body — stretching into the legs, releasing tension in the shoulders, opening up the heart with some gentle back bending. Please wear comfortable clothing. Please bring a mat or towel. Yoga mats will be available for purchase ($45). The cost to participate is $25 per person. P23-101 Society for the Study of Chinese Religions P23-100 Theme: Breakfast for Women Scholars in the Study of Chinese Religions Saturday, 8:00 AM–10:00 AM Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level) Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Board Meeting Saturday, 7:30 AM–8:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo E (Second Level) Kerry San Chirico, Villanova University, Presiding Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:00 AM G A23-2 Department Chairs and Program Coordinators’ Breakfast Saturday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Convention Center-7A (Upper Level West) Susan E. Hill, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding Department Chairs and Program Coordinators are invited to a breakfast gathering. A23-3 G A23-4 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 FG New Members’ Breakfast and Annual Meeting Orientation Saturday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Convention Center-6F (Upper Level West) Alice Hunt, American Academy of Religion, and Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College, Presiding New (first-time) AAR members in 2019 are cordially invited to a continental breakfast with members of the Board of Directors and a brief orientation to the AAR Annual Meeting. By invitation only. Panelists: Matt Vieson, American Academy of Religion Robert N. Puckett, American Academy of Religion A23-100 FPK Applied Religious Studies Committee Theme: Another Plan A: Religious Studies Education and Careers Beyond the Academy Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Cristine Hutchison-Jones, Harvard University, Presiding Worried about the job market? Thinking that a career in higher ed no longer matches your interests and goals? Or just wondering about options? Join the Applied Religious Studies Committee for a discussion on career paths outside the academy. Panelists hold masters and doctoral degrees in a variety of religious studies and theology specializations and will discuss fields including: publishing and editing; freelance writing; nonprofits and foundations; government; religious communities; academic administration; and more. Panelists will discuss the ways faculty, departments, and the AAR might better support scholars as they consider careers beyond the academy. Come hear more about what graduate education in religious studies already does to prepare us for and enhance our practice of various careers, and help us think about what more the academy can and should do to support scholars in the pursuit of nonacademic work. This panel will include substantial time for audience Q&A and discussion. Please join us to share your thoughts! Panelists: John Erickson, Claremont Graduate University Kali Handelman, New York University Greg W. Kimura, Alaska Humanities Forum Jenny Wiley Legath, Princeton University Varun Soni, University of Southern California x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 101 A23-103 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 #animalsaar19 Animals and Religion Unit and Confucian Traditions Unit FW A23-101 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Graduate Student Committee Theme: Critical Conversations: Religion and Polarized Publics Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) Andrew Klumpp, Southern Methodist University, and Meghan Johnston Aelabouni, Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver, Presiding How do scholars of religion engage with the public, and who is “the public?” In this roundtable, a panel of scholars will address how scholars of religion begin and sustain fruitful conversation within a variety of public contexts around questions of religion, with particular attention to the polarization of the cultural climate. Panelists will draw on their own experiences of using their expertise in diverse public settings, reflecting both individually and collectively on the challenges faced when engaging the public. This conversation will highlight a variety of contexts, including the classroom, print media, workshops, blogs, media appearances and faith communities. It will also consider both everyday interactions with religion in public spaces as well as how scholars of religion engage the public in moments of crisis or heightened political and cultural tension. The roundtable will allot significant time for discussion not only among panelists but also with the audience. Panelists: Kristy Slominski, University of Arizona Omid Safi, Duke University Jill DeTemple, Southern Methodist University Elizabeth Palmer, University of Chicago Divinity School Isaac Barnes May, University of Virginia Rahuldeep Singh Gill, California Lutheran University WK A23-102 Pitching to the Media Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Simran Jeet Singh, New York University, Presiding How to pitch research to the popular press? Two editors and two scholar/writers will discuss successful strategies and offer insights into what editors want, how scholars can make research accessible, and when it’s worthwhile to do so. Panelists: Diane Winston, University of Southern California Anthea Butler, University of Pennsylvania Bob Smietana, Religion News Service Kalpana Jain, The Conversation Theme: Animals, Real and Imagined, in Chinese Religions: In the Late Antique and Medieval Periods Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) Aaron Stalnaker, Indiana University, Presiding Yukinobu Abe, Chuo University Animal Symbols on the Knob of Seals during the Han Dynasty: Tiger, Turtle, Camel, and Snake Xurong Kong, Kean University Macaque: Your God, My Pet Keith Knapp, The Citadel People Are Special, Animals Are Not: An Early Medieval Confucian’s Views on the Difference between Humans and Beasts Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University Daoist Engagement with Tigers in Medieval China Robert Campany, Vanderbilt University Animal Tales as Ecologies of Selves and of Human-Animal Relationships Kendall Marchman, University of Georgia A Little Bird Told Me: The Magical Birds of the Pure Land CW A23-104 Bioethics and Religion Unit Theme: Contextualizing and Theologizing Bioethics in Public Discourse and Private Spaces Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Terri Laws, University of Michigan, Dearborn, Presiding Joseph Fisher, Columbia University Theologizing Public Bioethics: Human Enhancement under the President’s Council Jaime Wright, Santa Clara University The Role of Perception and Self-Understanding in the Construction of Moral Arguments at the Intersection of Medicine and Religion in Medical Emergencies Hajung Lee, University of Puget Sound The Meaning of a Good Death and Preferences on End-Of-Life Care among Korean Immigrants Anjeanette Allen, Chicago Theological Seminary Do Not Pass Me By: A Womanist Reprise and Response to Healthcare’s Cultural Dismissal and Erasure of Black Women’s Pain Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 102 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x David Craig, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis A New HIP Public? Urban Congregations and the Healthy Indiana Plan Business Meeting: Marcella Norling, Orange Coast College, Presiding A23-107 #aarcomptheo Comparative Theology Unit and Karl Barth Society of North America A23-106 A23-108 Buddhism Unit and Religion and Disability Studies Unit Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit A23-105 CHW Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Unit Theme: Critical Analysis and Constructive Thought on Disability and the Disabled Body in Buddhist Traditions Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-21 (Upper Level East) Carol S. Anderson, Kalamazoo College, Presiding Alexander Hsu, University of Notre Dame Why Panthaka Can’t Read: Learning Disability and Liberation in A Grove of Pearls Charles B. Jones, Catholic University of America No Braille Signage in Sukhāvatī? Pure Land Buddhist Teachings about Sensory Impairments Bee Scherer, Canterbury Christ Church University “Ugly, Unsightly, Deformed…”: Scriptural Ableism, Physiomoral Discourses, and Hermeneutical Strategies for Buddhist Dis/ability Advocacy Justin Fifield, Trinity College An Ethics of Care? Disability Discourses in South Asian Buddhist Monasticism Stuart Chandler, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Armless Dharma Joy: An Analysis of the Memoirs of Ōishi Junkyō Responding: Darla Schumm, Hollins University #deathbeyond SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Bonhoeffer, Public Discourse, and Resistance Ethics: Lessons from Bonhoeffer on the Climate Crisis, Planetary Care, and the Confederate Monument Debate Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-15B (Mezzanine Level) Reggie Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary, Presiding Ulrik Nissen, Aarhus University, Denmark Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Polyphony of Life as a Contribution to Public Discourse Karen V. Guth, College of the Holy Cross “Heritage Not Hate” or “Heritage and Decay”? Lessons for White Christians from Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Confederate Monument Debate Adam Vander Tuig, Union Theological Seminary Are We Still of Any Use? Bonhoeffer, Resistance, and Planetary Palliative Care Business Meeting: Lori Brandt Hale, Augsburg University, and Stephen R. Haynes, Rhodes College, Presiding Theme: Karl Barth and Comparative Theology: An Unexpected Dialogue Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Martha L. Moore-Keish, Columbia Theological Seminary, and Christian T. Collins Winn, Presiding Randi Rashkover, George Mason University Comparative Theology, Comparative Wisdom, and Covenantal Logic Joshua Ralston, University of Edinburgh Analogies across Faiths: Barth and Ghazali on Speaking after Revelation Victor Ezigbo, Bethel University Speaking about the Unspeakable: Conversing with Barth and Ejizu on Mediated Divine Action Wilhelmus Valkenberg, Catholic University of America Shifting Concepts of “Religion” in Barth and the Qur’an Peng Yin, Harvard University Karl Barth and Thomas Aquinas on “True Religion” John Sampson, University of Toronto Persons on the Way: Karl Barth and Comparative Theology in Dialogue with Classical Confucianism Responding: Paul Dafydd Jones, University of Virginia C Theme: Death and Domesticity: Dying, Death, and Corpses in the Home Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502 (Fifth Level) Mohamed S. Hassan, Temple University, Presiding Kira Moolman, University of Toronto Dying Bodies: Bringing Mortality Home after the Reformation and the Great Transition Julia Reed, Harvard University Statehood and Sainthood: The Postmortem Apostolic Journey of Francis Xavier Jamie Brummitt, University of North Carolina, Wilmington “A Sacred Relic Kept”: Protestant Relics and the “Good Death” Experience in Nineteenth-Century America Business Meeting: Amy Defibaugh, Temple University, and Candi K. Cann, Baylor University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 103 A23-111 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 #aarhcs C History of Christianity Unit C A23-109 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Killing the Joy of Reproductive Time Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire L (Fourth Level) Amanda Nichols, University of Florida, Presiding Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Fordham University Un(der)paid Labor in the Production of Theological Subjects Meredith Minister, Shenandoah University Fuck the Survivor: Refusing the Future Promised by the Sanctified Cancer Patient Wendy Mallette, Yale University Disciplinary Temporalities, Temporal Drag, and the Lesbian Feminist Killjoy Valeria Vergani, University of Toronto Temporal Removal, Spiritual Transcendence: Constructing Indigenous Temporalities at the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions Responding: Kathryn Moles, Santa Clara University Business Meeting: Tom Berendt, Temple University, Presiding A23-110 Hinduism Unit and Religion and Economy Unit Theme: Economies of Modern Hinduism: Markets of Discipline and Critique Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Deonnie Moodie, University of Oklahoma, Presiding Vijaya Nagarajan, University of San Francisco Hinduism and Climate: Economies of Energy, Equity, and Ethics Cassie Adcock, Washington University, St. Louis The Sacred Cow of British India: Free Trade and the Politics of Cow Protection Carter Higgins, Cornell University Saintly Investments: Seva and the Development of Pilgrimage Routes in Contemporary Rajasthan Drew Thomases, San Diego State University The Price Tag of Enlightenment: Murtis as Spiritual Investments on the Margins of Hindu and Hippie Responding: Brian K. Pennington, Elon University Theme: Political Uses of the Past Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Trish Beckman, Saint Olaf College, Presiding Allison Murray, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto Contested Christian Heroines and Heritage: Competing Appeals to the Past in 20th-Century Evangelical Gender Debates Zachary Smith, Creighton University Self-Violence and Othering Violence: The Legacies of Christian Holiness Michael Baysa, Princeton University Continuity and Rupture in the Great Awakening Revivals: Religious History as Political Commentary R. Ward Holder, Saint Anselm College The Political Use of Memory: Calvin, Niebuhr, and Contemporary Evangelicalism Business Meeting: Lloyd Barba, Amherst College, and Trish Beckman, Saint Olaf College, Presiding A23-112 #islamaar #aarigw Theme: New Horizons in Islamic Studies: Advanced Graduate Work Showcase Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Saadia Yacoob, Williams College, Presiding Abiya Ahmed, Stanford University Prejudice, Progressivism, and Power: Politics in the Making of “Islamic” and American Muslims on Campus Muhammad Khan, University of Cambridge Sociality and the Mystical Theology of ȾAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641–1731AD) Emma Thompson, Princeton University Teleologies of Becoming: Muhammad Iqbal’s Taqdir (Destiny) as a Model for Rethinking Trans Temporalities Ryan Brizendine, Yale University Ibn
Arabī and Qūnawī between 1DԘDU and Kashf: a Conjoint Critique of Rational Inquiry and Defense of Inspired Knowledge Sana Patel, University of Ottawa Understanding Muslim Millennials in the Social Media Age Sawyer French, University of Chicago The Rise of Gender Studies in Indonesian Islamic Universities: Indigenous and Imperial Genealogies Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 104 N Exploratory Sessions L Films C Islam, Gender, Women Unit and Study of Islam Unit S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Rahim Samnani, McMaster University Rethinking the Historical Muhammad: A New Quest Responding: Kristian Petersen, Old Dominion University Business Meeting: Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, University of Vermont, and Elliott Bazzano, Le Moyne College, Presiding A23-116 A23-113 Theme: Remembering and Moving with the Work of Luís D. León: A Commemorative Conversation Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Jennifer Scheper Hughes, University of California, Riverside, Presiding Daisy Vargas, University of California, Riverside La Llorona’s Children at the US-Mexico Border: Luis D. Leon’s Decolonial Scholarship in Confronting State Violence Roger Green, Metropolitan State University of Denver Employing Luis León’s Religious Poetics in the Ayahuasca Diaspora Luis Leon Adriana Nieto, Metropolitan State University of Denver A Post-Humous Thank You Letter to Luis Leon Harold Morales, Morgan State University La Llorona’s Beloved Children: An Engagement with the Specters of Luís León, Toni Morrison, and Jacques Derrida Responding: Miguel De La Torre, Iliff School of Theology Laura Perez, University of California, Berkeley David Carrasco, Harvard University C Lesbian-Feminisms and Religion Unit Theme: Audre Lorde: Lesbian-Feminist, Theo-Poetics Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Shatavia Wynn, Vanderbilt University, Presiding Rachel A. Heath, Vanderbilt University Audre Lorde: The Place of Difference in the Poetics of a Life Oluwatomisin Oredein, Brite Divinity School God-Talk and Lorde-Speak: Audre Lorde and Inappropriate Theopoetics Courtney Rabada, Northwestern University The Transformation of Religious Studies through the Confounded Identities of Audre Lorde Timothy Dwight Davis, Vanderbilt University Warrior Poetry and Wicked Words: Audre Lorde as a Foundation for Feminist Theopoetics Business Meeting: Michelle Wolff, Augustana College, Presiding Theme: Moral Injury and Military Chaplaincy Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Zachary Moon, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding George Schmidt, US Navy Penelope and Telemachus at Arlington National Cemetery Johann Choi, US Air Force Chaplain Corps Re-Thinking/Embodying Pastoral Care for Moral Injury Mark Lee, US Army Moral Injury, PTSD, and Growth after Trauma: A Theological Reflection for Military Chaplains Responding: Ed Waggoner, Brite Divinity School Business Meeting: Gabriella Lettini, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding A23-117 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and North American Religions Unit and Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit A23-114 CU Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit #aarquakers19 Pentecostal–Charismatic Movements Unit and Quaker Studies Unit Theme: Quakers and Pentecostals in a Colonized World Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Jon Kershner, Pacific Lutheran University, Presiding Andrea Johnson, California State University, Dominguez Hills Gender in the Montgomery Story Kimberly Alexander, Regent University “Friend of the Land”: Margaret Gaines’ Establishment of a Palestinian Pentecostal Elementary School Cherice Bock, The Oregon Extension Friends and Watershed Discipleship: Reconciling with People and the Land in Light of the Doctrine of Discovery Responding: Ekaputra Tupamahu, Vanderbuilt University Business Meeting: Jon Kershner, Pacific Lutheran University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 105 C A23-120 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Religion in Southeast Asia Unit CH A23-118 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Religion and Humanism Unit Theme: The Ethics in the Anthropocene Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Slavica Jakelic, Valparaiso University, Presiding Maria Antonaccio, Bucknell University Posthumanism and the Disabling of Human Moral Agency in the Anthropocene Khurram Hussain, Lehigh University A Space for Freedom’s Appearance: The Critical Humanisms of Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Hannah Arendt Business Meeting: Slavica Jakelic, Valparaiso University, and J. Sage Elwell, Texas Christian University, Presiding A23-119 (=S23-110) Theme: Challenging Religious Establishments: Scandal, Transgression, and Sousveillance in Contemporary Southeast Asia Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Bahar Davary, University of San Diego, Presiding Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College Everyday Scandals: Regulating the Buddhist Monastic Body in Thai Media June McDaniel, College of Charleston Authority and Performance in Bali: Pedandas vs the New Age Etin Anwar, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Debating Equalities: Islamic and Feminist Contestations in Indonesia Responding: Thomas Patton, City University of Hong Kong Business Meeting: Alexandra Kaloyanides, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Presiding #rpc Religion and Popular Culture Unit and SBL Bible and Popular Culture Unit Theme: Comic-Con at the Intersection of Religion, Bible, and Popular Culture Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-16A (Mezzanine Level) Elizabeth Coody, Morningside College, Presiding Katelynn Carver, University of Saint Andrews The Book of Fan: Interrogating the Deeper Expressions of Fandom as Religion America Wolff, Florida State University Un-Conventional Religion: Cosplay and Embodiment at San Diego Comic-Con Kori Pacyniak, University of California, Riverside From Deadpool Jesus to Disneybounding: Cosplay, Religion, and the Subversion of Gender Norms Joanna Caroline Toy, Ohio State University Inventive Religious Communities: Religiosity and Fictionality in Fan Pilgrimage Patrick McCauley, Chestnut Hill College, and Karen Wendling, Chestnut Hill College Comic Con, Harry Potter, and Pilgrimage Community C A23-121 Religion, Sport, and Play Unit Theme: Testing the Limits: Sports, Play, and Border Spaces Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Carmen Marie Nanko-Fernandez, Catholic Theological Union, Presiding Vincent Biondo, Humboldt State University, and Gabriel Levy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology God, Data, and Michael Jordan: On the Border between Sport and Play Zachary Smith, University of Tennessee Wrestling with Repugnance: The Competing Subjectivities of a Fighting Scholar Kristin Graff-Kallevåg, MF Norwegian School of Theology, and Sturla Stålsett, MF Norwegian School of Theology Vulnerability: Obstacle or Source of Resilience? An Analysis of How Vulnerability Is Interpreted in Christian Sermons Held in the Context of International Sports Events William Whitmore, Mercersburg Academy, University of Gloucestershire Between Borders: The Liminality of the Sports Chaplain in Elite Sports Settings Christopher Hrynkow, Saint Thomas More College The Surfing Madonna of Encinitas: Southern Californian Surf Spirituality, Saving the Ocean, Catholicism, and Intersections with Integral Ecology in North San Diego County Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 106 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Business Meeting: Carmen Marie Nanko-Fernandez, Catholic Theological Union, Presiding A23-122 C Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit A23-123 C Secularism and Secularity Unit Theme: Debunked: Fakes and Their Investigators Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Robert Lee, Florida State University, Presiding Sonia Hazard, Florida State University Getting Real, Nineteenth-Century Style: The Case of Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates Charles McCrary, Washington University in St. Louis Knaves and Fools in Melville’s The Confidence-Man: “He Ponders the Mystery of Human Subjectivity in General” Jolyon Thomas, University of Pennsylvania Debunking as Pedagogy: Reforming Religion in Post-Defeat Japan Kathryn Lofton, Yale University On Cooling the Mark: What Con Men and the Study of Religion Share Ana Vinea, University of Michigan Mediatized Debunking: Spirits and Skeptics in Egypt Emily Ogden, University of Virginia Are Debunkers Spoilsports? Business Meeting: Joseph Blankholm, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding CAK Teaching Religion Unit Theme: Teaching Religion and James Lang’s Book Small Teaching (Josey Bass, 2016): A Conversation Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) David B. Howell, Ferrum College, Presiding Kate DeConinck, University of San Diego Small Teaching with First-Year Undergraduate Students Laura Taylor, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University Small Teaching: Structured Reading Groups Natalie Williams, Saint Peter’s Preparatory School Using Small Teaching Tactics in High School Ethics Courses Business Meeting: David B. Howell, Ferrum College, and Molly Bassett, Georgia State University, Presiding A23-125 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Maternal Activism in Contexts of Violence Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon, University of Pardubice, Presiding Ellen Ott Marshall, Emory University Maternal Thinking and Gun Reform in the Contemporary U.S. Wonchul Shin, Columbia Theological Seminary Salimi in Action: South Korean Mothers’ Transformative Protest against Political and Cultural Violence, 1970–1986 Cara Curtis, Emory University Caring as Counter-Logic: Everyday, Implicit Practices of Maternal Non-Violence among Incarcerated Theological Students in a U.S. Women’s Prison Nichole Phillips, Emory University Mourning and Black Motherhood: How Tears Birth Social Movements Responding: Annie Hardison-Moody, North Carolina State University Business Meeting: Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame, Presiding A23-124 CA Theology and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Grave Attending: A Political Theology for the Unredeemed (Fordham University Press, 2019) Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-17A (Mezzanine Level) Brandy Daniels, University of Virginia, Presiding Panelists: Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University Maia Kotrosits, Denison University J. Kameron Carter, Indiana University Kent Brintnall, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Anne Joh, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Responding: Karen Bray, Wesleyan College Business Meeting: Rakesh Peter-Dass, Hope College, and Linn Tonstad, Yale University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 107 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 CW A23-126 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theology of Martin Luther King Jr. Unit Theme: Remaining Awake: Martin Luther King, Jr. as a Public Intellectual in the 21st Century Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Leonard McKinnis, Saint Louis University, Presiding Elyse Ambrose, Drew University King and the Paradigm of Black Partisan Disentanglement David Justice, Saint Louis University Remaining Angry: The Intimate Connection between Anger and Love in King’s Social Theology Diana Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary Martin Luther King, Jr. as a Public Theologian: King’s Approach to the Ecological Crisis Responding: Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis Business Meeting: AnneMarie Mingo, Pennsylvania State University, Presiding C A23-127 Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion Seminar Theme: Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion: Multi-Entry Teaching Manual Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-206 (Second Level) Timothy D. Knepper, Drake University, Presiding Gereon Kopf, Luther College Practices, Transformation, and Language Games: Religion without an Essence Jin Y Park, American University Derrida, Zen Buddhism, and the Act of Religion Oludamini Ogunnaike, College of William and Mary Knots in the Real: An Akbari “Philosophy of Religion” Leah Kalmanson, Drake University Philosophizing “Religion” through Qi-Cosmology Marie-Helene Gorisse, Ghent University Proper Acts, Knowledge, and Categories in Jainism: Reshaping Traditional Distinctions Fritz Detwiler, Adrian College Relationalism (Lakota) Nathan R. B. Loewen, University of Alabama Rethinking Conventional Approaches in Philosophy of Religion: Classification, Comparison, Appropriation Nikky Singh, Colby College Sikh Scripture and Sacred Synesthesia Nathan Eric Dickman, Young Harris College Symbolic Language (Tillichian Approach) Peter Nekola, Luther College “Religions,” “Philosophies,” and the Problem of Mapping Business Meeting: Gereon Kopf, Luther College, and Timothy D. Knepper, Drake University, Presiding C A23-128 Religion, Attire, and Adornment in North America Seminar Theme: Religious Dress: Presentation, Display, and Spectacle Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Nora L. Rubel, University of Rochester, Presiding Adrienne Ambrose, University of the Incarnate Word Sartorial Spectacle and the Representation of Catholicism in America Kayla Renée Wheeler, Grand Valley State University “Clothes of Righteousness”: The MGT Uniform as a Tool of Nation Building Melisa Ortiz Berry, Northwest Christian University Subversive Evangelism: The Textile Theology of Henrietta Mears Alexander Rocklin, College of Idaho The Queer Hat of King Solomon: Religion and the Role of Headgear in Racial Passing Elaina Smith, Boston University Dressed for Glory: African-American Protestant Church Women, White Uniforms, and Visual Political Theology Business Meeting: Martha L Finch, Missouri State University, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 108 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-129 SC Transnational Religious Expression: Between Asia and North America Seminar Exploratory Session: Translating Tibetan Buddhism C Video Gaming and Religion Seminar Theme: Video Games, Religion, and the Making of Meaning Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Presiding Sharday Mosurinjohn, Queen’s University The Potential of Misrepresentation in Digital Game Design: Affect, Agency, and Meaning-Making Jordan Brady Loewen, Syracuse University The Religious Experience of Mizuguchi’s Tetris Effect Lisa Kienzl, University of Bremen Religion, Value Systems, and Esports? Thoughts on Analytical Approaches towards Communication and Negotiation of Values, Norms, and Meaning Making Processes within European Esports Communities Tim Hutchings, University of Nottingham “The Light of a Thousand Stories”: Christian Videogames and Religious Education Business Meeting: Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, University of Bremen, Presiding Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Andrew Quintman, Wesleyan University, and Kurtis Schaeffer, University of Virginia, Presiding Panelists: Holly Gayley, University of Colorado Amelia Hall, Naropa University Sarah Harding, Naropa University Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University Anne C. Klein, Rice University Nikko Odiseos, Shambhala Publications Marcus Perman, Tsadra Foundation Dominique Townsend, Bard College Sangseraima Ujeed, University of Oxford Nicole Willock, Old Dominion University Tom Yarnall, Columbia University A23-132 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Authenticity and Appropriation: Transnational Religion amid Competing Forces of Identity and Authority Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Merin Shobhana Xavier, Queen’s University, Presiding Scott Mitchell, Institute of Buddhist Studies Mid-Century Modern: Transnational Japanese-American Buddhism Jeyoul Choi, University of Florida Transnationalism and First Generation Korean-American Evangelical Protestantism: A Case Study Anya Foxen, California Polytechnic State University, SLO Rhizomes and Inosculations: Untangling Modern Postural Yoga Troy Mikanovich, Claremont Graduate University Leveraging Authenticity at the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, University of Copenhagen The “Messiness” of Religious Belonging at Transnational Tibetan Buddhist Lineage Anniversaries in Ladakh, India Responding: Elijah Siegler, College of Charleston Business Meeting: Lucas Carmichael, University of Colorado, Presiding A23-130 N A23-131 CN Exploratory Session: The Future of Anglican Studies Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Seminary of the Southwest, Presiding Panelists: Joy McDougall, Emory University Lizette Larson-Miller, Huron University College Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont School of Theology Martyn W. Percy, University of Oxford Pui Lan Kwok, Episcopal Divinity School Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola University Scott MacDougall, Church Divinity School of the Pacific Responding: Mark Chapman, Ripon College, Cuddesdon Business Meeting: Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Seminary of the Southwest, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 109 P23-104 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Colloquium on Violence and Religion KD A23-133 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Wildcard Session: Defining Digital Theology Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero, Graduate Theological Union, United Lutheran Seminary, Presiding Panelists: Stephen Garner, University of Auckland Jonas Kurlberg, Durham University Katherine Schmidt, Molloy College Peter Phillips, Durham University Responding: Heidi Ann Campbell, Texas A&M University HW A23-134 Women’s Caucus Theme: Creating and Expanding Public Spheres and Climate Change Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Elaine Nogueira-Godsey, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Presiding Jennifer Owens-Jofré, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and Abby Mohaupt, Drew University Theological Education in the Mobile Classroom: Working toward Justice for Migrants and Climate Justice along the Border Rosalind F. Hinton, Tulane University The Women of Cancer Alley, at the Center of the Public Sphere Kim Martinez, Northwest University Human Flourishing in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Julia Enxing, University of Dresden Ecological Literacy Should Be the Foundation for Religious Education: Re-Visioning Teaching Systematic Theology Responding: Mary E. Hunt, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual Theme: Girard the Provocateur: Exploring Mimetic Escalation in Dangerous Times Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Grant Kaplan, Saint Louis University, Presiding Charles K. Bellinger, Brite Divinity School The Kierkegaard-Girard Option in a Polarized Age Artur Rosman, University of Notre Dame Deceit, Desire, and the Kingdom Kevin L. Hughes, Villanova University Religion, Identity, and the Catholic University: A Case of Mimetic Escalation P23-106 Søren Kierkegaard Society Theme: Kierkegaard Without Borders: A Global Perspective Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) P23-107 Niebuhr Society Theme: The Future of Christian Realism Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Leucadia (South Tower - First Level) Dallas Gingles, Southern Methodist University, Presiding Panelists: Peter J. Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary Shaun Casey, Georgetown University Nathan McLellan, The Venn Foundation of New Zealand Elisabeth Kincaid, Nashotah House Theological Seminary P23-102 Adventist Society for Religious Studies Theme: Sabbath Worship and Book Review Panel Saturday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 18 (First Level) Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 110 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x P23-108 Coffee Break Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies P23-109 Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality Presidential Address and Annual Meeting Saturday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Timothy Robinson, Brite Divinity School, Presiding 9:00 AM–10:15 AM 2019 Presidential Address Glen Scorgie, Bethel Seminary San Diego The Diffusion of Christian Mysticism: From the Medieval Rhineland to Contemporary China 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Annual Meeting All are welcome. For more information on the Society and its events, please visit sscs.press.jhu.edu; please send additional questions to Anita Houck, Secretary, at ahouck@saintmarys.edu. P23-111 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: International Perspectives on the Field Saturday, 10:00 AM–11:50 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua A (Third Level) Panelist: Rosalind I. J. Hackett, University of Tennessee Responding: F. LeRon Shults, University of Agder Tenzan Eaghll, University of Toronto Vaia Touna, University of Alabama Yasmina Burezah, University of Bonn Saturday, 11:30 AM Complimentary coffee will be served in the back of Aisles 300 and 800 of the Exhibit Hall. A23-135 Religion and the Arts Award Jury Meeting Saturday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Conference Room 1 (South Tower - Third Level) Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University, Presiding P23-113 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theme: Teach with Confidence: Self-Disclosure in the Classroom Saturday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Convention Center-22 (Upper Level East) Join experienced faculty leaders for lunch and conversation concerning self-disclosure in the classroom by students, by teachers. What is to be gained? What is risked? What might we consider as we discern appropriate levels and types of self-disclosure? We will begin with a buffet lunch at 11:30 AM and conclude at 1:00 PM. Space is limited to 50 participants. Pre-registration is required. Send an email to Beth Reffett, reffettb@wabash.edu. Registration deadline is November 1. For additional information, see: wabashcenter.wabash. edu/programs/aar-sbl-2019/doctoral-student-luncheon Panelists Brian Bantum, Seattle Pacific University Katherine Turpin , Iliff School of Theology A23-136 PKG Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee Working Group Luncheon Saturday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-7B (Upper Level West) Edwin David Aponte, Louisville Institute, and Kerry Danner, Georgetown University, Presiding Join us for lunch! Anyone interested in academic labor is welcome to join us. Hosted by the Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Working Group, this annual lunch brings together those concerned about changes in academic labor and helps brainstorm ways to advocate and support contingent faculty and just, sustainable employment for all faculty. Karen Kelsky of The Professor Is In will be with us again this year to answer questions. We will also have discussion tables on the gig economy and tax strategies, best hiring practices for contingent faculty, scholarship by contingent faculty, burnout and self care, and more. x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 111 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Buddhist-Christian Dual Practice and Belonging Saturday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Thomas Cattoi, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding Some persons practice and belong to both the Buddhist and Christian traditions, while others pose critical questions about this dual engagement. From a variety of perspectives this session will explore the many issues involved in dual practice and belonging to the Buddhist and Christian traditions. Business Meeting 11:30 AM–noon Panelists: Ruben L. F. Habito, Southern Methodist University Miriam Levering, University of Tennessee Duane Bidwell, Claremont School of Theology James Ford, Unitarian Universalist Church of Anaheim and Empty Moon Zen Network, Anaheim, CA Responding: Catherine Cornille, Boston College SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Redefining the Public Sphere: The Case of 21st-Century Islam A23-137 Saturday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College, Presiding This session will explore the ways in which new participants in the public sphere actually redefine it. Ever since 9-11, those working on the study of Islam have borne an extra burden and responsibility to explain Islam and connect Islam with other religious and secular traditions within the United States. How does this activity work best? How has simply being Muslim and speaking up served to re-define the public space in the United States? What are the particular challenges for the mid-twenty first century non-traditional scholar of Islam in influencing public discourse about Islam? Three scholars and activists, who work in creative spaces in between the academy and the multiple publics surrounding and intersecting with it, will share their thoughts in conversation with Laurie L. Patton, AAR President. Applied Religious Studies Committee Meeting Saturday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-18 (Mezzanine Level) Cristine Hutchison-Jones, Harvard University, Presiding FKG A23-138 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 W A23-140 Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee Theme: LGBTIQ Creating Connections Lunch Saturday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-7A (Upper Level West) Thelathia Young, Bucknell University, Presiding All students and junior scholars who identify outside of normative gender histories and/or sexualities are welcome to join us for an informal lunch. No fee or pre-registration is required. Please bring your own lunch; a cash-and-carry station will be available near the room for those wishing to buy their lunches onsite. The roundtable leaders listed were confirmed attendees as of April; other senior scholars in the field may be joining us as well. Linda Komaroff Women’s Caucus Theme: Presenting at the AAR/SBL Annual Conference Made Easy Saturday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Mary E. Hunt, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual, Presiding Panelist: Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College Kameelah Rashad Panelists: Linda Komaroff, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Eboo Patel, Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, IL Kameelah Rashad, Muslim Wellness Foundation, Philadelphia, PA K A23-139 Eboo Patel P23-200 12 Step Recovery Support Meeting Saturday, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 112 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM P23-202 Association of Practical Theology P23-203 North American Association for the Study of Religion Business Meeting Saturday, 1:00 PM–2:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) A23-200 American Lectures in the History of Religions Theme: The Cinematic Sacred: A Neglected Genre and Its Depictions of Suffering Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Duncan Williams, University of Southern California, Presiding Founded in 1891 to encourage path-breaking scholarship through a lecture and book series, the “American Lectures in the History of Religions” flourished under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies and Columbia University from 1936. At the request of the ACLS, the AAR assumed administrative responsibility Jeffrey Stout for the series in 1994. The 2019 Lecturer, Jeffrey Stout of Princeton University, gave five lectures from February 18–27, 2019 in the Research Triangle of North Carolina on the theme of The Cinematic Sacred. His description of the series is as follows: The cinematic sacred is found wherever motion pictures depict something as worthy of reverent celebration, contemplation, remembrance, or protection, either by displaying its excellence positively or by evoking horror at its violation, destruction, or profanation. This lecture series will argue that the cinematic sacred merits the level of scholarly attention that the related genres of melodrama, suspense, and horror have already received. Its principal expressions include some of the most admired, moving, and controversial movies there have been, as well as notably interesting failures. Together, they constitute a global, cross-traditional conversation — conducted in cinematic language — on matters of high importance. In this wrap-up lecture, Stout will lay out his approach, define the genre, and then analyze examples of different ways in which filmmakers depict suffering. The examples will include clips from Dreyer’s Passion of Joan of Arc, Ozu’s Tokyo Story, Hitchcock’s Psycho, Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, and Breillat’s Fat Girl. Panelist: Jeffrey Stout, Princeton University Responding: Molly Farneth, Haverford College David Morgan, Duke University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 113 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Apprenticing into Practical Theology: Emerging Epistemologies, Methodologies, Collaborative Inquiries Saturday, 12:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-6E (Upper Level West) Yara Gonzalez-Justiniano, Boston University, Presiding This session asks what it means to be apprenticed into practical theology, given the varied epistemological foundations, methodological approaches, and contextual partnerships that ground practical theological research. How does an emerging scholar find their way in becoming a practical theologian? In the route from dissertation topic to professional advancement, how does the scholar navigate the complexities of life concerns (how to find employment), disciplinary boundaries (how to articulate one’s research and teaching areas), and scholarly expansion (how to deepen one’s expertise). With “apprenticeship” as organizing metaphor and vantage point, we want to draw descriptive difference between it and the more recognizable notion of “mentorship,” inviting more robust exploration of the many ways in which one is formed, fashioned, trained, intuited, disciplined into a field. We invite a systems approach to thinking about apprenticeship in practical theology, for more holistic exploration of well-being, street-smarts, relationship to other disciplines, the ecology of one’s practice. Sponsored by the Association of Practical Theology (practicaltheology. org), the session features a panel of paired conversations between junior and senior colleagues—paired mentors/mentees who represent such important mentoring networks as the Forum for Theological Exploration, the Hispanic Theological Initiative, the Association of Theological Schools. Question for conversation include: • What is the nature of apprenticeship for practical theology (PT)? • Is apprenticeship into PT intentional or accidental? • How has the field evolved? • How does one navigate strengths and failures as new scholars in the field? • What values guide the journey from identifying a creative topic, to mapping out the scope of one’s disciplinary boundaries, to discovering the sources of inspiration and validation for one’s research and professional advancement? • What disciplinary and institutional structures serve as reinforcing scaffolds? • What communities of scholarship and practice hold us accountable to all this work? • How might an emergent scholar become an “employed practical theologian”? Panelists: Jasmin Figueroa, Boston University School of Theology Milagros Pena, University of Florida Rebecca Jeney Park-Hearn, Seattle University Debbie Gin, Association of Theological Schools Gina Robinson, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Reginald Blount, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary W A23-201 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Applied Religious Studies Committee Theme: Housing, Health, and Equity: Government as a Site for Intersectional Justice Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-17A (Mezzanine Level) J. Shawn Landres, University of California, Los Angeles, and Sara Kamali, University of Oxford, Presiding In the face of increasing policy paralysis in Washington, regional and local governments have emerged as critical engines for progress on thorny issues from climate change and economic inequality to housing, homelessness, and racial equity. And despite the overall decline of religious affiliation in the United States, local policymakers increasingly are working closely with faith-based community partners and negotiating with multireligious and multiracial organizing coalitions. This panel, featuring distinguished political leaders who have placed justice at the core of their leadership, explores the relevance and influence of their training and expertise in religion, ethics, and religious history on policymaking and governing. Mark RidleyThomas Lois Capps Sadaf Jaffer Panelists: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Lois Capps, U.S. Congress (retired) Sadaf Jaffer, Princeton University FPK A23-202 WE A23-203 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Employment Workshop: Skills for the Non-Faculty Job Search Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Maren Wood, Beyond the Professoriate, Presiding Join the co-creator of Beyond the Professoriate, Dr. Maren Wood, to explore strategies for success and career opportunities beyond the faculty job search. Specifically, this dynamic and interactive workshop will cover CV to resume building, networking and social media presence, and will focus on building and marketing skills for diverse career paths! Sponsored by the Applied Religious Studies Committee. Public Understanding of Religion Committee and the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting Theme: 2019 AAR Award-Winning Religion Journalists: What We Covered in 2018 and What’s Next Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Evan Berry, American University, Presiding The 2019 AAR Journalism Award winners and the Pulitzer Center’s celebrated journalism fellows once again engage some of the biggest religion news stories and religion topics of 2018–2019. Ian Johnson, winner of the 2019 AAR Award for Best In-Depth Newswriting on Religion, is a Pulitzer-Prize winning freelance writer focusing on society, religion, and history. He submitted a series of articles about China and religion including “10 Million Catholics in China Face Storm They Can’t Control,” “Religion in China: Back to the Center of Politics and Society,” and “#MeToo in the Ian Johnson Monastery.” Dawn Araujo-Hawkins, second place winner, is a staff writer at Global Sisters Report writing primarily about the intersections of religion, race and gender in the Catholic Church. Her collection of articles addressed the diversity of religious and human experiences including “We’ve Come a Long Way,” “Seeking Refuge: As resettlement agency in Kansas closes, other doors open,” and “Michael Dawn AraujoHawkins Brown’s death still galvanizes anti-racism efforts in Ferguson.” Joshua McElwee, third place winner, is the Vatican correspondent for National Catholic Reporter who often travels as part of the papal press pool. His articles covered some of the hottest topics of 2018 including “Bishops’ prosecutions may point to new phase in church’s sex abuse crisis,” “Irish sex abuse survivors say Francis should admit to Vatican’s cover-up,” and “Wuerl resigns, ending Joshua McElwee influential tenure in wake of abuse report.” The 2019 panel will also include Shirley Abraham, a Cannes prizewinning Indian documentary film maker whose work is supported by the Sundance Institute, Pulitzer Center, New York Times, MacArthur Foundation, IDFA Bertha Fund, and many other organizations. She has been a fellow of Sundance Labs, Cluster of Excellence Heidelberg, India Foundation for the Arts, and Goethe-Institut. Jon Sawyer, founding director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, an innovative non-profit journalism and education organization dedicated to supporting in-depth engagement with underreported global affairs, will also join the panel. The Pulitzer Center has supported dozens of projects on religion and public policy, among them major features for The New York Times Magazine, PBS NewsHour, The New Yorker, and The Guardian. At the beginning of the session, the AAR will hold an award ceremony recognizing the 2019 winners. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 114 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Panelists: Ian Johnson, Freelance Journalist, Berlin, Germany Dawn Araujo-Hawkins, Global Sisters Report Joshua McElwee, National Catholic Reporter Shirley Abraham, Documentary Film-maker Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Responding: Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University A23-204 A23-206 Status of LGBTIQ Persons, Persons with Disabilities, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, and Women in the Profession Committees K Theme: How to Get Published in Religious Studies Journals Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire E (Fourth Level) Andrea Jain, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, and S. Brent Plate, Hamilton College, Presiding This panel brings together five editors of religious studies journals to discuss the nuts and bolts of journal editing, with the aim of making the process more transparent. The panel will be of particular interest to graduate students and junior faculty who are new to the activities of scholarly publishing. Panelists: Elizabeth Ann Pritchard, Bowdoin College Johan Strijdom, University of South Africa Jimmy Yu, Florida State University Marie W. Dallam, University of Oklahoma A23-205 Regions Forum Theme: The AAR 365 Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Katherine Downey, Dallas, TX, Presiding This round-table of Regionally Elected Coordinators, Student Directors, and Regional Officers invite all interested in how the AAR’s 365 strategy extends into the work we do together in and between our regional meetings. Panelists: Matthew Vaughan, Columbia University Mari Kim, Everett Community College Cynthia Hogan, Washington and Jefferson College Brian Clearwater, Occidental College Tiffany Puett, Institute for Diversity and Civic Life, Austin, TX A23-207 FK Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Love Thy Neighbour and Thyself: Recognising and Cultivating Mental and Emotional Health for Students and Self Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) The stigma of mental health struggles doesn’t stop at the threshold of the classroom — for students or for staff. Faced with a tightrope of when and what to disclose about one’s condition, students often suffer and fail to thrive due to a fear that their medical diagnoses or extenuating emotional situations (which include the ever-increasing stress of simply being in the world, let along the Academy) will either not be taken seriously, or will come with a degree of prejudice that may follow into marking or recommendation-writing. Similarly, staff and faculty can find themselves in a similar situation on the flip-side of that relationship, struggling with their own diagnoses or situations and when/where/how to divulge them (if at all), and/ or trying to support students who may or may not feel comfortable being forthcoming with their own struggling. In this conversational workshop, I aim to discuss and brainstorm a) signs to watch for in students and colleagues who may be struggling with mental/emotional pressures, b) compassionate and respectful ways to respond without overstepping boundaries, and c) ways to cultivate better mental and emotional health inside and beyond the classroom for one’s students, one’s peers, one’s colleagues, and oneself. Panelist: Katelynn Carver, University of Saint Andrews x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 115 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Publications Committee Theme: Weaponization of the Mexico/USA Border Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Edwin David Aponte, Louisville Institute, Presiding This panel will be a discussion of a variety of issues tied to the weaponization of the Mexico/USA border and the implications of this weaponization. Many times the emphasis between the study of religions and the Mexico/USA border has focused upon immigration. Yet, the issues are broader, intersectional, and reach far beyond the physical geographic location of this border. Some of these issues include native sovereignty, trade, the environment, ability, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, illness, migrations, education as well as their relationships with the study of religions. The panel includes experts from various locations and identities, including those working with non-governmental organizations, not-for-profit organizations, and colleges and universities. Panelists: Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College Amrah Salomon, University of California, San Diego Ricardo Gallego, San Diego LGBTQ Community Center Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Activist Theology Project, Nashville, TN Neomi De Anda, University of Dayton Robert Chao Romero, Matthew 25 Movement SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 K A23-208 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Teaching and Learning Committee Theme: Death to the Term Paper! Building Better Assignments and Assessments Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua C (Third Level) Davina C. Lopez, Eckerd College, Presiding The Teaching and Learning Committee will facilitate an engaging, hands on workshop that will help participants build assignments that are creative, more plagiarism resistant, and, importantly, that will also assess course outcomes. In this workshop participants will identify the key components of a successful assignment; explore strategies for designing creative scaffolded and staged assignments; describe the purpose and features of a capstone project; discover how to effectively consider outcomes in assignment strategies; and demonstrate ways to buffer against plagiarism. Panelist: Amy Hale, Atlanta, GA K A23-209 Theological Education Committee Theme: Is Theological Education Entering a Post-Christian Future? Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Angela Sims, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Presiding Mirroring the transformation of many North American departments of religious studies over the past quarter century or more, many faculties of theological education now routinely include Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, and other scholar-teachers who identify with an increasing variety of religious expressions other than the dominant expressions of North American Christianity. Today, students from a variety of religious traditions find themselves interacting with Christian students within the halls and classrooms of theological education. In what ways is this transformation in theological studies related to its apparent analogue in religious studies and the recent emergence of the discipline of interreligious studies? How is this expansion of religious perspectives in certain historically Christian theological schools changing the nature of theological education itself ? This forum will explore how the developing presence, active accommodation, and scholarly examination of lived experiences, spiritualities, and beliefs of a variety of religious subjectivities may actually require a new understanding of the nature of theological education. Panelists: Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary Nevin Reda, University of Toronto Daijaku Judith Kinst, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union Viraj Patel, University of Chicago Roger Green, Metropolitan State University of Denver Responding: Ramon Luzarraga, Benedictine University Mesa A23-210 African Religions Unit Theme: Religious Politics, Governance, and Citizenship in Africa Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) David Amponsah, University of Pennsylvania, Presiding Ayodeji Ogunnaike, Harvard University Separation of Tradition and State: Yoruba Sacred Kings, Governance, and Religion Dorcas Dennis, Saint Lawrence University “ You Can Be a Citizen of Mars”: “Token of Passport” Rituals, International Migrations, and Ghana’s Neo-Prophetics Jakub Urbaniak, Saint Augustine College of South Africa, and Tshinyalani Khorommbi, Saint Augustine College of South Africa Religion, Political Leadership, and Governance: Christianity’s Role in the Rise and Fall of Jacob Zuma Lee-Shae Scharnick-Udemans, University of the Western Cape The State of Religion in South Africa: Negotiating Diversity and Deviance C A23-211 Afro-American Religious History Unit and North American Religions Unit Theme: Africana Religious Studies: Fifty Years Since the Black Revolution on Campus Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Matthew Cressler, College of Charleston, and Ambre Dromgoole, Yale University, Presiding Panelists: Vaughn Booker, Dartmouth College Ras Michael Brown, Southern Illinois University Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Princeton University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 116 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant, Williams College Judith Weisenfeld, Princeton University Alexia Williams, Yale University Business Meeting: Alexis S. Wells-Oghoghomeh, Vanderbilt University, and Lerone Martin, Washington University, St. Louis, Presiding A23-212 C Anthropology of Religion Unit A23-213 C Body and Religion Unit and Religion and Food Unit Theme: Religion, Food, and Bodily Practices Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Yudit K. Greenberg, Rollins College, Presiding Gwendolyn Gillson, Oberlin College Consuming Buddhism: Women and Transnational Buddhist (Dis) Connections through Food and Body Christa Shusko, York College of Pennsylvania Divine Digestion: The Oneida Community’s Theology of Eating Joseph Vignone, Harvard University “Plain Nonsense!” Diet, Medicine, and Scholarly Memory E. Sundari Johansen Hurwitt, California Institute of Integral Studies Voracious Virgin, Desirous Devi: Feeding the Kumārī as an Inversion of the Kaula Sex Ritual Responding: Elizabeth Pérez, University of California, Santa Barbara Business Meeting: Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University, and Katherine C. Zubko, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Presiding #chineserels Buddhism Unit and Chinese Religions Unit Theme: Salvific Beasts: Buddhist Discourses on Liberating Animals in Medieval China Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Anna Sun, Kenyon College, Presiding Kelsey Seymour, Yale University Feathered and Fluent: The Liberation of Parrots through Human Speech in Medieval Chinese Buddhism Alan Wagner, Collège de France Dumb Animals? Comparing Chan and Tiantai Views of Animals’ Abilities in Two Song Liturgies for Releasing Living Creatures Christopher Jensen, Carleton University Moral Exemplars and Miraculous Responses: Rhetorics of Animal/ Human Interaction in the Biographies of Eminent Monks Literature Stuart Young, Bucknell University A Silkworm Cosmology: The Ethics, Economics, and Samsaric Scope of Sericulture in Medieval Chinese Buddhism Responding: Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University A23-215 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Rethinking Spirits: New Discussions on Human-Spirit Interactions Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-15B (Mezzanine Level) Aftab Jassal, University of California, San Diego, Presiding Panelists: Taciana Pontes, University of California, San Diego Babak Rahimi, University of California, San Diego Jon Bialecki, University of California, San Diego Business Meeting: James Bielo, Miami University, and Jennifer A. Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Presiding A23-214 C Christian Spirituality Unit Theme: Water, Christian Spirituality, and Indigenous Spirituality Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Lisa E. Dahill, California Lutheran University, Presiding Kiara Jorgenson, Saint Olaf College I Speak for the Water: Ojibwe Nibi Grandmothers and Watershed Discipleship in Midwestern Protestant Communities Amy Echeverria, Oblate School of Theology A Christian Spirituality of the Oceans: The Common Good and Our Common Seas Colleen Carpenter, Saint Catherine University Mni Wiconi/Water is Life: Native American and Christian Spiritualities at Standing Rock Rachel Wheeler, University of Portland The Revelatory Tide: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Water Crises Business Meeting: Margaret Benefiel, Shalem Institute For Spiritual Formation, and Glenn Young, Rockhurst University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 117 A A23-218 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit A23-216 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Cognitive Science of Religion and Comparative Studies of Religion and International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion Theme: Comparing Non-Ordinary Experiences Across Cultures: Methodological Innovations and Findings from the US and India Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Claire Kravette, California State University, Northridge, Presiding Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara Development and Design of the Inventory of Nonordinary Experiences (INOE) Melissa Gordon Wolf, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Elliott Ihm, University of California, Santa Barbara Validation Methods and Results of the Inventory of Nonordinary Experiences (INOE) in the US and India Michael Barlev, Arizona State University Implementation and Preliminary Findings of the Inventory of Nonordinary Experiences (INOE) in the US and India Maharshi Vyas, University of California, Santa Barbara What Were People Thinking? Implications of Testing the Inventory of Nonordinary Experiences (INOE) for Cross-Cultural Research A23-217 #islamaar #aarigw FK Contemporary Islam Unit, and Islam, Gender, Women Unit, and Islamic Mysticism Unit, and Qur’an Unit, and Study of Islam Unit Theme: Mentoring and Networking Session Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 313 (Third Level) Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, University of Vermont, Presiding Theme: Book Panel on George Demacopoulos’ Colonizing Christianity: Greek and Latin Religious Identity in the Fourth Crusade (Fordham University Press, 2019) Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502 (Fifth Level) Ashley Purpura, Purdue University, Presiding Panelists: Tia Kolbaba, Rutgers University Derek Krueger, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Leonora Neville, University of Wisconsin Grant Schrama, Queen’s University Responding: George Demacopoulos, Fordham University CW A23-219 Ecclesiological Investigations Unit Theme: Doing Public Theology: Theologians and Theological Academic Institutions in Public Spaces Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Miriam Perkins, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Presiding Stephen Okey, Saint Leo University Public Theology Goes Digital: Diffuse, Discarnate, Distracted, but Desirable Rosemary P. Carbine, Whittier College Rival Powers: Toward a Catholic Eco-Public Theology Andrew Suderman, Eastern Mennonite University Which Space Counts as “Public”? South African Public Theology and Black (or Prophetic) Theology’s Response Deepan Rajaratnam, Saint Louis University The Spirit Has Called Me, The Church Should Install Me: The Theologian as an Ecclesially Respositioned Public Intellectual Business Meeting: Brian Flanagan, Marymount University, and Vladimir Latinovic, University of Tübingen, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 118 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-220 K Ethics Unit and Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Liberation Theologies Unit and Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogy Unit Hinduism Unit and Religion in South Asia Unit and Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: A Beautiful Sunset: The Legacy of Gerald James Larson (1938–2019) Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-2 (Upper Level West) John Nemec, University of Virginia, Presiding Panelists: Barbara A. Holdrege, University of California, Santa Barbara Tracy Pintchman, Loyola University, Chicago Knut Axel Jacobsen, University of Bergen Lloyd W. Pflueger, Truman State University Gerald Larson Paul E. Muller-Ortega, Blue Throat Yoga P. Pratap Kumar, University of Kwazulu Natal David Haberman, Indiana University Joseph Prabhu, California State University, Los Angeles Pravrajika Vrajaprana, Vedanta Society of Southern California Theme: Teaching in Times of Crisis: Practices and Promises of Liberative Pedagogies Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-6F (Upper Level West) Jennifer Owens-Jofré, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Presiding Panelists: Kyle Brooks, Vanderbilt University Kyle Lambelet, Emory University Jennifer Quigley, Drew University Michael A. Walker, North Park Theological Seminary Salih Sayilgan, Wesley Theological Seminary Mary Emily Duba, University of Chicago Jaisy Joseph, Seattle University A23-221 A23-222 C Gay Men and Religion Unit Theme: Who Do You Say I Am? Religious Constructions of Gay Male Identity Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Michael Pettinger, New York University, Presiding William Stell, Princeton University Explaining Away the Good Gay: Christianity Today and Homonormativity before the Christian Right David Brakke, Ohio State University Male Homoeroticism, Priestly Identity, and Visionary Judgment in the Gospel of Judas Samuel Ernest, Yale University Entering Sodom Business Meeting: Roger A. Sneed, Furman University, Presiding A23-223 Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Unit Theme: Kierkegaard on Alterity: Fear, Difference, and Our Shared Humanity, Part I Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire L (Fourth Level) Natalia Marandiuc, Southern Methodist University, Presiding Aaron Goldman, Harvard University “ Your Wife Must First and Foremost Be to You the Neighbor”: Preferences, Otherness, and the Problem of Special Relationships in Kierkegaard’s Works of Love Tomer Raudanski, Humboldt University of Berlin Two Meanings of Nihilism in Kierkegaard’s Aporia of Inoperative Death Michael Oliver, University of Oxford The Deconstructive Supplement of Kierkegaard’s Erotic Love as Political Resource Michael Durant, Boston College Kierkegaard, Kenotic Love, and Preservation of Self and Other x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 119 CA A23-226 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Reformed Theology and History Unit C A23-224 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Law, Religion, and Culture Unit Theme: Religion, Law, USA: Key Terms in the Study of Law, Religion, and Culture Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Isaac Weiner, Ohio State University, Presiding Shari Rabin, Oberlin College Time Zareena Grewal, Yale University Scripture Benjamin Schonthal, University of Otago Law Anna Bialek, Washington University, St. Louis Justice Responding: Joshua Dubler, University of Rochester Business Meeting: Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, Middle Tennessee State University, and Richard Amesbury, Arizona State University, Presiding A23-225 Philosophy of Religion Unit and Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit Theme: Bataille, Blackness, and the Tumultuous Sacred Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Amy M. Hollywood, Harvard University, Presiding Kent Brintnall, University of North Carolina, Charlotte The Obscenity of Recognition: Bataille among the Afropessimists J. Kameron Carter, Indiana University Bataille in Black Feminism’s Wake (Towards a Poetics of the Sacred) Danube Johnson, Harvard University An Ecclesiasticall Pessimism Joseph Winters, Duke University Between Ecstasy and Anguish: Black Studies and the Excessive Sacred Theme: Book Panel Session: The Providence of God: A Polyphonic Approach (Cambridge University Press, 2018) by David Fergusson Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Paul T. Nimmo, University of Aberdeen, Presiding Panelists: Matthew Levering, University of Saint Mary of the Lake Judith Wolfe, University of St. Andrews Ruben Rosario Rodriguez, Saint Louis University Cynthia Rigby, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Responding: David Fergusson, University of Edinburgh Business Meeting: Cynthia Rigby, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and Paul Nimmo, University of Aberdeen, Presiding SC A23-227 Ritual Studies Unit Theme: Ritualized Demonstrations of Feeling and Intention in the Contemporary West: Tell and Show Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Martin Pehal, Charles University, Presiding Michael Houseman, École Pratique des Hautes Études “Let the Spontaneous Hugging Begin!”: Pointedly Meaningful Hugging as a Ritual Act Leigh Ann Hildebrand, Graduate Theological Union “Tip Your Bootblack!”: Remuneration, Ritual, and Community Reception Caroline Kory, Brown University Improv Comedy: Can Ritualized Humor Encourage Social Change? Business Meeting: Michael Houseman, École Pratique des Hautes Études, and Sarah M. Pike, California State University, Chico, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 120 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-228 A23-230 Roman Catholic Studies Unit Space, Place, and Religion Unit and Women and Religion Unit A23-229 #aarsor C Sociology of Religion Unit and Critical Research on Religion Theme: Du Bois, the Color Line, and the Sociology of Religion Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-206 (Second Level) Dusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding Leah Lomotey-Nakon, Vanderbilt University Du Boisian Pragmatism as Epistemic Disobedience and Public Pedagogy Mark S. Cladis, Brown University Du Bois: The Poet-Sociologist Hannah Garvey, Indiana University The Form of the Color Line: Du Boisian Charts, Antiabsorption, and the “Strange Meaning of Being Black” Amanda Ryan, University of Nebraska, Omaha Latino/a Jewish Identity Formation and Limitations Responding: Edward Blum, San Diego State University Business Meeting: Rebekka King, Middle Tennessee State University, and Warren S. Goldstein, Center for Critical Research on Religion, Presiding Theme: Power, Gender, Place Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Courtney Bruntz, Doane University, Presiding Adrienne Krone, Allegheny College Cultivation through Collaboration and Conservation: Gender and Power in Jewish Community Farming Spaces Hillary Langberg, University of Texas Enter the Goddess: The Transference of Ritual Power in the Mahāyāna-Related Sculpture of an Indian Buddhist Cave Site Matthew Mitchell, Allegheny College Mutually Empowering: Displaying the Kami and Buddhas in the Women’s Quarters of the Shogun’s Castle in Early Modern Japan Krista Riley, Vanier College Documenting, Changing, and Reimagining Women’s Mosque Spaces Online Responding: Amy L. Allocco, Elon University A23-231 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Catholicism, Clericalism, and Sexual Abuse Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) B. Kevin Brown, Gonzaga University, Presiding Mary Kate Holman, Fordham University Clerics without Clericalism? Catholic Structural Reform in Light of the Sexual Abuse Crisis and the French Worker-Priest Movement (1943–1954) Daniel Cosacchi, Marywood University Is Forgiveness Possible? Clerical Sex Abuse and a New Creation Annie Selak, Boston College The Wounded Church: An Ecclesiological Analysis of the Sex Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church through the Lens of Trauma Theory Responding: Megan McCabe, Gonzaga University C Tantric Studies Unit Theme: Digital Tantra Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Presiding Hugh B. Urban, Ohio State University Dark Webs: Tantra and Black Magic in Cyberspace Sravana Borkataky-Varma, University of North Carolina, Wilmington WhatsApp Bagalā! Seth Ligo, Duke University Mapping Mandalas: Tantric Constructs in a Puranic City Renee Ford, Rice University Scandals Heard around the World: How the Internet Changes Vajrayana Buddhism Finnian Moore Gerety, Brown University Warning: Ancient Tantric Frequencies: Videos of Tantric Mantras and Seed Syllables on YouTube Dheepa Sundaram, University of Denver YouTube Yogis, Neo-Tantric Healing Practices, and a Twofold Sanitization of Yoga Responding: Xenia Zeiler, University of Helsinki Business Meeting: Gudrun Bühnemann, University of Wisconsin, and Glen Hayes, Bloomfield College, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 121 C A23-234 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 World Christianity Unit A23-232 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theology and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Anger: Leashed and Unleashed Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Linn Tonstad, Yale University, Presiding Panelists: Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University Dana Lloyd, Washington University, St. Louis Elizabeth Antus, Boston College Andrew Prevot, Boston College Responding: Anne Joh, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary C A23-233 Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit Theme: New Research in Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Benjamin Bogin, Skidmore College, Presiding Yi Ding, Stanford University Visualizing the Feast and the Feast for Visualization: The *DΧDFDNUD as a Communal Liturgy in Early Tibetan Buddhism James Gentry, University of Virginia The Indian “Five Protections” in Tibet: Influences of a Pragmatic Ritual Collection in Tibetan Treasure Traditions Eric Haynie, University of Michigan Should You Stay or Should You Go: Place, Pilgrimage, and the PastFuture of Buddhist Tradition in Seventeenth Century Tibet Christopher Hiebert, University of Virginia “Naturally Complete?”: Shenpen Tayé (1800–1855) and the Place of the Great Perfection in the Rise of Modern Nyingma Monastic Education. Business Meeting: Nicole Willock, Old Dominion University, Presiding Theme: New Developments in World Christianity: A Transnational and Multi-Disciplinary Conversation Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi, Baylor University, Presiding Deanna Womack, Emory University Protestants, Gender, and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria Christie Chui-Shan Chow, City Seminary of New York Vision and Division: Seventh-Day Adventists and Denominational Schisms in Contemporary China Raimundo Barreto, Princeton Theological Seminary Decolonizing Ecumenism: Latin America and the Ecumenical Movement Allison Norton, Hartford Seminary Migrant God, Migrant Faith Business Meeting: Corey Williams, Leiden University, and Briana Wong, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding C A23-235 Navarātri Seminar Theme: Transnational Navarātri Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Ute Huesken, Heidelberg University, Presiding Jodi Shaw, University of Florida The Quiet Transformative Quality of Home, Hearth, and Friends: Embodiment of Tradition in Domestic Observances of Navarātri in North Central Florida Caleb Simmons, University of Arizona Remembering the Goddess in the Desert: Diaspora Navaratri in Arizona Anne Mocko, Concordia College Nepali Navaratri in North Dakota Business Meeting: Caleb Simmons, University of Arizona, and Ute Huesken, Heidelberg University, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 122 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-236 CR New Directions in the Study of Religion, Monsters, and the Monstrous Seminar, Session 1 A23-237 New Materialism, Religion, and Planetary Thinking Seminar Publications Meeting Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Mission Hills (South Tower - Third Level) Heather Eaton, Saint Paul University, Presiding A23-238 W Henry Luce Foundation Theme: Exploring Public Theology and Public Scholarship Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level) Diane Winston, University of Southern California, Presiding This is a workshop for Luce Foundation grantees working on public theology and public scholarship. P23-204 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua A (Third Level) Natasha Mikles, Texas State University, Presiding Steven Engler, Mount Royal University The Semantics of Monsters Gerardo Rodriguez, Saint Norbert College Monsters and Racism: Dynamics of Marginalization and Desecration Stephanie Budwey, Vanderbilt University “I Am a Monster”: Intersex and Society’s Creation of Monsters Melissa Conroy, Muskingum University Ingenious Monsters: The Trials of Antide Collas and M.C. Business Meeting: Kelly Murphy, Central Michigan University, and Joseph Laycock, Texas State University, Presiding A23-239 Christian Theological Research Fellowship Theme: Author Meets Critics: Esther Acolatse, Powers, Principalities and the Spirit (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2018) Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Santa Rosa (South Tower - First Level) Alan G. Padgett, Luther Seminary, Presiding This panel discussion will be devoted to a new work on the demonic: Powers, Principalities and the Spirit: Biblical Realism in Africa and the West (Eerdmans, 2018), by Esther E. Acolatse. Panelists: Joy J. Moore, Luther Seminary Frank Macchia, Vanguard University Responding: Esther Acolatse, University of Toronto CTRF Business Meeting A Women’s Caucus Theme: Saturday Emerging Scholars: Redefining Fields: Considering New Resources Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Alicia Panganiban, Mayo Clinic, and Theresa A. Yugar, California State University, Los Angeles, Presiding Panelists: Alejandro Escalante, University of North Carolina Deborah Fulthrop, SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary Sheryl Johnson, Graduate Theological Union Geoff Seymour, University of Ottawa Responding: Sarah Bloesch, Elon University Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Earlham School of Religion Meredith Minister, Shenandoah University Susan Shaw, Oregon State University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 123 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 P23-300 Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality P23-205 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 GOCN Forum on Missional Hermeneutics Theme: Missional Hermeneutics in Contemporary Context: Missionally Located Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures / Old Testament Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Leucadia (South Tower - First Level) Lisa M. Bowens, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding This session focuses critically on the interaction between contemporary socio-political contexts and missional hermeneutics, with specific attention to the interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures / Old Testament. What specific hermeneutical questions and challenges does the contemporary environment raise for missional interpretation of these biblical texts? How might the contemporary context illuminate and inform the nature, presuppositions, content, and/or practice of missional hermeneutics, in light of possible parallels to the contexts out of which these biblical texts arose? Boaz Rajkumar Johnson, North Park University A Dalit (Outcaste) Indian Interpretation of the Megillot: Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations and Esther Chuck Pitts, Houston Graduate School of Theology Jeremiah and the Life of Shalom Len Firth, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia I Will Gather the Nations: Reading the Prophet Zechariah from a Refugee Perspective Michael C. Rhodes, Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies Becoming Just: The Deuteronomic Tithe Feast as Morally Transformative Practice Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Coffee Break Saturday, 3:30 PM Complimentary coffee will be served in the back of Aisles 300 and 800 of the Exhibit Hall. Theme: Founders’ Circle Prize Essay Presentation Saturday, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo H (Second Level) Rachel Wheeler, University of Portland, Presiding Heather M. DuBois, Florida State University The Spirituality of a Pluralist: A Theological Reading of Connolly’s Why I Am Not a Secularist All are welcome. For more information on the Society and its events, please visit sscs.press.jhu.edu; please send additional questions to Anita Houck, Secretary, at ahouck@saintmarys.edu. PK A23-300 Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee and Academic Relations Committee and Status of LGBTIQ Persons in the Profession Committee and Teaching and Learning Committee Theme: Student Evaluations: What They’re Good For, How They’re Biased, and Ways to Use Them to Your Advantage Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Carlsbad (South Tower - Third Level) Elizabeth Lemons, Tufts University, Presiding Given the continued reliance on student evaluations for hiring, renewal, and promotion decisions, this session considers the extensive data which shows how student evaluations are often biased against women, LGBTQI+ and brown and black communities. Further, student evaluations are often the only source for evaluating the work of contingent faculty. Evaluations also don’t reliably capture student learning and may undermine their own understanding of good teaching. This panel will be focused on steps that departments and individual faculty members can take to address this issue. Panelists: Charisse Baron, Brown University Susan E. Hill, University of Northern Iowa Jonathan H. X. Lee, San Francisco State University Jessica Tinklenberg, Claremont University Consortium Thelathia Young, Bucknell University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 124 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-301 PK A23-303 Program Committee Theme: Preparing Scholars of Religion for Non-Academic Careers: What’s a Faculty Member to Do? Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Del Mar (South Tower - Third Level) Annette Stott, University of Denver, Presiding In recent years as the job market for tenure-track academic positions has tightened and the use of contingent faculty has exploded, increasing numbers of graduate degree seekers are intending to pursue nonacademic careers. While some areas of study present obvious nonacademic options, for scholars in the humanities, nonacademic career opportunities and the best preparation for them may not be obvious and religious studies faculty are exploring how graduate programs can — and should — prepare all alumni for multiple employment outcomes. This panel brings together faculty members from a variety of institutions to discuss some of the problems confronting their students and their programs as more people turn — by necessity and by choice — to nonacademic career paths. Panelists: Sylvia Chan-Malik, Rutgers University Gabriel Estrada, California State University, Long Beach Caroline T. Schroeder, University of Oklahoma Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Claremont School of Theology Theme: How to Propose a New Program Unit Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-18 (Mezzanine Level) Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University, and Robert N. Puckett, American Academy of Religion, Presiding Join the Chief Scholarly Engagment Officer and the Program Unit Director for an informal chat about upcoming Annual Meeting initiatives as well as the guidelines and policies for proposing a new program unit. A23-302 FP Employment Workshop: Who Am I? Disclosing Your Identity in the Academic Job Search Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-206 (Second Level) Karen Kelsky, The Professor Is In, Presiding In this 90 minute informal and interactive workshop, Karen Kelsky of the Professor Is In will discuss considerations around disclosing aspects of personal identity on the job search, as well as issues related to navigating identities in the evaluation of, application to, and negotiation of academic jobs. We will look specifically at challenges that arise around race, nationality, class, immigration status, illness, disability, sexual identity, and gender identity and history, and consider the pros and cons of disclosure, considerations of timing and approach, and dealing with bias, microaggressions, and tokenization/ objectification. There are no “right answers” in this evolving and very personal process; the goal of the workshop is to open space for dialogue to prompt guiding questions and insights moving forward. Sponsored by the Applied Religious Studies Committee. Panelist: Karen Kelsky, The Professor Is In A23-304 AW Public Understanding of Religion Committee Theme: Book Panel: Who Owns Religion? Scholars and Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Century (University of Chicago Press, 2019) by Laurie L. Patton Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Mara Willard, Boston College, Presiding Laurie L. Patton is President of the American Academy of Religion, President of Middlebury College, and a scholar of South Asian history and culture. Her forthcoming book, Who Owns Religion? Scholars and Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Century (University of Chicago, December 2019), examines the cultural work Laurie L. of the study of religion through a discussion of extreme Patton cases — the controversies of the late 80s and 90s — where the work of scholars was passionately refuted and refused by the publics they describe. The emergence of the multicultural politics of recognition during this decade created the possibility of “eruptive” public spaces, which were magnified by the emergence of the Internet, a development that changed the nature of readership for all involved in producing scholarship. Patton’s incisive analysis of the six cases leads to a series of reflections on the status of public scholarship today, and the self-critical work that scholars should pursue as they engage in their work. The book will be essential reading for religious studies scholars. Panelists: Leela Prasad, Duke University Erik Owens, Boston College Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara Responding: Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 125 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Applied Religious Studies Committee A23-307 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit and Ricoeur Unit K A23-305 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Publications Committee and Status of Women in the Profession Committee Theme: Women and Publishing Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Andrea Jain, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Presiding Submissions by women to journals and books series, including JAAR, are lower by percentage than the percentage of women in the field of religious studies. This panel brings together women successful as editors and authors to discuss the reasons for this and offer advice and support to women in the field for their publishing agendas. Panelists: Zayn Kassam, Pomona College Elaine Maisner, University of North Carolina Press Lisa Sideris, Indiana University Catherine Wessinger, Loyola University, New Orleans FK A23-306 Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Mastering Online Education: Effective and Engaging Teaching in a Digital Classroom Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) Many colleges and universities are turning their attention to online and hybrid education in order both to expand their student body and accommodate students who are interested in furthering their education but unable to attend as fulltime residential students. This workshop draws on years of experience in digital classrooms to highlight some of the basics of online education from the perspective of a practitioner. It emphasizes key considerations about course design, communication with students, classroom management in an online setting, best practices for student engagement, disability accommodations, and a few tips and tricks learned through years of experience. This workshop proposes a guided conversation during which each of the above topics is discussed briefly with encouragement for students to offer their own questions and insights. In addition to addressing student concerns, this discussion will also highlight current scholarship on best practices in online education and particular challenges associated with digital classrooms and online education. Panelist: Andrew Klumpp, Southern Methodist University Theme: Literature of Virtues Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Glenn Whitehouse, Florida Gulf Coast University, Presiding Nathaniel Samuel, Saint Thomas University Teaching for Civic Agency in a Polarized Society: Insights from Ricoeur’s Narrative Hermeneutic Craig A. Boyd, Saint Louis University Was Tolkien a Moral Theologian? Exploring the Virtues in MiddleEarth Travis Pickell, University of Virginia Feet of Clay: Frederick Buechner on Virtue, Saintliness, and Narrative A23-308 Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Buddhism in the West Unit and Buddhist CriticalConstructive Reflection Unit Theme: Buddhism and American Belonging Roundtable Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Joseph Cheah, University of Saint Joseph, Presiding Panelists: Mark Unno, University of Oregon Sharon A. Suh, Seattle University Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy Tammy Ho, University of California, Riverside Patricia Ikeda, East Bay Meditation Center, Oakland, CA C A23-309 Augustine and Augustinianisms Unit Theme: Augustine on Prayer Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Paul R. Kolbet, Yale University, Presiding Alex Fogleman, Baylor University The Form of Desire: Augustine on the Lord’s Prayer in the Traditio Orationis Zachary Settle, Vanderbilt University Praying While We Work: On Augustine’s Re-Thinking of Labor in Liturgical Terms Charles Kim, Saint Louis University Rusticus in agro: Prayer and the Preacher’s Work in s. 152 Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 126 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Responding: Jonathan Teubner, Australian Catholic University Business Meeting: Matthew Drever, University of Tulsa, Presiding A23-310 Black Theology Unit A23-311 Body and Religion Unit Theme: Gestures of Protest, Resistance, and Critique Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) George Pati, Valparaiso University, Presiding Sarah Dove, Ohio State University To Take a Stand: Body, Gesture and Protest in the Divided United Methodist Church Courtney Bryant, Manhattan College Erotic Care of the Soul Eric Hoenes del Pinal, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Religious Movement and Its Critics: Gesture and Religious Conflict in Highland Guatemala Christian Systematic Theology Unit Theme: Poetic Favor: Reflections on Grace and the Arts Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Daniel Wade McClain, College of William, and Mary, Presiding Andrew Shamel, University of Oxford The Gift of Creation: Grace and Participation in a Christian Theology of Creativity and Making Rachel Toombs, Baylor University “Almost Imperceptible Intrusions of Grace”: Flannery O’Connor’s Spare Stories and Her Readers Stephen Wright, Nazarene Theological College Seeing Again: Grace in Photography A23-314 H Contemporary Islam Unit Theme: Humanism, Humanity, and the Environment in Islamic Ethics Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Candace Mixon, Macalester College, Presiding Norah Elmagraby, Emory University “Is the Deen Green?”: The Environment in the Authoritative Islamic Discourse in Saudi Arabia Basit Iqbal, University of California, Berkeley An Islamic Dramaturgy of Despair in the Wake of the Syrian War Abdul Rahman Mustafa, University of Edinburgh Gratitude, Gift, and Sovereignty: Political Theology and Environmental Ethics in Radical Islamic Thought Taraneh Wilkinson, John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies Dynamical Conscience and Religious Humanism in Turkish Islam Responding: Sarra Tlili, University of Florida A23-315 Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit Theme: Modernity’s Resonances Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Mona Oraby, Amherst College, Presiding Panelists: David Walker, University of California, Santa Barbara Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto Caleb Smith, Yale University Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania Emily Ogden, University of Virginia x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 127 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: James Cone and the Black Radical Tradition: Black Theology, Solidarity, and Violence Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Ben Sanders, Eden Theological Seminary, Presiding Alease Brown, Stellenbosch University Christian Theology and the Problematic Concept of “Non-Violent” Protest from the Perspective of Blackness Aaron Shepherd, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Revolution, Violence, and Reconciliation: Reflections on Black Insurrectionist Theology Matthew Vega, University of Chicago The Internationalist Vision of Black Theology and Black Power: Toward a Theology of Solidarity between Black Americans and Palestinians Taurean Webb, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Fake Alters and False Idols: The Possibilities and Limitations of Black– Palestine Solidarity in Contemporary US Afro-Christian Theologies and Spaces A23-312 Natalie Wigg-Stevenson, Emmanuel College Mary Clark Moschella, Yale University Responding: Todd D. Whitmore, University of Notre Dame SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 A23-316 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Daoist Studies Unit Theme: The “Dao” in the World: How Daoism Became Daoism in the Age of Globalization Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Jessey Choo, Rutgers University, Presiding Marc Lebranchu, École Pratique des Hautes Études Globalization of Taoism: The Case of Europe Fenggang Yang, Purdue University Sinicization of Taoism? No Kidding! Nikolas Broy, Leipzig University Spiritual Poaching or Authentic Dao? Daoist-Oriented Teachings in the Global Spread of Yiguandao A23-317 #aareco2019 #deathbeyond H Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit and Religion and Ecology Unit Theme: Death, Dying, and Climate Change Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Amy Defibaugh, Temple University, Presiding Kristen Daley Mosier, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Just as the Son of Man Must be Lifted Up, So Too the Orca: A Cosmic Salvation Story Sarah Stewart-Kroeker, University of Geneva Sacrifice in the Face of Climate Devastation Frederick Simmons, Princeton Theological Seminary From Alarm to Autopsy: Climate Change and the Role of Death in Contemporary Christian Hope A A23-318 Ecclesial Practices Unit and Practical Theology Unit Theme: Christian Theology and Ethnography in Intersection: Engaging Todd Whitmore’s Imitating Christ in Magwi: An Anthropological Theology (Bloomsbury, 2019) Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Michael Grigoni, Duke University, Presiding Panelists: Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Wake Forest University Ted A. Smith, Emory University A A23-319 Gay Men and Religion Unit and Religion and Sexuality Unit and African Association for the Study of Religions Theme: Kenyan, Christian, Queer: Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa (Penn State University Press, 2019) by Adriaan van Klinken Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Elaine Nogueira-Godsey, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Presiding Panelists: Elias Kifon Bongmba, Rice University Sarojini Nadar, University of the Western Cape Nathanael Homewood, Rice University Nina Hoel, University of Oslo Responding: Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds A23-320 Hinduism Unit and Indian and Chinese Religions Compared and Yogācāra Studies Unit Theme: Yogācāra and Vedānta in Modern Chinese and Indian Thought Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-2 (Upper Level West) Eyal Aviv, George Washington University, Presiding Jingjing Li, Leiden University From the Yogācāra Concept of Consciousness to the Modern Confucian Doctrine of Volition Jessica Zu, Princeton University The Global Flow of Darwinism and A New Yogācāra in Modern China Daniel Raveh, Tel Aviv University Sri Aurobindo and Neo-Vedānta Nalini Bhushan, Smith College Modern Philosophy of Science from a Vedanta Perspective: A Case Study Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 128 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Simon Leese, Utrecht University Sensory Pilgrimages and Encounters with the Prophet: Performing the Hajj through Arabic and Urdu Poetry in the 18th and 19th Centuries Responding: Karen Ruffle, University of Toronto A23-321 Human Enhancement and Transhumanism Unit and Lesbian-Feminisms and Religion Unit Theme: Imagining New Worlds: Intersectional Visions for the Future of Religion and Technology Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Amy Michelle DeBaets, Oakland University, Presiding J. Jeanine Thweatt, Flagler College Beyond the Cyborg Manifesto: Haraway, Jesus and Afrofuturist Visions of Posthumanity Devan Stahl, Michigan State University The “Prosthetic Erratic” as a Symbol for Disability Eschatology Myrna Sheldon, Ohio University Justice and Life in Reproductive Enhancements Japanese Religions Unit C Theme: Living Right: “Life” (Inochi) in Millennial Japan Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Tim Graf, Nanzan University, Presiding Panelists: Jessica Starling, Lewis and Clark College Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Ohio State University Heather Blair, Indiana University CAK International Development and Religion Unit A23-325 Theme: Religion, Development, and Humanitarian Aid - Part I Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire M (Fourth Level) John Rees, University of Notre Dame, Australia, Presiding Leonie Geiger, University of Bonn “Saving Women by Empowering Them”: Constructions of Gender and Religion in German Christian Development Agencies Marie Stettler Kleine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Proselytizing Problem-Solving: Religion and the Training of “Engineers-for-Good” John Blevins, Emory University Consequences Intended and Unintended: Re-Thinking the Effects of the Newfound Appreciation of Religion in the Field of International Development Business Meeting: Emma Tomalin, University of Leeds, and Christopher Duncanson-Hales, University of Sudbury, Presiding Martin Luther and Global Lutheran Traditions Unit A23-323 Islamic Mysticism Unit and Religion in South Asia Unit Theme: Cultivating Devotion to the Prophet in Pre-Modern South Asia Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire L (Fourth Level) Sarah Pierce Taylor, Concordia University, Presiding Usman Hamid, Hamilton College Enshrining Devotion to the Prophet in Mughal India Ayesha Irani, University of Massachusetts, Boston Translation as Devotion, Translation as Mission: Representations of the Prophet Muhammad in the Making of Bengali Islam Fatima Quraishi, University of California, Riverside Prophetic Images: Religious Devotion in Nineteenth-Century Kashmir Theme: The Annotated and Global Luther (Fortress Press, 2015): Producing and Using the Volumes (In Classroom and beyond) Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Kristen E. Kvam, Saint Paul School of Theology, Presiding Panelists: Wanda Deifelt, Luther College Derek Nelson, Wabash College Jayakiran Sebastian, United Lutheran Seminary Kirsi Stjerna, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Business Meeting: Allen G. Jorgenson, Wilfrid Laurier University, Presiding A23-326 Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit and ARC: Arts | Religion | Culture Theme: Creative Practice, Community Healing, and Trauma’s Wake: Theopoetics in Conversation with Moral Injury Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502 (Fifth Level) Callid Keefe-Perry, Arts | Religion | Culture, Presiding Panelist: Ashley Theuring, Xavier University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 129 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 A23-322 A23-324 A23-329 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Qur’an Unit A23-327 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Philosophy of Religion Unit Theme: 4E Cognition and Philosophy of Religion Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University, Presiding Joel Krueger, University of Exeter Religious Cognition and the Extended Mind Jonathan Russell, Claremont Graduate University Feminist Philosophy of Religion, Ritual Theory, and 4E Cognition Teed Rockwell, Sonoma State University Extended Mind and Theological Dualism Erin Kidd, Saint John’s University Embodied Cognition, Whiteness, and the Racial Imagination C A23-328 Theme: Sound, Orality, and the Qur’an Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Aisha Geissinger, Carleton University, Presiding Lien Fina, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Speaking Politics through the Qur’an: Oral Interpretation of the Qur’an in Contemporary Sufi Gatherings in Indonesia Kathryn M. Kueny, Fordham University When Sound Becomes Noise: The Production of Pious Soundscapes in the Qur’an, Sunnah, and Early Islamic Medical Ethics Tim Orr, Indiana University - Purdue University, Columbus The Qur’an’s Composition: Assessing Andrew Bannister’s Oral Formulaic Study of the Quran Responding: Lauren Osborne, Whitman College A23-330 Religion and Cities Unit Political Theology Unit Theme: Political Theology and Decolonialism Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Inese Radzins, Pacific School of Religion, Presiding Rafael Vizcaino, Rutgers University Decolonizing the Postsecular Aseel Najib, Columbia University The Sunni Imamate: Politics, Religion, or Neither? Joi Orr, Emory University The Peculiarity of Black Sovereign Citizens: Martyrs, Saints, and the Brazenly Criminal J. Barton Scott, University of Toronto Policing “Secular Heresy”: Religion and the Law of Sedition in Colonial India Business Meeting: David Newheiser, Australian Catholic University, and Inese Radzins, Pacific School of Religion, Presiding Theme: Making and Breaking Urban Space: Religious Engagement with Visual Culture Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Elise Edwards, Baylor University, Presiding Michael McLaughlin, Florida State University Modern Exodus: The Black Religious Space of New Deal Public Art Edward Dunar, Fordham University Murals beneath the Expressway: Dangerous Memory in Chicano Park Kevin Hargaden, Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Dublin, Ireland (Irish) Neoliberalism’s Ruins: Ghost and Vacant Properties as SignPosts of Idolatry Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 130 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-331 AW A23-334 Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit Theme: Author-Meets-Critics Panel on the Third Disestablishment: Church, State, and American Culture, 1940–1975 Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Michael Waggoner, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding Panelists: Mark A. Chancey, Southern Methodist University Kathleen Holscher, University of New Mexico Nathan Walker, 1791 Delegates, Philadelphia, PA Responding: Steven Green, Willamette University Emma Long, University of East Anglia Theme: Authors-Meets-Critics: Monica Miller and Chris Driscoll’s Method As Identity: Manufacturing Distance in the Academic Study of Religion (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018) Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Coronado (South Tower - Fourth Level) Adrian Hermann, University of Bonn, Presiding Panelists: Martin Kavka, Florida State University Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Vanderbilt University Yasmina Burezah, University of Bonn Moritz Klenk, University of Berne Responding: Monica R. Miller, Lehigh University Christopher Driscoll, Lehigh University A23-332 C Religion and the Social Sciences Unit Theme: Immigration, Transnationalism, and the Construction of Difference Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Kristy Nabhan-Warren, University of Iowa, Presiding Robert Heimburger, Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Oxford Pastorate Does Colombia Need Forgiveness to Achieve Peace? Colombian Conflict Survivors and Internally Displaced Persons’ Christian Vision of Forgiveness in Dialogue with Martha Nussbaum’s Philosophy of Forgiveness Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University, Denise Daniels, Seattle Pacific University, and Deidra Carroll Coleman, Rice University Religious Discrimination in the Workplace: The Role of Religious Tradition Business Meeting: Kristy Nabhan-Warren, University of Iowa, and Nichole Phillips, Emory University, Presiding A SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Religion and Public Schools: International Perspectives Unit A23-335 Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit Theme: Black Evangelical Studies: Reframing the Evangelical Movement in Latin America and the United States Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Brendan Jamal Thornton, University of North Carolina, Presiding Rachel Cantave, Swarthmore College Law is a Battlefield: Hate Speech and Spiritual Warfare in the Brazilian UCKG Christina Davidson, Harvard University Born Again Black: Racial Formation among Dominicans and Brazilians in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Todne Thomas, Harvard University Black Evangelicalism and Racialized Skepticism Responding: Jualynne E. Dodson, Michigan State University A23-336 A23-333 Science, Technology, and Religion Unit Religion, Affect, and Emotion Unit Theme: What Is Nature? Toward a Science-Engaged Theology of Nature Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Mark Harris, University of Edinburgh, Presiding Panelists: Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University Fiona Ellis, University of Roehampton Helen De Cruz, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Oxford Christopher Southgate, University of Exeter Sarah Lane Ritchie, University of Edinburgh Responding: Tom McLeish, University of York Theme: Pedagogy and Affective Knowledge Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Jill Petersen Adams, Emory University, Presiding S. Kyle Johnson, Boston College Affect, Mysticism, and Orthopathy: An Interdisciplinary Reading of Julian of Norwich Justine Ellis, University of Oxford “The Integrity of the Teacher”: Challenges for Non-Dualist Pedagogy in Religious Literacy Ada Jaarsma, Mount Royal University The Affective Life of Pedagogy x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 131 Bin Song, Washington College The Utopian Seed of Modern Chinese Politics in Ruism (Confucianism) and Its Paul Tillich Remed Responding: Robison B. James, University of Richmond SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 A23-337 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Sikh Studies Unit Theme: The Function and (Re)Framing of Sikh Literature Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Michael Hawley, Mount Royal University, Presiding Harjeet Grewal, University of Calgary Sabd and Sakhi Literature: Guru Gobind Singh at the Banks of the Ganges Sukhdeep Sembi, University of British Columbia Headless Heroics: Examining the Kharag Singh Story within the Dasam Granth Amrit Deol, University of California, Merced The Makings of a Mutiny: The Significance of Ghadri Poetry and Sikh Literature in Punjabi Anticolonial Movements Tejpaul Bainiwal, University of California, Riverside Reception of Sikh Literature among Early Sikh American Immigrants A23-338 #aarsor Sociology of Religion Unit Theme: Religion, Spirituality, and Secularity in Cascadia: Fresh Reflections from the Field Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) Paul Bramadat, University of Victoria, Presiding Panelists: James K Wellman, University of Washington Katie Corcoran, West Virginia University Patricia O’Connell Killen, Gonzaga University Suzanne J. Crawford O’Brien, Pacific Lutheran University A23-339 Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit Theme: Tillich and Other Religions Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Bryan Wagoner, Davis and Elkins College, Presiding Elliot Ratzman, Lawrence University Tillich before and after Auschwitz: Jews and Ultimate Concern Kirk MacGregor, McPherson College The New Being in Pure Land Buddhism CK A23-340 Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogy Unit Theme: Transgressing Borders: Immigration and Transformative Pedagogy in Religious Studies Classrooms Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Michael Brandon McCormack, University of Louisville, Presiding Cassie Trentaz, Warner Pacific College Crossing Borders and Raising the Stakes: Bridging Higher Education and Community Organizing to Get Real Shit Done in Real Time, a Model Sara Williams, Emory University, and Suzanne Klatt, Miami University On the Borders: A Multiaxial Approach to Transformative Pedagogy on Immigration Kelly Figueroa-Ray, Saint Olaf College Even the Cartel Members Pray: Studying Immigration through the Lens of Lived Theology Business Meeting: Laura Stivers, Dominican University of California, Presiding C A23-341 Vatican II Studies Unit Theme: Reconsidering Vatican I: Challenges and Opportunities After 150 Years Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-15B (Mezzanine Level) Richard Gaillardetz, Boston College, Presiding John Slattery, American Association for the Advancement of Science Before Gaudium et Spes, Fides et Ratio, or Laudato Si: The Importance of Vatican I’s Dei Filius in Contemporary Conversations of Theology and Science Peter De Mey, University of Leuven The Difficult Search for an Adequate Biblical Basis of Episcopal Collegiality at Vatican II: The Clash between Astute Defenders of Vatican I and Advocates for a Better Balance between Pope and Bishops Dung Trang, Villanova University Primacy and Synodality: From Vatican II to Pope Francis’ Vision of Ecclesial Renewal in “Evangelii Gaudium” Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 132 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Responding: Kristin Colberg, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John’s University Business Meeting: Catherine E. Clifford, Saint Paul University, Presiding A23-344 Women and Religion Unit A23-342 Wesleyan and Methodist Studies Unit A23-343 C Western Esotericism Unit Theme: Authority and Feminine Leadership in Esoteric Groups Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Brigid Burke, Montclair State University, Presiding Elizabeth Lowry, Arizona State University Mina “Margery” Crandon: Gynecology and (Im)Purity in the Jazz Age Séance Manon Hedenborg White, Södertörn University Leah Hirsig, Scarlet Woman: Proximal Authority and Gender in Aleister Crowley’s Thelema Georgia van Raalte, University of Surrey The Authority of Dion Fortune: Performance, Polarity and Mediumship Business Meeting: Egil Asprem, Stockholm University, Presiding SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Wesleyans and Methodists and the Variety of LateTwentieth-Century Theological Methodologies Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Priscilla Pope-Levison, Southern Methodist University, Presiding Kenneth J. Collins, Asbury Theological Seminary Paleo-Orthodoxy and the Diminishment of Theological Method: A Critical Examination of the Theological Agenda of Thomas C. Oden Ryan R. Gladwin, Palm Beach Atlantic University Faith Seeking Efficacy: José Míguez Bonino as a Wesleyan Theologian Brent Peterson, Northwest Nazarene University, and Steven T. Hoskins, Trevecca Nazarene University A Theologian of Love: An Assessment of Mildred Bangs Wynkoop’s Impact on the Wesleyan/Holiness Movement and the Church of the Nazarene Theme: Alternative Production of Knowledge and Embodied Knowledge Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Mugdha Yeolekar, California State University, Fullerton, Presiding Haruka Umetsu Cho, Harvard University Erotic Desires and Acts as a Woman’s Way of Knowing the Divinity: Reading Arishima Taeko, A Certain Woman Ailie Posillico, Villanova University Words on Fire: Gemma Galgani and the Power of Authorial Voice Nicholas Andersen, Brown University Facing West with Margaret Fuller: Summer on the Lakes and the Naturalization of US Settler Colonialism Responding: Tamara Lewis, Southern Methodist University A23-345 World Christianity Unit Theme: Conceptualizing Language Within World Christianity Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Briana Wong, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding Thomas Seat, Princeton Theological Seminary World Christianity, Translatability, and the Philosophy of Language Rakesh Peter-Dass, Hope College Tactical Hindi: Christian Politics of Language Alexander Chow, University of Edinburgh If I Speak in Human Tongues and Theologies, and Have Not Love: Language and Theology in African and Chinese Christianity A23-346 R New Directions in the Study of Religion, Monsters, and the Monstrous Seminar, Session 2 Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua A (Third Level) Michael Heyes, Lycoming College, Presiding Kathleen M. Self, Saint Lawrence University Loki’s Monstrous Brood Esther Hamori, Union Theological Seminary Monster “Family Resemblance” and Identification of the Biblical God’s Entourage of Monsters Madadh Richey, University of Chicago Interrogating the Monster/Demon Divide in Biblical Studies: 4HΛHY and Dever as Omens of Gory Disorder in Deuteronomy 32, Hosea 13–14, and Habakkuk 3 Justin Mullis, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dragons of the Prime: Interrogating Monster Taxonomy via the Conflation of Dinosaurs and Dragons x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 133 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 P23-301 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theme: Celebrating the Scholarship of Teaching Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-22 (Upper Level East) Join the editorial team of the new peer-reviewed, open-access, digital journal, The Wabash Center Journal on Teaching (wabashcenter.wabash. edu/journal), for a forum celebrating the scholarship of teaching and learning. Authors of the inaugural issue ( January 2020) will discuss their essays on teaching in the changing contexts of theological and religious studies. Share your ideas for publishing scholarship on teaching in an open-access, digital platform. More information: wabashcenter.wabash.edu/programs/aar-sbl-2019/wabash-centerjournal-on-teaching. P23-302 GOCN Forum on Missional Hermeneutics Theme: Book Review Panel Discussion of Michael Barram’s Missional Economics: Biblical Justice and Christian Formation (Eerdmans, 2018) Saturday, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Leucadia (South Tower - First Level) Darrell L. Guder, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding Missional hermeneutics proposes that particular approaches to reading biblical texts will be especially fruitful in conceptualizing both the meaning of these texts as well as their historical and contemporary significance. In his recent book Missional Economics: Biblical Justice and Christian Formation (Eerdmans, 2018), Michael Barram offers a series of reflections on a range of biblical texts that form readers for their vocation in the world with respect to the Christian practice of discipleship in particular relation to economic justice. In so doing, he offers both methodological insights into the practice of missional hermeneutics and specific readings and conclusions that give shape to the witness of the church and its mission in the world. In this session, panelists will critically assess Barram’s work by engaging with his working assumptions and methodologies as well as his particular conclusions. The session will conclude with a response from Barram and interaction among the panelists and the audience. Panelists: Michael Barram, Saint Mary’s College of California Stina Busman Jost, Bethel University Drew Hart, Messiah College Colin Yuckman, Duke University John R. Franke, Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN Responding: Michael Barram, Saint Mary’s College of California G A23-400 Friends of the Academy Reception Saturday, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Elevation (30th Level) Individuals who have been members of the AAR for 40 years or more and those whose generosity allows us to continue many of our special programs are invited to a reception hosted by the AAR Board of Directors. P23-401 Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality International Relations Committee Meeting Saturday, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire Boardroom (Fourth Level) P23-405 Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality Emerging Scholars Dinner Saturday, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM Offsite Emerging scholars (graduate students, those within six years of graduation, and those in their first six years of employment) pursuing the study of spirituality are invited to share conversation at an informal dinner, with costs subsidized by the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. For more information, please visit the Society’s website, sscs.press.jhu.edu; please send additional questions to Emerging Scholars Coordinators Kyle Schenkewitz (kyle. schenkewitz@gmail.com) and Rachel Wheeler (wheelerr@up.edu). P23-402 Society for the Study of Japanese Religions Theme: Roundtable Discussion on The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religion Saturday, 5:00 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level) Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 134 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x PK A23-401 Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee and Teaching and Learning Committee A23-402 AFPWK Applied Religious Studies Committee Theme: Considering Careers and Success Outside of Academy: A Book Discussion with Kelly J. Baker Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Del Mar (South Tower - Third Level) Shreena Gandhi, Michigan State University, Presiding Not every PhD becomes a professor. Some never want to, but a growing number discover too late that there’s little room in the academy for them or it’s not a good fit for what they want their careers to be. They also might find that they are not prepared for a job hunt outside of the ivory tower. But religious studies scholars can shift into work outside the academy. Join Kelly J. Baker, co-editor of the 2018 book Succeeding Outside the Academy: Career Paths beyond the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM (University Press of Kansas, 2018) for a discussion of the book, including the diverse career options for religious studies scholars. Panelists will also reflect on why scholars leave the academy, share their experiences on their own professional paths, and consider how we should be preparing grad students for diverse careers. Panelists: Kelly J. Baker, Women in Higher Education Heidi Ippolito, University of Denver Sarah “Moxy” Moczygemba, University of Florida Hussein Rashid, Islamicate, LLC, New York, NY Mary Beth Yount, Neumann University FG AAR/SBL Graduate Student Happy Hour Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-7B (Upper Level West) Free drinks anyone? Graduate student members of the AAR and SBL are invited to a low-key gathering where you can meet with other graduate students, connect with your AAR/SBL student reps, and get a free drink on us! Sponsored by the AAR Graduate Student Committee and the SBL Student Advisory Board. A23-404 Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee Theme: Islamophobia: White Supremacy, Ethno-Nationalism, and the Academy Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Munir Jiwa, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding This panel will reflect on the historical and contemporary conditions of Islamophobia, white supremacy and racism and how these factors impact and shape the politics of academic knowledge production about Islam and Muslims. Panelists will discuss the particular ways Islamophobia manifests in global contexts, including online, war and the military industrial complex, slavery, civilizing projects on “reforming” Islam and Muslims, CVE, surveillance and policing programs, the structural violence against immigrants and refugees and the rise of ethnonationalism. Panelists will also discuss the welldocumented ‘Islamophobia Industry’ which has provided funding to an interconnected web of foundations, research centers, think tanks, data collection nodes, translation services and conferences through which Islamophobic ideologies are purveyed, circulated and domesticated. How can scholars in both the social sciences and humanities address and counter the epistemic and ontological challenges posed by the alt-right and the global networks of Islamophobia? What are the responsibilities for public intellectuals in challenging these concerns and what are the stakes involved in actively working against racism and Islamophobia? What are the limits and possibilities of studying Islamophobia comparatively? Panelists: Jasmin Zine, Wilfrid Laurier University Hatem Bazian, University of California, Berkeley, Zaytuna College Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 135 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Content Creation and Intellectual Property Panel Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Carlsbad (South Tower - Third Level) Matthew Bingley, Georgia State University, Presiding This workshop will examine related issues in intellectual property and content creation in higher education. The academic model relies on the creation of content for scholarship and teaching. Open access scholarship and open educational materials offer an alternative model for content generation and use. This workshop will examine the role of open access scholarship in religious studies and open educational resources in teaching. In addition, the development of reusable course templates often requires a collaboration between the college, instructional designers, and faculty subject matter experts. This leads to questions of the fairness of compensation for course design, questions of academic freedom in teaching, and the ethics of intellectual property retention in creating reusable materials. Panelists: Amy Hale, Atlanta, GA Mary E. Hess, Luther Seminary A23-403 (=S23-401) A23-407 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 #animalsaar19 A Animals and Religion Unit and Buddhism Unit A23-405 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 African Religions Unit Theme: Studying Religion with Achille Mbembe Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Devaka Premawardhana, Emory University, Presiding Emmanuel Buteau, Haitian Institute of Atlanta Black Reason within the Bounds of Religion: Achille Mbembe and Haitian Religion David Ngong, Stillman College Honor and Bondage in African Politics: Rethinking Contemporary African Political Theology Laura Grillo, Georgetown University Mbembe’s Matrix and the Matri-Archive: The “Little Secret” to Conjuring Away the Postcolonial Spell A A23-406 Afro-American Religious History Unit and Pentecostal– Charismatic Movements Unit Theme: Holy Black Female Personhood: A Roundtable Discussion of The Labor of Faith: Gender and Power in Black Apostolic Pentecostalism (Duke University Press, 2017) Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Marlon Millner, Northwestern University, Presiding Panelists: N. Fadeke Castor, Live Oak, TX Eboni Marshall Turman, Yale University Emilie M. Townes, Vanderbilt University Eziaku Nwokocha, University of Pennsylvania Ashon Crawley, University of Virginia Responding: Judith Casselberry, Bowdoin College Theme: At the Intersection of Buddhist and Animal Studies: Reiko Ohnuma’s Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2017) Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Barbara Ambros, University of North Carolina, Presiding Panelists: Geoffrey Barstow, Oregon State University Eric Meyer, Carroll College Janet Gyatso, Harvard University Aaron Gross, University of San Diego Responding: Reiko Ohnuma, Dartmouth College C A23-408 Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit Theme: Ritualistic/Artistic Destruction in the Asia-Pacific Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Gloria Maité Hernández, West Chester University, Presiding Patricia Giles, Syracuse University Encountering the Collapse of Zhang Huan’s Sydney Buddha Lisa Beyeler-Yvarra, Duke University “Going through the Shadow into Light”: Butoh as the Embodiment of Cultural Unraveling Business Meeting: Pamela D. Winfield, Elon University, and Zhange Ni, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Presiding A23-409 Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Law, Religion, and Culture Unit Theme: Race, Law, and Asian American Religions Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) SueJeanne Koh, University of California, Irvine, Presiding Khyati Joshi, Fairleigh Dickinson University Asian American Religions: A Window on Christian Privilege in America Melissa Borja, University of Michigan The Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS) Crisis and the Creation of a Hmong American Religion Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 136 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Justin Stein, Bukkyo University Negotiating the Legal Status of Reiki and Other Spiritual Therapies in the United States Dusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa Barbara Orientalism, Brainwashing, and the Unification Church A23-410 #chineserels C Chinese Religions Unit A23-411 Christian Systematic Theology Unit Theme: Becoming Creatures and Becoming Gods: Creatureliness and Theosis Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Natalie Carnes, Baylor University, Presiding Thomas Breedlove, Baylor University The Grace of Becoming Creature: The “Thorny Flesh” of Gregory of Nyssa Olli-Pekka Vainio, University of Helsinki Deification as a Philosophical Problem Elliot Rice, Laidlaw College The Cruciform Doctrine of Theosis in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s TheoDrama C Class, Religion, and Theology Unit Theme: Labor of Race, Labor of LIfe Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Rosetta E. Ross, Spelman College, Presiding Gabriel Raeburn, University of Pennsylvania “The Color Line Was Washed Away in the Blood”: The Pentecostal Healing Revivals and the Barriers to Interracial Working-Class Solidarity, 1940s-1960s Benjamin Robinson, Southern Methodist University White Dis-Possession: Making Estranged Subjects Laura Lysen, Baylor University To Starve or to Devour? A Theological Reckoning with Contemporary Food Labor Business Meeting: Jeremy Posadas, Austin College, and Ken Estey, Brooklyn College, Presiding A23-413 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Disaster and Calamity in Chinese Religions from the Medieval to the Modern Era Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire D (Fourth Level) Jessey Choo, Rutgers University, Presiding April Hughes, Boston University Disaster and Calamity in Medieval China Katherine Alexander, University of Colorado Disaster and Calamity in Early Modern China Gregory Adam Scott, University of Manchester Disaster and Calamity in Modern China Responding: James A. Benn, McMaster University Business Meeting: Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee, and Anna Sun, Kenyon College, Presiding A23-412 C Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit Theme: Violence and Eastern Orthodox Christianity Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-11A (Upper Level West) Katya Tolstaya, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Presiding Philip Dorroll, Wofford College From Srebrenica to ISIS: Comparing Theological Responses to Atrocity Pieter G. R. De Villiers, University of the Free State An Early Eastern Orthodox Rejection of Violence: The Case of Oecumenius from Isauria Paul Ladouceur, University of Toronto Orthodoxy and the Religious and Ethnic Other in Romania Responding: Fadi Nasr, Orthodox Youth Movement, Hazmieh, Lebanon Business Meeting: Brandon Gallaher, University of Exeter, Presiding A23-414 Comparative Religious Ethics Unit Theme: Migration Ethics in Comparative Perspective Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Shannon Dunn, Gonzaga University, Presiding William A. Barbieri, Catholic University of America Mobilizing Dignity: Migration Ethics, Human Dignity, and Comparative Religious Ethics Silas Allard, Emory University Beyond Borders: The Case for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement on Migration x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 137 A23-417 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Evangelical Studies Unit C A23-415 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Contemplative Studies Unit Theme: Varieties of Contemplative Experiences: Mountains, Music, and Memoirs Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Niki Clements, Rice University, Presiding Linda Ceriello, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Descent from the Peak: Mystical Navigations of Paradox and Trauma on the Down-Climb Maria Guarino, University of Virginia Musical Metanoia: Jazz Improvisation as Contemplative Practice Stephen Dawson, University of Lynchburg Flipped Memoir: Reading and Writing Memoir as Contemplative Practices Business Meeting: Harold D. Roth, Brown University, and Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University, Presiding A23-416 Ecclesiological Investigations Unit Theme: Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification: Impact and Reception Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Miriam Haar, Lutheran World Federation, Presiding Jakob Rinderknecht, University of the Incarnate Word Receiving the Joint Declaration: A Test-Case in Bilateral and Multilateral Engagement Peter Folan, Boston College Getting on the Same Page: The Biblical Hermeneutic Operative in the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification Veli-Matti Karkkainen, Fuller Theological Seminary The Contribution to JDDJ of the New Interpretation of Luther’s Theology and Its Potential for an Ecumenical Advancement Responding: William G. Rusch, New York, NY Theme: New Varieties of Evangelicalism Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Vincent Bacote, Wheaton College, Presiding Douglas Bafford, Brandeis University Evangelical Christianity and the Formation of a Multiracial South Africa Clifton Clarke, Fuller Theological Seminary Black Evangelicals and the MAGA Movement David Kirkpatrick, James Madison University Beneath the United States: Global Crime, Decolonization, and the Latin American Evangelical Left Ronald Potter, Hinds Community College John M. Perkins and the Possibility of an Evangelical Political Theology Today Thomas Seat, Princeton Theological Seminary Religion and Politics in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Assessing Connections between U.S. Evangelicals and Nigerian Pentecostals The Evangelical Studies Group will be holding its business meeting over breakfast, Saturday, November 23rd, at 7:00 AM at a nearby restaurant TBD. A23-418 #innovatingspiritualcare CUR Innovations in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Unit Theme: Formation and Training in Contemporary Spiritual Care Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Trace Haythorn, Association of Clinical Pastoral Education, Decatur, GA, Presiding Panelists: Margaret Lowe, Bridgewater State University Daniel Nuzum, Association of Clinical Pastoral Education, Cork, Ireland Anja Visser, University of Groningen Robin Pater, University of Groningen Katherine Rand, Claremont School of Theology Monica Sanford, Rochester Institute of Technology Wim Smeets, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Responding: Duane Bidwell, Claremont School of Theology Business Meeting: Michael Skaggs, Brandeis University, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 138 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A A23-421 International Development and Religion Unit Native Traditions in the Americas Unit Theme: Religion, Development, and Humanitarian Aid - Part II Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-206 (Second Level) John Rees, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Presiding Mike Clark, Global Aid Pro, Lindau, Germany Achieving Aid Effectiveness through Localized Humanitarian Diplomacy: Cultural and Normative Perspectives for Faith-Based Organizations Olivia Wilkinson, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, and Emma Tomalin, University of Leeds Between Local Faith Actors and International Secular Actors for Humanitarian Response in South Sudan David King, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Reshaping the Debates of Religion and International Development: American Evangelicals and Global Population Control Theme: Author-Meets-Critics: Cutcha Risling Baldy’s We Are Dancing for You: Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies (University of Washington Press, 2018) Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Ines M. Talamantez, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding Panelists: Dana Lloyd, Washington University, St. Louis Abel Gomez, Syracuse University Natalie Avalos, University of Colorado Cuauhtémoc Peranda, University of California Riverside Responding: Cutcha Risling Baldy, Humboldt State University A23-420 Liberal Theologies and Open and Relational Theologies Unit and Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr. Unit Theme: Non-Violent Theology: Power, Persuasion, and Peace Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Larry Perry, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Presiding Justin Heinzekehr, Goshen College The Convergence of Process and Peace Church Theologies through Personalism Daniel Ott, Monmouth College Naturalistic God Metaphors, Nonviolence, and Violence Natalya Cherry, Brite Divinity School The Influence of Personalism on Harkness and King, Their Pacifism, and Their Persistence Responding: James Lawson, Los Angeles, CA A23-423 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 A23-419 H North American Religions Unit Theme: Mountains, Whales, Oil, and Plastics: Religion and Matter in the Anthropocene Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Brandi Denison, University of North Florida, Presiding Richard Callahan, Gonzaga University Rethinking Religious History in the Anthropocene by Way of the 19th Century American Whaling Industry’s Oceanic Labors Judith Ellen Brunton, University of Toronto Narratives of Extraction: Empire, Land Use, and the Public Good in the Imperial Oil Archives Matthew Smith, Northwestern University Eco-Religious Entanglements in the Age of Plastic(s): Probing the Christian Coloniality of the Anthropocene Brennan Keegan, Randolph College Contested Sacredness: The Struggle for Bears Ears Responding: Darren Dochuk, University of Notre Dam x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 139 Monica Schaap Pierce, Fordham University Taught “without the Illusions of Men”: Marie Dentière on Christ and Embodiment SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 C A23-424 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit Theme: Works-in-Progress Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Kirsten Sonkyo Oh, Azusa Pacific University, Presiding Panelist: James I. Higginbotham, Earlham College Business Meeting: Eileen Campbell-Reed, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, and Lisa M. Cataldo, Fordham University, Presiding C A23-425 Queer Studies in Religion Unit Theme: Queer Lands and Stories Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-2 (Upper Level West) Kelly Stewart, Vanderbilt University, Presiding Andrea Allen, University of Toronto Call Them Ishmael: The Queering of Brazilian Evangelicalism by Black LGBT Evangelicals Rita Rodriguez, The University of Chicago Divinity School Anzaldúa y Foucault: Analytics, Genealogy, and Deconstruction of Borderlands Responding: Teresa Delgado, Iona College Business Meeting: Thelathia Young, Bucknell University, and Heather White, University of Puget Sound, Presiding A23-426 Reformed Theology and History Unit Theme: Women and Women’s Voices in the Reformed Tradition Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502 (Fifth Level) John Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary, Presiding Amanda MacInnis-Hackney, University of Toronto “The Word of God is Constantly before My Eyes”: The Primacy and Unity of Scripture in the Writings of Early Protestant Women Nathan Shannon, Torch Trinity Graduate University Margart Baxter’s Theology of Evil and Suffering A23-427 Religion and Disability Studies Unit Theme: Candidates with Disability for Ritual Leadership, Shared Space and Liberation, Shame and Relationality, Mental Illness and Sanctity Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-21 (Upper Level East) Mary Jo Iozzio, Boston College, Presiding Rebecca Spurrier, Columbia Theological Seminary Fit Bodies, Abled Minds, and Inaccessible Routes to Religious Leadership Lily Kim, McMaster University Disablism and Shared Space Jessica Coblentz, Saint Mary’s College of California Sanctity, Sanity, and the Christian Life Alison Downie, Indiana University of Pennsylvania The Shame That Binds: Theology and Mental Illness C A23-428 Religion and Economy Unit Theme: Religious Affects of Capital Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire L (Fourth Level) George Gonzalez, City University of New York, Presiding Isaac Arten, Saint Louis University “A Matter of Profit and Loss Belonging to Another World”: Reality as Marketplace in Nineteenth-Century British Protestant Theological Anthropology Timothy Burnside, Florida State University Angel Economies: Neoliberal Religion and the User-Generated Ordinary Rebecca Faulkner, Princeton University Economic Thought of Muhammad Iqbal Esra Tunc, University of California, Santa Barbara Translation of Giving into Islamic Entrepreneurship in Corporate America Matthew King, University of California, Riverside Śrī Śrī Homo Economicus: Claiming Desire in the Tantric Frontiers of Capital Responding: Devin Singh, Dartmouth College Business Meeting: Daniel Vaca, Brown University, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 140 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-429 Religion and Migration Unit and Secularism and Secularity Unit A23-430 Religion and Politics Unit Theme: Religious Freedom and the U.S. Constitution Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) John D. Carlson, Arizona State University, Presiding Katharine Batlan, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus Uneasy Allies: Christian Amendment Attempts, Vietnam, Schools, and Race in the 1960s Eric Stephen, Harvard University The Neoliberal Turn in American Religious Liberty Jurisprudence: Intellectual Foundations and their Social, Political, and Legal Implications, 1990–Present Kira Ganga Kieffer, Boston University On Measles, Mumps, and Not Being a Sheep: The Anti-Vaxxer Coalition of Believers A23-431 C Religion and Science Fiction Unit Theme: Languages of the Night: Ursula K. Le Guin as World (Un) Builder and (Anti)Religious Thinker Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire M (Fourth Level) Laurel Zwissler, Central Michigan University, Presiding David Aftandilian, Texas Christian University Revealing Animal Presences: Animals and Religion in the Storytelling of Ursula K. Le Guin Douglas E. Cowan, University of Waterloo “Fantasy Is True, of Course”: Thinking through the Fantastic with Ursula K. Le Guin Michael Ostling, Arizona State University Words of Unbinding: Ursula K. Le Guin Tears down the Wall of Language A23-432 WK Religion and the Social Sciences Unit Theme: Teaching, Public Engagement, and Social Scientific Research Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Sara Williams, Emory University, Presiding Krista Riley, Vanier College, and Leila Bdeir, Vanier College Teaching and Learning through Participatory Action Research: A Case Study of Muslim College Students in Quebec Rebecca Catto, Kent State University, Fern Elsdon-Baker, University of Birmingham, Stephen Jones, University of Birmingham, and Carola Leicht, University of Kent Sociology of Religion, Public Understanding of Science: Mutual Learning for Refined Framing and Measurement Valentina Cantori, University of Southern California Mapping Sacred Others: American Muslims’ Cultures of Bridging in American Civic Life A23-433 C Religion in Europe Unit Theme: Religion and the Construction of European Identities Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Jonathan Teubner, Australian Catholic University, Presiding Karin Neutel, University of Oslo The Myth of a Christian Europe: The Bible as a Tool for European Identity Construction in Recent Migration Debates Richard Amesbury, Clemson University Constructing “Religion”, Performing “the People”: Sovereignty and Populism in Germany and the United States Matthew Hotham, Ball State University Bloody Beasts: Halal Butchering, Eid Sacrifice, and the Making of Muslim Monsters Peter O’Brien, Trinity University, and Arianna Siddiqui, Trinity University Islamophobia and Europhobia in Europe Business Meeting: Elissa Cutter, Georgian Court University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 141 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Surveilling Muslims: Religion, Secularism, and Migration Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-15B (Mezzanine Level) Joseph Blankholm, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding Jennifer A. Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland Secular Masculinities and Migratory Marital “Love Fraud” in Contemporary France Matt Sheedy, University of Manitoba Emerging Ex-Muslim Identities in the Snares of the Intellectual Dark Web M. Bilal Nasir, Northwestern University FBI Surveillance, Suspicion, and Islamic Skepticism in Muslim America Responding: Mona Oraby, Amherst College Sarah King, Grand Valley State University Would I Walk Away from This Utopia? Engaging Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Responding: Shelley Streeby, University of California, San Diego Business Meeting: Laura Ammon, Appalachian State University, and Emanuelle Burton, University of Illinois, Chicago, Presiding SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit and Women and Religion Unit A23-434 Religion in South Asia Unit SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 A23-436 Theme: Translating Traditions: Discursive Practices in Text and Performance Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida, Presiding Sucharita Adluri, Cleveland State University Translating Devotion: The 0DΧLSUDYƘOD Commentaries on the 7LUXYƘ\PRζL Katherine C. Zubko, University of North Carolina, Asheville The Performance Script as Translation Process: Preparing to Dance Kalidasa’s Ritusamhara/Garland of Seasons Jesse Pruitt, University of Toronto Translating a God for the Nation: Etymology, Equivalence, and Tamil Prose in Tiru. Vi. Ka.’s Murugan, or Beauty Responding: Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida Theme: Women and Religio-Political Activism in the Latina/o Americas Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Chris Tirres, DePaul University, Presiding Ernesto Fiocchetto, Florida International University The Beginning of Madres de Plaza de Mayo in Mendoza Argentina: The Complex Roles of Catholicism and Women Susana L. Gallardo, San Jose State University “I Never Left the Church”: Belonging and Resistance in Mexican American Catholicism Betsy Konefal, College of William and Mary, and Marjorie Melville, former Maryknoll nun Social Justice, Christian Revolution, and “Tyranny” in 1960s Guatemala: A Conversation with Marjorie Melville Responding: Cecilia Titizano, Graduate Theological Union A23-437 A23-435 Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit Theme: From Death to Eschatological Hope: Thematic, Stylistic, and Sonic Analyses of Mexican Auteurs Alejandro G. Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Rebecca Moody, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Presiding Stephanie Addenbrooke Bean, Yale University Toward Tomorrow: Migration, Borders, and Eschatological Hope in Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men Jeanette Reedy Solano, California State University, Fullerton Life and Death are Biutiful: Alejandro G. Iñárritu as Auteur Joseph Kickasola, Baylor University Sonic, Simulative, Sacred: Multisensory Aural Experience in the Films of Alejandro González Iñárritu Science, Technology, and Religion Unit Theme: Is There a Future for Methodology in Science and Religion? Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Greg Cootsona, California State University, Chico, Presiding Victoria Lorrimar, Trinity College Queensland Science and Religion: Moving beyond the Credibility Strategy Jaime Wright, University of Edinburgh Making Space for the Methodological Mosaic: The Future of the Field of Science and Religion James Stump, BioLogos, Grand Rapids, MI Common Nouns without Essences: Reeves and the Language of Science and Religion Paul Allen, Corpus Christi College The Third Way: Against Essentialism and Anti-Essentialism in Science and Religion Responding: Josh Reeves, Samford University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 142 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-438 C A23-441 CA Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit Theme: Authenticity and Plurality in Sikh Literature Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Michael Hawley, Mount Royal University, Presiding Nikky Singh, Colby College Guru Nanak: The Songster Poet Gurbeer Singh, University of California, Riverside The Claim for Authenticity in the Sikh Tradition: The Appropriation of Puratan Business Meeting: Michael Hawley, Mount Royal University, Presiding Theme: The Devil and the Demons: Neoliberal Theology in the Work of Adam Kotsko Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Stephen Keating, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding Panelists: An Yountae, California State University, Northridge Jared Rodriguez, Northwestern University Laurel C. Schneider, Vanderbilt University Maxwell Kennel, McMaster University Responding: Adam Kotsko, North Central College Business Meeting: Beatrice Marovich, Hanover College, and Adam Kotsko, North Central College, Presiding A23-439 Space, Place, and Religion Unit Theme: The Undoing of Place: Spatialization of the Aftermath Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) David Simonowitz, Pepperdine University, Presiding Jeanne Halgren Kilde, University of Minnesota Church Ruin Photography: Interpreting the Meaning of Decay Andrew Klumpp, Southern Methodist University The Burning of Holland: Faith, Fire, and International Efforts to Rebuild a Religious Community Daniel Sack, National Endowment for the Humanities Saving Sacred Space in the Face of Economic Disaster Mary Emily Duba, University of Chicago Lived Noplace: Dangers and Possibilities for Theology and Religious Studies A23-440 #islamaar Study of Islam Unit Theme: Reconsidering Sufi and Shi’i Histories: Text, Space, and Embodiment Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Marcia Hermansen, Loyola University, Chicago, Presiding Andrew McLaren, Columbia University Authorship, Belief, Identity: Was Ibn A’tham al-Kufi’s Kitab al-Futuh a Shi’i History? Ilona Gerbakher, Columbia University “The Saint in Baghdad Is Like the Saint on a Toilet”: Finding Sufism in the ‘Abbasid City, 950–1150 A.D. Fizza Joffrey, University of Toronto Probing the Other “Other”: A Critical Survey of Shi’i SelfFlagellation Ritual Studies Responding: Rose Aslan, California Lutheran University SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Sikh Studies Unit A23-442 Theology and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Pasts and Futures in the Present Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Eleanor Craig, Harvard University, Presiding Heather Major, University of Glasgow “It’s Aye Been”: A Sojourner’s Perspective on the Relationship between Past, Present, and Future in Scottish Churches Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Fordham University Ghosts of Our Past Informing Our Present Sam Mickey, University of San Francisco Politics for the Anthropocene: From Anthropocentric to Anthropocosmic Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon, University of Pardubice An Image for the Anthropocene A23-443 C Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit Theme: Black Theology and Paul Tillich Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Jawanza Eric Clark, Manhattan College, Presiding S. Kyle Johnson, Boston College The Demonic in Paul Tillich and Black Theology Paul Dafydd Jones, University of Virginia The Impatience of the Risen Christ: On Paul Tillich’s The Socialist Decision and James Cone’s Black Theology and Black Power Michele Watkins, University of San Diego The Gifts and Curses of 20th Century Theology: Paul Tillich as an Unfit Conversation Partner in Black Existentialist Theology Business Meeting: Devan Stahl, Michigan State University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 143 C A23-446 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Yogācāra Studies Unit A23-444 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Western Esotericism Unit Theme: Esoteric Exchanges: Indigenous and Latin Cultures in the Americas Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua A (Third Level) Egil Asprem, Stockholm University, Presiding Rudy V. Busto, University of California, Santa Barbara Mexico’s Esoteric Virgin: Miguel Sánchez’s Imagen de la Virgen María, Madre de Dios de Guadalupe Lisa Poirier, DePaul University Secrecy, Identity, and the Ghost Dance of 1890 Stefan Sanchez, Rice University Losing the Soul: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Susto and Her Metaphysics of Pain C A23-445 Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit Theme: Consumption for Transcendence: Foodways, Diet, and Drugs in Yoga Practice Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Seth Powell, Harvard University, Presiding Patricia Sauthoff, University of Alberta Water As Elixir of Longevity: A Rasāyana Practice from the Ānandakanda Jonathan Dickstein, University of California, Santa Barbara Before They Were Food: Wasting and Weaponizing Animals in Yoga Gastropolitics Nirinjan Khalsa, Loyola Marymount University Creating Healthy, Happy, Holy Yogis through Vegetarianism, Ayurveda, and Kundalini Yoga Christa Kuberry, Yoga Alliance, Arlington, VA American Yoga and the Substance of Substances Christopher Patrick Miller, Loyola Marymount University Yogic Foodways at Kaivalyadham: Achieving Liberation through BioMoral Consumption Responding: Stuart R. Sarbacker, Oregon State University Business Meeting: Sravana Borkataky-Varma, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and Anya Foxen, California Polytechnic State University, Presiding Theme: Text Discussion Panel: The 0DKƘ\ƘQDVǍWUƘODβNƘUD Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) C. John Powers, Deakin University, Presiding Panelists: Constance Kassor, Lawrence University Jay Garfield, Smith College Sonam Thakchoe, University of Tasmania Dan Arnold, University of Chicago Eyal Aviv, George Washington University Jonathan Gold, Princeton University Business Meeting: Joy Brennan, Kenyon College, and Roy Tzohar, Tel-Aviv University, Presiding A23-447 Chinese Christianities Seminar Theme: Beyond Chinese Christianities Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo H (Second Level) Alexander Chow, University of Edinburgh, Presiding Erica Siu Mui Lee, University of Toronto Jingjiao Inscription of “Three-One Wondrous Being/Body” on the Xian Stele: Theological Implications and Ecumenical Significance Yucheng Bai, Duke University In Search of Sublimity: Wu Yaozong’s Overseas Religious Education and His Collaboration with Communism Melissa Inouye, University of Auckland In the World, But of China? In China, But of the World? Charismatic Universalism in True Jesus Church Communities Responding: Francis Ching-Wah Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong SR A23-448 Contextualizing the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis Seminar Theme: Setting the Agenda: Contextualizing Clergy Sexual Abuse Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua C (Third Level) Brian Clites, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 144 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Heidi Ann Campbell, Texas A&M University, and Emily Pfender, Villanova University Studying the Victim Narratives of the Catholic Abuse Scandal through Internet Memes Massimo Faggioli, Villanova University The Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis and the Relations between Church and State Amy Carr, Western Illinois University Sacramental Desecration: The Spiritual Heart of the Matter Susan Reynolds, Emory University A Lay Spring? Examining Grassroots Practices of Resistance to Clericalism C Origen and Origen Reception Seminar Theme: Origen’s Biblical Exegesis Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Ellen Muehlberger, University of Michigan, Presiding Alfons Fürst, University of Münster Philosophical Exegesis as a Way of Life in Early Christianity Sara Contini, University of Bristol A “Worthy” Understanding of God: Origen’s against Celsus and the Homilies on Psalms Grant Gasse, University of Notre Dame Origen and Myth: The Development of an Unbiblical Category Business Meeting: Anders-Christian Jacobsen, Aarhus University, and Peter Martens, Saint Louis University, Presiding P23-400 Karl Barth Society of North America Theme: Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans Saturday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-17A (Mezzanine Level) Keith Johnson, Wheaton College, Presiding In honor of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Barth’s The Epistle to the Romans, the Karl Barth Society of North America is holding a multi-year series of sessions dedicated to this book and its legacy. For the 2019 meeting, the focus is on Barth’s discussion of Romans 5-8. Mitchell Mallary, University of Saint Andrews An Apocalyptic Paul within Judaism: Bridging the Gap between Karl Barth and the Guild of Second Temple Jewish Studies Sarah Stewart-Kroeker, University of Geneva An Eco-Theological Reading of Karl Barth on Romans 8:19-23 Andrew Peterson, Princeton Theological Seminary Sanctification and Moral Extrinsicism in Barth’s Romans Commentary European Society of Women in Theological Research Theme: Post-International ESWTR Meeting Conversation: Brainstorming from North America Saturday, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Point Loma (South Tower - First Level) Saturday, 7:00 PM and Later P23-500 College Theology Society Theme: Liturgy Saturday, 7:00 PM–8:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 19 (First Level) A23-500 G International Members Reception Saturday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Convention Center-6F (Upper Level West) Olga Kazmina, Moscow State University, Presiding A23-501 G Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Reception Saturday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Convention Center-7A (Upper Level West) P23-501 Société Internationale d’Études sur Alfred Loisy Theme: By those Who Wrote Them: Further Studies on Roman Catholic Modernism Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:45 PM Marriott Marquis-Oceanside (South Tower - First Level) Elizabeth Huddleston, University of Dayton, National Institute for Newman Studies, Presiding Danny Praet, Ghent University On Science, Religion and Politics during the Modernist Era (2018), ed. Danny Praet and Corinne Bonnet Jeffrey Morrow, Seton Hall University On Alfred Loisy and Modern Biblical Studies (2019) Annelies Lannoy, Ghent University On La Comparison est la Lumière de l’Histoire. La Correspondence entre Franz Cumont et Alfred Loisy (1908– 1940) (2019), Annelies Lannoy, Corinne Bonnet, Danny Praet x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 145 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 A23-449 P23-404 P23-503 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 College Theology Society Reception P23-505 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies and AAR’s Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit Theme: Vespers - Evening Prayer in the (Byzantine) Orthodox Tradition Saturday, 7:15 PM–8:15 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400A (Fourth Level) All are welcome to join in this traditional liturgical service, common to both Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine-Rite Catholic Churches, which inaugurates the Lord’s Day by commemorating Christ’s resurrection. Composed of psalms, hymns and litanies, and marked by the symbols of incense and candlelight, the service is entirely chanted (in English, with some Spanish, Greek and Slavonic). W A23-502 Presidential Address — “And Are We Not of Interest to Each Other?”: A Blueprint for the Public Study of Religion Saturday, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) José I. Cabezón, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding In addition to its traditional goal of fostering excellence in the academic study of religion, the AAR’s recently revised mission statement includes a new goal of enhancing the public study of religion. But what is the public study of religion? How might we collectively (and inevitably imperfectly) define it? This AAR address will offer a blueprint. I suggest Laurie Patton that such a public study of religion involves a renewed curiosity about, and disciplined and ethical reflection on, four things: 1) the nature of our scholarly contexts; 2) the nature of our scholarly publics; 3) the nature of power and privilege in the study of religion; 4) the nature of labor in the study of religion. I will use theory in the study of religion, philosophy of the public sphere, and poetry to draw the blueprint. As a way of gesturing to another kind of collective that moves beyond the “magisterial voice of the single leader,” our time together will involve AAR voices other than my own. I end with an exhortation to a newly energetic and different kind of curiosity as fundamental to our work as public scholars. In her poem, “Ars Poetica #100: I Believe,” Elizabeth Alexander ends with a query: “. . . and are we not of interest to each other?” Panelist: Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College Saturday, 8:00 PM–9:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) L A23-503 Film: [the listening heart] Saturday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502 (Fifth Level) Michele Stanback, Union Theological Seminary, and Kristian Petersen, Old Dominion University, Presiding Written and directed by storäe michele [the listening heart] is an Afro-Native Futuristic film about selflove and deep listening, bringing to life an original story grounded in Mayan and Yoruba cosmologies. Our protagonist, named after the Mayan Goddess Ix Chel, is a child healer who searches for the meaning of love. This story follows a common paradigm of women who are hurt when going against social norms — but in this film, reclaim their voices through self-healing. L A23-504 Film: Muslimah’s Guide to Marriage Saturday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Muslimah’s Guide to Marriage (2016) is the story of Muslimah Mohammad, a young African-American Muslim woman from Inglewood, California. The narrative centers around the events during Muslimah’s Iddah (waiting period of separation), where in only one week her divorce from her husband Musa will be finalized and official. She wants to reconcile the marriage before it’s too late since she knows that divorce will have negative social consequences within her local Muslim community, and will be especially upsetting for her observant father. This humorous romantic comedy provides a unique vision of Black Muslim life in a South Central Los Angeles community. Writer and Director Aminah Bakeer Abdul-Jabbaar both disrupts stereotypical Hollywood images of Muslims and broadens the spectrum of Muslim American cultural production, which has largely set aside the experiences of Black Muslims. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 146 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A23-507 L Film: Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story Premiere and Panel Discussion PWG A24-1 Applied Religious Studies Breakfast Sunday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Convention Center-6B (Upper Level West) Cristine Hutchison-Jones, Harvard University, Presiding AAR members who apply their degrees to work outside of the academy, or students who are interested in diverse career paths are welcome to meet and greet each other at this breakfast hosted by the AAR’s Applied Religious Studies Committee. G A24-2 AAR Annual Business Meeting Sunday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Convention Center-6A (Upper Level West) Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College, Presiding Join the AAR Board of Directors for a continental breakfast and a brief business meeting. Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:00 AM A24-100 F P23-504 Graduate Student Committee Business Meeting Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Reception Sunday, 9:00 AM–9:30 AM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) Rachel Toombs, Baylor University, Presiding Attention graduate students! We will be holding our annual business meeting in the Student Lounge. We encourage you to attend the meeting, connect with your regional AAR student directors, and share your requests, concerns and/or suggestions for AAR’s 2020 Annual Meeting with the Graduate Student Committee. If there are items you want to be sure are discussed, email Rachel Toombs, AAR Student Director, before the meeting: rstoombs@gmail.com. Saturday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Convention Center-6C (Upper Level West) Come join us for drinks and dessert as we welcome the new director of the Wabash Center and celebrate the retirement of our outgoing Director, Dr. Nadine Pence. Meet past, present, and future participants of our workshops, colloquies, consultants, and grants. Learn about current and future programming, along with resources and opportunities for teaching and learning. A23-505 G Journal of the American Academy of Religion ( JAAR) Reception for Authors and Board Members Saturday, 9:00 PM–10:30 PM Marriott Marquis-AAR Suite A23-506 G LGBTIQ Scholars/Scholars of LGBTIQ Studies Reception Saturday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Convention Center-6E (Upper Level West) LGBTIQ scholars, scholars of LGBTIQ studies, and friends are invited to a reception. Come network, see old friends, and make new ones! Sponsored by the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee. x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 147 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Saturday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 500 (Fifth Level) Martin Doblmeier, Journey Films, Presiding From Emmy award-winning filmmaker Martin Doblmeier comes a new documentary that explores the life of one of the most remarkable religious figures of the 20th-century — Catholic social activist Dorothy Day. The film examines her early years writing for communist newspapers, befriending Eugene O’Neill and struggling with love. But her conversion to the Catholic faith changed everything. Day went on to co-foundered the Catholic Worker Movement that included homes of hospitality for the poor, and The Catholic Worker newspaper that placed her in the midst of the most important social and political events of her era. She was a traditional Catholic, grandmother to nine children and a constant target of the FBI. The film features interviews with biographer Robert Ellsberg, actor/ activist Martin Sheen, granddaughters Kate and Martha Hennessy, writer Joan Chittester, Sojourners’ editor Jim Wallis, public theologian Cornel West and others. The film is being scheduled for broadcast on PBS stations for March 2020 for Women’s History Month. Martin Doblmeier is founder of Journey Films in Alexandria, VA. He has produced more than 30 award-winning films on topics of religion, faith and spirituality including: BONHOEFFER, The Power of Forgiveness, CHAPLAINS, The Reinhold Niebuhr Story, The Howard Thurman Story — all premiered at past AAR events. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee and Applied Religious Studies Committee P24-102 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theme: Teaching with Digital Media Sunday, 9:00 AM–10:30 AM Convention Center-22 (Upper Level East) This session will explore a range of teaching contexts - residential and online - in which digital media is utilized. Session leaders will explore particular methods for effective use of digital media in classroom teaching and learning. For additional information, see: wabashcenter.wabash.edu/programs/ aar-sbl-2019/teaching-with-digital-media. Panelists: Ralph Watkins, Columbia Theological Seminary Elizabeth Drescher, Santa Clara University Katherine Turpin, Iliff School of Theology Jaime Wright, Santa Clara University SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 PK A24-101 P24-103 Colloquium on Violence and Religion Theme: Mimesis and Sacrifice: Applying Girard’s Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Grant Kaplan, Saint Louis University, Presiding Marcia Pally, New York University Contemporary Notions of Sacrifice: Suicide Bomber or Social Glue? Anna Mercedes, College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University Does Christ Resist or Bow Out? Feminist Theology, Violence, and René Girard Wolfgang Palaver, University of Innsbruck Sacrifice Between West and East: René Girard, Simone Weil, and Mahatma Gandhi on Violence and Non-Violence David Pan, University of California, Irvine Immanuel Kant on Sacrifice and Morality Ilia Delio, Villanova University Suffering and Sacrifice in an Unfinished Universe: A Challenge for “Techno-sapiens” Theme: Working in Religious Studies: A Discussion on the State of the Field Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Rachel Lindsey, Saint Louis University, and Emily Mace, Lake Forest, IL, Presiding What do we mean when we say we work in religious studies? The changing nature of professional life within the academy and the ever-challenging job market are pushing scholars to pursue career options in new relationship to and outside of academia. This session brings together representatives of various communities within the AAR to discuss changes within the field of religious studies that are leading many people to pursue professional activities in less structured, more creative ways. Panelists will also consider the unique pressures that members of various marginalized communities at the AAR face, and will discuss resources these groups would like to see from departments, schools, and the AAR to support them in exploring and pursuing diverse, just and sustainable career opportunities both within and beyond the academy. Panelists: Benae Beamon, Boston University Carolyn Roncolato, Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, IL K A24-102 Teaching Against Islamophobia: Lessons and Questions Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Caleb Elfenbein, Grinnell College, Presiding This roundtable session will reflect on how members of the AAR across a broad array of fields of specialization can teach against Islamophobia in a variety of educational contexts, and how the AAR can support their pedagogical work. The roundtable discussion will include reflections from AAR leadership and participants in the 2018 “Teaching Against Islamophobia” workshop (co-sponsored with the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion) and the 2018 “Countering Islamophobia” workshop. Panelists: Todd Green, Luther College Alice Hunt, American Academy of Religion Sajida Jalalzai, Trinity University Oluwatomisin Oredein, Texas Christian University Heather White, University of Puget Sound Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 148 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-103 K Status of Women in the Profession Committee A24-104 CK Teaching and Learning Committee and Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit and Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit Theme: Theory and Method 2.0: Reimagining the Canon Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Anthony Petro, Boston University, Presiding This roundtable stages a conversation about the canon of theory and method in the study of religion: how we describe it, how we critique it, and how we might experiment with it as form. In a lightning round style session, each presenter nominates a text that conceptually reorients something about “theory and method in the study of religion.” We define text broadly — as prose, poetry, image, music, performance, and more — and encourage presentations that experiment in both thought and form. But we also set clear parameters for the presentations themselves. Each presentation will do the following: (a) introduce the nomination; (b) describe its critical agency relative to the historiographical landscape of “theory and method”; (c) argue about why the intervention staged by this text is important for the field of Religious Studies now. Implicit within these parameters are question at the core of this panel: If we diagnose “the canon” as the problem, which canon are we talking about? And after we have diagnosed a problematic canon, what difference do we seek to mark or achieve in our alternative? Panelists: Eden Consenstein, Princeton University Amanda Lucia, University of California, Riverside Elizabeth Pérez, University of California, Santa Barbara Zhange Ni, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lucia Hulsether, Yale University A24-105 #chineserels C Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit and Chinese Religions Unit and Daoist Studies Unit Theme: Performing Images: Ritual, Art, and Agency in Chinese Religions Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) Noelle Giuffrida, Ball State University, Presiding Aaron Reich, Saint Joseph’s University From Carved Statues to Living Images: Rites of Consecration in Contemporary Taiwan Yilin Wendland-Liu, Grand Valley State University Visualizing the Emperor’s Dream: Zhong Kui’s Divinity and Efficacy in Ming and Qing Theatre Michael Naparstek, University of Wisconsin From This Becomes Real: Emergence of the True Form in Daoist Ritual and Image Jingyu Liu, Harvard University Manifesting Gods: Textual Images and Performing Pantheons in the Buddhist Water-Land Dharma Assembly Responding: Shih-shan Huang, Rice University Business Meeting: Jessey Choo, Rutgers University, and Elena Valussi, Loyola University, Chicago, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Care as a Form of Resistance Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Nami Kim, Spelman College, Presiding Building on our 2018 Special Topics Forum, the Status of Women in the Profession Committee’s forum this year will continue to address care as a form of resistance, especially in the context of women scholars who express rage and its accompanying risks, by looking at four specific areas: aftercare (once someone has taken a great risk); long-term career care (how does someone prepare and keep going through the long haul); collective care (how do we care collectively rather than self-care); and informed and planned risks (taking risks in an informed manner and planning for them). Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University Aftercare C. Vanessa White, Catholic Theological Union Long-Term Career Care Joanne Rodríguez, Hispanic Theological Initiative, Princeton, NJ Collective Care Kelly J. Baker, Women in Higher Education Informed and Planned Risks Marko Geslani, University of South Carolina Constance Furey, Indiana University Erin Runions, Pomona College Business Meeting: Elizabeth Ann Pritchard, Bowdoin College, J. Barton Scott, University of Toronto, David Walker, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Sean McCloud, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Presiding 149 A24-108 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Cognitive Science and Religion Unit and Mysticism Unit C A24-106 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Baha’i Studies Unit Theme: Poets and Clerics, Prophets and Gurus: Responses to the Emergence of the Babi and Baha’i Religions Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Robert H. Stockman, Indiana University, South Bend, Presiding Alyssa Gabbay, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Poetry as Divine Portent: Classical Persian Verses and Legitimation in the Early Babi and Baha’i Communities Sholeh Quinn, University of California, Merced Polemic and Dialogue: Karim Khan Kirmani on the Kitab-i Iqan of Baha’u’llah Stephen Lambden, University of California, Merced Some Intertextual and Theological Observations on the Background to the Elevated Claims of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi, “the Bab” (1819–1850) Roland Faber, Claremont School of Theology Baha’u’llah and the Gurus: Globalization of the Avataric Principle and the Unity of Religions at the Turn of the 20th Century Business Meeting: Robert H. Stockman, Indiana University, South Bend, and Susan Maneck, Jackson State University, Presiding CA A24-107 Buddhism in the West Unit Theme: Recovering Pasts, Imagining Futures: A Roundtable Conversation about New Books on Buddhism in the West Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Kim Lam, Deakin University, Presiding Panelists: Duncan Williams, University of Southern California Ann Gleig, University of Central Florida Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Notre Dame of Maryland University Responding: Jane Naomi Iwamura, University of the West Erik Braun, University of Virginia Business Meeting: Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Notre Dame of Maryland University, and Scott Mitchell, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Presiding Theme: Cognitive Science of Mysticism Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Travis Chilcott, Iowa State University, Presiding Abdulla Galadari, Khalifa University Mysticism and Low Latent Inhibition: A Neuropsychological Approach to Mystics’ Fascination in Esoteric Knowledge Jed Forman, University of California, Santa Barbara Out of Sight: Yogic Perception and Extramission Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Mystics and the Mind: The Cognitive Science behind Psychosis, Psychedelics, and Traditional Mystical Experiences CK A24-109 Comparative Studies in Religion Unit Theme: Teaching Comparison Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan, Austin College, Presiding Panelists: Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara Oliver Freiberger, University of Texas Massimo Rondolino, Carroll University Nikolas Hoel, Northeastern Illinois University Grant Potts, Austin Community College Business Meeting: Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan, Austin College, and Oliver Freiberger, University of Texas, Presiding C A24-110 Hinduism Unit Theme: Making Home, Marking Space: Negotiating Local, Global, and Spatial Identities in Contemporary Diaspora Hinduisms Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) George Pati, Valparaiso University, Presiding Saran Suebsantiwongse, Cambridge University The Rise of Hindu Spiritual Tourism in Central Javanese Villages Knut Axel Jacobsen, University of Bergen Sacralisation of Space and Hindu Pilgrimage Sites in Europe Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 150 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Diana Dimitrova, University of Montreal Bridging Continents: Radhasoami Centers in North America Jeremy Saul, Mahidol University Hindu Devotion in Contemporary Thai Practice: The Indian Mystique Responding: Tracy Pintchman, Loyola University, Chicago Business Meeting: Patton Burchett, College of William and Mary, and Shubha Pathak, American University, Presiding CA A24-111 Joseph Hill, University of Alberta Wrapping Authority: Women Leaders in a Sufi Movement in Dakar, Senegal Ula Taylor, University of California, Berkeley, Facilitator Responding: Kathryn M. Kueny, Fordham University Business Meeting: Justine Howe, Case Western Reserve University, and Saadia Yacoob, Williams College, Presiding C A24-113 Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Unit Theme: Author-Meets-Critics: Walking to Magdalena: Personhood and Place in Tohono O’odham Songs, Sticks, and Stories (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Gabriel Estrada, California State University, Long Beach, Presiding Panelist: Seth Schermerhorn, Hamilton College Responding: Suzanne J. Crawford O’Brien, Pacific Lutheran University Michael McNally, Carleton College Greg Johnson, University of Colorado Business Meeting: Gabriel Estrada, California State University, Long Beach, Presiding Theme: Kierkegaard on Alterity: Fear, Difference, and Our Shared Humanity, Part II Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Charles K. Bellinger, Texas Christian University, Presiding Myka H. Lahaie, Durham University The Role of Creation Ex Nihilo in Kierkegaard’s Approach to Love, Otherness, and Difference David Dunning, Dublin City University Alterity, the Middle Term, and the Self: Working out Love in Søren Kierkegaard with the Help of Jean-Luc Marion Knut Alfsvåg, VID Specialized University Kierkegaard on Indiscriminate Love Bryan Ellrod, Emory University The Self as Other: Anti-Climacus’s Insight for the American Immigration Crisis Business Meeting: Marcia C. Robinson, Syracuse University, and Lee Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, Presiding A24-112 #aarigw SC SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit Islam, Gender, Women Unit Theme: New Directions in the Field of Islam and Gender Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Justine Howe, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding This workshop session focuses on new directions in the field of Islam and gender, organized around four pre-circulated articles and book chapters. Each table will focus on one paper and bring together the author, a facilitator, and interested readers. A broader discussion among all participants will finish the session. Attendees should choose and sign up for one of the four tables in advance and read the paper for discussion at that table prior to the session (accessible through the AAR website). Please contact Justine Howe (justine.howe@case.edu) to obtain access to the sign-up web form. Zahra Ayubi, Dartmouth College Prolegomenon to Feminist Philosophy of Islam Martin Nguyen, Fairfield University, Facilitator Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina Murder, Honor, and Culture: Mediatized Debates on Muslims and Domestic Violence Kayla Renée Wheeler, Grand Valley State University, Facilitator Ali Altaf Mian, University of Florida Genres of Desire: The Erotic in Deobandi Islam Ash Geissinger, Carleton University, Facilitator A24-114 CH Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and La Comunidad of Hispanic Scholars of Religion Theme: Climate, Justice, and the Displaced: The Land and Legal Violence Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Loida I. Martell, Lexington Theological Seminary, and Jeremy V. Cruz, St. John’s University, New York, Presiding Theresa A. Yugar, California State University, Los Angeles U.S. Latinx Environmental Grassroots Movements Yohana Junker, Graduate Theological Union Interweaving: Environmental Change and the Poetics of Eco-Art Matthew Elia, Duke University From Mestizaje to Cimarronaje: Afro-Latinx Ecologies and the Ethics of Climate Migration Business Meeting: Loida I. Martell, Lexington Theological Seminary, Sammy Alfaro, Grand Canyon Theological Seminary, Jeremy V. Cruz, St. John’s University, New York, and Lauren Frances Guerra, Loyola Marymount University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 151 C A24-117 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Philosophy of Religion Unit A24-115 (=S24-113) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Middle Eastern Christianity Unit and SBL Biblical Exegesis From Eastern Orthodox Perspectives Unit Theme: Biblical Interpretation and Middle Eastern Christianity Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Jason R. Zaborowski, Bradley University, Presiding Stephen J. Davis, Yale University Christian Arabic Biblical Commentaries in the Manuscript Library at the Monastery of the Syrians (Wādī al-1DΛUǍQ, Egypt) Elie Dannaoui, University of Balamand The Arabic Text of the L2211 Greek-Arabic Lectionary: Textual and Liturgical Value Janet A. Timbie, The Catholic University of America Scriptural Exegesis in Coptic: Text-Based Homilies for Different Audiences Anna Williams, Saint Louis University A Secret and Spoken Sign: The Divine Remza in the Homilies of Narsai Elizabeth Marteijn, University of Edinburgh The Politics of Interpretation: Reading the Bible in the Palestinian Countryside CA A24-116 North American Religions Unit Theme: Race, Gender, and Religion in Muslim America: A Conversation with Three Authors Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Reed College, Presiding Panelists: Sylvia Chan-Malik, Rutgers University Harold Morales, Morgan State University Edward E. Curtis, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Business Meeting: Kathleen Holscher, University of New Mexico, and Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto, Presiding Theme: Sylvia Wynter and Philosophy of Religion Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-17A (Mezzanine Level) Danube Johnson, Harvard University, Presiding David Kline, University of Tennessee Autopoiesis and Auto-Religion: Sylvia Wynter’s Philosophy of Religion Marika Rose, University of Winchester Black Magic: Wynter, Modernity, and Disenchantment Anthony Paul Smith, La Salle University Genres of Theodicy after God and Man Michael Jimenez, Fuller Theological Seminary Wynter and the Latinx Decolonial Project Jared Rodriguez, Northwestern University The Quantum of Wynter’s Religion: From Exegetics to Decoherence in the Philosophy of Religion Responding: Amaryah Armstrong, Vanderbilt University Business Meeting: Thomas A. Lewis, Brown University, and Jonathon Kahn, Vassar College, Presiding A A24-118 Political Theology Unit and Theology and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Catherine Keller’s Political Theology of the Earth (Columbia University Press, 2018) Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Inese Radzins, Pacific School of Religion, Presiding Panelists: Andrea C. White, Union Theological Seminary Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University Laurel C. Schneider, Vanderbilt University Filipe Maia, Pacific School of Religion Responding: Catherine Keller, Drew University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 152 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-119 CA Practical Theology Unit Theme: Critically Engaging Bonnie Miller McLemore, ed. The Wiley-Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology (2019) Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Tone Stangeland Kaufman, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Presiding Panelists: Shantelle Weber, University of Stellenbosch Clare Watkins, University of Roehampton Hendrik Pieter de Roest, Protestant Theological University Faustino Cruz, Fordham University Responding: Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt University Business Meeting: Christian A. B. Scharen, Auburn Theological Seminary, Presiding A24-120 C Theme: Veterans, War, and Militarization Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-15B (Mezzanine Level) John D. Carlson, Arizona State University, Presiding Ben Suitt, Boston University Religious Identity, Moral Injury, and Post-9/11 Veterans in the US Armed Forces Rosemary Kellison, University of West Georgia “Spiritual Fitness” and Individual Responsibility in the Contemporary U.S. Military Sara Jaye Hart, Humboldt State University Semper Fidelis: The Popular Arts of the Challenge Coin, USMC Attire, and Combat Memoir Timothy Burnside, Florida State University “Soldiers of the Soil”: The Ecology of Total War in Rural Amish Country Business Meeting: John D. Carlson, Arizona State University, and Rachel Scott, Virginia Tech, Presiding CW Religion and Public Schools: International Perspectives Unit Theme: Re-Examining the Outcomes of Religious Education Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Jenny Berglund, Stockholm University, Presiding Alexander Hendra Dwi Asmara, Fordham University “From Faceless to Face-to-Face Relation”: Live-In as a Model of Interreligious Education Kate Soules, Boston College A Change in Perspective: Turning from the Failures of Education about Religion in the United States to an Exploration of the Successes Arto Kallioniemi, University of Helsinki Developing Religious Education in a Globalizing World: Societal Perspectives Marie von der Lippe, University of Bergen Comment Business Meeting: Michael Waggoner, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding A24-122 CK Ricoeur Unit Theme: The Just University: Paul Ricoeur and the Hope of Higher Education Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Jeffrey F. Keuss, Seattle Pacific University, Presiding Howard Pickett, Washington and Lee University Doing Time and Narrative: Teaching in (and out of ) Prisons with Paul Ricoeur’s Philosophy of Education Daniel Boscaljon, University of Iowa Fallible Man and Just Pedagogy: Instruction, Evaluation, and Development Laura Schmidt Roberts, Fresno Pacific University Practical Formation: Teaching Critical Thinking via Ricoeur’s Hermeneutical Model Michael LeChevallier, University of Chicago Teaching and Learning in Just Institutions: A Ricoeurean Analysis Robert Vosloo, Stellenbosch University Wounded Memory and a Pedagogy of Hope: Engaging Ricoeur within the Context of Contested and Conflicting Pasts Business Meeting: Glenn Whitehouse, Florida Gulf Coast University, and W. David Hall, Centre College, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 153 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Religion and Politics Unit A24-121 C A24-125 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Scriptural Reasoning Unit W A24-123 (=S24-120) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Sacred Texts, Theory, and Theological Construction Unit and SBL Contextual Biblical Studies Unit and SBL Ideological Criticism Unit Theme: Unexamined Contexts and Public Entanglements Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua A (Third Level) James Grimshaw, Carroll University, Presiding Amanda DiMiele, Yale University Contextualizing White Womanhood: Rethinking Method in Feminist Theology and Ethics Ken Stone, Chicago Theological Seminary Speciesism as a Hidden Context for Biblical Interpretation Karen Williams, Toronto School of Theology Vulnerability Be Damned: Compulsory Able-Bodiedness in Pauline Scholarship Emily Askew, Lexington Theological Seminary Affirming Madness as an Unexpected Context in Mark 5:1-20: Reflections on Jesus, the Academy, and the Structural Sin of “Sanism” David Lambert, University of North Carolina The Problem of Interiority in Biblical Interpretation CAH A24-124 Schleiermacher Unit Theme: What’s Next in Eco-Theologies? Christian Traditions Working toward Sustainable Living: A Roundtable Discussion Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire E (Fourth Level) Ed Waggoner, Brite Divinity School, Presiding Panelists: James Brandt, Saint Paul School of Theology Melanie L. Harris, University of Denver Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Graduate Theological Union, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Christiana Zenner, Fordham University Business Meeting: Shelli Poe, Millsaps College, Presiding Theme: Vox Adam, Vox Dei: An Abrahamic Dialogue Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Ashleigh Elser, Hampden-Sydney College, Presiding Mark James, Hunter College Names, Reason, and Power: Genesis 2:19-23 in Patristic Exegesis Arielle Korman, Columbia University Nefesh Chaya/Chava: Naming and Dominion in Jewish Responses to Genesis 2:18-20 Abdul Latif, Columbia University Teaching the Names: Primordial Appellation and Its Ramifications in Qur’an 2:31 Business Meeting: Mark James, Hunter College, and Deborah Barer, Towson University, Presiding K A24-126 Teaching Religion Unit Theme: Workshop on Effective Grading Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Susan E. Hill, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding Jane Webster, Barton College Peer Grading of Participation Kiara Jorgenson, Saint Olaf College Humanizing Grading: Deepening Critical Written Reflection through Ongoing Peer-Review in First-Year Undergraduate Religion Courses Jessica Tinklenberg, Claremont Graduate University Co-Designed Rubrics for Transparency, Student Buy-In, and More Efficient Grading T.L. Brink, Crafton Hills College Multiple Options Grading Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 154 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-127 (=S24-138) Western Esotericism Unit and SBL Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity Unit Theme: Modern Use of Ancient Texts and Artifacts Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Grant Adamson, University of Arizona, Presiding April D. DeConick, Rice University Artifact Migration and the Transfer of Ancient Knowledge into Modernity Anne Kreps, University of Oregon The Adaptation of 1 Enoch in the American Religious Imagination Marla Segol, State University of New York, Buffalo Medical Embryologies Reborn: Mystical Narratives of Childbirth in Kabbalah, Jewish Prayer, and Contemporary Pregnancy Manuals Stanislav Panin, Rice University Transmission of Gnostic Ideas in Twentieth Century Russian Esotericism Shannon Grimes, Meredith College Zosimos and Theosebia: An Erotics of Alchemical Pedagogy CA Women and Religion Unit Theme: Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality (New York University Press, 2019) Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Georgette Ledgister, Emory University, Presiding Panelists: Thelathia Young, Bucknell University Stephanie M. Crumpton, McCormick Theological Seminary Sarojini Nadar, University of the Western Cape Pui Lan Kwok, Episcopal Divinity School Tracey Hucks, Colgate University Responding: Traci C. West, Drew University Business Meeting: K. Christine Pae, Denison University, and Stephanie May, First Parish in Wayland, WA, Presiding A24-129 C Economics and Capitalism in the Study of Buddhism Seminar A24-130 SCR Religions, Borders, and Immigration Seminar Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Kristine Suna-Koro, Xavier University, Presiding Katherine Kunz, University of Basel Integration and “Being with” Refugees: A Case Study of Offene Kirche Elisabethen, Basel, Switzerland Victor Carmona, University of San Diego, and Robert Heimburger, Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Oxford Pastorate The Border, Brexit, and the Church: A Comparative TheologicalEthical Analysis of U.S. Roman Catholic and Church of England Statements on Migration Today Molly Greening, Loyola University Chicago Border Walls and Islamic Borderlands: Transgressing the Shared Ethos of Religious Boundary Making and Geopolitical Border Policing Kaia D. S. Rønsdal, University of Oslo Fluid Hospitality in Borderlands James McBride, New York University The Wall, Semantic Desubstantiation, and Authoritarian Discourse: Why Trumpism Confounds Its Critics Edith Szanto, American University of Iraq, Sulaimani Voluntourism in Iraq: Saving Refugees during Vacation Responding: Ashley Theurig, Xavier University Anne Blankenship, North Dakota State University Helen Boursier, College of Saint Scholastica Kirsteen Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary Loye Ashton, Tougaloo College Mary Beth Yount, Neumann University Business Meeting: Alexander Y. Hwang, Saint Leo University, Presiding Theme: Authenticity and Merit: Institutions and Economic Actors Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire L (Fourth Level) Richard K. Payne, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding Brenton Sullivan, Colgate University Buddhist Bureaucrats and the Making of a Buddhist Empire x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 155 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-128 Matthew Milligan, Georgia College and State University “Monastic Landlordism” as Institutionalization in Early Buddhism: Evidence from Sri Lanka, c. 200 BCE to 200 CE Kendall Marchman, University of Georgia Perceiving Authenticity: Online Travel Reviews of Buddhist Tourist Sites in China Responding: Kin Cheung, Moravian College Business Meeting: Fabio Rambelli, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding N A24-133 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Exploratory Session: Hindu Philosophy N A24-131 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Exploratory Session: New Approaches in Asceticism Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Alison Melnick, Bates College, Presiding Nourah Alhasawi, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Sufis and Early Asceticism in Islam Jimmy Yu, Florida State University The Aesthetics of Asceticism: Chinese Blood Writings as Objects of Connoisseurship Laura Dunn, Graduate Theological Union Reenchanting the Body: Modern-Day Asceticism of Ashtanga Yoga Rachel Wheeler, University of Portland Reading Luce Irigaray for an Elaboration of the Shared as Ascetic Practice Sam Houston, Stetson University “Monks by Night and Knights by Day”: Asceticism as Precondition for Socio-Political Critique in Modern Islamic Activism Responding: Zachary Smith, Creighton University CN A24-132 Exploratory Session: Mary Daly: Contributions and Controversies Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Sara Frykenberg, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, Presiding Panelists: Rachel A. Heath, Vanderbilt University Kelly Stewart, Vanderbilt University Marie Cartier, California State University, Northridge Dirk von der Horst, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles Jennifer Rycenga, San Jose State University Mary E. Hunt, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual Business Meeting: Marie Cartier, California State University, Northridge, Presiding Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Michael Allen, University of Virginia, Presiding Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College Watching the Moon Move: What The Imagists Might Ask of the Vedic Poets Catherine Prueitt, George Mason University Abhinavagupta on the Transformation of Pain Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University Hearing, Thinking, Contemplation: Revisiting the Advaitic Model of the Accomplishment of Cognition Nalini Bhushan, Smith College Gandhi’s Incipient Cosmopolitanism: Glimpses of Enlightenment Aspirations in Gandhi’s Antimodernist Nationalism Responding: Parimal G. Patil, Harvard University W A24-134 Women’s Caucus Theme: Women’s Religious Biographies: Growing the Space for Women on Public Platforms like Wikipedia Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Janice Poss, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding Melisa Ortiz Berry, Northwest Christian University Eclipsed by the Shadow of Her Husband: Hymnist and Evangelist Bertha Mae Lillenas Mary Hamlen, Harvard University Being Bold and Speaking Clearly: The Pioneering Ministry of Rev. Dr. Yvonne V. Delk May May Latt, American Theological Library Association (ATLA) The Mother with Faith: Dr. Anna May Say Pa Rosalind F. Hinton, Tulane University New Orleans’ Jewish Legacies: Ida Weis Friend (1868–1963) Deborah Fulthorp, SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary Mae Eleanor Frey: Early 20th-Century Pentecostal Matriarch Responding: Colleen D. Hartung, Holy Wisdom Monastery Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 156 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-135 P24-104 Publications Committee Meeting International Society for Science and Religion Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-18 (Mezzanine Level) Theodore Vial, Iliff School of Theology, Presiding Theme: GEN XYZ: Futures of Science and Religion Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 14 (First Level) As Bob Dylan wrote, “The times, they are a changin’.” A new generation of science and religion scholars is challenging how the discipline is shaped. They are changing the dominant methodologies and research questions passed down from senior scholars. They also insist upon new ways of questioning, knowing, and inhabiting an inherently pluralist space. Where science and religion traditionally focused on cosmology, physics and evolutionary biology, now questions are being asked in ecology, ethics, mind, transhumanism and world religions. Tomorrow’s leading scholars are exploring new challenges and finding new ways to meet the intricate demands of intrinsically interdisciplinary work. They embrace a plurality and specificity that marks the most promising and groundbreaking projects in the field. This session will highlight the work of leading young scholars who will present an important, dynamic analysis of the futures of science and religion. A24-142 (=S24-115a) Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and SBL Biblical Literature and the Hermeneutics of Trauma Unit Theme: Moral Injury/Moral Repair Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-16A (Mezzanine Level) Joseph McDonald, University of South Carolina, Presiding Panelists: Brad Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene University Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College Mardi M. Smith, Naval Medical Center, San Diego Stephen Brown, Naval Medical Center, San Diego Responding: Christopher Frechette, Salem State University Manchester Wesley Research Centre C Liberation Theologies Unit Theme: Landscapes of Liberation: Building New Horizons of Bodies, Borders, and Belonging Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Maria T. Davila, Presiding Nixon Shabalom Cleophat, Bloomfield College Vodou, an Inclusive Epistemology: Toward A Queer Eco-Theology of Liberation Rebecca David-Hensley, Denver University, Iliff School of Theology Gendering Immigration: A Liberative Feminist Hermeneutic for Crossing the US/Mexico Border Daniel Hauge, Boston University The Comforts of “Home”: White Comfort as Boundary Marker Sunder John Boopalan, Princeton Theological Seminary Borders, Bodies, Power, and Affect Sylvia Marcos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Crossing Borders: Between Theologies and Feminisms in the Contemporary Mexican Political Context Business Meeting: Santiago H. Slabodsky, Hofstra University, Presiding Theme: New Research on John Wesley, Methodist Missions, and the Wesleyan Roots of British Pentecostalism Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Laguna (South Tower - First Level) Geordan Hammond, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester Wesley Research Centre, and David Bundy, New York Theological Seminary, Nazarene Theological College, Presiding This session highlights the research of recent Visiting Research Fellows of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre. The first presentation will focus on John Wesley’s publications against his perception of this Moravians’ antinimonian tendencies. Two papers focus on 19th and early 20th century Methodist missions. One presentation will analyse the missionary work of “Elliott of Faizabad” in 19th century India, while the other paper will examine the “home mission” of Wesleyan Methodist deaconesses and their role in the rise of “social Christianity” in Britain. The final presentation will explore the Wesleyan Roots of British Pentecostalism though elucidating the connection between the Rev. A. A. Boddy and The Pentecostal League of Prayer. Collectively the presentations serve as examples of the widerange of research possibilities on Methodism that may be undertaken utilizing resources in the UK (particularly in Manchester). Sarah Heaner Lancaster, Methodist Theological School in Ohio Sin and Duty: Methodists, Moravians, and Antinomianism William Wood, Point Loma Nazarene University “Elliott of Faizabad” and British Wesleyan-Methodist Missions in 19th Century India Christopher H. Evans, Boston University “Lady Workers” and the Methodist Forward Movement: Reassessing the Historiography of Transatlantic Social Christianity, 1885–1914 Kimberly Alexander, Regent University “A Larger World of Spirit-Filled Brothers and Sisters” —Rev. A. A. Boddy, The Pentecostal League of Prayer, and the Wesleyan Roots of British Pentecostalism x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 157 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-143 P24-105 P24-151 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theta Alpha Kappa Board of Directors Meeting Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua Boardroom (Third Level) P24-106 Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Theme: Intersection of Hindu-Christian Comparative Theology and Religious Pluralism Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-11A (Upper Level West) Anant Rambachan, Saint Olaf College, Presiding Panelists: Elaine Fisher, Stanford University John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary Reid Locklin, University of Toronto Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Toronto Responding: Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University A SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 P24-132 Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Theme: Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became SelfSacrifice in Early Christianity (Feminist Studies in Religion Books, 2018) Sunday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 17 (First Level) Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard University, Presiding A book review panel of Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became Self-Sacrifice in Early Christianity, by Kathleen Gallagher Elkins. This book examines several ancient representations of mothers and children in contexts of socio-political violence in order to explore the political, social, and ethical production of notions of motherhood both in antiquity and today. Panelists: Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder, Chicago Theological Seminary Sharon Jacob, Pacific School of Religion Hisako Kinukawa, Center for Feminist Theology and Ministry, Tokyo Anna Rebecca Solevag, VID Specialized University Responding: Kathleen Gallagher Elkins, Saint Norbert College P24-107 Society of Christian Philosophers Theme: Philosophical Engagements with Christian Liturgy Sunday, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM Convention Center-11B (Upper Level West) Sameer Yadav, Westmont College, Presiding Wendy Farley, San Francisco Theological Seminary A Liturgical Via Negativa: The Role of Those Driven away by the Church in its Worship Joshua Cockayne, University of St. Andrews Rites of Initiation: Baptismal Liturgy and Group Membership Amber Griffioen, University of Konstanz Earnest Play: Liturgy, Make-Believe, and Embodied Understanding J. Kameron Carter, Indiana University Liturgical S/Zong: A Ceremony of Black Radical Care(ss) P24-108 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: Graduate Student Workshops Session One: Job Workshop Sunday, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama, and Matt Sheedy, University of Manitoba, Presiding This session will explore the employment challenges facing early career scholars. This session addresses issues important to junior academics (notably, but not exclusively, ABDs now entering/about to enter the job market) by demonstrating how a professional organization can provide a practical and strategic forum for jobmarket advice. A senior scholar in the academic study of religion, Russell McCutcheon, will evaluate the participants’ C.V. and sample cover letter. The facilitators will also discuss the job market, the hiring process, interviews, and other issues related to the job market. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 158 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-136 FK Coffee Break Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Promises and Procrastination: How to Find Balance When Everyone and Everything Need You Now! Sunday, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) As graduate students, we are often subject to numerous, and at times, conflicting demands, experiencing highs and lows throughout our studies. Sometimes we have our noses to the grindstone while other times it feels like we have all the time in the world. However, although being graduate students is a significant portion of our identities, it is not our sole identifier, nor should it be. In my roundtable, I want to discuss the challenges, but also the rewards, of juggling the various dimensional worlds we are responsible for with particular attention to community involvement, such as volunteering and hobbies. Drawing on my personal experiences, I will highlight how being involved in volunteer (or work) opportunities outside of academia and maintaining hobbies is not only beneficial for one’s graduate pursuits — in the form of networking — it is also good for one’s mental health, which in turn strengthens our studies. Panelist: Elizabeth Guthrie, University of Waterloo North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: Graduate Student Workshops Session Two: Academic Publishing for Graduate Students Sunday, 11:10 AM–12:10 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Emily Suzanne Clark, Gonzaga University, and Andie Alexander, Emory University, Presiding This session will explore academic publishing opportunities for graduate students. Grad students aren’t in positions to publish books, but numerous publication opportunities exist for grad students. This panel will help grad students identify academic publishing opportunities and will provide strategies and tips for successfully publishing, with the goal of increasing a student’s marketability on the job market. P24-110 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theme: Faculty of Color Luncheon Sunday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Convention Center-6E (Upper Level West) Tim Lake, Wabash College and Wabash Center, Presiding You are invited to attend the Faculty of Color Luncheon. This mealtime gathering is a space for fellowship, mutual support, and empowerment for our teaching lives. Hear about Wabash Center programming and how to apply for the 2020–21 Peer Mentoring Cluster Grants. Pre-registration is required. Send an email to Beth Reffett reffettb@wabash.edu. Registration deadline is November 1. Walk-ins may also be accepted if space is available. Panelists: Mark Hearn, Seattle University Stephanie M. Crumpton, McCormick Theological Seminary SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 P24-109 Sunday, 11:30 AM Complimentary coffee will be served in the back of Aisles 300 and 800 of the Exhibit Hall. A24-137 Public University Department Chairs Meeting Sunday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-18 (Mezzanine Level) Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama, Presiding This session provides a forum for the chairs of religion/religious studies departments/programs at public universities to discuss issues related to teaching about and conducting research on religion in this particular context. x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 159 Carolyn Roncolato, Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, IL Careers Beyond the Academy Angella Son, Drew University Publishing Your Book Mai-Anh L. Tran, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Working Toward Tenure SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 FKG A24-138 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Women’s Mentoring Lunch Sunday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-6B (Upper Level West) Sarah Imhoff, Indiana University, and Swasti Bhattacharyya, Buena Vista University, Presiding Women who are graduate students and new scholars are invited to a luncheon with womanist, feminist, and LGBTIQ mid-career and senior scholars. Women will have the opportunity to mentor and be mentored in a context where every question is valued. Table discussion topics include: On the Job Market; Working Toward Tenure; Publishing Your Book; Parenting in the Academy; Navigating Oppression in the Academy; Contingent Faculty; Careers Beyond the Academy; Getting Through Grad School; Scholar-Activism; Journal Publishing; and Learning to Say No. The Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee and the Status of Women in the Profession Committee take an inclusive view of our constituency and welcomes all participants who are impacted by womanhood through embodiment and/or gender presentation, including transgender and nonbinary people. Registration for the lunch costs $15 per person and is limited to 100 people. To register for this luncheon, choose “Women’s Mentoring Luncheon” in the “Options” section when registering for the Annual Meeting. If you have already registered for the Annual Meeting, you may contact reg@aarweb.org to reserve your lunch. Mary Churchill, Sonoma State University Contingent Faculty Aysha Hidayatullah, University of San Francisco Getting through Grad School Jung Ha Kim, Georgia State University Learning to Say No Boyung Lee, Iliff School of Theology On the Job Market Kimberly Majeski, Anderson University Scholar-Activism Joyce Ann Mercer, Yale University Journal Publishing Valerie Miles-Tribble, American Baptist Seminary of the West Navigating Oppression in the Academy Elaine Padilla, University of La Verne TBD Leah Payne, George Fox University Parenting and the Academy Rebecca Todd Peters, Elon University TBD A24-139 Women’s Caucus Theme: The AAR/SBL Women’s Caucus International Network Sunday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, Presiding The AAR/ SBL Women’s Caucus is forming a network of gender and religion international scholars. Come join this exciting new initiative and participate in a brown bag discussion on how the AAR/ SBL Women’s Caucus can best serve international scholars at the AAR/ SBL annual conference and beyond. Panelists: Julia Enxing, University of Dresden May May Latt, American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Kathleen McPhillips, University of Newcastle Jea Sophia Oh, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Alicia Panganiban, Mayo Clinic Elaine Nogueira-Godsey, Methodist Theological School in Ohio Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 160 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-140 Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM W Expanding the Public Sphere: Plenary Conversation with Kate Bowler and AAR President Laurie Patton on Becoming a Public Intellectual A24-200 P24-111 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: Graduate Student Workshops Lunch Session Sunday, 12:10 PM–1:10 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) A24-141 Q Chinese Historical Museum and Garden Walking Tour Sunday, 12:30 PM–1:45 PM Convention Center-Meet at Registration (outside Halls F&G) This docent-led tour provides an overview of the history of San Diego’s Chinatown, the Chuang Garden, our permanent collection, and featured exhibits in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Extension and Chuang Archive and Learning Center. The cost to attend is $10 per person. To attend, select this tour when registering for the Annual Meeting. If you have already registered for the Annual Meeting, you may contact reg@aarweb.org to reserve a space in this tour. Participants will meet at the Chinese Historical Museum, 404 3rd Ave. Directions from the Convention Center: 0.3 mi, up 5th, left on K, right on 3rd. The tour will start at 12:30 PM. Theme: Contingency Possibilities: Career Options Within and Beyond the Academy Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Sara Kamali, University of Oxford, Presiding This joint panel explores ways in which contingency may be constructive (and the ways contingent faculty work can be made more humane and viable) as part of a larger discussion about non-tenure track and other professional pathways. Panelists: Sara Moslener, Central Michigan University Carmelo Santos, Georgetown University Zeyneb Sayilgan, Virginia Theological Seminary Saba Soomekh, University of California, Los Angeles A24-201 (=S24-245a) WK Writing on Religion for the General Reader: A Roundtable with Grantees in the NEH’s Public Scholar Program Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Daniel Sack, National Endowment for the Humanities, Presiding In recent years more scholars in religious studies have become interested in writing for general readers. They want to be read widely and to contribute to discussions beyond the academic guild. For many of these scholars, this kind of writing is why they pursued advanced education in religious studies in the first place. In this roundtable session, three religion scholars who have received grants from the NEH Public Scholar Program will discuss their experience writing for a general audience. The goal is to encourage other scholars who are interested in doing this kind of work. They will share their experiences and offer advice, especially on the differences between public scholarship and academic writing. Their discussion of conceptual and practical questions will help those who would like to reshape their scholarship for general readers. Panelists: Timothy Beal, Case Western Reserve University Darren Dochuk, University of Notre Dame Julie Byrne, Hofstra University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 161 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Sunday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College, Presiding After Kate Bowler’s 2013 book, Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, became an unexpected public hit, she was diagnosed with stage IV cancer at the age of 35. Kate was faced with the ironic situation of “being an expert on “health wealth and happiness while Kate Bowler being ill.” Her 2018 memoir, Everything Happens for a Reason, is a memoir exploring that existential irony, and the ways in the American belief that tragedy is a test of character shaped her own response to illness. Now a speaker in high demand, Kate will engage with AAR President Laurie Patton on her transformation. Their conversation will focus on what it has meant for Kate to become a public intellectual in the midst of being a scholar, teacher, mother, wife, and cancer survivor. In her own “expansion of the public sphere,” Kate has explored questions of divine will and justice in contexts far outside of academe. What has shifted in her understandings of the role of the scholar in the world? How has her own thinking about public life in America changed since she has started writing for and speaking to larger audiences? Do the questions Kate raises about the American prosperity gospel changed public discourse about illness, divine will, and tragedy? Panelists: Kate Bowler, Duke University PK Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee and Applied Religious Studies Committee PK A24-202 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee Theme: Precarity and Non-Normativity Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-17A (Mezzanine Level) S.J. Crasnow, Rockhurst University, Presiding This panel will explore the negotiation of non-normativity and its accompanying precarity. The panel will examine presentation and performance in and out of the academy, disclosure of identities, performing relative to contingency, our existence in relationship to a lack of safety and accessibility, the lack of institutional support, and the presentation of non-normative topics and approaches as “political”. Panelists: Kerry Danner, Georgetown University Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Activist Theology Project, Nashville, TN Amanullah De Sondy, University College Cork Darla Schumm, Hollins University Nicholas Shrubsole, University of Central Florida FK A24-203 K A24-204 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Surviving and Even Enjoying Comprehensive Exams Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) The first major hurdle through the PhD process, the qualifying or comprehensive exams, can be an extremely daunting experience. However, with enough preparation and guidance, they can be approached and conquered with a relative amount of calm and determination. Based in personal experience, countless conversations with faculty and other graduate students, and research on preparation strategies, this roundtable will discuss effective tactics for approaching the exams from the first stages of envisioning the exams all the way through the defense. Participants will come away with proven effective strategies concerning how to use coursework to their advantage, how to cultivate a reading list, how to study without going overboard, and how to make the actual process of sitting the exams and the defense as painless as possible. Time will be reserved at the end for the creation of personal timelines to plan for the exams. Panelist: Gwendolyn Gillson, Oberlin College Teaching and Learning Committee and Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit and Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit Theme: Theory and Method 2.0: Decolonizing the Field Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Tracey Hucks, Colgate University, Presiding By examining approaches to the study and definition of “religion” that emanate from the experiences of marginalized peoples, this roundtable calls attention to the histories of violence and subjugation concealed within the theoretical and methodological tools of the field, illuminates the limitations of canonical definitions of religion, and explores the possibilities of decolonized critical tools. The central questions that organize our roundtable is: how do scholars study the religiosity of precolonial and colonized peoples (ref )using intellectual apparatuses entrenched in histories of colonialism? Moreover, how do scholars teach “theory and method” courses without reifying religious, racial, sexual, and political hierarchies within, between, and in relationship to historically marginalized groups? Working from the margins of Indigenous Studies, Sikh Studies, Africana Studies, and American Religious History, this roundtable explores the possibilities –– for pedagogy and praxis –– that are opened when canon and uniformity are deprioritized, as well as the ethical imperatives of this unapologetically decolonial work. Panelists: Alexis S. Wells-Oghoghomeh, Vanderbilt University Natalie Avalos, University of Colorado Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Tufts University Simran Jeet Singh, New York University Laura McTighe, Dartmouth College C A24-205 African Diaspora Religions Unit Theme: The Encounter of Digital Media and Ritual in African Diaspora Religions: The Redux Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Scott Alves Barton, New York University, Presiding Khytie Brown, Harvard University Social Networking is Spiritual Networking: Jamaican Revival Zion Religion in Digital Space Megan Selander, University of Texas Searching in Sacred Subreddits: The Usage of Reddit in African Diasporic Newcomers’ Spiritual Journeys Business Meeting: Rachel E. Harding, University of Colorado, Denver, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 162 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-206 Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit and Contemplative Studies Unit C A24-207 Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit Theme: Imperialism, Militarism, and the Religious Lives of Asian/ Pacific Islander Americans Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Melissa Borja, University of Michigan, Presiding Carleigh Beriont, Harvard University “Children of Israel”: Marshallese and American Theologies of Nuclear Testing, 1946–1958 Jesse Lee, Florida State University Recognizably Religious: On the Buddhist Churches of America, Citizenship, and Religious Translation Sung Uk Lim, Yonsei University Memories of Suffering in Asia for Asian American Contexts: In Search of a New Model to Remember Comfort Women in the Future B. Yuki Schwartz, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Messianic Shame in the Novels of Ruth Ozeki Business Meeting: Melissa Borja, University of Michigan, and SueJeanne Koh, University of California, Irvine, Presiding A24-208 CA Black Theology Unit Theme: The 50th Anniversary of Black Theology and Black Power (Orbis, 1969): Looking Back, Moving Forward Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Adam Clark, Xavier University, Presiding A24-209 CWK Buddhism Unit Theme: Fostering Diversity in the Study of Asian Religions: Foundation Support for Doctoral Study, Fellowships, and Teaching Positions Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Natasha Heller, University of Virginia, and Stephen F. Teiser, Princeton University, Presiding Panelists: Susan Andrews, Mount Allison University Robert E. Buswell, University of California, Los Angeles Michelle Wang, Georgetown University George Tanabe, University of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu) Elena Valussi, Loyola University, Chicago Responding: Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College José I. Cabezón, University of California, Santa Barbara Business Meeting: James Robson, Harvard University, and Reiko Ohnuma, Dartmouth College, Presiding A24-210 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Locating Contemplation Beyond Traditions: Engagements with Art and Literature Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Niki Clements, Rice University, Presiding Douglas Christie, Loyola Marymount University Helplessness, or the Holiday State of Mind: Agnes Martin’s Contemplative Vision Tracy Tiemeier, Loyola Marymount University Contemplation and the Post-God Spirituality of Marc Vinciguerra’s The Religion of Atheism Jared Lindahl, Brown University The Contemplative Mood of Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain: An Embodied Ecocentric Epistemology Stephen Bush, Brown University Contemplation, Art, and the Racial Gaze Responding: Amy M. Hollywood, Harvard University Panelists: Eddie S. Glaude, Princeton University Gary Dorrien, Columbia University, Union Theological Seminary Eboni Marshall Turman, Yale University Business Meeting: Adam Clark, Xavier University, Presiding CH Buddhist Philosophy Unit Theme: Ecology and Buddhist Philosophy Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Karin Meyers, Kathmandu University, Presiding Alexander McKinley, Loyola University Plant Persons and Sentient Stones: Human Relativity in Theravada Philosophies of Nature Dominic Sur, Utah State University Ecologies in an Eleventh Century Critique of Philosophical Certainty Susan Darlington, Hampshire College Forest as Buddhist Practice Stephanie Kaza, University of Vermont Buddhist Environmental Ethics: An Emergent and Contextual Approach Responding: William Edelglass, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Marlboro College Business Meeting: Karin Meyers, Kathmandu University, and Tao Jiang, Rutgers University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 163 C A24-213 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Confucian Traditions Unit SC A24-211 Comparative Religious Ethics Unit SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Catching up to CRISPR: Moral and Theological Responses to an Unprecedented Technology Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Jung Lee, Northeastern University, Presiding Joel Zimbelman, California State University, Chico Managing New Technology When Effective Control Is Lost: Facing Hard Choices Andrew Flescher, Stony Brook University The Virtue of Mortality Jonathan K. Crane, Emory University Ethics in Search of Meta-Ethics: Jewish Bioethics of Genetic Engineering Business Meeting: Jung Lee, Northeastern University, Presiding A24-212 #aarcomptheo C Comparative Theology Unit Theme: “Who Do They Say That I Am?”: Jesus in Comparative Theological Perspective Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Presiding Hans Harmakaputra, Boston College A Comparative Theology Approach to the Quranic Notion of Jesus as the “Word of God” and “Spirit from God” Paul Hedges, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University Exploring Christology in Islam as Prophethood David Maayan, Boston College A Talmudic Wrestling with God and Jesus: (Mis)Interpreting the Hands of God in History Katie Mylroie, Boston College Khrist Bhaktas: Jesus in Hinduism Business Meeting: Bede Bidlack, Saint Anselm College, and Wilhelmus Valkenberg, Catholic University of America, Presiding Theme: Dragons, Mosquitos, and the Hundred Animals: Changing Conceptions of Animals in Pre-Modern China Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Point Loma (South Tower - First Level) Mark Halperin, University of California, Davis, Presiding Benjamin Daniels, University of California, Berkeley Celestial Steeds and Agents of Chaos: Dragons in the Warring States and Han Susie Wu The Ethical and Political Importance of Mosquitoes in Classical Chinese Poetry Geoffrey Redmond, New York, NY Animals in the Lives of Early Chinese: Evidence from the Zhouyi (I Ching) Responding: Keith Knapp, The Citadel Business Meeting: Aaron Stalnaker, Indiana University, and Pauline Lee, Saint Louis University, Presiding W A24-214 Contemporary Islam Unit and International Development and Religion Unit Theme: Making (Counter)Publics Through Islamic Development and Humanitarianism Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire E (Fourth Level) Jill DeTemple, Southern Methodist University, Presiding Basit Iqbal, University of California, Berkeley “Spurring Humanity”: Islamist Counterpublic in a Humanitarian World Katherine Merriman, University of North Carolina Islamic Horizons for Aid: Taking the Long View of Muslim Charitable Practice in the United States Nermeen Mouftah, Butler University Development as a Way of Life: Continuing Alms, Continuing Revolution in Post-Mubarak Egypt Maliha Chishti, University of Chicago Orientalist Tropes and “Rescuing” Afghan Women through Foreign Aid Interventions Responding: Abbas Barzegar, Georgia State University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 164 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x K A24-215 A24-217 Contemporary Pagan Studies Unit Hinduism Unit and Teaching Religion Unit Theme: Pagan and Non-Pagan Cultural Interfaces: Co-Creating History and Authenticity Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Vivianne Crowley, Nottingham Trent University, Presiding Jennifer Uzzell, Durham University Looking Forward to the Past: The Emergence of Neolithic Style Barrows for Cremated Remains in Contemporary Britain and Their Implications for Pagan Communities A. Athanasios Apostolopoulos, Westbury, NY Re-Hellenization in the Greek-American Diaspora: Hellenic Perspectives on Authenticity, Identity, and Conversion Theme: Teaching Religion in Translation: Take Hinduism, for Example Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502A (Fifth Level) Archana Venkatesan, University of California, Davis, Presiding Panelists: Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University John Nemec, University of Virginia Shubha Pathak, American University Katherine C. Zubko, University of North Carolina, Asheville Bruce M. Sullivan, Northern Arizona University Meghan Hartman, University of Virginia Tõnno Jonuks, Estonian Literary Museum Contemporary Paganism and Vernacular Interpretations: Deposits at Sacred Places in Estonia Amy Hale, Atlanta, GA Cornwall as a Site for Discourses of Authenticity in Contemporary Witchcraft Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Rethinking Religious Feminisms Through the Religious Lives of Buddhist and Hindu Women in Asia and the Diaspora: New Directions in Studies of Gender and Religion and Comparative Religion Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Ute Huesken, Heidelberg University, Presiding Antoinette E. DeNapoli, Texas Christian University “The Fight for Women’s Equal Rights Is Dharma”: Rethinking Religious Feminism through the New Leadership of a Female Shankaracharya in India Amy P. Langenberg, Eckerd College Risini Power: Paradoxes of Female Religious Agency in the Nepal Lowlands Shefali More, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg Revisiting the Question of Authority to Speak in Gender and Religion: The Case of Sabarimala Nicholas Witkowski, Stanford University Subtle Negotiations: The Challenges of Returning Female Buddhist Monastics to Historical Visibility Priyanka Ramlakhan, University of Florida I Am Not a Feminist, I Am Loyal to Our Recipient Heritage: Interpreting Religious Feminism in Trinidadian Hinduism Caroline Starkey, University of Leeds Researcher and Researched: Methodological Reflexivity in the Study of Women’s Agency and Religious Feminism in Buddhism and Hinduism Responding: June McDaniel, College of Charleston Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit and Native Traditions in the Americas Unit Theme: Privileging Indigenous Women: Strategies of Resistance and Survival Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Amy Foss, Independent Scholar, Presiding Ines M. Talamantez, University of California, Santa Barbara Privileging Indigenous Women: Rematriation Strategies of Resistance and Survival Delores Mondragon, University of California, Santa Barbara Moral Injury as It Applies to and Is Relevant to Indigenous Women Rematriation Emily Grace Brolaski, University of California, Santa Barbara Resistance as Ceremony: 21st Century Indigenous Resistance and Activism in North America Nancy Morales, University of California, Santa Barbara Un Llanto Colectivo: A Collective Project to Remember and Embody Indigenous Values and Traditions Felicia Lopez, University of California, Davis Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Central Mexican Codices: Challenging Conceptions of an Aztec Patriarchy Andrea McComb Sanchez, University of Arizona Being an Ally in the Academy Responding: Mary Churchill, Sonoma State University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-216 A24-218 165 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 CA A24-221 Pentecostal–Charismatic Movements Unit A24-219 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Islamic Mysticism Unit Theme: Self and Other in Sufism: Moments of Identification Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Cyrus Zargar, University of Central Florida, Presiding Sara Abdel-Latif, University of Toronto Female Tricksters and Dissident Slaves as Enforcers of Idealized Patriarchy in Early Sufi Literature (11th–13th Century) Verena Meyer, Columbia University Not a Wali, Not His Grave: The Sufi Dimensions of Modernist Discourse in Java Quinn Clark, Columbia University Who Are “Non-Sunnis”? Intra-Islamic Relations in North India and the Politics of Muslim Saint Shrines Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh, Universität Erfurt Mystical Islam in the Occident: Multifaceted Presence and Association with the “Counter-Culture” Responding: Matthew Lynch, Bard College A24-220 New Religious Movements Unit Theme: Sexual Healing and Sexual Mysticism at the Fin de Siecle Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502B (Fifth Level) Kathi Kern, University of Kentucky, Presiding Joshua Paddison, Texas State University Thomas Lake Harris and the Sexual-Spiritual Secret of Eternal Life Daniel Joslyn, New York University Sex with God as Sexual Healing in the Writings of Ida Craddock Christa Shusko, York College of Pennsylvania Alice Bunker Stockham: Sexual Healing for Individual and Social Bodies Theme: The Spirit of the Age: Historical and Theological Trends in the Study of Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Antipas L. Harris, Regent University, Presiding Panelists: Arlene Sanchez-Walsh, Azusa Pacific University Néstor Medina, University of Toronto Responding: Angela Tarango, Trinity University Peter Althouse, Florida Southern College Business Meeting: Andrea Johnson, California State University, Dominguez Hills, and Leah Payne, George Fox University, Presiding A A24-222 Philosophy of Religion Unit and Study of Judaism Unit Theme: On the Duplicity of Philosophy’s Shadow (Columbia University Press, 2018): An Engagement with Elliot R. Wolfson on Questions Concerning Heidegger, Philosophy of Religion, and Modern Jewish Thought Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Lucas Wright, University of California, Irvine, Presiding Panelists: Oona Eisenstadt, Pomona College Sarah Pessin, University of Denver Ryan Coyne, University of Chicago Responding: Elliot R. Wolfson, New York University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 166 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-223 Practical Theology Unit Theme: Interfaith Engagement and Practical Theology Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Christian A. B. Scharen, Auburn Theological Seminary, Presiding Laura Alexander, University of Nebraska, Omaha, and Amanda Ryan, University of Nebraska, Omaha That’s in Omaha? Toward a Practical Theology for Interreligious Dialogue Based on Theological Examination of the Tri-Faith Initiative in Omaha, Nebraska Marte Solbakken Leberg, MF Norwegian School of Theology Christian Faith in Dialogue with Others Becca Whitla, Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology Between Practice and Praxis: On Planning Interfaith Services Keng Fan Chan, Graduate Theological Union Interfaith Dialogue through Pilgrimage: A Case Study of the Agency of the Divine Feminine in Macau Responding: Marianne Moyaert, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Queer Studies in Religion Unit and Religion and Science Fiction Unit Theme: Queering Religion and Science Fiction Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Shelly Tilton, University of Virginia, Presiding Lilith Acadia, Trinity College Dublin God is Change: Queer Possibility and Feminist Vulnerability in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower William Boyce, University of Virginia Queering the Eschaton: Left Behind and Sexual Identity in the Evangelical Imagination Ken Stone, Chicago Theological Seminary Queer Animalities and Eco-Spirituality in Margaret Atwood’s SF Maddaddam Trilogy Max Thornton, Drew University What God Needs with a Starship: The Necessity of Queer Speculative Theological Imagination A24-225 A Religion and Disability Studies Unit and Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit Theme: Author-Meets-Critics: Jasbir Puar’s The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (Duke University Press, 2017) Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-21 (Upper Level East) SherAli Tareen, Franklin and Marshall College, Presiding Panelists: Mayanthi Fernando, University of California, Santa Cruz John Modern, Franklin and Marshall College A24-226 Religion in South Asia Unit Theme: Polemics and Formations of Religious Identity in South Asia Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Marie-Helene Gorisse, Ghent University, Presiding Vishal Sharma, University of Oxford Is Visnu Perfect or Vulnerable? Offence and Defense in South Indian Epic Exegesis Lynna Dhanani, Yale University Eulogizing the Same, Distancing the Other: Hemacandra’s Polemical Strategies in Hymn and Narrative Jason Schwartz, University of California, Santa Barbara From the Mouths of Visvakarmans: The Case for the Ontological Superiority of the Artisan Castes Anil Mundra, University of Chicago Polemic and Doxography in Haribhadrasūri Jonathan Peterson, University of Toronto Paean for a Critique of Heretics: Polemic and Community in Vadiraja’s Pasanda-Khandana-Stotra Responding: Valerie Stoker, Wright State University A24-227 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-224 Heike Peckruhn, Daemen College Peter Coviello, University of Illinois, Chicago Rachel Feldman, Franklin and Marshall College Ali Altaf Mian, University of Florida Responding: Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University CW Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit Theme: Of Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert, and Religion: A Conversation on Film Criticism and Religion in the Public Sphere Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Joel Mayward, University of Saint Andrews, Presiding Panelists: Rose Pacatte, Pauline Center for Media Studies Donna Bowman, University of Central Arkansas Glenn Heath, Pacific Arts Movement Business Meeting: Jeanette Reedy Solano, California State University, Fullerton, and Kutter Callaway, Fuller Theological Seminary, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 167 C A24-230 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Space, Place, and Religion Unit H A24-228 Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: No Justice Without Peace: The Promise and Perils of Genocide Studies and Religious Peacemaking for Environmental Justice Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Dell deChant, University of South Florida, Presiding Kate Temoney, Montclair State University Genocide, Religious Peacebuilding, and Ecojustice Frederick Simmons, Princeton Theological Seminary Reevaluating the Relevance of Religious Peacemaking to Environmental Justice Sarah Fredericks, University of Chicago Climate Forgiveness Responding: Joshua Mauldin, Center of Theological Inquiry A A24-229 Science, Technology, and Religion Unit Theme: Monstrous Animacies? Race, Gender, and Pantheological Divinities Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Elizabeth Pyne, Fordham University, Presiding Panelists: Catherine Keller, Drew University Carol Wayne White, Bucknell University Lisa Sideris, Indiana University Andrea C. White, Union Theological Seminary Noreen Khawaja, Yale University Beatrice Marovich, Hanover College Responding: Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University Theme: Creating Religious Space in Asia: Monastic, Memorial, and Pilgrimage Sites Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) Elizabeth Guthrie, University of Waterloo, Presiding Julie Hanlon, University of Chicago Constructing Early Jain Monasticism: Exploration of Ancient Jain Hill Sites in Tamil Nadu, South India Kristina Buhrman, Florida State University Haunts, Migrating: On the Placing and Re-Placing of Memorials for Disaster in Japan in a Historical and Comparative Context Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia, University of Delhi Remembering Whose Guru? Claiming and Contesting the Geography and Ownership of Sacred Space in Sikkim Blayne Harcey, Arizona State University U Thant and the Legacy of Development at the Birthplace of the Buddha Business Meeting: Susan L. Graham, Saint Peter’s University, and Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College, Presiding A24-231 Tantric Studies Unit Theme: Keeping It in the Family: Negotiating Boundaries in Kaula Tantrism Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire L (Fourth Level) Gudrun Bühnemann, University of Wisconsin, Presiding Meera Kachroo, Saint Thomas More College Situating Śrīvidyā: Three Contemporary Tantric 0DΧΕDOưV Ben Williams, Naropa University The Trans-Ritual Liturgy of the Cidvilāsastava Anna A. Golovkova, Bowdoin College Conceptions of Liberation in the Early Tantras of the Cult of Tripurasundarī E. Sundari Johansen Hurwitt, California Institute of Integral Studies The Bud That Contains the Seed of the Kula: Virgin Worship and the Influence of Śrīvidyā on the Kālīkula of Bengal Responding: Sthaneshwar Timalsina, San Diego State University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 168 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-232 C Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit Theme: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Intersections with Eastern Late Antiquity Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Haverford College, Presiding Jason Mokhtarian, Indiana University Rabbis and Others in Babylonian Talmudic Medicine Laura Locke Estes, Saint Louis University Accessorizing Faith: Dress as a Sign of Conversion in Two Christian Martyrdom Accounts Mark Leuchter, Temple University Ezra, the Great Assembly, and the Mythopoesis of a Rabbinic Future Business Meeting: Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Haverford College, and James McGrath, Butler University, Presiding A24-233 W Theme: Scholars on Women’s and Gender Studies: Constructing Knowledge and Influencing the Public Discourse Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Deborah Fulthorp, SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary, and Alicia Panganiban, Mayo Clinic, Presiding Joy Qualls, Biola University “God Forgive Us for Being Women”: Rhetoric, Theology, and the Pentecostal Tradition Lisa Isherwood, University of Winchester and Dirk von der Horst, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles Contemporary Theological Approaches to Sexuality Karma Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego Buddhist Feminisms and Femininities Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theme: Grant Design Conversations Sunday, 2:00 PM–4:00 PM Convention Center-22 (Upper Level East) Do you have a grant idea for a project on teaching and learning? Have you ever thought about applying for a Wabash Center grant? Do you have questions about our grant procedures and protocols, whether your project would qualify, or how your ideas might be shaped into an appropriate Wabash Center proposal? Come see us in the Convention Center Room 22 either on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2:00 PM–4:00 PM, or Monday, Nov 25, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM to meet with one of the Wabash Center Staff. We are scheduling appointments ahead of time. Please write Beth Reffett (reffettb@wabash.edu) to schedule a time to meet with us. Registration deadline is November 1. A24-234 Q Historical Gaslamp Walking Tour Sunday, 2:15 PM–3:45 PM Convention Center-Meet at Registration (outside Halls F&G) See page 9 for details. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Women’s Caucus P24-201 P24-202 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: Graduate Student Workshops Session Four: Alternative Careers for Religious Studies Scholars Sunday, 2:20 PM–3:20 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Brad Stoddard, McDaniel College, and Emily Crews, University of Chicago, Presiding With more scholars competing for fewer jobs, PhDs in Religious Studies are increasingly looking for careers outside the academy. This workshop will identify fields and career paths for PhDs who wish or who otherwise need to pursue alternative careers. P24-200 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: Graduate Student Workshops Session Three: Navigating the Politics of Academia Sunday, 1:10 PM–2:10 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Rebekka King, Middle Tennessee State University, and Stacie Swain, University of Victoria, Presiding Academia is coming to terms with its own #metoo movement. Graduate students and early career scholars are particularly vulnerable to harassment, discrimination, and abuse. This session will provide a forum to discuss the institutional politics and power dynamics that make it difficult to report such experiences in academia (in particular for women and minoritized groups). Discussants will provide input on strategies for making campuses safer, identifying resources for victims, and generating best practices for allies and bystanders. x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 169 Applied Religious Studies Committee and Teaching Religion Unit Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Coffee Break Sunday, 3:30 PM Complimentary coffee will be served in the back of Aisles 300 and 800 of the Exhibit Hall. P A24-300 Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 PK A24-301 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: The State of the Field: A Preliminary Report on Employment Landscape in Religious Studies and Theology Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Edwin David Aponte, Louisville Institute, and Kerry Danner, Georgetown University, Presiding This past summer the Society of Christian Ethics led the way in a broad-scale intersocietal study on the landscape of employment in religious studies and theology. This panel will share preliminary data from this study. Joined by American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, this roundtable will explore what we now know — and don’t know — about the state and trajectory of our field. Panelists: Matthew Gaudet, Santa Clara University, Society of Christian Ethics Joshua Patterson, American Academy of Religion Christopher Hooker, Society of Biblical Literature Responding: Zayn Kassam, Pomona College, AAR Status Director Theme: Integrating Applied Objectives and Career Readiness Competencies into the Study of Religions Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Point Loma (South Tower - First Level) Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center, Presiding The Teaching Religion Unit and the Applied Religious Studies Committee will co-host a conversation about how programs navigate teaching the study of religions while integrating applied objectives (e.g. NACE career readiness competencies: bit.ly/2PoIPWK) into undergraduate and graduate curriculums. We welcome faculty in programs with an applied focus or in departments considering an applied approach to discuss program origins, faculty development, curriculum, student outcomes, benefits, and challenges. Panelists: Sabina Ali, Georgia State University Molly Bassett, Georgia State University Kevin Minister, Shenandoah University Paul A. Williams, University of Nebraska, Omaha FPK A24-302 Employment Workshop: Preparing for the Non-Academic Career Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Karen Kelsky, The Professor Is In, Presiding In this 90 minute workshop, Karen Kelsky of The Professor Is In will discuss strategies for non-academic job hunting, and the emotional and logistical barriers that often inhibit Ph.D.s from trying. Sponsored by the Applied Religious Studies Committee. Panelist: Karen Kelsky, The Professor Is In Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 170 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-304 WE E A24-305 Religion and the Arts Award Jury Theme: 2019 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion Forum: Wade Clark Roof Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Erik Owens, Boston College, Presiding Wade Clark Roof is the 2019 winner of the Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. Having passed away suddenly on August 24, 2019, he will receive the award posthumously at this year’s Marty Award Forum. Roof was Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Religious Wade Clark Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Roof where he founded and directed the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life. Trained as a sociologist of religion, and the author of fourteen books, he was widely known for his scholarship on the cultural, civic, and political effects of religious pluralism in the United States, and in particular on the spiritual lives of the baby boomer generation. Under his leadership, the Capps Center consistently brought together multiple publics — scholars, students, Santa Barbara residents, journalists, scientists, elected officials, and more — for extended conversations about key matters of common concern. The Marty Award recognizes Professor Roof ’s many contributions as a public scholar, institution builder, and advocate for religious studies and the humanities. In this year’s Marty Award Forum, E.J. Dionne (University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University, W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, and syndicated columnist for the Washington Post) will join Roof ’s former colleague Kathleen Moore (chair of the Religious Studies department at UCSB and interim director of the Capps Center) and two former students, Julie Ingersoll (University of North Florida) and J. Shawn Landres ( Jumpstart Labs) for an extended public discussion of Roof ’s life and work. Contributions from the audience will be welcomed as well. Panelists: E.J. Dionne, Brookings Institute, Washington Post Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida J. Shawn Landres, University of California, Los Angeles Kathleen Moore, University of California, Santa Barbara Theme: Conversation with Religion and the Arts Award Recipient — Ron Athey Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University, Presiding Ron Athey is the recipient of the 2019 Religion and the Arts Award. Athey is a queer American performance artist who has engaged with religious visual and aural forms throughout his career. The AAR is proud to recognize a consistently provocative body of work, at the intersection of autobiography, creative expression, and critique. Athey’s performances are deeply rooted in Pentecostal traditions of Ron Athey faith healing, Catholic imagery, and queer histories, from the autobiographical Torture Trilogy (1992–1997), which re-interpreted Biblical narratives in terms of queer sexualities and sado-masochistic visual culture, to the recent Acephalous Monster (2018). His work was regularly assailed by conservative cultural critics in the 1990s, and he has performed throughout Europe and the Americas. Panelists Anthony Petro (Boston University) and Linn Tonstad (Yale Divinity School) will explore with Athey the contributions of particular works as well as his history in engaging the public’s understanding of religion. Panelists: Ron Athey, Los Angeles, CA Linn Tonstad, Yale University Anthony Petro, Boston University A24-306 FK Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Teaching the ABCs While Earning Your PhD: How To Live Well While Navigating the Pressures of Parenting and Doctoral Work Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) This workshop offers strategies for navigating the pressures of doctoral work combined with the demands and pleasures of family life. It also seeks to create an environment for creative sharing and brainstorming about ways to both succeed academically while still thriving personally. Attendees can expect to leave with tangible suggestions for scheduling their time, re-imagining where and how work happens, and how to match goals with priorities in order to meet the demands of PhD life while also making space to care for one’s self, nurture important relationships, and raise children. This workshop will provide a one-sheet handout with suggestions for creating support networks, making schedules that work for you, channeling your built-in resources, learning to multi-task efficiently and identify when to focus on a single task, take breaks and be present to enjoy life. These tips will come from a wide swath of resources, from Brigid Schulte’s book Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One has the Time, to high performance coaches like Brendon Burchard, to mindfulness teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh. Additionally, I will draw upon my own experiences as a PhD candidate, mom and wife who successfully navigated coursework, comprehensive exams, the beginnings of dissertation research, and even potty training with twin preschoolers. Panelist: Marie Purcell, Southern Methodist University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 171 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Public Understanding of Religion Committee A24-309 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-307 S #animalsaar19 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Animals and Religion Unit and Native Traditions in the Americas Unit Theme: Animals Are People Too: Human-Animal Relationships in the Native Traditions of the Americas Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) David Aftandilian, Texas Christian University, Presiding Kerry Hull, Brigham Young University The Mythos of Origin: The Personhood of Animals in Ancient and Modern Maya Traditions Tom Berendt, Temple University The Buffalo Teacher: A Biomimetic Interpretation of Bovine Veneration Seth Schermerhorn, Hamilton College “O’odham, Too”: Or, How to Speak to Rattlesnakes David Walsh, Gettysburg College When the Caribou Do Not Return: Indigenous Dene Conceptions of Personhood and Responses to Caribou Decline A A24-308 Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit Theme: Welcoming Religion around Virginia Woolf (Penn State University Press, 2019) by Stephanie Paulsell Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Panelists: Mara Willard, Boston College Pericles Lewis, Yale University Jane de Gay, Leeds Trinity University Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University Responding: Stephanie Paulsell, Harvard University #islamaar Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and North American Hinduism Unit and Study of Islam Unit and Study of Judaism Unit Theme: Making America Hate Again: Contextualizing Violence Against Religious Minorities in and Beyond Trump’s America Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Annalise Glauz-Todrank, Wake Forest University, Presiding Panelists: Tanisha Ramachandran, Wake Forest University Ronald Neal, Wake Forest University Simran Jeet Singh, New York University Ayesha S. Chaudhry, University of British Columbia Shana Sippy, Carleton College, Centre College A24-310 Body and Religion Unit Theme: Revisiting Merleau-Ponty and the Body Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Megan Adamson Sijapati, Gettysburg College, Presiding Sean Dempsey, University of Arkansas Sacramental Subjects: Sympathy, Sensibility, and Merleau-Ponty Jonathan Russell, Claremont Graduate University Merleau-Ponty, Intercorporeality, and Religion Anne Austad, VID Specialized University Healing Experiences and the Lived Body David H. Nikkel, University of North Carolina, Pembroke Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenal Body against the “Intellectualist” Body and “Empiricist” Body Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 172 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-311 W Bonhoeffer:Theology and Social Analysis Unit and Schleiermacher Unit Theme: Church as Political Institution: Schleiermacher, Bonhoeffer, and Arendt on Public Faith and Political Action Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Shelli Poe, Millsaps College, and Lori Brandt Hale, Augsburg University, Presiding David Robinson, Regent College Against a Docetic Ecclesiology: Schleiermacher and Bonhoeffer on Christ’s Body Politic Shinkyu Lee, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Profiles of Religion in Forgiveness: Arendt and Bonhoeffer on Christian Forgiveness A24-312 Buddhism Unit and Japanese Religions Unit Childhood Studies and Religion Unit Theme: The Voice of a Child: Children as Catalysts for Communal Transformation Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) Jodi Eichler-Levine, Lehigh University, Presiding James D. Smith, Bethel Seminary, Richmont Graduate University Imitating Christ, Valuing Children, Advocating Human Rights: Jean Gerson and Christian Childhood Wendy Love Anderson, Washington University in St. Louis The Fifth Child: Changing Jewish Perspectives on Children’s Religiosity Karin Rubenson, Uppsala University “The Children Are the Future” or “I Do Not Want Your Hope” Responding: Sally Stamper, Capital University A24-315 Chinese Religions Unit and Daoist Studies Unit Theme: Rock, Paper, Wood: Exploring Material Culture in Daoism and Chinese Religions Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Gil Raz, Dartmouth College, Presiding Yi Ding, Stanford University A Call for Cosmic Renewal in a Time of Crisis: Divine Stones, Temple Construction, and the Stele Inscription of the Sable Sheep Palace Yuhang Li, University of Wisconsin The Ephemeral Signs of Transcendence: Paper Objects in Empress Dowager Cixi’s Funeral Practice Jin Tao, University of Chicago Divinity School City-God’s New Clothes: A Preliminary Study of the Articulated Living Image (ALI) A24-313 A24-316 Buddhist Philosophy Unit Christian Spirituality Unit Theme: Pure Lands Across Asia: Transformations of the %XGGKDNԔHWUD in South and East Asian Discourses Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Tao Jiang, Rutgers University, Presiding Roshni Patel, Colgate University The Bearing of the Field (NΙHWUD) in the Bhagavad-Gītā and the Vimalakīrtinirdeśasūtra Sarah Mattice, University of North Florida Pure Lands (淨土) and Nianfo (念佛) in Chinese Buddhist Discourse and Practice Leah Kalmanson, Drake University Shinran’s Concept of the Pure Land as Framed by the Problem of Practice #chineserels Theme: Liberation: Perspectives from Christian Spirituality Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Diana L. Villegas, University of the Free State, Presiding Michael O’Sullivan, Spirituality Institute for Research and Education Spirituality of Liberation: Thirtieth Anniversary of the Martyrdom of University President, Ignacio Ellacuria, and Jesuit Companions Colleen Cross, University of Notre Dame “Unlocking Human Dignity”: A Spirituality of Liberation from the Context of U.S. Immigrant Detention and Deportation David de la Fuente, Fordham University The Liberating Spirit of the Crucified: Ellacuría’s Liberation Spirituality and Pneumatologies of Abiding and Resistance x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 173 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Putting Knowledge to Work: A Panel in Celebration of Jacqueline Stone Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Paul Groner, University of Virginia, Presiding Daniel B. Stevenson, University of Kansas Sociality and Salvific Imagination in Pure Land Liturgical Communities of Song China Heather Blair, Indiana University Convention and Idiosyncrasy: Doing Parinirvana with Princess Tokushi in the Early Twelfth Century Victoria Montrose, University of Southern California Reform or Revolt: Student Protests and Collective Action at Buddhist Universities in the Meiji Period Responding: Jacqueline I. Stone, Princeton University A24-314 A24-319 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Comparative Studies in Religion Unit A24-317 Class, Religion, and Theology Unit SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: The Subject of Labor: Gender, Caste, Affect Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Laguna (South Tower - First Level) Jeremy Posadas, Austin College, Presiding Mark Balmforth, Columbia University The Aesthetics of Slavery: Religion, Textiles, and Caste in the Indian Ocean, 1660–1960 Samira Musleh, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Sexual Division of Labor and Its Discontents: The Disorganized Harmony of Islamic Discourse, Feminist Theory, and Decolonial Thought B. Yuki Schwartz, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Guilt, Salvation, and Power: Domestic Workers and Abjection in Christian Theology Joseph Strife, Fordham University Work at the Margins, Shame, and Spirit A A24-318 Theme: Religion and Humor in South Asia Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Shubha Pathak, American University, Presiding Jason Smith, Harvard University The Ethics of Humor in Kālidāsa’s Abhijñānaśākuntalam Seth Ligo, Duke University Cries of Terror, Shrieks of Laughter: Marginal Yogīs and the Complementary Modalities of Humor and Fear Lynna Dhanani, Yale University Destabilizing Religious Imagination: Polemical Humor in Hemacandra’s Literary Texts Aleksandra Restifo, Yale University The Effect of 5ƘYDΧDµV Tricks: Comedy and Tragedy in Rāmacandra’s 5DJKXYLOƘVDQƘԮDND Gregory Clines, Trinity University How Jains Came to Make Dad Jokes: Hanumān’s Parents According to Two Jain Authors Responding: Jack Hawley, Barnard College, Columbia University Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and Women and Religion Unit A24-320 #aarcomptheo Theme: Female Child Soldiers, Gender Violence, and Feminist Theologies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire E (Fourth Level) Susan Willhauck, Atlantic School of Theology, Presiding Traci C. West, Drew University Confronting U.S. Moral Hypocrisy on Child Soldiers, Inventing Antiracist Solidarity Beverly Mitchell, Wesley Theological Seminary Human Rights, Dignity, and Female Child Soldiers: A Theological Approach Georgette Ledgister, Emory University “I’d Rather Die Than Wrestle”: Gender, Spirituality and Agency amongst the Luba Mai-Mai Mary Nyangweso, East Carolina University Battling a “War within a War”: Challenges of Being Female in Africa Theme: Assessing Jewish-Christian Comparative Theology Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Philip Cunningham, St. Joseph’s University, Presiding Panelists: Adam Gregerman, Saint Joseph’s University Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Seminary of the Southwest Marianne Moyaert, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Devorah Schoenfeld, Loyola University, Chicago Beatrice Wallins, Seattle University Samuel Kessler, Gustavus Adolphus College Comparative Theology Unit Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 174 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-321 C A24-324 Contemporary Pagan Studies Unit Gay Men and Religion Unit Theme: Locating Pagan Politics Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Damon Berry, Saint Lawrence University, Presiding Helen Berger, Brandeis University Ethics, Contemporary Pagans, and the Alt-Right Giovanna Parmigiani, Harvard University The “Politics of Desire” among Southern-Italian Neo-Pagans Business Meeting: Amy Hale, Atlanta, GA, Presiding Theme: Eschatological Judgments and the Experiences of Gay Men Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) Or Porath, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding Jason Steidl, Saint Joseph’s College Swallowed by Satan: Joseph Sciambra, Catholic Rhetoric of the Demonic, and the HIV/AIDS Apocalypse Richard McCarty, Mercyhurst University An Eschatological Challenge to Homonormativity A24-322 Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit and Religious Conversions Unit A24-323 Ecclesiological Investigations Unit and Vatican II Studies Unit A24-325 C Indian and Chinese Religions Compared Unit Theme: Mind and Consciousness: Indian and Chinese Approaches Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Maria Heim, Amherst College, Presiding Karen O’Brien-Kop, SOAS University of London Mind, Meditation, and the Metaphor of Cultivation: Bhāvanā and the Case of Rice Cultivation Fei Zhao, University of Washington Consciousness as a Pincer or a Pond: Different Interpretations of the Term Akāra and Their Cognitive Models Xiaoming Hou, École Pratique des Hautes Études Same yet Different? The Superior and Inferior Four Dhyāna in the Works of Zhiyi (538–597) Business Meeting: Dan Lusthaus, Harvard University, and Michael Allen, University of Virginia, Presiding Theme: Crisis in the Church: Patterns of Abuse as Challenge and Opportunity for Reform Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Catherine E. Clifford, Saint Paul University, Presiding Hendrik Pieter de Roest, Protestant Theological University Sexual Abuse in Pastoral Relationships and the Relational Dynamics in the Parish in the Aftermath Massimo Faggioli, Villanova University Apparent Victory, Actual Defeat? Vatican II Ecclesiology of the Episcopate and the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University From Social Sin and Institutional Malaise to a Culture of Truthfulness, Accountability and Co-Responsibility: Steps to Move beyond Ecclesial Crisis Mode x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 175 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Turns and Returns: Conversions to Eastern Orthodoxy Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Rico Gabriel Monge, University of San Diego, Presiding Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, New York University Political Apostasy: Conversion to Russian Orthodoxy in the TrumpPutin Era Mary Grace DuPree, Emory University Politics in Pigments: Change in the Greek-American Community Written in Icons Lydia Bringerud, Memorial University of Newfoundland “The Church Is Always People”: Converts to Orthodox Christianity and Vernacular Theologies Philipp Reisner, University of Düsseldorf Eastern Orthodoxy and the Specters of Contemporary Protestantism: Intra-Christian Conversion in Historical Perspective Mohamed S. Hassan, Temple University “The Earth Will Suck Him inside and He Shall Reach the Place of the Dead of Lut”: Homosexuality, Eschatological Imaginings, and Eternal Damnations in Islamic Texts Responding: Roger A. Sneed, Furman University SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-326 #innovatingspiritualcare UR Responding: Bindi Shah, University of Southampton Business Meeting: Mary Whitney Kelting, Northeastern University, and Steven Vose, Florida International University, Presiding SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Innovations in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Unit Theme: Intersectional Spiritual Care: Chaplaincy Across Lines of Difference Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Sarah Jobe, Duke University, Presiding Donna S. Mote, University of the South Chaplaining Dignified Transfers: Public Liturgy and the Sacred Remains at ATL Daniel Roberts, Roberts Research and Consulting Military Male Chaplains’ Pastoral Support of Female Soldiers: A Descriptive Case Study Brent Beavers, Graduate Theological Union, Institute of Buddhist Studies The Interruption of Transgender Othering in Healthcare: A Buddhist Approach for all Chaplains Lance D. Laird, Boston University Muslim Healthcare Chaplains: Education, Translation, and Code Switching in a Minority Religious Community Pamela Couture, University of Toronto Inter-Religious, Inter-Spiritual, and Inter-Cultural Formation for Spiritual Care Practice Responding: Pamela Yetunde, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities A24-327 #jainstudiesaar C Jain Studies Unit Theme: Jain Diaspora Temple Committees and Praxis Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Sherry Fohr, Converse College, Presiding Mirjam Iseli, Universität Bern Jains in Switzerland: Establishment and Dissolution of a SupraDenominational Community Venu Mehta, University of Florida Sectarian Negotiations among the Jain Religious Diaspora in the USA Shivani Bothra, Victoria University of Wellington Jainism in Diaspora: Shift in the Transmission of Children’s Religious Education towards Negotiating Tradition and Continuity C A24-328 Korean Religions Unit Theme: Material Culture and Korean Religions Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire L (Fourth Level) So-Yi Chung, Sogang University, Presiding Yohan Yoo, Seoul National University Material God: Jeju Shamans’ Instrument and Tutelary Deity, Mengdu Hyemin Na, Emory University The Smartphone as Religious Relic: An Object Lesson in Surveillance, Bureaucracy, and the Gospel of Progress in Korean Protestant Christianity in Global Korea Liora Sarfati, Tel Aviv University The Material Manipulation of Ritual Sites in Korean Shamanism Responding: David Morgan, Duke University Business Meeting: Deberniere Torrey, University of Utah, and Hwansoo Kim, Yale University, Presiding A24-329 #rpc Men, Masculinities, and Religion Unit and Religion and Popular Culture Unit Theme: Media Masculinities: Profiles of Christian, Hindu, and Muslim Masculinities in Popular Culture Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Linda G. Jones, University of Pompeu Fabra, Presiding Drake Konow, Yale University “God Bless Gay”: Blackness and the Burden of Reconciling Religion and Queer Sexuality Lauren Sawyer, Drew Theological School Lust is Not the Problem (White Male Supremacy Is): A Feminist Critique of the “Smokin’ Hot Wife” Samah Choudhury, University of North Carolina American Muslim Humor: Colonial Masculinities and the Racialization of Religion Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 176 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x C A24-333 Mysticism Unit and Philosophy of Religion Unit Religion and Migration Unit Theme: Mysticism and Resistance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Philosophy of Religion Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Jason N. Blum, Davidson College, Presiding Christina Van Dyke, Calvin College From Meditation to Contemplation: Broadening the Borders Sameer Yadav, Westmont College The Mystical Self as Political Self Joy R. Bostic, Case Western Reserve University Black Mystical Cultures and Prophetic Traditions of Resistance in Hip Hop and Black Popular Culture Responding: Amber Griffioen, University of Konstanz Theme: Migration and Everyday Religion: Secular Society Institutions (Re)Challenged Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502A (Fifth Level) Karen Marie Leth-Nissen, University of Copenhagen, and Leif Stenberg, Aga Khan University, Presiding Dan-Erik Andersson, Lund University Hand on the Heart, Handshake, Hug, or a Kiss? The Art of Greeting Each Other in a Multi-Cultural Society Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg, Lund University, and Ryszard Bobrowicz, Lund University Handshake Debates in the Context of Nordic Secularism: Mediation by Law through Religious Literacy, Translation and Fairness Jonathan Morgan, Lund University In the Right Place at the Right Time: The Accidental Missionary Activities of the Church of Sweden in Their Work with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Business Meeting: Nanette Spina, University of Georgia, and Rubina Ramji, Cape Breton University, Presiding A24-331 North American Religions Unit Theme: The World on Fire: Reflections from North America Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Hillary Kaell, Concordia University, Montreal, Presiding Sarah McFarland Taylor, Northwestern University Earth on Fire: The Dystopian Prophets and Profits of Marketing Planetary Apocalypse and Exodus in the Business of Mars Colonization Laura McTighe, Dartmouth College Theory on the Ground Lise Miltner, Brown University Lived Rituals: Response to Identity Trauma and Wildfire Jack Downey, La Salle University Apocalypse Camp: Emergent Strategy at the End of the World Responding: Sarah M. Pike, California State University, Chico A24-332 Religion and Cities Unit Theme: Cosmopolitanism and Mobile Cities: Interreligious Communication in Mumbai and Inter-Regional Pilgrimage in Indonesia Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Rupa Pillai, University of Pennsylvania, Presiding István Keul, University of Bergen Contextual Religious Cosmopolitanism in Mumbai James Edmonds, Arizona State University Pilgrimage Sites as Mobile Cities: Indonesian Piety on the Move Business Meeting: Harold Morales, Morgan State University, Presiding A24-334 Religion and Politics Unit and Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit C Theme: Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorist Rehabilitation Programs: Regulating Islamic Narratives and Practices in China, Singapore, and Australia Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Hatem Bazian, University of California, Berkeley, Zaytuna College, Presiding Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, Nanyang Technological University The Construction of the Uighur Threat in China’s Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Policy David Tittensor, Deakin University Counter Terrorism as “Performance” and the Muslim Bogey Man in Australia Aida Arosoaie, University of Wisconsin Religious Rehabilitation in Singapore: Religion, Race, and State Politics x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 177 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-330 A24-337 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 CA A24-335 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Religion in Europe Unit and Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit Theme: Author-Meets-Critics: John Tolan, Faces of Muhammad: Western Perceptions of the Prophet of Islam from the Middle Ages to Today (Princeton University Press, 2019) Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Anna Moreland, Villanova University, Presiding Panelists: Stephanie Yep, Emory University Fadi Ragheb, University of Toronto David Freidenreich, Colby College Jamel Velji, Claremont McKenna College Responding: John Tolan, University of Nantes Business Meeting: David Freidenreich, Colby College, Presiding Religion, Affect, and Emotion Unit and Science, Technology, and Religion Unit Theme: Emotion Science, Cognition, and Religion Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502B (Fifth Level) Allison Covey, Villanova University, Presiding Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania, and Simeon Zahl, University of Cambridge The Faith of the Enlightenment: Theology, Religious Studies, and the Affective Science of Cognition Sarah Lane Ritchie, University of Edinburgh The New Science of Psychedelics and the Embodied Experience of Religious Belief Niki Clements, Rice University A Typology of Emotion, Affect, and Feeling for the Study of Religion and Cognition Responding: Michael Spezio, Scripps College A24-338 Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit A24-336 Religion in Southeast Asia Unit and New Perspectives on Religion in the Philippines Seminar Theme: The Philippines as a Site of Religion – Global Connections and Regional Entanglements Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Adrian Hermann, University of Bonn, Presiding Panelists: Deirdre de la Cruz, University of Michigan Oona Paredes, National University of Singapore Giovanni Maltese, University of Hamburg Richard Fox, University of Victoria Theme: Religion, Interrupted: Mental Illness, Minority Communities, and American Asylums Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Leslie Ribovich, Princeton University, Presiding Judith Weisenfeld, Princeton University “Excessive Religious Excitement”: Black Religions in the American Asylum Sarah Dees, Northwestern University Native American Spirituality and Mental Illness: The Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians (1898–1934) Shari Rabin, Oberlin College “A Species of Insanity”: Senility, Lunacy, and American Jews (1882– 1930) Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 178 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-339 #aarsor Sociology of Religion Unit Theme: Who Counts? Religious Participation, Social Science Methods, and Determining Data in the Study of Religion Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire M (Fourth Level) Katja Rakow, Utrecht University, Presiding Kathleen Garces-Foley, Marymount University When Mainline Protestant Young Adults Go Church Shopping Sarah Kathleen Johnson, University of Notre Dame, and David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame Occasional Religious Participation: A Congregational Level Analysis Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University, Denise Daniels, Seattle Pacific University, and Rachel Schneider, Rice University Faith at Work: Applying Empirical Research to Church Life Peder Thalén, University of Gavle Is It Possible to Measure Atheism? Remarks on Methodological Problems in Sociology of Religion A24-340 Business Meeting: Gloria I-Ling Chien, Gonzaga University, and Trung Huynh, University of Houston, Presiding A24-342 Chinese Christianities Seminar Theme: Exceptionalism in Chinese Christianities Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Christie Chui-Shan Chow, City Seminary of New York, Presiding Gideon Elazar, Ariel University, Bar Ilan University Back to Jerusalem: The Chinese-Christian Road to Globalization and Indigenization Stephanie Wong, Valparaiso University Opposing Integralism: Chinese Catholicism and the Circumscription of “Religion” in the Beiyang Era Justin Tse, Northwestern University Sheets of Scattered Sand: Cantonese Protestants on the Pacific Rim and the Shadow of Sun Yatsen Responding: Jonathan Tan, Case Western Reserve University Theme: Yoga Across Boundaries: New Technologies and Changing Practices Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire D (Fourth Level) Sravana Borkataky-Varma, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Presiding Panelists: Matteo Di Placido, University of Milan - Bicocca Derek Mills, YogaGlo, Santa Monica, CA Darren Iammarino, San Diego Mesa College Responding: Sthaneshwar Timalsina, San Diego State University Christa Kuberry, Yoga Alliance, Arlington, VA A24-341 CPR Buddhist Pedagogy Seminar Theme: Innovative Methods and Models for Teaching Buddhism Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Todd T. Lewis, College of the Holy Cross, Presiding Trung Huynh, University of Houston Advocacy for Teaching Buddhist Courses in Public Schools Nathan McGovern, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater De-Coveraging the Introduction to Buddhism Class John Nelson, University of San Francisco Campus Pilgrimage: A Walk into Buddhist Presence Responding: Jonathan Young, California State University, Bakersfield A24-343 M Women’s Caucus Theme: Maryam: A Woman of Bethlehem Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Mary E. Hunt, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual, Presiding Fulbright Scholar Victoria Rue at Dar Al Kalima University College of Arts and Culture explores how the Biblical/Quranic figure of Mary/Maryam expands or constricts Palestinian women’s identity in a new play entitled Maryam: A Woman of Bethlehem. Like a Rorschach test, Mary is used to talk about women’s lives. Some thirty Palestinian women and men from ages of 14 to 87 living and working in the area of Bethlehem were interviewed including Christians, Muslims, and others. From a university dean, Islamic scholar, Lutheran theologian, architect and iconographer, to an eighth grader, college student, and high school teacher, these Bethlehemites identify with Mary/Maryam as a source of solace, long-suffering, indifference (“I never think of her”), empowerment and resistance. Through stories, this play illuminates daily life in Occupied Bethlehem, in which vulnerable, funny, and resilient people celebrate the strength of Palestinian women taking account of the intersections of gender, culture and theology, representation and occupation. One hour in length, performed in Arabic with English subtitles, the video is of the first performance of the play, January 25, 2019 in Bethlehem. Following the video playwright Victoria Rue will open discussion. This is a co-sponsored offering by the Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network and the AAR/SBL Women’s Caucus. Panelists: Victoria Rue, San Jose State University Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 179 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-344 Theological Education Committee Meeting Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-18 (Mezzanine Level) Scott C. Alexander, Catholic Theological Union, Presiding CA P24-300 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Karl Barth Society of North America Theme: Discussing Dogmatics After Babel: Beyond Theologies of Word and Culture (Westminster John Knox, 2018) by Rubén Rosario Rodriguez Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding This session will feature a roundtable discussion of Dogmatics After Babel: Beyond Theologies of Word and Culture by Rubén Rosario Rodriguez. Panelists: Paul D. Molnar, Saint John’s University Orlando Espin, University of San Diego Cambria Kaltwasser, Northwestern College Kevin Hector, University of Chicago Responding: Ruben Rosario Rodriguez, Saint Louis University Business Meeting: Keith Johnson, Wheaton College, Presiding P24-303 International Society for Science and Religion Theme: The Future of “Science and Religion”: Beyond “Religion” and “Science”? Sunday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Fifty years ago, Ian Barbour’s Issues in Religion and Science helped launch today’s “science and religion” discourse. In the past two decades, however, work in various disciplines (history, philosophy, and the social sciences) shows that neither “religion” nor “science” are fixed practices. Indeed, they reflect interests and biases that implicitly privilege Western perspectives, including ideologies of colonialism, racism, and sexism, to name but a few. The standard science and religion discourse of the past fifty years takes the categories of “science” and “religion” as given. Participants in this round table discussion will use critical theories to consider the ethical, political, and aesthetic implications of employing these categories in order to move beyond these “doctrines and discoveries” (metaphysical and ontological) approaches. Panelists will engage the audience in what is seen as the first in a series of conversations. Panelists will exchange and comment on short papers (4-5 pages) available beforehand. To access and comment on these papers please visit sites.google.com/site/beyondreligionandsc or email srcdseries@gmail.com Panelists: Zainal Abidin Bagir, Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies, Graduate School, Gadjah Mada University Whitney Bauman, Florida International University Alison Lutz, Vanderbilt University Eduardo Mendieta, State University of New York, Stony Brook Elaine Nogueira-Godsey, Methodist Theological School in Ohio Josh Reeves, Samford University Lisa L. Stenmark, San Jose State University P24-301 GOCN Forum on Missional Hermeneutics Theme: James Cone, Blackness, and Missional Hermeneutics Sunday, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level) Dennis Edwards, Northern Seminary, Presiding In celebration of James Cone’s life and his theological contributions over multiple decades, and especially in view of his final work, Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody, scholars in this session will reflect on the intersection (or lack thereof ) of Black theology and Missional/ Intercultural Hermeneutics. Mark Glanville, Grandview Calvary Church, Vancouver, and Missional Training Center, Phoenix Reading Scripture Missionally in Light of James Cone’s Theology of the Cross Boaz Rajkumar Johnson, North Park University The Black Liberation Theology and Black Identity of James Cone and the Dalit Liberation Theology and Dalit Identity of James Massey Joseph W. Caldwell, Union University Reading Scripture While Reading Cone Reading Baldwin: A Theological Hermeneutical Lens on Biblical Suffering Responding: Drew Hart, Messiah College Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 180 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM P24-325 La Comunidad of Hispanic Scholars of Religion P24-400 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theme: Doctoral Student Seminar Reunion Reception ‘19 Sunday, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM Convention Center-22 (Upper Level East) Reception for participants in 2016–19 Wabash Teaching Seminars for Doctoral Students. By invitation only. More information: wabashcenter.wabash.edu/programs/aar-sbl-2019/doctoral-studentseminar-reunion A24-400 PK Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee Theme: Open Place to Talk Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-18 (Mezzanine Level) Kerry Danner, Georgetown University, and Edwin David Aponte, Louisville Institute, Presiding This informal discussion aims to provide unstructured space for faculty, continent, tenure or tenured to talk about issues related to current challenges in academic labor. We also welcome programming or strategy ideas for the Academic Labor and Continent Faculty Working Group. Drop-in or stay for the full 90 minutes. A24-402 K Publications Committee Theme: How to Get Published (AAR/Oxford University Press) Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Cynthia Read, Oxford University Press, and Theodore Vial, Iliff School of Theology, Presiding This panel offers advice for publishing in general and specifically for publishing in the AAR/Oxford University Press books series, JAAR, and Reading Religion. Panelists: Andrea Jain, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Margaret D. Kamitsuka, Oberlin College Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University John Nemec, University of Virginia Karen Jackson-Weaver, Oxford University Robert A. Yelle, University of Munich Natalia Marandiuc, Southern Methodist University Kimberly Davis, American Academy of Religion x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 181 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Voces Fronterizas: Perspectivas Descoloniales sobre (In) migración/ Borderlands Voices: Decolonized Perspectives About (Im)migration Sunday, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 26 (First Level) Loida I. Martell, Lexington Theological Seminary, and Sammy Alfaro, Grand Canyon Theological Seminary, Presiding (This session will be in Spanish) La cercanía a la frontera estadounidense durante la reunión anual de la Academia Americana de Religión (AAR) y la Sociedad de Literatura Bíblica (SBL) en 2019 presenta una oportunidad para pensar sobre la frontera como el espacio liminal entre dos horizontes. Las realidades socioeconómicas en el sur y norte de la(s) frontera(s), productos de la explotación capitalista, exigen un análisis descolonizador de sistemas, leyes y practicas que en ocasiones apelan a principios bíblicos y teológicos. La continua migración e inmigración de pueblos sufrientes y el afán por construir muros divisorios — políticos, religiosos, así como físicos — entre familias, comunidades e iglesias urgen una lectura descolonial de textos y contextos. Con esto en mente, este panel de voces fronterizas busca avanzar la conversación desde perspectivas descoloniales con el fin de denunciar abusos y desplazamientos imperialistas. The proximity of the US border during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature in 2019 provides an opportunity to think about the border as the liminal space between two horizons. The socioeconomic realities south and north of the border(s), products of capitalistic exploitation, demand a decolonial analysis of systems, laws, and practices that at times appeal to biblical and theological principles. The continued migration and immigration of suffering peoples and the misguided desire to construct dividing walls—political, religious, as well as physical—between families, communities and churches call for a decolonial reading of texts and contexts. With this in mind, this panel of borderlands voices seeks to advance the conversation from decolonial perspectives with the aim of denouncing imperialist abuses and displacements. Panelists: Ahida Pilarski, Saint Anselm College Gregory Cuellar, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Leticia Guardiola-Saenz, Seattle University Responding: Jean-Pierre Ruiz, St. John’s University, New York A24-405 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Afro-American Religious History Unit FK A24-403 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Surviving Theological Education Without Losing Your Soul: Spiritual Practices for Students Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) Our outward quest for success in higher education often comes at a high cost to our interior life and we find ourselves exhausted, spread thin, and wondering why we began this quest in the first place. This roundtable session — appropriate for those of any worldview, will identify the deep needs at the core of your being, suggest practices that nourish the well of creativity and life within you (which ironically brought you to higher education in the first place), and clarify the unique-to-you rhythms that keep the inner and outer parts of your life in balance. As informative as it is formative, this session will leave you centered, refreshed, and inspired for the journey ahead. Come remember who you are and why you are here. Savoy Stevens is a certified spiritual director and member of Spiritual Directors International — an ecumenical and interfaith professional organization. She has also completed postgraduate coursework in interfaith studies. Panelist: Savoy Stevens, Campbell, CA A24-404 African Diaspora Religions Unit Theme: Caribbean Intersections of African and Hindu Religious Diasporas Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire D (Fourth Level) Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Tufts University, Presiding Randy Goldson, Temple University Legitimating and Contesting Hindu Religious Permutations in Jamaica Khytie Brown, Harvard University Hindu Princess, Revival Jezebel: Sensing the Indian Spiritual Nation in Jamaican Revival Zion Religion Danielle Boaz, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Obeah, Vagrancy, and Spiritual Fraud: The Relationship between African and Indian Religious Freedom in the 21st-Century Caribbean Theme: Protest and Politics: A Fifty Year Retrospective on Black Religion and 1969 Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502B (Fifth Level) Alexis S. Wells-Oghoghomeh, Vanderbilt University, Presiding Douglas Clark, Vanderbilt University A Solid Black Hyphen: Gayraud Wilmore’s 1969 Defense of James Forman and the Black Manifesto Jamie Pitts, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Black Studies as Black Religion: Vincent Harding, the Institute of the Black World, and the Movement “Deep into Blackness” Matthew Harris, University of California, Santa Barbara Rethinking How Space Became the Place: Sun Ra, Saturn, and Black Metaphysical Religion Responding: Rosetta E. Ross, Spelman College A24-406 Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit Theme: (Un)Making the Black Experience in Arts, Literature, and Religion Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502A (Fifth Level) Lisa M. Allen, Interdenominational Theological Center, Presiding Brian Foulks, Chicago Theological Seminary The (Un)Making within the Theo-Creative: Wrestling with James Baldwin and John Coltrane Brenton Brock, Princeton Theological Seminary A Burning Prophecy: Engaging the Conceptual Framework of “Fire” through the Works of James Baldwin Debbie Brubaker, Vanderbilt University Unmaking and Remaking Perception: Resistance in the Art of Betye Saar Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 182 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-407 A24-409 Buddhism Unit Christian Systematic Theology Unit Theme: The Ambivalence of Buddhist Kingship Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) Michelle Wang, Georgetown University, Presiding Diego Loukota Sanclemente, University of California, Los Angeles Worth Half a Mango: On the Ridicule of Kings in Kumāralāta’s Garland of Examples Brandon Dotson, Georgetown University Loser God, Loser Prince, and Dice Cheat: the Tibetan Buddhist King as an Ambivalent Figure Stephanie Lynn Balkwill, University of Winnipeg “Bewitched” or “Bewitching”: What is the Ling 靈 in the Empress Dowager’s Name? April Hughes, Boston University Wu Zhao (r. 690–705): Buddha, Emperor, Earthly Savior Theme: The Flesh of Christ: Incarnation, Passion, and Liturgy Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Nicholas Adams, University of Birmingham, Presiding Brendan Case, Duke University Christ’s Flesh as a Reason for the Incarnation in Grosseteste, Bonaventure, and Aquinas Eric Mabry, Christ the King Seminary Passio Christi, Conforta Me: Horrors or Original Sin? Satisfaction and the Flesh of Christ Luke Zerra, Princeton Theological Seminary Attending to Practitioners: An Intervention into Debates on Liturgy and Moral Formation A24-408 U Theme: Buddhist Chaplaincy: Friendship Through the Challenges of Life Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Barbra R. Clayton, Mount Allison University, Presiding Monica Sanford, Rochester Institute of Technology .DO\ƘΧDPLWUD: Spiritual Friendship as a Paradigm for Buddhist Chaplaincy Andrea Vecchione, North Bay Center for Compassionate Care Institute Life Is a Period of Itself; Death Is a Period of Itself: Shaping the Death and Dying Landscape: Zen Buddhist Compassionate/Contemplative Care Programs and Their Impact on Hospice, Palliative Care, and Chaplaincy Programs Grace G. Burford, Davidson College Can Buddhism Contribute Positively to the Lives of North American Undergraduates? A Critical and Constructive Reflection on Buddhist Chaplaincy for College Students Responding: Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University @aareco2019 H Class, Religion, and Theology Unit and Open and Relational Theologies Unit and Religion and Ecology Unit Theme: Can Religion Save the World? Beyond Capitalism, Consumerism, and Systems of Exploitation Towards Ecological Civilization Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Center for Process Studies, Presiding Cherice Bock, The Oregon Extension Environmental Care in Action: Experiences of Seminary and Divinity School Graduates from Environmentally Focused Programs Anthony Mansueto, El Centro College Sanctuary and Commons: How Can Religion Contribute to Saving the World? Hunter Bragg, Drew University “Can God Forgive Us?”: Christian Symbols and Marcuse’s Negation of the World Marie-Claire Klassen, University of Notre Dame Laudato Si’, Decolonization, and Ecofeminism: A Case Study of the Kinder Morgan Pipeline Project Responding: John B. Cobb, Center for Process Studies x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 183 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit A24-410 A A24-413 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Ecclesial Practices Unit A24-411 Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Religion, Violence, and Technologies of Communication Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College, Presiding L. Benjamin Rolsky, Rutgers University Establishments and Their Fall: Direct Mail, the New Right, and the Remaking of American Politics Sara Kamali, University of Oxford RaHoWa: White Nationalists Waging a Racial Holy War through Social Media Simon Mastrangelo, University of Bern Justification of Violence on Facebook: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Portrayed as a Religious War Giulia Evolvi, Ruhr University Islamophobia on Twitter: Antagonistic Anti-Muslim Narratives about Brexit and Migration K A24-412 Comparative Religious Ethics Unit Theme: Teaching Comparative Religious Ethics Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Jung Lee, Northeastern University, Presiding Fred Glennon, Le Moyne College Using Jigsaw and Case Studies to Teach and Assess Comparative Religious Ethics Ross Moret, Florida State University Teaching Comparative Religious Ethics through Student Group Site Visits Responding: Faraz Sheikh, College of William and Mary Theme: What Really Matters (Pickwick, 2018) at the Intersection of Ethnography and Theology Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Jonas Ideström, Church of Sweden, Presiding Panelists: Tone Stangeland Kaufman, MF Norwegian School of Theology Natalie Wigg-Stevenson, Emmanuel College Kristina Helgesson Kjellin, Church of Sweden, Uppsala University Responding: Peter Slade, Ashland University A A24-414 Evangelical Studies Unit Theme: Critical Engagement with Emily Suzanne Johnson’s New Book, This Is Our Message: Women’s Leadership in the New Christian Right (Oxford University Press, 2019) Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Anna Robbins, Acadia Divinity College, Presiding Panelists: Seth Dowland, Pacific Lutheran University Katelyn Beaty, Brazos Press Karen Swallow Prior, Liberty University Michael McVicar, Florida State University Responding: Emily Johnson, Ball State University A24-415 Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit and Religion and Politics Unit and Sikh Studies Unit Theme: The Racialization of Religion Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Katharine Batlan, University of Alberta, Augustana, Presiding Simranjit Khalsa, Rice University Becoming American: Narratives of Marginalization and National Identity among Sikhs in the US Seth Gaiters, Ohio State University BlackLivesMatter and Sacred Politics: Promiscuous Solidarities Conjuring Justice Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 184 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Elisabeth Becker, Yale University Black Muslim, White Muslim? Race, Religion, and the Color Gradient in Contemporary America Tazeen Ali, Washington University, St. Louis Towards a Collective American Muslim Consciousness: Building Multiracial Community at the Women’s Mosque of America A24-416 #jainstudiesaar Jain Studies Unit and Tantric Studies Unit A24-417 Law, Religion, and Culture Unit and Religion and Migration Unit Theme: Seeking Refuge: Sanctuary Movements in a Global Context Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, Middle Tennessee State University, Presiding Dejan Duric, University of Michigan Capturing the Legal Soul: Law, Life, and Liberation in the 1980s Sanctuary Movement Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University An Asylum Case concerning Inter-caste Marriage, Hinduism, and Hindu Politics Cuilan Liu, University of Toronto Clerical Immunity: A Failed Chinese Buddhist Campaign for Sanctuary Mormon Studies Unit Theme: Unorthodox Conversion Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Laguna (South Tower - First Level) Amy Hoyt, University of the Pacific, Presiding Cristina Rosetti, University of California, Riverside Becoming Queens and Priestesses: Women’s Conversion to Mormon Fundamentalism Joshua Wopata, University of Dayton Cora Evans: Mormon Convert and Current Cause for Sainthood in the Catholic Church Kristen Tobey, John Carroll University Deciding to Stay: Misfit Mormons and Religious Leavetaking Paradigms A24-419 S Mysticism Unit and Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit Theme: Mystical Illness, Healing, and Madness Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Kyrah Malika Daniels, Boston College, Presiding Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Madness and (of ) Mystics: Psychosis and the Mystical Experience Jarrod Hyam, University of Sydney Initiatory Illness among Nepali and American Traditional Healers Dan Moseson, University of Utah Micro-Dosing Mystical Experience: Mysticism and Healing in Modern Medicine SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Genesis and Development of Jain Tantra Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) John E. Cort, Denison University, Presiding Samani Rohini Pragya, Florida International University Namaskāra Mahāmantra: Origin and Development Aaron Ullrey, University of California, Santa Barbara Taming Tantra: Toning down Violent Ritual Results in the Jvālāmālinīkalpa Michael Slouber, Western Washington University Situating the Jain Tantric Guide to Spells (Vidyānuśāsana) Venu Mehta, University of Florida Making Jaina Tantric Cult of Padmāvatī Public in Gujarat Responding: Steven Vose, Florida International University A24-418 A24-420 North American Religions Unit and Religion and Economy Unit Theme: #CaptioningReligion: Characterizing the Material Economies of Religion in the Americas Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Sally M. Promey, Yale University, Presiding Panelists: Judith Ellen Brunton, University of Toronto Richard Callahan, Gonzaga University Kati Curts, Sewanee: The University of the South Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University Sonia Hazard, Florida State University Hillary Kaell, Concordia University, Montreal Alexandra Kaloyanides, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto Roxanne Korpan, University of Toronto Kathryn Lofton, Yale University Suzanne van Geuns, University of Toronto x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 185 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-421 Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit Theme: Neoplatonism and the Theology of Aristotle Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Kevin Corrigan, Emory University, Presiding Shatha Almutawa, Willamette University Reading the Theology of Aristotle into the Qur’an: The Hermeneutics of the Brethren of Purity Syed Zaidi, Emory University Ibn Sīnā’s Conception of Light in His Commentary of the Theology of Aristotle Lydia Schumacher, King’s College, London The Theology of Aristotle and the Birth of Latin Scholasticism SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A24-422 Political Theology Unit Theme: Political Theology and Patriarchy Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) David Newheiser, Australian Catholic University, Presiding Panelists: Rachel Sophia Baard, Union Presbyterian Seminary Larisa Reznik, Goucher College Linn Tonstad, Yale University Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, Le Moyne College Kris Trujillo, University of Chicago A24-423 #womanists@aar Pragmatism and Empiricism in American Religious Thought Unit and Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit Theme: Womanist Theology, Sociality, and Subversive Praxis Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Jason Springs, University of Notre Dame, Presiding Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner, Southern Methodist University Katie Geneva Cannon: Her Legacy to Pastoral and Practical Theologians Karen Rucks, Quinsigamond Community College In Pursuit of African-American Female Pragmatists Responding: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Shaw University H A24-424 Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit Theme: Denial in the Midst of Cultural Crisis: Psychological and Religious Responses to Climate Change and Migration Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Pamela Cooper-White, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding Storm Swain, United Lutheran Seminary Climate Crisis Denial: Symptoms of Trauma, or Splitting? Paradigms Shifts in Pastoral Theology That Counter Denial, Promote Resilience, and Build Intersectional Community in Australia and America Ryan LaMothe, Saint Meinrad School of Theology A Tower of Babel: Obstacles and Distractions in Professional Organizations Addressing Climate Change Karin Zirk, Pacifica Graduate Institute We Already Have a Border Wall: The US/Mexican Border as Cultural Complex Responding: Donna Orange, New York University A24-425 Queer Studies in Religion Unit and Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit Theme: Beyond Embodied Authority: Gender Performance in the Lives of Premodern Christian Holy Women Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Wendy Love Anderson, Washington University in St. Louis, Presiding Kathryn Phillips, University of California, Riverside The Disguised Saint: A Transgender Studies Approach to Matrona’s Gender Presentation as a Eunuch Robert Porwoll, University of Chicago Heloise and the Proto-Scholastic Abbess C. Libby, Pennsylvania State University (En)Gendering Feeling across Time Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 186 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-426 C Religion and Food Unit Theme: Food Access and the Value of Food Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Rachel Gordon, University of Toronto, Presiding Eva Englert-Jessen, Hendrix College Faith Communities and Food Access Issues: Deepening Our Approaches Catherine Newell, University of Miami Healthier Than Thou: Clean Eating, Moral Therapeutic Scientism, and Performative Virtue Hajung Lee, University of Puget Sound Seeking Food Justice through Interreligious Food Activism: A Case Study of South Korean Globalization of Its Food Market Business Meeting: Derek Hicks, Wake Forest University, and Benjamin Zeller, Lake Forest College, Presiding A24-427 #rpc Theme: Subjects, Scholars, and Mediated Communities: New Approaches to the Study of Religion and Popular Culture Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Rabia Gregory, University of Missouri, Presiding Rachel Wagner, Ithaca College Cowboy Apocalypse: Transmediating the End Kaitlyn Ugoretz, University of California, Santa Barbara Drawing on Shintō?: Online Shinto Communities’ Responses to the Religious in Miyazaki Hayao’s Anime David Feltmate, Auburn University, Montgomery Towards a Theoretical Agenda in Religion and Popular Culture Studies A24-428 S Religion and Science Fiction Unit and Science, Technology, and Religion Unit and Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science Theme: The Nuts and Bolts of Transformation: A Zygon Roundtable on Science Fiction’s Imagined Technologies and the Civic Imagination Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Emanuelle Burton, University of Illinois, Chicago, Presiding Ytasha Womack, Chicago, IL Afrofuturism: Elements of New Thought, Metaphysics, the Divine Feminine, and African Diasporic Spirituality in Shaping New Futures Mladen Turk, Elmhurst College Techno-Scientific Imagination as a Tool of World Creation in Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles Nathan Schradle, University of North Carolina Silicon Salvation: Magical Thinking and Superintelligent A.I. A24-429 Religion in South Asia Unit Theme: New Directions in the Study of South Asian Religions Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire L (Fourth Level) Elaine Fisher, Stanford University, Presiding Avni Chag, SOAS University of London Configuring Sectarian Legitimacy through Eclecticism: A Case of the 6YƘPLQƘUƘ\DΧD Sampradāya’s ĞLNΙƘSDWUư Heleen De Jonckheere, Ghent University “Where Mirrors Are Mirrored”: Different Versions of a Jain Satirical Narrative Sophia Nasti, Harvard University Reading Theology across Genres: 0ƘΧLNNDYƘFDNDUµV Tiruvācakam and Tirukkōvaiyār as Related Śaiva Projects Responding: Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Religion and Popular Culture Unit Michelle Marvin, University of Notre Dame Memory Altering Technologies and the Capacity to Forgive: Westworld and Volf in Dialogue Zhange Ni, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Xiuzhen (Immortality Cultivation): Daoist Alchemy, Transhumanist Technology, and the Fiction beyond Neoliberalism Responding: Henry Jenkins, University of Southern California A24-430 Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Unit Theme: Religious Perspectives on White Genocide Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) Benjamin Sax, Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, Presiding Martin Lund, Malmö University Magneto, Ms. Marvel, and Other Monsters: The Superhero Genre and “White Genocide” Rhetoric Weaver Taylor, University of Kent The Italian Far-Right and Ethno-Nationalism: Espositoan Readings of Immunitarian Regimes Kate Temoney, Montclair State University “Race is My Religion!” and “White Genocide” Responding: Biko Gray, Syracuse University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 187 C A24-433 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Sacred Texts and Ethics Unit C A24-431 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Religious Conversions Unit Theme: Religious Conversion and Natural Disasters Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Marc Pugliese, Saint Leo University, Presiding Michael T. McLaughlin, Old Dominion University Conversion and The Vulnerable Life in the Philippines: Resilience or Just “Going on”? Celucien Joseph, Indian River State College Natural Evil and Disasters and Haitian Response toward Religious Belief and Spiritual Conversion Maria T. Davila, Merrimack College “Faith, Science, and Maria Walk into a Bar...”: Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, and the Narrative of Conversions Responding: Terry Rey, Temple University Business Meeting: Cody Musselman, Yale University, Presiding A24-432 Ritual Studies Unit and Women and Religion Unit Theme: Making Motherhood: Ritual Narratives of Pregnancy and Its Perils Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Andrea Dara Cooper, University of North Carolina, Presiding Ann Duncan, Goucher College Radical Inclusion and Inevitable Exclusion in the Sacred Living Movement Millicent Feske, Saint Joseph’s University The Sense of an Ending: The Role of Ritual in Pregnancy Loss and Newborn Death Haley Petersen, University of North Carolina The Specter of Motherhood: Supernatural Trauma and/in the Female Body in Japan’s Modern Ubume Boom Responding: Colleen D. Hartung, Holy Wisdom Monastery Theme: Unfolding the Scroll: Ethics and the Materiality of Sacred Texts Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Tyler Atkinson, Bethany College, Presiding Michael Mawson, University of Aberdeen Living with the Forms of the Word: Bonhoeffer, Rosenzweig, and the Materiality of Scripture Jason von Ehrenkrook, University of Massachusetts The Scepter and the Sword: Scriptural Materiality and Presidential Power Responding: Emily Filler, Earlham College Business Meeting: Tyler Atkinson, Bethany College, Presiding A24-434 #islamaar Study of Islam Unit Theme: Islam and Governmentality: From Modern Kingship to Contemporary Prison Regimes Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) Kathleen Foody, College of Charleston, Presiding Jocelyn Hendrickson, University of Alberta Let’s Pretend: French-Sponsored Taqiyya in Colonial West Africa Arianne Ekinci, University of North Carolina Stripping “Muslim” from Uyghur Cultural Heritage: Islam as Oppression and the Justification for State-Led Development in Xinjiang during the Early PRC Rebecca Makas, Villanova University Access to Islamic Texts While Incarcerated: A Report from Pennsylvania Responding: Kathleen Foody, College of Charleston Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 188 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A24-435 A24-438 Study of Judaism Unit Yogācāra Studies Unit Theme: Jewish Law and Theology at the Limits of Scientific Reasoning Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Nechama Juni, Brown University, Presiding Samuel Kessler, Gustavus Adolphus College Writing about God in an Age of Science: Kaufmann Kohler’s Outline of a Systematic Theology of Judaism on a Historical Basis (1910) Irit Offer Stark, New York University Pragmatism and Jewish Thought Bar Guzi, Brandeis University Jewish Theology and the Naturalistic Command of Science: Three Twentieth-Century Attempts at Conciliation Theme: Cheng weishi lun Across East Asian Yogācāra: Philosophy and Tradition Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Dan Lusthaus, Harvard University, Presiding Ernest Brewster, Harvard University Thusness as Cognitive Object (Ālambana) in the Cheng weishi lun Nobuyoshi Yamabe, Waseda University Do Sense Perceptions Operate in Deep Meditation?: An Examination of a Passage on Meditative Experience in Cheng weishi lun Sumi Lee, Dongguk University The Cheng weishi lun and the Emptiness-Existence Controversy Ronald S. Green, Coastal Carolina University Gomyō’s Use of the Cheng weishi lun and Japanese Hossō’s Refutation of Him Shigeki Moro, Hanazono University Maintainers of a Destroying World: A Doctrinal Discussion on Cheng weishi lun in the Japanese Rongi Tradition A24-436 Theology and Religious Reflection Unit A24-437 K Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism Unit Theme: Teaching Islam and Muslim Studies: Cross-Disciplinary and Anti-Disciplinary Orientations to Pedagogies in North American Academia Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Leucadia (South Tower - First Level) Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Claremont School of Theology, Presiding Panelists: Shaista Patel, University of California, San Diego Shehnaz Haqqani, Mercer University Nadeen Kharputly, University of California, San Diego Merin Shobhana Xavier, Queen’s University Sarah Eltantawi, Evergreen State College A24-439 RK Buddhist Pedagogy Seminar Theme: Contemplation in the Buddhist Studies Classroom Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Beverley Foulks McGuire, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Presiding Julie Regan, La Salle University Experiments with Buddhist Forms of Thought, Action, and Practice in the Classroom Anna Lannstrom, Stonehill College Let’s Be Buddhists for the Next Few Weeks! Costs and Benefits of Making Students Explore Buddhism from the Inside Peter M. Romaskiewicz, University of California, Santa Barbara Meditation in the Classroom: A Pedagogical Defense for the Practice of Religious Ritual? Responding: Ben Van Overmeire, Duke Kunshan University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 189 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: The Powers of Gentleness and the Limits of the Human Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Karen Bray, Wesleyan College, Presiding Eric Meyer, Carroll College On Gentleness, Carnivory, and the Violence of God Beatrice Marovich, Hanover College Shelters for the Dead and Space for the Living: Political Theology, Gentleness, and Extinction Elizabeth Pyne, Fordham University To Live Gently, To End Well: Queer Kinship beyond the Anthropocene Jacob Erickson, Trinity College, Dublin A Gentle Reminder of the Earth: Sensual Theopoetics in Deep Time and the Expanded Present A A24-442 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Comparative Studies in Religion Unit SCR A24-440 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Contextualizing the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis Seminar Theme: Centering Survivors: Contextualizing Clergy Sexual Abuse Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Megan McCabe, Gonzaga University, Presiding Cristina L. H. Traina, Northwestern University Fantasizing Equality: Theology of the Body as a Spirituality of Abuse Beena Poulose Kallely, Graduate Theological Union A Restorative Justice Response to the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis in India Jennifer Beste, College of Saint Benedict The Missing Piece: Children’s Justice as the Focus for Responding to the Clergy Abuse Crisis Ana Lourdes Suarez, Universidad Católica Argentina The #MeToo Movement in Latin American Nuns and Ex-Nuns Kaya Oakes, University of California, Berkeley Forgiveness Redefined in Clergy Sexual Abuse Business Meeting: Brian Clites, Case Western Reserve University, and Megan McCabe, Gonzaga University, Presiding S A24-441 New Perspectives on Religion in the Philippines Seminar Theme: New Perspectives on Colonialism, Religious Corporations, and Indigenous Christianity in the Philippines Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire E (Fourth Level) Deirdre de la Cruz, University of Michigan, Presiding Albert Shannon G. Toribio, University of California, Santa Barbara Re-Examining the Iglesia ni Cristo: Building a Church Through the Words of the Sugo Scott MacLochlainn, University of Michigan Of Congregations and Corporations: Capitalist Logics and the Freedoms of Religion in the Philippines David Gowey, Arizona State University Colonial Inheritances: Religious Dialogues in the PhilippineAmerican War Theme: Beyond Reductionism: Applying and Adjusting Robert Orsi’s Metric of Presence Across Religions Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Brenna Moore, Fordham University, Presiding Nancy M. Martin, Chapman University Encountering Presence in Twentieth-Century India: Indira Devi Meets Mirabai Corinne Dempsey, Nazareth College Making Presence Palatable: Sacred Encounters Among the Elderly Across Cultures Easten Law, Georgetown University Mapping Everyday Interreligious Encounters Among Chinese Christians in Shanghai and Hong Kong Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University Orsi’s History and Presence in Light of Rāmānuja’s Understanding of Real Presence Karma Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego The Extraordinary Presence of the Ordinary Responding: Robert A. Orsi, Northwestern University K A24-443 Program Committee Theme: The Art of Writing AAR Proposals Sunday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Have you been struggling to get proposals accepted to the AAR Annual Meeting? Come to this session to get some tips and ideas about how to better frame your research to increase your chances of acceptance. The presenter, Elissa Cutter, has been reviewing proposals as part of the Religion in Europe unit since 2012. As a current chair of that unit, she now has several years of experience in reviewing proposals and forming sessions. In this session, she will let you know some of the main pitfalls that people fall into in writing their conference proposals and how best to avoid them Panelist: Elissa Cutter, Georgian Court University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 190 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Sunday, 7:00 PM and Later P24-401 Theta Alpha Kappa Annual Meeting and Reception Sunday, 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-206 (Second Level) Theta Alpha Kappa, the National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology, invites faculty chapter representatives and members to attend our annual meeting which is preceded by a brief reception. P24-402 Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought Theme: American Journal of Theology and Philosophy - Annual Lecture Sunday, 6:00 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Panelist: Dan Arnold, University of Chicago P24-403 P24-501 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theme: Dinner for New Teachers Sunday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Convention Center-6E (Upper Level West) By invitation only, new teachers will join together for an elegant dinner and directed table conversations about the first year of teaching. More information: wabashcenter.wabash.edu/programs/aarsbl-2019/dinner-for-new-teachers A24-500 Reading Religion Editorial Board Meeting Sunday, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Point Loma (South Tower - First Level) Sarah Levine, American Academy of Religion, and Kimberly Davis, American Academy of Religion, Presiding Theme: Scholar, Teacher, Administrator: The Case of the Religious Educator as Dean Sunday, 6:30 PM–8:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Vista (South Tower - First Level) Mary E. Hess, Luther Seminary, Presiding Is administrative leadership in your future? We often do not have specialized preparation for such administrative duties, but we bring the excellence of our scholarly training and experience to bear on whatever tasks we undertake and decisions we make. What are the challenges of blending the identities of teacher, scholar, and dean? Four deans with advanced degrees in education as well as religion bring distinct and intriguing insights to a lively discussion probing leadership among colleagues and within institutions. This session is an opportunity to connect with the Religious Education Association, a related scholarly organization of the AAR. We value interdisciplinary and intercultural research at the intersections of religion and education (see religiouseducation.net). Panelists: Faustino Cruz, Fordham University Leah Gunning Francis, Christian Theological Seminary Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont Graduate University Javier Viera, Drew University Theological School SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Religious Education Association P24-500 12 Step Recovery Support Meeting Sunday, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) A24-504 Religion in South Asia Unit Theme: In Memoriam: Anne Monius Sunday, 7:30 PM–9:00 PM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Sarah Pierce Taylor, University of Chicago, and Hamsa Stainton, McGill University, Presiding This session is dedicated to the memory of Anne Monius, Professor of South Asian Religions at Harvard Divinity School. Panelists will speak to different facets of Anne’s life and celebrate her impact as a friend, colleague, and teacher at both the University of Virginia and Harvard University. The session will also include an opportunity for members of the audience to share their Anne Monius memories of Anne. Panelists: Rebecca Manring, Indiana University Gregory Clines, Trinity University John Nemec, University of Virginia Sophia Nasti, Harvard University Elizabeth Mary Rohlman, University of Calgary Charles Hallisey, Harvard University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 191 L A24-503 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Film: The Gate M A24-501 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Arts Series: Spirit in the Dark Body: Black Queer Expressions of the Immaterial Sunday, 8:00 PM–9:30 PM Omni-Gallery 2 (Gallery Building - across the street from the main hotel entrance on L Street) This photography exhibition explores black queer spirituality in its various forms of embodiment, ritual, meditative practices, and religious devotion in order to give articulation to the spirit that moves in and through black bodies. “Dark bodies” speaks not only to race, but to darkness as a symbol for the subversion of intentionally inhabiting mystery. This mystery is reflected in terms of sexuality — queerness — as well as of spirituality. Each of the twelve photos includes a curatorial statement that utilizes the words of the featured spiritual devotees as a narrative that illumines their approaches to spiritual practice, being, and becoming. Their narrative is placed in conversation with Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics by African American Studies and Religion scholar, Josef Sorett, and singer Aretha Franklin’s “Spirit in the Dark” to explore themes of sacredness, profanity, and spirituality that both affirms and re-imagines framings of Afro-diasporic spiritualities. Panelist: Elyse Ambrose, Drew University Sunday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Robert H. Stockman, Indiana University, South Bend, Presiding The Gate is a documentary about Ali Muhammad of Shiraz (1819– 50), who took the title of “The Bab” (“The Gate”) when he began a messianic ministry on May 23, 1844 in Iran. During a 6-year period he penned over a thousand works on God, revelation, and the reorganization of society. He stressed the coming of “He Whom God Would Make Manifest,” another messianic figure who would appear shortly. His movement was severely persecuted, resulting in the death of thousands of his followers, including the Bab himself. The Babi Faith was succeeded by the Baha’i Faith when Mirza Husayn ‘Ali, titled Baha’u’llah, claimed to be “He Whom God Will Make Manifest” and was accepted by the vast majority of the Babis. “The Gate” was made to commemorate the bicentenary of the Bab’s birth on October 20, 1819, and features narration by six academics familiar with the Bab’s writings and claims. L A24-502 Film: Santuario: Sanctuary and Social Movements in Documentary Film Sunday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Pilar Timpane, Durham, NC, Presiding Since 2016, a re-emergence of the sanctuary movement has arisen in the U.S. and abroad. Santuario (2018) is an award-winning short documentary film that follows Juana Luz Tobar Ortega, the first woman to take sanctuary in North Carolina in the recent movement. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 192 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 G A25-1 Program Committee Theme: Program Unit Chairs’ Breakfast Monday, 7:15 AM–8:45 AM Convention Center-6A (Upper Level West) Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University, Presiding Program Unit Chairs are invited to a breakfast featuring information on upcoming program initiatives and celebrating their contributions to the AAR Annual Meeting. Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM A25-100 PK Academic Relations Committee A25-101 FPK Applied Religious Studies Committee Theme: Career Services for Non-Academic Careers Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Amy Defibaugh, Temple University, Presiding When humanities scholars talk about exploring and pursuing “alt-ac” and “post-ac” careers, two concerns often dominate the conversation: 1) Graduate studies in the humanities don’t prepare us for or aren’t relevant to non-academic career paths, and 2) We don’t know where to look for or how to apply for non-academic jobs. Whether you are a scholar thinking about non-academic careers or a faculty member interested in supporting students engaged in such searches, join our panel of career services experts to discuss the many careers that are open to — and even looking for! — people with advanced training in the humanities. Panelists will discuss existing resources and where to find them, as well as ways that departments, universities, and professional organizations like the AAR can better support scholars in non-academic careers. A25-102 M Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Profession Committee Theme: Expressions of Disability and Faith Through the Arts Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-21 (Upper Level East) Darla Schumm, Hollins University, Presiding This interactive session explores ways in which disability and Deaf experience can inform expressions of culture, art, and religion. Artists with disabilities, Deaf artists, and scholars will engage in performance, display, and discussion on the intersection of religion, spirituality, disability, culture, and the arts. Art work will be performed and on exhibit during the session. Artists will be invited to share their creative process in producing their various arts and discuss how it conveys their thoughts and experiences. Panelists: Noel King, San Diego, CA Claudia Jimenez, San Diego, CA Darian Goldin Stahl, Concordia University Responding: Kirk VanGilder, Gallaudet University Devan Stahl, Michigan State University A25-103 (=S25-122) Augustine and Augustinianisms Unit and SBL Development of Early Christian Theology Unit Theme: Augustine and Paul Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Erin Galgay Walsh, Duke University, Presiding Lora Walsh, University of Arkansas How Epistles Became Gospels: Augustine and His Heirs on Paul’s Castration Outburst (Gal 5:12) Sean Hannan, MacEwan University Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and the “Stretchiness” of Paul in Philippians 3:13-14 Thomas McGlothlin, Christian Academy in Japan Paul in Augustine on Resurrection Alexander Pierce, University of Notre Dame Human Righteousness as a Work of God: Paul’s Epistles and Cooperative Causality in de spiritu et littera (412/13) Responding: Michael Cameron, University of Portland x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 193 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: What Counts and Who’s Counting? Religious Studies and Theology Programs by the Numbers Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Susan E. Hill, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding Religious studies and theology programs in the United States are often measured internally by numbers of majors or students in departmental courses. But, did you know that institutions also report on our majors to governmental agencies? This interactive workshop will explore the current state of religious studies programs in the U.S. using current government data. Attendees will engage with trend data, discuss how the numbers are generated, and learn what they mean for scholars and programs of religion and theology. The conversation will focus on the strengths and weaknesses of degree production as an indicator, as well as and other methodologies for evaluating fields and disciplines so that religious studies advocates can best leverage and/or respond to data in higher education. Panelist: Joshua Patterson, American Academy of Religion This panel will include substantial time for audience Q&A and discussion. Please join us to share your thoughts! Panelists: Giulia Hoffman, University of California, San Diego Karen Kelsky, The Professor Is In Maren Wood, Beyond the Professoriate, Denver, CO A25-107 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 C A25-104 Christian Systematic Theology Unit Theme: Grace — Triune, Eschatological, and Emplaced: Dialogues with Hans Urs von Balthasar Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Nicholas Adams, University of Birmingham, Presiding Christopher Hadley, Santa Clara University Balthasar’s Trinity and Eschatological Grace Junius Johnson, Baylor University Selfless Communication and Selfless Welcome: Trinitarian Dynamics as a Map for Grace in Hans Urs von Balthasar Jacob Lett, MidAmerica Nazarene University Emplaced Theosis: Spatial Categories and the Divine in Hans Urs von Balthasar Responding: Cyril O’Regan, University of Notre Dame Business Meeting: Junius Johnson, Baylor University, Presiding A25-106 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Comparative Studies in Religion Unit Theme: A Comparative Roundtable: Motherhood and Mothering Across Religious Traditions Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Oliver Freiberger, University of Texas, Presiding Panelists: Pascale Engelmajer, Carroll University Marianne Delaporte, Sacred Beginnings Workshops Valentina Gaddi, Université de Montréal Peter Faggen, University of Chicago Giulia Pedrucci, University of Erfurt Anna Hennessey, Institute of Buddhist Studies Sucharita Sarkar, D.T.S.S College of Commerce Responding: Florence Pasche Guignard, Ryerson University Contemporary Islam Unit and Religion, Media, and Culture Unit Theme: Popular Preachers, Gendered Authority, and the Digital Ummah Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Samah Choudhury, University of North Carolina, Presiding Jacquelene Brinton, University of Kansas From National Television to YouTube: Shaykh Sha’rawi, Zakir Naik, and Gendered Religious Authority in the Age of Mass Media Garrett Kiriakos-Fugate, Boston University Yasir Qadhi, Homosexuality, and Preaching an Islamic Masculine Heterosexuality Abtsam Saleh, Harvard University NAKscandal: Nouman Ali Khan and the Rhetoric of Authority in Digital Space Brittany Landorf, Emory University Becoming the Alpha Muslim: Popular Da3i, Men’s Rights Activists, and the Emergent Muslim Manosphere Faiza Rahman, Emory University Khanum Tayyiba Bukhari on TV: Anti-Shia Violence and Shia Female Propriety in Contemporary Pakistan Responding: James Hoesterey, Emory University C A25-108 Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Unit Theme: Redefining Difference: Naming, Classifying, and Confronting Culture with Hip Hop Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Jon Gill, Pomona College, Presiding Charrise Barron, Brown University Kanye West and Snoop Dogg: Making Christianity Cool Again Harjeet Grewal, University of Calgary Political Hip-Hop of Diasporic Sikhs: Sovereignty and Militant Ethics Yasmina Burezah, University of Bonn “Kanake” as the German N-Word? German Hip-Hop and the Production of a Post-Migration Identity in the Face of Racialist Islamophobic Discrimination Business Meeting: Daniel White Hodge, North Park University, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 194 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-109 C Ecclesial Practices Unit Theme: Ethnography, Theology, and Intersectionality Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Theodore Hickman-Maynard, Boston University, Presiding Sheryl Johnson, Graduate Theological Union “Feminist” Fundraising?: Women’s Economic Practices and Christian Stewardship Perzavia Praylow, Lenoir-Rhyne University Carrying the Load: Black Women Ruling Elders and the Enduring Mission and Sustainability of African American Presbyterian Churches in Rural South Carolina Janna Hunter-Bowman, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Tracing Borders of Constraint as Intersectional Analysis Responding: Nancy J. Ramsay, Texas Christian University Business Meeting: Natalie Wigg-Stevenson, Emmanuel College, Presiding A25-110 C Ethics Unit A25-111 #aarhcs History of Christianity Unit and Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Religion, Memory, History Unit Theme: Contesting Memory and Materiality in the Borderlands Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Lloyd Barba, Amherst College, Presiding Brandon Bayne, University of North Carolina Confronting the Borderland Padres: Comparing and Contesting the Memorialization of Fathers Junipero Serra and Eusebio Kino Josefrayn Sanchez-Perry, University of Texas Recording the Mesoamerican Past: Indigenous Religions in the Relaciones Geograficas of 1577–1585 A25-112 C Human Enhancement and Transhumanism Unit Theme: Enhancement Now: Biohacking or Preserving Human Bodies? Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-15B (Mezzanine Level) Amy Michelle DeBaets, Oakland University, Presiding John Borchert, Syracuse University We Have Never Been Human: Transhuman Embodiments and Utopia in American Religious History Jeremy F. Cohen, McMaster University Live Long Enough to Live Forever: Performance, Power, and the Creation of Immortal Bodies Jacob Boss, Indiana University Punks and Profiteers in the War on Death Melanie Dzugan, Fuller Theological Seminary Mandating an Attitude of Preservation: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Challenges of the Therapy/Enhancement Debate Business Meeting: Ronald S. Cole-Turner, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Presiding A25-113 C MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: The Ethics of Sanctuaries, Borders and Asylum Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Christophe D. Ringer, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding Irene Ludji, Claremont Graduate University The Heart of Sanctuary Movement and the Ethics of Solidarity Brian Lee, Princeton University Abolishing Slavery, Abolishing ICE: A Model from the NineteenthCentury for Religious Abolitionists Today Tom Berendt, Temple University The Sanctity of Sanctuaries: An Analysis of the Role of Religion in Offering Animals Sanctuary Business Meeting: Christophe D. Ringer, Chicago Theological Seminary, and Frederick Simmons, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding Skyler Reidy, University of Southern California A Windmill, Its Godfather, and Its Guardian Angel: Material Religion and Community in the California Missions David Maldonado Rivera, Kenyon College The Remains of Spain: La Biblia del Oso, Civic Catholicism and Contending Hispanicities in Puerto Rico 1898–1922 Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit Theme: Decolonizing and Resetting the Interfaith Table Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Feryal Salem, American Islamic College, Presiding Valeria Vergani, University of Toronto A Space and Time for Sovereignty: Indigenous Peoples at the Parliament of the World’s Religions and the Question of Inclusion Aaron Ghiloni, Charles Sturt University An Islamopolitan Strategy for Decolonizing Interreligious Studies Henry Millstein, Islamic Networks Group, San Jose, CA Decolonizing Interreligious Education: The Example of Islamic Networks Group (ING) Kevin Minister, Shenandoah University Decolonizing of the Study of Religion: Interreligious Studies as a Theoretical Intervention Responding: Santiago H. Slabodsky, Hofstra University Business Meeting: Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary, and John Sheveland, Gonzaga University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 195 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 C A25-114 Islamic Mysticism Unit MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Sufism, Political Engagement, and Social Reform Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Maria Massi Dakake, George Mason University, Presiding Ali Karjoo-Ravary, Bucknell University Shadowing the True Kings: Sufism and Monarchy in 14th-Century Islam Parisa Zahiremami, University of Toronto Bridging Sufism and Kingship: Sanā’ī’s Sufi Advice as a Form of Cultural Capital Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande, Princeton University From Transformation to Isolation: Ibn Bājja and Ibn ΚXID\O on the Mystic as Political Dissident Theodore Dedon, Georgetown University The People of Perfection inside and against the Empire: ‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and the Possibility of a Social Jihād John Thibdeau, University of California, Santa Barbara “The Zawiya Is in the UN”: The Role of Charity and Social Action in the Tariqa Alawiyya Responding: Tehseen Thaver, Princeton University Business Meeting: Maria Massi Dakake, George Mason University, and Cyrus Zargar, University of Central Florida, Presiding CW A25-115 Middle Eastern Christianity Unit Theme: Middle Eastern Christians in Public Life: Pre-Modern and Modern Test Cases Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-11A (Upper Level West) Deanna Womack, Emory University, Presiding Mourad Takawi, University of Notre Dame Envisioning Christian-Muslim Relations in the Early Islamic Period: A Case for Mutual Attraction Stephen J. Shoemaker, University of Oregon The Passion of Peter of Capitolias (d. 715) and Christian-Muslim Relations in the Early Caliphate David Freidenreich, Colby College Appeals to Anti-Jewish Tropes in Christian Texts about Early Muslims Kenny Schmitt, Al-Quds Bard College Gazan Christian Pilgrimage: Sacred Practice or Means of Escape? Rachel Scott, Virginia Tech Christian Communal Autonomy, State Law, and Islamic Law: Divorce and Remarriage among Coptic Christians Business Meeting: Jason R. Zaborowski, Bradley University, Presiding C A25-116 Music and Religion Unit Theme: Diverse Theologies of Music Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) David Stowe, Michigan State University, Presiding Brian A. Butcher, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Toronto “ You Have Given Us the Grace to Pray Together in Harmony”: Orthodox Liturgical Singing as a Criterion for Theological Aesthetics Leila Chamankhah, University of Dayton Music, Entertainment, and Amusement: Contemporary ShīȾa Jurisprudence and the Problematic of Worldly Pleasure Octavio Carrasco, Union Theological Seminary The Concert That Killed the Sixties: Altamont, Religiosity, and the Rolling Stones Lisa M. Allen, Interdenominational Theological Center Over My Head, I Hear Music in the Air: African Inheritance and Interconnections in Spirituals, Blues, and Gospel Music Business Meeting: Jennifer Rycenga, San Jose State University, and Alisha L. Jones, Indiana University, Presiding C A25-117 New Religious Movements Unit Theme: The Future of “New Religious Movements” Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Megan Goodwin, Northeastern University, Presiding Panelists: Catherine Wessinger, Loyola University, New Orleans Sean McCloud, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Princeton University Biko Gray, Syracuse University Sarah M. Pike, California State University, Chico Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University Benjamin Zeller, Lake Forest College Torang Asadi, Duke University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 196 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Rebecca Moore, San Diego State University Clarence Hardy, Fairfield University Business Meeting: Megan Goodwin, Northeastern University, and Lydia WillskyCiollo, Fairfield University, Presiding A25-118 SC Nineteenth Century Theology Unit Theme: F. H. Jacobi and Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Emily Dumler-Winckler, Saint Louis University, Presiding Christian Danz, Universität Wien Inedible Gods. Jacobi and the Controversies about the Divine in the “Sattelzeit der Moderne” Alexander J.B. Hampton, University of Toronto Jacobi and Romantic Religion George Di Giovanni, McGill University Jacobi and the Poets Jörg Lauster, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München The Power of Intuition: Jacobi’s Impact on Theology and Religious Thought Business Meeting: Zachary Purvis, University of Göttingen, and Sheila Briggs, University of Southern California, Presiding A25-119 Philosophy of Religion Unit Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit and Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit Theme: Meditation, Buddhism, and Mental Health: State of the Field Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) C. Pierce Salguero, Pennsylvania State University, Abington, Presiding Panelists: Kin Cheung, Moravian College Francisca Cho, Georgetown University Franz Aubrey Metcalf, California State University, Los Angeles William Parsons, Rice University Responding: Ira Helderman, Vanderbilt University Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Notre Dame of Maryland University A25-121 #aareco2019 H Religion and Ecology Unit Theme: Whose Earth Reconsidered: James Cone and Ecological Justice Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Melanie L. Harris, University of Denver, Presiding Tyson-Lord Gray, New York University Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Ecological Ethics in the 21st Century Tyler Tully, University of Oxford The Extraction of Flesh in Trump’s America: Extending Environmental Racism beyond Toxic Encroachment Ryan Juskus, Duke University From Resourcing the Margins to “Ressourcement from the Margins”: Attending to the Outpouring of Life and Power in a Natural Resource Economy’s Sacrifice Zones Responding: Christopher Carter, University of San Diego x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 197 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Philosophy of Islam and Islamic Philosophy: What Is the Difference and Why Does It Matter? Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Iman AbdoulKarim, Presiding Loumia Ferhat, Johns Hopkins University Islamic Philosophy and Philosophia in Islam through the Lens of Ghazālī Zahra Ayubi, Dartmouth College Frameworks for Critiquing Gender, Race, and Class Hierarchies in Feminist Philosophy of Islam Caner Dagli, College of the Holy Cross The Culture of Ultimate Questions Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed, University of Chicago Genre-Bending and Discipline Defying: The Philosophical Poetry of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210) Muhammad Faruque, Fordham University A Philosophy of “Self ” in Islam, or an Islamic Philosophy of “Self ?” What Is the Difference and Who Cares? Nicholas Boylston, Harvard University The Primacy of Being between Assent and Conception: Some Ramifications of the Insider-Outsider Problem in Islamic Philosophy Responding: Oludamini Ogunnaike, College of William and Mary A A25-120 Business Meeting: Hamsa Stainton, McGill University, and Sarah Pierce Taylor, Concordia University, Presiding MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 A25-122 #rpc C Religion and Popular Culture Unit Theme: Utopias, Dystopias, and Golden States: Pop Culture in the Time of Apocalypse Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Martin Shuster, Goucher College, Presiding Panelists: Ada Jaarsma, Mount Royal University Lissa Skitolsky, Dalhousie University Alfred Frankowski, Southern Illinois University La Jerne Terry Cornish, Ithaca College James South, Marquette University Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University Ailish Hopper, Goucher College Business Meeting: Rabia Gregory, University of Missouri, and Elijah Siegler, College of Charleston, Presiding CA A25-123 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Religion in South Asia Unit and Religion in Southeast Asia Unit Theme: History and Presence in Asia: Applying Robert Orsi’s Theory of “Real Presence” to the Study of Asian Religions Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Simona Lazzerini, Stanford University, Presiding Aleksandra Restifo, Yale University The Presence of the Jina: Aesthetic Performance and the Significance of Pleasure Murad Mumtaz, Williams College “Wheresoever You Turn…”: Muslim Saints as Manifestations of God in Indian Miniature Painting Alexandra Kaloyanides, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Nats, Jesus, and Other Spirits in 19th-Century Burma Susanne Kerekes, Williams College Beseeching a 19th-Century General King: Relating to Presence in Contemporary Thai Buddhism through Ritual and Amulets Responding: Robert A. Orsi, Northwestern University CA A25-124 Religion in the American West Unit Theme: Laurie Maffly-Kipp Retrospective Roundtable Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Amanda Hendrix-Komoto, University of Michigan, Presiding Panelists: Carleigh Beriont, Harvard University Brandi Denison, University of North Florida Philip K. Goff, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Greg Johnson, University of Colorado Michel Sunhae Lee, University of Texas Kathryn Gin Lum, Stanford University Quincy D. Newell, Hamilton College Responding: Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Washington University, Saint Louis Business Meeting: Brennan Keegan, Randolph College, Presiding A25-125 (=S25-109) Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit and SBL Bible and Film Unit Theme: Terrifying and Transformative Bodies: From Exodus to Modern Films Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Matthew Rindge, Gonzaga University, Presiding Caryn Tamber-Rosenau, University of Houston The Goddess in the Exodus: Nina Paley’s Seder-Masochism and the Female Divine in Israel Joshua Canzona, Wake Forest University Lust and Weibermacht in Biblical Film Jordan Conley, Boston University A Woman’s Place Is in the Home: The Material, Spatial, and Agential Dimensions of Aronofsky’s Mother! Jon Coutts, Ambrose University Arrival and Annihilation: Cinematic Re-Imaginations of the Eschatological Transformation of the Body Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 198 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x C A25-126 A25-128 Roman Catholic Studies Unit Study of Judaism Unit Theme: Catholicism, Colonialism, and the Politics of Race in the Americas Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Kathleen Holscher, University of New Mexico, Presiding Néstor Medina, University of Toronto The Catholic Church and Ethnic Relations in Spanish Colonial Societies Jack Downey, University of Rochester A Desert of Snow and Ice: “Wilderness” Missionaries and Alaska in the Colonial Imagination Alexandria Griffin, Arizona State University Black Protestant Anti-Catholicism in the Christian Recorder Timothy Dulle, Fordham University Tinseltown Catholics: The Development of White Catholic Identity in Los Angeles Responding: Neomi De Anda, University of Dayton Business Meeting: John Seitz, Fordham University, Michael Pasquier, Louisiana State University, and Karen Enriquez, Loyola Marymount University, Presiding Theme: Is There a Jewish Problem in Religious Studies? Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Paul Nahme, Brown University, Presiding Panelists: Martin Kavka, Florida State University Laura S. Levitt, Temple University Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College Shaul Magid, Indiana University Sarah Imhoff, Indiana University Business Meeting: Paul Nahme, Brown University, and Shari Rabin, Oberlin College, Presiding A25-127 CW Sacred Texts, Theory, and Theological Construction Unit A25-129 Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit Theme: Decolonial/Anti-Racist Interventions in Tibetan/ Buddhist Studies Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University, Presiding Panelists: Nancy Lin, University of California, Berkeley Matthew King, University of California, Riverside Karin Meyers, Kathmandu University Sangseraima Ujeed, University of Oxford Annabella Pitkin, Lehigh University Natalie Avalos, University of Colorado Dawa Lokyitsang, University of Colorado Riga Shakya, Columbia University A25-130 (=S25-139) A Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit and SBL Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity Unit Theme: Esoteric Religious Groups in Antiquity Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400B (Fourth Level) April D. DeConick, Rice University, Presiding Panelists: Michael E. Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Saint Edward’s University James Davila, University of Saint Andrews Christian H. Bull, University of Oslo Tuomas Rasimus, University of Helsinki, Universite Laval Charles Haberl, Rutgers University James McGrath, Butler University Jorunn J. Buckley, Bowdoin College Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University, Chicago x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 199 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Staging Scholarship: Romances, Illusions, and Disillusionments of the Public Intellectual Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Maia Kotrosits, Denison University, Presiding Panelists: Tat-siong Benny Liew, College of the Holy Cross Timothy Beal, Case Western Reserve University Nyasha Junior, Temple University Jennifer Wright Knust, Boston University Business Meeting: Jacob Erickson, Trinity College, Dublin, and Marion S. Grau, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Presiding C Sabrina Müller, University of Zurich How Everyday Experiences Become Ordinary Theology: ExperienceBased Transformation as a Paradigm for Millennials and Their/Our (Non)Religious Futures Greg Cootsona, California State University, Chico Contours of the Future for Science and Religion MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 A25-131 #womanists@aar C Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit Theme: Womanist Engagement Through the Lens of Scripture Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-16A (Mezzanine Level) Teresa L. Fry Brown, Emory University, Presiding Melanie Jones, Chicago Theological Seminary Up against a Crooked Gospel: A Womanist Reading of Luke 13:10-17 Jean Derricotte-Murphy, Chicago Theological Seminary Rituals of Restorative Resistance: Healing Cultural Trauma and Cultural Amnesia through Cultural Anamnesis and Collective Memory Elaina Smith, Boston University Murderous: Song of Cyntoia/Song of Yael, a Womanist Defense of Self-Defense Responding: Angela Parker, Seattle School of Theology and Psychology Business Meeting: Teresa L. Fry Brown, Emory University, and Cheryl A. KirkDuggan, Shaw University, Presiding S A25-132 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Emerging Church, Millennials, and Religion Seminar Theme: The Future of Religion: Millennials and the Emerging Church Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502A (Fifth Level) Xochitl Alvizo, California State University, Northridge, Presiding Terry Shoemaker, Arizona State University, and Rachel Schneider, Rice University The Emerging Church Movement: Possible Futures and Trajectories Dustin Benac, Duke University Emergent/ing Christianity on the Edge of Christendom: NetworkBased Religion in the Ecclesial Ecology of the Pacific Northwest Jessica Knippel, Claremont Graduate School “I Am Not Alone”: The Rise of the Post/Ex Evangelical Voice Daniel Rober, Sacred Heart University Millennials, Secularization, and the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis: A Generational Examination and Reflection Annie Kyle, Wesley Theological Seminary Young Adults and the Church: Incarnation, Theosis, and a Nonbinary Future for the Body of Christ C A25-133 Folklore and Religion Seminar Theme: Folklore, Religion, and Race Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Leonard Norman Primiano, Cabrini University, Presiding Jessie Riddle, Indiana University The Virgin of Guadalupe as Vernacular Religion: Online Brujería and Festival Processions as Identity Play and Performance Sandra Zimdars-Swartz, University of Kansas Our Lady of Africa (Algiers) Lisle Dalton, Hartwick College Heavenly Trains and the Railroad Blues: Race and Railroad Folksongs in Theological Perspective Stephen Wehmeyer, Champlain College Marketing Mashetani: Race, Vernacular Religion, and Folk Healing as Commodities in the Contemporary Tourist Industry in Zanzibar Responding: Daisy Vargas, University of California, Riverside Business Meeting: Stephen Wehmeyer, Champlain College, Presiding R A25-134 Intersectional Hindu Studies: Feminist and Critical Race Approaches to Research and Teaching Seminar Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Shana Sippy, Centre College/Carleton College, Presiding Panelists: Santhosh Chandrashekar, University of Denver Arun Chaudhuri, York University Shreena Gandhi, Michigan State University Marko Geslani, University of South Carolina Harshita Mruthinti Kamath, Emory University Sailaja Krishnamurti, Saint Mary’s University Vijaya Nagarajan, University of San Francisco Prea Persaud, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Rupa Pillai, University of Pennsylvania Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 200 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Tanisha Ramachandran, Wake Forest University Priyanka Ramlakhan, University of Florida Anand Venkatkrishnan, Harvard University A25-135 Sumner B. Twiss, Florida State University David P. Gushee, Mercer University Business Meeting: Laura Alexander, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Presiding C Religion and Families in North America Seminar Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Susan Ridgely, University of Wisconsin, Presiding Michal Raucher, Rutgers University The Ordination of Women and the Changing Orthodox Family in Amerian Judaism Jenny Wiley Legath, Princeton University Protestant Deaconesses and the Creation of Sanctified Fictive Families Samira Mehta, Albright College So, You Wanted Jewish Grandchildren? The Role of Grandparents in Christian-Jewish Interfaith Families Kristy Slominski, University of Arizona How the “Judeo-Christian” Interfaith Ideal Transformed Sex Education into Family Life Education Business Meeting: Samira Mehta, Albright College, Presiding A25-136 N Exploratory Session: The 0DKƘEKƘUDWD: A Text for Classical Hinduism A25-137 CN Exploratory Session: Religion and Human Rights: Present Problems and Future Possibilities Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502B (Fifth Level) Jenna Reinbold, Colgate University, Presiding Panelists: Abdullahi An-Na’im, Emory University Walter Echo-Hawk, Yale, OK M. Christian Green, Emory University Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Claremont School of Theology CN Exploratory Session: Religion and Friendship Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Alexander Y. Hwang, Saint Leo University, Presiding Anant Rambachan, Saint Olaf College Interreligious Relations as Friendship: Mahatma Gandhi and Charles Freer Andrews John M. Thompson, Christopher Newport University Who Is Really Your Friend? “Good Friends” in the Lotus Hussam S. Timani, Christopher Newport University The Shahada and the Trinity: Acts of Faith, Acts of Friendship James Nalley, Georgetown University Deiformation and Interreligious Friendship: The Contribution of St. Thomas Aquinas and 0XΗ\LGGưQ,EQDOȾ$UDEư Megan Case, Virginia Tech “Where You Go, I Will Go”: Female Friendship in the Hebrew Bible Dorothy Dean, Berea College Queer Friendship and Nonhuman Others Business Meeting: Alexander Y. Hwang, Saint Leo University, Presiding A25-139 D Wildcard Session: Irony, Play, and the (Serious[?]) Study of Religion MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) Bruce M. Sullivan, Northern Arizona University, Presiding Panelists: Vishwa Adluri, City University of New York Arti Dhand, University of Toronto Frederick M. Smith, University of Iowa Michael C. Baltutis, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Joydeep Bagchee, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich Responding: Brian Collins, Ohio University A25-138 Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Danae Faulk, Syracuse University, Presiding Panelists: Stephanie Brehm, Northwestern University Vaughn Booker, Dartmouth College M. Cooper Harriss, Indiana University Melissa M. Wilcox, University of California, Riverside Anthony Petro, Boston University Charles McCrary, Washington University, St. Louis Andrew Walker-Cornetta, Princeton University Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Kalamazoo College Jennifer Caplan, Towson University Dana Logan, Connecticut College x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 201 P25-101 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies A25-140 Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee Business Meeting Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-18 (Mezzanine Level) Edwin David Aponte, Louisville Institute, and Kerry Danner, Georgetown University, Presiding C P25-100 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 African Association for the Study of Religions Theme: Engaging the Work of Sanneh Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-11B (Upper Level West) Esther Acolatse, University of Toronto, Presiding In light of his recent passing, this panel presents papers that engage the legacy and impact of Lamin Sanneh. Papers interact with his work on a variety of topics including his approach to the relationship between Islam and Christianity in Africa, his influence in the creation of the field of World Christianity and its cultural boundaries and, his contribution to the field of missions in his concept of translatability of the Gospel and whether translatability should be assumed. Cyril Orji, University of Dayton The Intercultural Hermeneutics of Lamin Sanneh Tim Hartman, Columbia Theological Seminary “Theology Cannot Go on Subsisting on the Legacy of Rented Pews”: Sanneh’s Legacy of Translation and Collaboration amid the Changing Face of World Christianity Michael J. McClymond, Saint Louis University Should Translatability Be Assumed? Sunnah’s Thesis and the Problem of the Divine Names in Intercultural Contexts David Ngong, Stillman College Domination and Resistance: Lamin Sanneh, Eboussi Boulaga, and the Reinterpretation of Christianity in Africa Responding: Elias Kifon Bongmba, Rice University Business Meeting: Elias Kifon Bongmba, Rice University, and Corey Williams, Leiden University, Presiding Theme: Decolonizing and Resisting Through the Arts Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) Maureen O’Connell, La Salle University, and Cindi Beth Johnson, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, Presiding The Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, a community of inquiry devoted to the development of the arts in religion and society, presents a panel of four scholars who will investigate and illuminate, how religious or theologically inspired artistic expression contributes to movements of resistance and the work of decolonization. The panel will explore the theological and religious dimensions of artistic responses racism, nationalism, homophobia, and Islamophobia in a variety of contexts from the urban U.S. to the Israel/Palestine border. Panelists will use a variety of artistic expressions in making their explorations, including musical composition, poetry, performance, and public art. Maria Fee, Fuller Theological Seminary Secular Liturgies Devon Abts, King’s College London Dismantling the Barriers of the Christian Imagination: Postcolonial Theological Encounters with the Art of Khaled Jarrar Tyler Davis, Baylor University Imagining Freedom in the Space between: On the Decolonial Poetics of Terrance Hayes Carl Hughes, Texas Lutheran University “Considering Matthew Shepard” and the Theology of the Cross P25-103 Manchester Wesley Research Centre and Pentecostal Theological Seminary Theme: Holiness and Pentecostal Movements: Intertwined Pasts, Presents, and Futures? Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Point Loma (South Tower - First Level) Geordan Hammond, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester Wesley Research Centre, and David Han, Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Presiding The Holiness and Pentecostal movements are intertwined and competitive traditions and spiritualities. These movements have been harmonized in the Church of God, Cleveland, as well as the Sanctified Churches, including, for example, the Church of God in Christ. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 202 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Historiographical, cultural, and theological issues of these traditions have been explored. However, there is data as well as interpretative points of view that have not been examined. This session aims to open up new discussions, drawing attention to possible ways to enhance our understanding of the two movements and their relationship with one another. The project also seeks to drawn on previous historiographies, definitions, theological and spiritual traditions in a multi-disciplinary examination of the Holiness and Pentecostal traditions. Cheryl J. Sanders, Howard University Black Radical Holiness: Intersections of Christian Unity and Social Justice Insik Choi, Seoul Theological University Ecumenical Relations of the Korean Methodist, Holiness, and Pentecostal Traditions with Attention to Pneumatology Henry H. Knight, Saint Paul School of Theology The Presence of the Kingdom: Optimism of Grace in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements Oluwatomisin Oredein, Memphis Seminary Susan Woolever, Drew University Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina Responding: Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College P25-106 Society of Christian Philosophers Frank Macchia, Vanguard University Jesus’ Baptism in Fire: The Atonement in Holiness and Pentecostal Conversation Responding: Candy Gunther Brown, Indiana University Theme: Panel on James Arcadi’s An Incarnational Model of the Eucharist (Cambridge University Press, 2018) Monday, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Panelists: Katherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological Seminary Amy Peele, Wheaton College Richard Cross, University of Notre Dame Responding: James Arcadi, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School P25-104 A25-141 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Student Lounge Roundtable P25-133 WK Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Theme: Podcast as Pedagogical Tool Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo B (Second Level) Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University, Presiding How are podcasts pedagogical tools for the classroom and beyond? The panel will address this question and discuss how podcasts offer space for the creation of feminist-centered networks and conversations that are pedagogical resources. We will explore the work of making podcasts, the material logistics and the careful planning of topics and questions for teaching and public discussion. The roundtable discussion will also be recorded and made into a podcast. Panelists: Sarah Emanuel, Colby College Kelsi Morrison-Atkins, Harvard Divinity School Theme: Humanizing the PhD Process: Loving to Learn and Learning to Love Monday, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) For several years the AAR has asked its members what it means to be public scholars of religion in our current context. This question assumes that the academy itself sits outside of the violent and oppressive relational structures that it so diligently seeks to resist, yet many graduate student members of the AAR continue to experience dehumanizing pedagogical and relational structures of oppression throughout their PhD process. This often leaves students feeling isolated, full of despair, and stripped of their original passion for their subject matter. This Student Lounge Roundtable takes the cries of graduate students seriously and asks whether the academy can credibly talk about what it means to be effective public scholars of religion while transmitting dehumanizing relational structures from one generation of scholars to the next? We ask ourselves, why should the public even listen to us when we often reflect the exact same relational structures of harm? We need to address the internal root issues before we can talk about our external relationships to whatever people like to define as “the public.” During this workshop participants will learn about, discuss, and reflect (as they are comfortable) on at least three initial steps that individuals and institutions might begin to take in order to re-humanize the PhD process so that the academy may start to do the difficult internal work necessary to cultivate scholars of hope rather than scholars of despair. Participants are encouraged to bring a journal or notebook in which to write personal reflections and will be invited to share in the process of envisioning how to humanize the pedagogical and relational structures of the PhD process. Panelists: Tekoa Robinson, Lancaster Theological Seminary Anabel Proffitt, Lancaster Theological Seminary x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 203 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Grant Design Conversations Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center-22 (Upper Level East) Do you have a grant idea for a project on teaching and learning? Have you ever thought about applying for a Wabash Center grant? Do you have questions about our grant procedures and protocols, whether your project would qualify, or how your ideas might be shaped into an appropriate Wabash Center proposal? Come see us in the Convention Center Room 22 either on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2:00 PM–4:00 PM, or Monday, Nov 25, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM to meet with one of the Wabash Center Staff. We are scheduling appointments ahead of time. Please write Beth Reffett (reffettb@wabash.edu) to schedule a time to meet with us. Registration deadline is November 1. FW MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Coffee Break Monday, 11:30 AM P25-105 Complimentary coffee will be served in the back of Aisles 300 and 800 of the Exhibit Hall. International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies Theme: Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology Monday, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Convention Center-17A (Mezzanine Level) Scott Mitchell, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Presiding This new anthology of primary sources on the Pure Land tradition extends across the entirety of the Mahāyāna Buddhist world. Still commonly identified with Japanese Buddhism, the tradition of practices and beliefs relating to pure lands is widely shared and this anthology explores the range of expressions of those practices and beliefs. The panel includes four contributors, one of whom is also an editor of the collection. Jacqueline I. Stone, Princeton University On the Modern History of Pure Land in Japan Daniel A. Getz, Bradley University On the Relation between Pure Land and Confucianism Natasha Heller, University of Virginia On Modern Pure Land Rebirth Stories Aaron Proffitt, State University of New York, Albany On Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism Richard K. Payne, Graduate Theological Union On the Organizing Principle of the Anthology Q A25-142 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Highlights at the San Diego Museum Monday, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM Convention Center-Meet at Registration (outside Halls F&G) See page 10 for details. A25-143 Program Committee Meeting Monday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua Boardroom (Third Level) Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University, Presiding FKG A25-144 Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Profession Committee Theme: Connecting Conversations Luncheon Monday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-6B (Upper Level West) Darla Schumm, Hollins University, Presiding The Status of People with Disabilities in the Profession Committee (PWD) will host a luncheon for scholars and students with disabilities, as well as anyone interested in disability issues in the Academy. The luncheon will offer opportunities for mentoring and informal connections with colleagues. Registration for the lunch costs $15 and is limited to 60 people. You may contact reg@aarweb.org to reserve your lunch. A25-145 Women’s Caucus Business Meeting Monday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-14A (Mezzanine Level) Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, and Alicia Panganiban, Mayo Clinic, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 204 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-146 Plenary Panel: Creating a Public Sphere: A Conversation About Religion Online 25 Years Out Monday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Laurie Louise Patton, Middlebury College, Presiding Is it possible to create comprehensive and comprehensible debate about religion on the Internet of 2019? Or are we doomed to click-bait, trolls, and the constant on-line chatter that makes compelling public scholarship about religion virtually impossible? Join AAR President Laurie L. Patton as she talks to several writers who believe it’s possible, despite the Anthea Butler algorithms that work against us. Anthea Butler is Associate Professor at University of Pennsylvania, the author of several books on Pentecostalism in America, and a public intellectual who uses many forms of social media to “give it to you straight...no chaser.” Andrew Henry is the founder of “Religion for Breakfast,” a YouTube channel with over 80,000 subscribers dedicated to promoting religious literacy and the study of religion online. Andrew is also the YouTube channel manager at The Atlantic and a PhD candidate at Boston University. Andrew Henry Panelists: Anthea Butler, University of Pennsylvania Andrew Henry, Boston University P25-200 Monday, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) A25-200 PK Academic Relations Committee Theme: Making the Move from a Faculty Position to Administration: Pros, Cons, and Things to Consider Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Susan E. Hill, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding During the course of an academic career, the opportunity to move from faculty member to administrator may present itself. What are the advantages and disadvantages of moving into administration? What might administrative positions offer that faculty positions do not? What are the constraints on administrators that faculty do not face? Join members of AAR’s Academic Relations Committee, all of whom have considered and/or are currently academic administrators, to discuss the pros and cons of becoming an administrator. Panelists: Elizabeth Castelli, Barnard College Joanne Maguire Robinson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Martha Newman, University of Texas Grant Potts, Austin Community College Jennifer Rycenga, San Jose State University A25-201 FPK Employment Workshop: Aurora, a New E-Learning Platform: An Information Session with Co-Creator, Maren Wood Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Maren Wood, Beyond the Professoriate, Presiding Aurora is an eLearning Platform from Beyond the Professoriate — accessible free for members of the AAR! — that provides graduate students and institutions with on-demand, self-paced learning modules to explore career options and discover ways to apply the skills acquired through their education. Join co-creator Maren Wood as she explores and explains the features of this new platform for both graduate students and their institutions. Sponsored by the Applied Religious Studies Committee. x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 205 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 12 Step Recovery Support Meeting Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM W MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 K A25-203 Publications Committee A25-202 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 International Connections Committee Theme: Making the Most of International Collaboration: 2020 IAHR Otago and Beyond Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Olga Kazmina, Moscow State University, and Satoko Fujiwara, University of Tokyo, Presiding This session features projects that received Collaborative International Research Grants (CIRG) to illustrate the benefits and challenges of international collaboration. The session will focus not only on the research outcomes of the project but also the process of developing and carrying out international collaborative projects, including (e.g.) how they have created and managed such collaboration, how they found their partners, the roles they assigned to each other, and the relationships they developed, especially when some work in the US and others have been educated and work in developing countries. This session is organized by the International Connections Committee (ICC) and International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) to review the achievements of Collaborative International Research Grants (CIRG) to encourage AAR members to develop and submit proposals for 22nd IAHR Quinquennial World Congress in Otago, New Zealand in 2020 that involve international collaboration. Panelists: Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Xenia Zeiler, University of Helsinki ‘Tsho Padma, Southwest Minzu University Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, University of Copenhagen Responding: Oliver Freiberger, University of Texas Theme: Making a Match: Finding the Right Publisher for Your Work Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University, Presiding This session brings together editors from scholarly and trade presses, both large and small, to share their perspectives on the acquisition and editorial processes that bring a book from its research stage to market. Editors will share how scholarly authors can find their best publishing fit, what acquisition editors are looking for, strategies for pitching a book, and how to identify audience(s). They also discuss how they build strong relationships with authors in order for their books to make the most impact. Panelists: Elisabeth Maselli, Rutgers University Press Elaine Maisner, University of North Carolina Press Philip Getz, Palgrave Macmillan Rebecca Shillabeer, Routledge FK A25-204 Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Right on the Money: Funding Your Research and Program of Study Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) I currently work as the Scholarship Research Assistant for my school and assist students to find and apply for funds to support their work. In this workshop, I will share best practices for finding what you are eligible to apply for, creating a compelling application, and designing an overall strategy for supporting yourself and your work financially. I also have experience as a grant writer and will share best practices, tips, and techniques for grant-writing more generally. I will cover topics including how to balance your own interests with funders’ priorities and guidelines, communicating clearly and persuasively, and creating a budget that will work for you and speak to your funder. Panelist: Sheryl Johnson, Graduate Theological Union Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 206 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-205 K Teaching and Learning Committee and Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit and Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit Theme: Theory and Method 2.0: Reconceiving Shared Space Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Constance Furey, Indiana University, Presiding This panel examines how “methods and theories” in the study of religion might be revitalized in a manner that simultaneously challenges the field’s colonial and otherwise parochial heritage and works to overcome its present state of fragmentation. The four papers consider the role of such courses in bringing — or failing to bring — scholars who work on religion in very different times and places into a shared discipline. Doing so requires asking how methods and theories courses can play this integrating role without championing the revivification of a 19th- and early 20th-century male European canon. We also reflect on the significance of this integration itself at a moment when the humanities often feel threatened. We argue that the kind of integration of the discipline of religious studies that revitalized methods and theories courses could yield is essential to providing compelling arguments for the discipline’s significance. Thomas A. Lewis, Brown University Theory and Method and the Stakes of a Fragmented Discipline Noreen Khawaja, Yale University Old Enemies, New Friends Sonam Kachru, University of Virginia It’s Easy If You Try: A Plea for Imagination and Experiment in Theories and Methods Robert A. Orsi, Northwestern University Theory and Method beyond the Great Derangement C African Religions Unit and World Christianity Unit Theme: Healing, Health, and Care in African Christianities Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502B (Fifth Level) Teresia Mbari Hinga, Santa Clara University, Presiding Emmy Corey, Emory University The Dilemmas of Distribution: Engaging the Transcendent through Practices of Care at Amani Clinic Nicolette Manglos-Weber, Boston University Reasons to Trust: Community Caregivers and the Religious Ecology of Uganda Emily Crews, University of Chicago Miracles on the Margins: Digital Technology, Healing Rituals, and Gendered Embodiment in the African Christian Diaspora Business Meeting: Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds, and David Amponsah, University of Pennsylvania, Presiding #animalsaar19 C Animals and Religion Unit Theme: Race/Gender/Animals/Religion: Further Engagements at the Intersection Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Christopher Carter, University of San Diego, Presiding Katharine Mershon, Whitman College Why The White Dog Had to Be Killed: When Redemption Fails Callie Tabor, Emory University St. Guinefort and the Green World: A Comic Reading of the Cult of St. Guinefort as Depicted in “Sorceress” Candace M. Laughinghouse, Chicago Theological Seminary Using a Robust Ecowomanist Theology to Expand Food Justice Lisa Powell, St. Ambrose University The Exhibition of Humans, the Construction of Whiteness, and the Theological Sideshow Responding: Jea Sophia Oh, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Business Meeting: Barbara Ambros, University of North Carolina, and David Clough, University of Chester, Presiding A25-208 C Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit and Mysticism Unit Theme: Mysticism in Arts and Literature: Experience, Enactment, and Expression Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Margarita Simon Guillory, Boston University, Presiding David Odorisio, Pacifica Graduate Institute The Comic Book as Mystical Text: Trauma, Initiation, and the Empowered Imagination in Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles Julianne Dolan, University of Notre Dame Mystical Transgressions: Intersection and Divergence in Romantic Aestheticism and Christian Mysticism Kendall Walser Cox, The University of Virginia Aesthetic Asceticism: Kandinsky, Rothko, and Mysticism Min-Ah Cho, Georgetown University The Monk and the Poet Dwell and See in Silence: Contemplative Aspects of Mary Oliver’s Poems in Dialogue with Evagrius Ponticus Business Meeting: Ann Gleig, University of Central Florida, and Jason N. Blum, Davidson College, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 A25-206 A25-207 207 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit and Queer Studies in Religion Unit A25-209 Baha’i Studies Unit and Women’s Caucus Theme: Bridging Faith and Feminism: The Role That Religion Can Play in Advancing Gender Equality Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Julia Berger, Baha’i International Community, New York, NY, Presiding Panelists: Maha Marouan, Pennsylvania State University Saphira Rameshfar, Baha’i International Community, New York, NY, United Nations Office A25-210 Black Theology Unit MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 C A25-212 Theme: New Cartographies of Black Theology: 400 Years After Jamestown Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-17A (Mezzanine Level) Michele Watkins, University of San Diego, Presiding Jawanza Eric Clark, Manhattan College Through the Door of No Return and Back: Black Theology’s Reconciliation with Fetish Religion Paul Daniels, Fordham University Uncaptured: Black Nihilism, Queer Failure, and Mystical Redemption Leonard McKinnis, Saint Louis University World without End? Cosmology and Existential Absurdity in Black Theology and Black Power Theme: Buddhism, Queer Theory, and Trans* Theory Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Sid Brown, University of the South, Presiding Panelists: Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy Bee Scherer, Canterbury Christ Church University Ray Buckner, Ohio State University Carol S. Anderson, Kalamazoo College Jennifer Wade, Gwynedd Mercy University Business Meeting: Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy, and Sid Brown, University of the South, Presiding A25-213 Childhood Studies and Religion Unit Theme: Children in the Field Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Valerie Michaelson, Queen’s University, Presiding Panelists: Allie Blosser, High Point University James Hoesterey, Emory University Verena Meyer, Columbia University Kaio Thompson, Boston University Responding: Katherine Ewing, Columbia University A25-211 Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Unit Theme: Eighty Years Hence: Bonhoeffer in 1939 Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Michael DeJonge, University of South Florida, Presiding Joshua Mauldin, Center of Theological Inquiry Bonhoeffer on Protestantism without Reformation and Political Resistance Joel Looper, University of Aberdeen Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Encounter with American Pragmatism: A Juxtaposition of Two Types of Public Theological Discourse Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 208 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-214 A Christian Systematic Theology and Music and Religion Unit Theme: New Horizons in Theologies of Music: Book Panel on Brown and Hopps’ The Extravagance of Music (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-16B (Mezzanine Level) Awet Andemicael, Yale University, Presiding Panelists: Antonio Alonso, Emory University Kutter Callaway, Fuller Theological Seminary Heidi Epstein, University of Saskatchewan Christoph Schwoebel, University of Saint Andrews Responding: David Brown, University of Saint Andrews A25-217 W Ethics Unit Theme: What Is This “Public” in Public Spaces? Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Courtney Bryant Prince, Manhattan College, Presiding Richard Park, Vanguard University The Academy, Imagination Formation, and Social Media Jeremy Posadas, Austin College What Is Public in Racial-Patriarchal Capitalism? Matthew Anderson, Baylor University Secondary Stigmas and the Work of Mercy Elizabeth Block, Saint Louis University The Moral Imperative of Public Theology: Tradition, Intersectionality, and Public Engagement A25-215 Cognitive Science and Religion Unit and Contemplative Studies Unit Theme: Meta-Awareness in Contemplative Experience and the Cognitive Sciences Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Maria Heim, Amherst College, Presiding Panelists: Kalina Christoff, University of British Columbia John Dunne, University of Wisconsin Jonathan Schooler, University of California, Santa Barbara Michael Sheehy, University of Virginia Evan Thompson, University of British Columbia Zachary Irving, University of Virginia Responding: Christian Coseru, College of Charleston A25-218 Evangelical Studies Unit C Contemporary Islam Unit Theme: Islamic Education and New Ideals Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Hassanah El-Yacoubi, University of California Riverside, Presiding Sawyer French, University of Chicago “Active Learning” Pedagogies, Islamic Education, and the Authoritative Pious Subject Ian VanderMeulen, New York University The Untimeliness of Ikhtisar: Technology and Temporality in Morocco’s Revival of the Qira’at Theme: Evangelical Theologies of Liberation Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-15A (Mezzanine Level) Jason Sexton, University of California, and Gabriela Viesca, Cedar Mill Bible Church, Presiding The Evangelical Studies Group will be holding its business meeting over breakfast, Saturday, November 23rd, at 7:00 AM at a nearby restaurant TBD. Panelists: Robert Romero, University of California, Los Angeles Andrea Smith, University of California, Riverside Sarah Withrow King, CreatureKind, Eugene, OR Alexandra Salvatierra, Fuller Theological Seminary Boaz Rajkumar Johnson, North Park University Dominique Gilliard, Evangelical Covernant Church Drew Hart, Messiah College Soong-Chan Rah, North Park Theological Seminary MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 A25-216 Nareman Amin, Princeton University Revolutionary Religion: Egyptian Youth and Islam in Post-2011 Egypt Responding: Ahmet Tekelioglu, George Mason University Business Meeting: Zahra Ayubi, Dartmouth College, and Kayla Renée Wheeler, Grand Valley State University, Presiding Timea Greta Biro, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Bringing Trans-Women Back to “Fitrah”: Social Engineering through Religious Education and the Use of Islamic Alms in Malaysia x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 209 K A25-221 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit A25-219 #aarhcs History of Christianity Unit Theme: Christianities in a Hellenistic World Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Peter Anthony Mena, University of San Diego, Presiding Michael Gaston, Claremont Graduate University Reconsidering the Classical Stereotypes in the Chronicles of Late Antiquity Engin Gokcek, University of California, Riverside Epicurean Reception and Survival in Christian Roman Empire Brad Boswell, Duke University Contesting Late Antique Judaeo-Christianity: Julian “the Apostate” and Narrative Sublation S A25-220 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Indian and Chinese Religions Compared Unit and Ritual Studies Unit Theme: Indigenous Theories of Ritual in India and China Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Ronald M. Davidson, Fairfield University, Presiding Peng Yin, Harvard University Xunzi and the Moral Significance of Ritual Esther-Maria Guggenmos, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Ritual Dynamics between India and China: On Individual Ritual Performance in a Chinese Buddhist Apocryph Xingyi Wang, Harvard University Vessel to the Other Shore: On Daoxuan’s Theory of Repentance Ritual Geoffrey Goble, University of Oklahoma Homa-Siddhi in Chinese Sources Theme: Workshop: Pedagogy of Interreligious Studies Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding Panelists: John Sheveland, Gonzaga University Margarita M. W. Suárez, Meredith College Anne Hege Grung, University of Oslo Jane Webster, Barton College Russell CD Arnold, Regis University Jonathan David Lawrence, Canisius College Alfons Teipen, Furman University Christopher Conway, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University Viraj Patel, University of Chicago Sungrae Kim, Graduate Theological Union Hans Gustafson, University of Saint Thomas Charles Preston, Millsaps College Mary T. Kantor, Arlington, MA Angela Parkinson, University of Chicago Feryal Salem, American Islamic College Joseph Pritchett, Franklin and Marshall College Kevin Minister, Shenandoah University Yudit K. Greenberg, Rollins College Taraneh Wilkinson, John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies Cynthia Lindner, University of Chicago Ann Duncan, Goucher College Rocío Cortés Rodriguez, University of Notre Dame Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 210 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-222 CW Japanese Religions Unit Theme: Buddhism, Religious Knowledge, and Public Space in Edo and Meiji Japan Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Ohio State University, Presiding Eric Tojimbara, University of California, Los Angeles Buddhist Apologetics and the Rise of “Public” Buddhist Scholarship in Early Modern Japan Matthew Hayes, University of California, Los Angeles Public Ritual Networks and the Flow of Doctrinal Knowledge in Early Modern Shingon Buddhism Victoria Montrose, University of Southern California Shifting Sands: Nineteenth-Century Education Policy and Buddhism in Japan’s Public Sphere Paride Stortini, University of Chicago The Language of Public Buddhism: Sanskrit, Indology and the Place of Buddhist Studies in the Public Sphere of Meiji Japan Responding: Pamela D. Winfield, Elon University Business Meeting: Asuka Sango, Carleton College, and Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University, Presiding A25-223 S Nineteenth Century Theology Unit A25-224 C Open and Relational Theologies Unit A25-225 AH Pragmatism and Empiricism in American Religious Thought Unit and Religion and Humanism Unit Theme: Deepening Democracy Through the Anthropocene Paradox Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-11A (Upper Level West) J. Sage Elwell, Texas Christian University, Presiding Panelists: Michael Hogue, Meadville Lombard Theological School Catherine Keller, Drew University Sharon Welch, Meadville Lombard Theological School A25-226 W Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces: The Long Road Toward De-Colonizing Psychology, Culture, and Religion Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Danjuma Gibson, Calvin Theological Seminary, Presiding Panelists: Lee Hayward Butler, Chicago Theological Seminary Emmanuel Lartey, Emory University Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Vanderbilt University Angella Son, Drew University Responding: Jaeyeon Lucy Chung, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Melinda McGarrah Sharp, Columbia Theological Seminary Michael K. Washington, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Pamela Yetunde, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Theological Responses to the Rise of Scientific Materialism Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Cameron Clausing, University of Edinburgh, Presiding Todd Gooch, Eastern Kentucky University The Rise of Scientific Materialism and Its Long-Term Effect on the Development of Nineteenth-Century German Theology Charles J. T. Talar, University of Saint Thomas Sociology, the Social Gospel of Jesus Christ, and Shailer Mathews Christine Hedlin, Valparaiso University The Spiritual Materialism of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Responding: Hans Schwarz, University of Regensburg Young Woon Ko, Lorain Community College To Worship the Divine Paradox beyond the Personal-Impersonal Distinction Benjamin Chicka, Curry College Beyond the Impasse: Divine Transcendence, Immanence, and Emergent Theism Responding: Donna Bowman, University of Central Arkansas Business Meeting: Krista E. Hughes, Newberry College, and Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Center for Process Studies, Presiding Theme: What Kind of God Is Most Worthy of Worship? Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Bethany Sollereder, University of Oxford, Presiding Jeffrey Speaks, Boston University The Piety of a Theocentric Naturalist Andrew Davis, Claremont School of Theology God, Value, and Ontological Gratitude: The Axiological Foundations of Worship x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 211 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 C A25-227 Allegra Lovejoy Wiprud, Yale University Pastoral Earth Ethics for the Climate Crisis in the Teachings of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Responding: Christopher Fici, Union Theological Seminary Qur’an Unit Theme: Approaches to the Qur’an Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Munim Sirry, University of Notre Dame, Presiding Duygu Yeni Cenebasi, Syracuse University Materiality of the Qur’an as a Book: The Medium, the Message, and the Audience Emmanuelle Stefanidis, Sorbonne Université The Ambiguities of Qur’anic Temporality: Chronological Lists and the Legitimacy of the ‘Uthmani Codex in the Formative Period of Islam Syed Zaidi, Emory University The Use of the Qur’ān in the Brethren of Purity’s (Ikhwān al-ΘDIƘ’) Conception of Resurrection and the Last Day Maria Massi Dakake, George Mason University The Relationship between Prophecy and Sanctity: The Significance of Non-Prophetic Figures in the Qur’an Martyn A. Oliver, American University Teaching the Qur’an in the Classroom and the Community Business Meeting: Lauren Osborne, Whitman College, and Gordon D. Newby, Emory University, Presiding A25-228 #aareco2019 H MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Religion and Ecology Unit Theme: Anticipatory Directions in Hindu Dharma and Earth Ethics for the Anthropocene Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Vineet Chander, Princeton University, Presiding David Haberman, Indiana University A Return to the Gods of the Land Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union The Ecological Ethics of Deep Immanence Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Smith College, and Neela Bhattacharya Saxena, Nassau Community College Unraveling the Weave between Body and Cosmos in Jagannatha Temple Christopher Patrick Miller, Loyola Marymount University Softpower and Biopower: Narendra Modi’s Dual Deployment of Yoga for Climate Change and Self-Care A25-229 Religion and Politics Unit Theme: Race, Christianity, and Identity Politics in America: From Teddy Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington to Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Vincent Biondo, Humboldt State University, Presiding Kathleen M. Sands, University of Hawai’i Religion, Race, and American Empire: From the Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt to the White Nationalism of Donald Trump Isabella Favazza, Goucher College Discourse of Faith and Power: Turnaround Tuesday, a Case Study Chad Moore, Boston University From Converts to Customers: A History of Political Neo-Liberalism in the New and Religious Right Dimitry Okropiridze, Heidelberg University Fighting Postmodernism with “Judeo-Christian Enlightenment”: The Intellectual Dark Web and Its Take on Identity Politics, Religion, and Secularism C A25-230 Religion and Sexuality Unit Theme: Sex at the Altar, Christian Masculinity, Sexual Violence, and Erotic Evolution Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) Nina Hoel, University of Oslo, Presiding Andreas Ihlang Berg, University of Oslo Sex at the Altar: Christian Bodies as (Hetero)Sexual Imperialism Rachel Beaver, Union Theological Seminary The Image of Corruptible Man: Masculinity and the Writings of Athanasius of Alexandria Stephanie Gaskill, New Orleans, LA “Anyone Would Want to Forgive You”: How Churches Should Respond to People Convicted of Acts of Sexual Violence Rebecca Farrar, California Institute of Integral Studies (White)Head over Heels: Desire and Erotic Evolution of Process Philosophy Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 212 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Business Meeting: Nina Hoel, University of Oslo, and Jennifer S. Leath, Iliff School of Theology, Presiding A25-231 C Religion, Media, and Culture Unit Theme: The Body as Media: Skinvertising, Virtual Reality, and Embodiment Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University, Presiding Sarah McFarland Taylor, Northwestern University Bodies as Media for Extending the Scope of Justice: Skinvertising and Witnessing Strategies in Contemporary Devotional Body Art John Borchert, Syracuse University Playful Mediations: Posthuman Ritualizations of Embodiments in Alternate Reality Games Tim Hutchings, University of Nottingham Religion, Media, and the (Digital) Body: Christian Videogames and Embodied Formation Responding: Deborah Whitehead, University of Colorado Business Meeting: Deborah Whitehead, University of Colorado, and Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University, Presiding A25-232 C Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit SC Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit Theme: Innovations from the Margins: Religious Perceptions of Body and Healing Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) Linda L. Barnes, Boston University, Presiding Jennifer Edwell, University of North Carolina Medicating Eve’s Curse: Race, Class, and Religious Sensibility in 19th Century Obstetrics Mark Lambert, University of Chicago “A Horror of Moral Beauty”: South Seas Travel Writing, Religion, and the Perception of Leprosy Torang Asadi, Duke University New Age Mystics, Healing Cyborgs Business Meeting: Emily Wu, Dominican University of California, Presiding A25-234 Wesleyan and Methodist Studies Unit Theme: James H. Cone and Wesleyan/Methodist Theological Traditions Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-16A (Mezzanine Level) Josiah U. Young, Wesley Theological Seminary, Presiding Elaine Robinson, Saint Paul School of Theology Toward a Method for Liberating Whiteness: The Significance of James Cone’s Theology for White Theologians and the Church Matthias Gockel, University of Basel Doing Theology “from below” and “from above”: James Cone Reads Karl Barth Craig Keen, Azusa Pacific University The Body and the Blues of Systematic Theology: A Thank You to James Cone and the Wesleys Who Lean toward Him x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: African-Diasporic Religion in the Latina/o Americas Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Jessica Delgado, Princeton University, Presiding Steven Engler, Mount Royal University Ritual Polyphony in Afro-Brazilian Religions Axel Presas, Emory University An Analysis on Orality in the Practice of Afro-Cuban Ifá: On the Ethical and Pragmatic Value of Patakís Michael Amoruso, Amherst College Absence and Activism: The Death and Afterlives of Francisco José das Chagas Responding: Justin Doran, Middlebury College Business Meeting: Chris Tirres, DePaul University, and Jessica Delgado, Princeton University, Presiding A25-233 213 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 A25-235 Western Esotericism Unit Theme: Never the Twain Shall Meet? Orientalism and Western Esotericism Revisited Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Patton Burchett, College of William and Mary, Presiding Nika Kuchuk, University of Toronto Battling the Asuras and Bestowing Grace: Tantra, Magic, and Spiritual Evolution in Integral Yoga Anya Foxen, California Polytechnic State University Just How to Wake the Solar Plexus: Subtle Bodies and Pseudo-Yoga Ben Joffe, University of Colorado Feral Phantoms: Finding Common-Ground between Tibetan and Non-Tibetan Tulpas Joel Bordeaux, Stony Brook University The Continuing Story of Buddha and The Beast: Vajrayana and Comparative Religion in Contemporary Thelema Responding: Hugh B. Urban, Ohio State University WD A25-236 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Wildcard Session: Religious Perspectives on Boycott: BDS and Scholarly Work in Public Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Convention Center-15B (Mezzanine Level) Rebecca Alpert, Temple University, Presiding Panelists: Elizabeth W. Corrie, Emory University Tarek Abuata, Friends of Sabeel, Portland, OR Zahra Billoo, Council on American-Islamic Relations Elizabeth Ingenthron, Jewish Voice for Peace, Oakland, CA A25-237 Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Profession Committee Meeting Monday, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Convention Center-18 (Mezzanine Level) Darla Schumm, Hollins University, Presiding Q A25-238 Sacred Sites Tour Monday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-Meet at Registration (outside Halls F&G) David Bains, Samford University, and Daniel Sack, Washington, DC, Presiding See page 10 for details. Q A25-239 San Diego Zoo Tour Monday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-Meet at Registration (outside Halls F&G) See page 10 for details. C A25-241 Arun Chaudhuri, York University The Multiplicity of Mozumdar’s Cosmic Rays Varun Khanna, University of Pennsylvania “Delighting in Pure Knowledge”: Swami Chinmayananda and the Making of Modern Diaspora Hinduism Sailaja Krishnamurti, Saint Mary’s University The Purna Vidya Curriculum for Children: Structuring Hindu Religious Education in the Diaspora Prea Persaud, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Jahaji Bhai: The Denial of a Shared “Brotherhood” among Indo- and Afro-Caribbeans in the Study of Hinduism and Caribbean Religions Business Meeting: Shana Sippy, Carleton College, Centre College, and Tanisha Ramachandran, Wake Forest University, Presiding North American Hinduism Unit Theme: Hindu Formations: Local Epistemologies and Diasporic Articulations Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502A (Fifth Level) Bhakti Mamtora, University of Florida, Presiding Q A25-240 Balboa Park Transportation Monday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-Meet at Registration (outside Halls F&G) See page 10 for details. Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 214 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Coffee Break Monday, 3:30 PM Complimentary coffee will be served in the back of Aisles 300 and 800 of the Exhibit Hall. A25-300 FPK Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee and Graduate Student Committee and Teaching Religion Unit A25-301 K Academic Relations Committee Theme: Creating Successful Religion Programs in an AntiHumanities Age Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Martha Newman, University of Texas, Presiding Current public discourse about higher education disparages programs in the humanities, including religion. This state of affairs has meant that religion programs have had to become more innovative in their programming, marketing, and course offerings. A25-302 FPK Employment Workshop: Purpose Based: A Success Strategy for a Job Search Beyond the Academy Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) This workshop is for graduate students and PhDs in Religion and Theology actively seeking employment to help them consider career opportunities beyond academia and to develop a customized strategy for a successful job search. We will apply an approach that builds on the work of Harvard Business School’s Nick Craig and Scott Snook alongside my qualitative research and professional experience. The goal of this workshop is to help career seekers engage in an effective ‘purpose-based’ job search so they not only find a career beyond the academy, they find one that uniquely suits their skills, abilities and interests which, in turn, leads to more fulfillment in their work. By the end of this workshop, each participant will have developed a customized strategy for a successful search process. Panelist: Robin L. Owens, Mount Saint Mary’s University A25-303 African Diaspora Religions Unit and Afro-American Religious History Unit MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Teaching Unfamiliar Topics Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Kathleen Fisher, Assumption College, Presiding In collaboration with the Graduate Student Committee and the Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Working Group, the Teaching Religion Unit is facilitating conversations about teaching unfamiliar topics and/or teaching outside one’s research area. This session will take place as conversations around tables focused on particular areas or courses. We anticipate that our presenters and participants bring a range of pedagogical experience and research knowledge to each table so that faculty currently engaged in teaching unfamiliar topics, faculty who anticipate teaching outside their research subjects, and future faculty, including graduate students, can share tips, tricks, and sources. Alyssa Beall, West Virginia University The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Academia: Navigating Alien Courses, and Surviving. Emily Bennett, Bellevue University, Central Community College Teaching Unfamiliar Topics Matthew Hotham, Ball State University Teaching Islam across the Curriculum: Strategies for Enhancing Teaching about Islam beyond the Religious Studies Classroom Anne Blankenship, North Dakota State University Strategies for Teaching Unfamiliar Topics Beth Ritter-Conn, Belmont University Learning to Swim: How to Survive in the Deep End When Teaching Unfamiliar Course Material Responding: Aaron Ghiloni, University of Queensland This session asks: what does it mean for a religion program to be successful? How can we best attract majors? What kinds of programs generate positive attention from students and administrators? Join us to explore ways that religion departments are effectively navigating these challenges. Panelists: Molly Bassett, Georgia State University Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama Rebecca Todd Peters, Elon University Theme: Marking the the Maafa: Narratives, Experiences, and Embodiments of Slavery and Incarceration in African Diaspora Religion Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Lerone Martin, Washington University, St. Louis, Presiding Katharine Gerbner, University of Minnesota Constructing Religion, Defining Crime: Slavery, Power, and Epistemology Ryne Beddard, University of North Carolina Dismal: Excess and Taboo in an Antebellum Swamp Brad Stoddard, McDaniel College Christianity and Convict Labor in the Postbellum South Responding: Rachel E. Harding, University of Colorado, Denver x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 215 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Buddhism Unit and Law, Religion, and Culture Unit, and Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit A25-304 Anthropology of Religion Unit Theme: Global Pessimisms: Ethnographic Perspectives on Hope, Skepticism, and Negotiating Authority Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) James Bielo, Miami University, Presiding Cora Gaebel, University of Cologne Millions for the Deities: The Infrastructure of Two Hindu Festivals Katherine Dugan, Springfield College Natural Family Planning, Social Media, and the Ethnographic Method Online Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, New York University Palace of Putin: Political Ideologies in Orthodox Appalachia Candace Lukasik, University of California, Berkeley “Ecumenism of Blood”: Globalatinization and the Geopolitics of Middle Eastern Christians Responding: Marc Loustau, College of the Holy Cross A25-305 Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit and Religion and Politics Unit MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 AW A25-306 Theme: Religion, War, and the Empire in Arts and Literature I: The Asia-Pacific Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Fredrik Gregorius, Linkoping University, Presiding Matthew Potts, Harvard University Christ, Identity, and Empire in Shusaku Endo’s Silence Haruka Umetsu Cho, Harvard University War Trauma, Histories, and Bodies: Reading Hikaru Okuizumi’s The Stones Cry out from Luke 19:40 Mara Willard, Boston College Can Art and Religion Reveal a “Hidden Empire”? Theme: Author-Meets-Critics: Panel Discussion of Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion? (University of North Carolina Press, 2019) by Candy Gunther Brown Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-20A (Upper Level East) Richard K. Payne, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding Panelists: Andrea Jain, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis David McMahan, Franklin and Marshall College Ronald Purser, San Francisco State University Steven Green, Willamette University Responding: Candy Gunther Brown, Indiana University A25-307 Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit Theme: Multiple Buddhisms and Strategic Secularity in Ladakh, India Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Courtney Bruntz, Doane University, Presiding Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, University of Copenhagen “We Tell Them What They Want to Hear”: Ladakhi Buddhist Negotiations with the Supernatural and Secular Ann Gleig, University of Central Florida Hiding in Plain Sight: “Multiple Buddhisms” and “Strategic Secularity” at the Mahabodhi International Meditation Center, Ladakh Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College Fighting the Decline of Buddhism: Thai Buddhist Networks and Missionaries in Ladakh, India Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 216 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-308 Buddhist Philosophy Unit and Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit Theme: How Empty and Empty How? Extending a Distinction to New Realms Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Greg Seton, Dartmouth College, Presiding Jeremy Manheim, University of Wisconsin Just What Is the Distinction? Gorampa’s Account of Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Emptiness Yaroslav Komarovski, University of Nebraska The Self-Emptiness/Other-Emptiness Distinction in the Tantric Context Sara L. McClintock, Emory University Other Other Emptinesses in Indian Madhyamaka Michael Allen, University of Virginia Did ĞUưKDUΙD Have a Position? Emptiness, Existence, and Advaita Vedānta Responding: John Dunne, University of Wisconsin Aizaiah Yong, Claremont School of Theology Contemplative Nonviolence for the Multiracial Person Sarah Bixler, Princeton Theological Seminary Attachment and Spiritual Friendship: An Interdisciplinary Exploration A25-311 Christian Systematic Theology Unit Theme: New Light on Atonement Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502A (Fifth Level) Oliver Crisp, Fuller Theological Seminary, Presiding Kimberly Vrudny, University of Saint Thomas A Restorative Theory of Atonement Aaron Brian Davis, Union Presbyterian Seminary Compassionate Exclusivism: Toward a Broader Soteriology through the Relationality of Grace Travis Ables, Regis University “O Woman Full and Overflowing with Grace”: Marian Rhetoric and Atonement in Anselm’s Prayers A25-312 A25-309 #chineserels Chinese Religions Unit A25-310 Christian Spirituality Unit Theme: Spirituality and Human Relationships: Perspectives from the Social Sciences Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Rebecca Giselbrecht, University of Bern, Vancouver School of Theology, Presiding Ally Moder, Azusa Pacific University The Telling Story of Domestic Abuse: Integrating Spirituality, Neuroscience, and Narrative in Healing Praxis for Survivors Theme: What Makes for a Good Research Collaboration? Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502B (Fifth Level) James Ponniah Kulandai Raj, University of Madras, Presiding Panelists: Jon Keune, Michigan State University Massimo Rondolino, Carroll University Timothy D. Knepper, Drake University Amy DeRogatis, Michigan State University Gil Ben-Herut, University of South Florida A25-313 #aarcomptheo A Comparative Theology Unit Theme: Shantideva for Christians Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Thomas Cattoi, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding Panelists: Karen Enriquez, Loyola Marymount University Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University S. Mark Heim, Yale University Perry Schmidt-Leukel, University of Muenster John Makransky, Boston College x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 217 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Later Tiantai Buddhism in China Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Daniel B. Stevenson, University of Kansas, Presiding Lang Chen, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Competition or Complementation? Youxi Chuandeng’s Construction of Tiantai Identity and Tiantai-Chan Relation Beverley Foulks McGuire, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Tiantai in Approach, But Not in Name: A Comparative Study of Ouyi Zhixu and Zhiyi’s Profound Meaning Texts Rongdao Lai, McGill University Lineage Identity in Modern Tiantai Buddhism Raoul Birnbaum, University of California, Santa Cruz Ven. Miaojing (1930–2003) and His Commitment to Teaching Comparative Studies in Religion Unit A25-316 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit A25-314 Contemporary Pagan Studies Unit Theme: Exchanges with Other-Than-Human Realms Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Shawn Arthur, Wake Forest University, Presiding Zachary Montgomery, University of Missouri An Angry Goddess Challenges Monsanto: The Creation of Boundaries in Contemporary Pagan Discourse Kimberly Kirner, California State University, Northridge When Belief Arises from Interaction: Pagan Relationships to OtherThan-Human Spirits Barbara Jane Davy, University of Waterloo Wyrd Relations: Relational Ontology and the Gift Ethic W A25-315 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit and Religion, Media, and Culture Unit Theme: Curating Religion: Museums and Their Visual Publics in Global Context Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Peter Manseau, National Museum of American History, Presiding Katja Rakow, Utrecht University Curating Religion in the “Harmony in Diversity Gallery” in Singapore Louis Ruprecht, Georgia State University Curating the Profane: A Classical Scholar and a Public Profane Museum Christina Pasqua, University of Toronto Visualizing the Bible in a Christian Museum Responding: Sally M. Promey, Yale University Theme: Indigenous Muertos/Death Traditions of Mexico and Lithuania Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Jace Weaver, University of Georgia, Presiding Eglute Trinkauskaite, Maryland Institute College of Art The Ecology of the Living Dead in Ancient Baltic Worldview Yuria Celidwen, Pacifica Graduate Institute Día de Muertos: Ethics of Belonging and Rituals of Love Natalie Solis, Harvard University Día de los Muertos in Boston: Indigenous Religious Celebrations at Harvard’s Peabody Museum Responding: Seth Schermerhorn, Hamilton College A25-317 Japanese Religions Unit Theme: Redefining “Religionists”: New Perspectives on “Religious Professionalism” in Early Modern Through Contemporary Japan Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Mark Rowe, McMaster University, Presiding Dana Mirsalis, Harvard University Moving “Like Women”: Ritual Technique and the Gendering of the Shinto Priesthood Timothy Smith, University of North Carolina “A Yōboku among Yōboku” : Institutional Hierarchies and Theological Equalities across Tenrikyō’s Past and Present Barbara Ambros, University of North Carolina Negotiating Religious Authority as a Female Jōdo Shin Healer in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Takumi Toyoko Eric Tojimbara, University of California, Los Angeles The Commercial Publication of Buddhist Books and the Blurring of “Secular” and “Religious” Labor in Early Modern Japan Responding: Jessica Starling, Lewis and Clark College Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 218 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-318 Martin Luther and Global Lutheran Traditions Unit Theme: Lutheranism and the Nordic Welfare State Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Olli-Pekka Vainio, University of Helsinki, Presiding Bo Kristian Holm, Aarhus University The Lutheran Transformation of the Ideal of the Benevolent Ruler as the Basis of Both Absolutism and Social Responsibility Nina Koefoed, Aarhus University Authority and Responsibility in the Lutheran Household in the Early Danish Democracy and Welfare State Sasja Emilie Mathiasen Stopa, Aarhus University Trusting God and His Earthly Masks: An Exploration into the Lutheran Roots of the Scandinavian High-Trust Culture Responding: Lee Palmer Wandel, University of Wisconsin A25-319 Men, Masculinities, and Religion Unit and Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit A25-320 C Mormon Studies Unit Theme: Systems of Survival: Sex, Kinship, and Food Storage in Mormon Culture Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Point Loma (South Tower - First Level) Sara Patterson, Hanover College, Presiding Megan Stanton, University of Wisconsin Authoritative Kinship: Mormon Sects’ Symbolic Inheritance of Smith Family Members Sara Moslener, Central Michigan University So Much Greater Than a Cupcake: Celestial Marriage, Sexual Purity and Its Discontents in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints A25-321 S Nineteenth Century Theology Unit and Reformed Theology and History Unit Theme: Protestantism, Secularization, and Theological Innovation Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400B (Fourth Level) Annette G. Aubert, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Matthias Gockel, University of Basel, Presiding Ryan Kelley, Santa Barbara, CA Ludwig Feuerbach’s Secularization of Luther’s Christology Matthew Graham, Indiana University Dickinson, Kierkegaard, and 19th Century Secularism Michelle Sanchez, Harvard University “Worldview” Christianity as Reoccupied Secularism: The Modern Legacy of Reformed Reactionaries A25-322 A Philosophy of Religion Unit Theme: A Book Panel on Religion, Ethics, and the Practice of Modern Politics under Conditions of Injustice Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Vista (South Tower - First Level) Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Australian Catholic University, Presiding Panelists: Molly Farneth, Haverford College Joseph Winters, Duke University Randi Rashkover, George Mason University A25-323 C Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit Theme: Neoplatonic Elements in the Islamic and Christian Traditions Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) John Turner, University of Nebraska, Presiding Parisa Zahiremami, University of Toronto The Intellect, Love, and Human Ascent: The Intersection of Neoplatonism and Islamic Mysticism in Sanā’ī’s ΖDGưTDWDOΗDTưTDK Joshua Hollmann, Concordia College, New York Eros and Ascent in Nicholas of Cusa’s Mystical and Dialogical Theology Eva Braunstein, University of California, Santa Barbara Immanent Ascent in Nicholas of Cusa’s De Visione Dei Business Meeting: Kevin Corrigan, Emory University, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 219 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Between Power and Play: Latin American Masculinities in Institutional and Informal Contexts Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire D (Fourth Level) Matthew Peter Casey, Arizona State University, Presiding Veronique Lecaros, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru From Criminal Leader to Religious Leader: Conversion to Pentecostalism in a Provincial Peruvian Jail Danielle Dempsey, University of California, Riverside, and Jessica Rehman, University of California, Riverside On Ideological Colonization: Exploring the Relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and Colonial Constructions of “Gender Theory” Alejandro Escalante, University of North Carolina Playful Masculinity: Drag Performance in La Fiesta de Santiago and Religious Belonging Responding: Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Kalamazoo College Randy Powell, Washington State University Surviving the 1970s: Mormon Food Storage in American Culture Business Meeting: Sara Patterson, Hanover College, and Taylor Petrey, Kalamazoo College, Presiding A25-326 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 #rpc Religion and Popular Culture Unit A25-324 Queer Studies in Religion Unit Theme: Queer Transgressions Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) S.J. Crasnow, Rockhurst University, Presiding Brandon Ambrosino, Villanova University Ye Shall Find the Bae Wrapped in Swaddling Clothes: Towards a Christology of Drag Tyson Herberger, Inland Norway University Shifting Orthodox Rabbinic Attitudes towards Transgender Inclusion Yannik Thiem, Columbia University Rituals of Queer Transgression and Religious Performativity Panics A25-325 #aareco2019 HW MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Religion and Ecology Unit Theme: Theorizing Publics in Religion and Ecology Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire M (Fourth Level) Kimberly Carfore, University of San Francisco, Presiding Timothy Harvie, Saint Mary’s University, Alberta, Canada Political Lament: Ecocide and Embodied Silence in Public Spaces Amanda Nichols, University of Florida Hope Spots for Our Blue Heart: An In-Depth Study of the Lifework of Sylvia Earle and the Gendered Dynamics of Climate Weirding Whitney Bauman, Florida International University Erotic Thinking as Public Resistance Theme: Twain’s Modern Heaven, Kerouac’s Orientalism, and Code-Era Catholic Censorship: Rethinking Popular Culture Through American Religious History Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Eden Consenstein, Princeton University, Presiding Brook Wilensky-Lanford, University of North Carolina “The Pearly Gates Wide Open”: Mark Twain, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and the Popularization of a Modern Heaven Michael McLaughlin, Florida State University Close Your Eyes: Catholic Censorship of Gun Violence in Code-Era Hollywood Films Sarah Haynes, Western Illinois University Kerouac’s Rucksack Revolution: Orientalism, Popular Culture, and Buddhism in America K A25-327 Religion and the Social Sciences Unit Theme: A Guide to Teaching and Research with Quantitative Data for the Suspicious and Afraid: A Roundtable of Friendly Sociologists of Religion Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Jeffrey Guhin, University of California, Los Angeles, Presiding Panelists: Todd Ferguson, Baylor University Arthur Farnsley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis A25-328 Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit and Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit Theme: Religious Life on the Silk Road Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) James McGrath, Butler University, Presiding Richard A. Freund, University of Hartford The Caves of Letters: Jewish Texts and Communities from the Silk Road to the Via Maris Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, Northern Arizona University The Syro-Mesopotamian Ties of Uygur Manichaean Book Culture Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 220 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Giselle Bader, University of Sydney Processes of Globalisation in Early Armenian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land A25-329 A Religion in South Asia Unit Theme: Ten Years of “The Śaiva Age”: Selected Topics on Its Impact on the Field Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) Hamsa Stainton, McGill University, Presiding Adam Krug, University of Colorado Studying Vajrayāna Buddhism Ten Years after the “Śaiva Age”: Micro-Comparative Methods in the Study of South Asian Religions Anna A. Golovkova, Bowdoin College A Goddess for the Second Millennium: Working with Sanskrit Sources in North America Ellen Gough, Emory University The Jain Monk 1DQGLJKRΙDVǍUL and the Emergence of Tantra from Asceticism Michael Slouber, Western Washington University Philology in Goddess Studies A25-330 C Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit A25-331 C Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Unit Theme: Gender and Genocide Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Sarah K. Pinnock, Trinity University, Presiding Alexander Maurits, Lund University Religious Beliefs and Expressions among Female Christian Prisoners in the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp A25-332 C Religion, Memory, History Unit Theme: American Memories: Uneasy Legacies in American Religion Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Tim Langille, Arizona State University, Presiding Marie W. Dallam, University of Oklahoma The Legacy of Mormon Polygamy in Contemporary Visual Art Elena Kravchenko, Washington University, St. Louis Sacred Fight Against Racism: Remembering African American History Through Orthodox Christian Forms Jenny Wiley Legath, Princeton University A Historian at the Intersection of Public Memory and Family History: My Great-Great Grandfather’s “Narrative from an Old Confederate” Responding: Christopher Cantwell, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Business Meeting: Rachel Gross, San Francisco State University, and Tim Langille, Arizona State University, Presiding A25-333 A Religious Conversions Unit Theme: Pentecostal Conversion in Global Perspective: A Roundtable Discussion of Faith in Flux: Pentecostalism and Mobility in Rural Mozambique (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-11A (Upper Level West) Marc Pugliese, Saint Leo University, Presiding Panelists: Judith Casselberry, Bowdoin College Thomas Csordas, University of California, San Diego Nimi Wariboko, Boston University Eliza Kent, Skidmore College Responding: Devaka Premawardhana, Emory University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 221 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Labor, Law, and the Power of Language: Postcolonial Perspectives Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Syed Adnan Hussain, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Presiding Yasmine Flodin-Ali, University of North Carolina The Politics of Enumeration and the Casteification of Shi’ism in Colonial India Whitney Wilkinson Arreche, Duke University MasterClass: Performative Mastery in Academy, Economy, and Church Alexander Rocklin, College of Idaho Religion before the Law: Labor, Colonial Secularism, and the Politics of Freedom in Colonial Trinidad Business Meeting: Adrian Hermann, University of Bonn, and Prea Persaud, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Presiding Tamar Wasoian, Evanston, IL Eradication of Monuments, Eradication of Memory: The Forgotten Legacy of the Armenian Deaconesses Jessi Taylor, University of British Columbia “Once She’s Baptised, That Would Be a Sin”: Short Term Impacts of Religious Violence on the Use of Sexual Violence in the Bosnian War Business Meeting: Kate Temoney, Montclair State University, Presiding Joshua Schwartz, New York University Feeling God and the Broken Heart: Affective (Comm)union in Later Jewish Mysticism Daniel May, Princeton University Hannah Arendt’s Refugee Politics: Jewish Identity and the Politics of the Prepolitical Jeremy Brown, McGill University “I Saw What I’m Not Permitted to Say”: Religious Violence from Public Spectacle to Martyrological Speculation in the Zohar MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 A25-334 Ritual Studies Unit and Roman Catholic Studies Unit Theme: Sacramental Logics and Ritual Space in the Early Modern Catholic Atlantic World Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Skyler Reidy, University of Southern California, Presiding Joy Palacios, University of Calgary Sacramental Logics and Antitheatrical Sentiment in Early Modern France Richard Reinhardt, University of Michigan Sacraments, Servitude, and Sacrilege J. Michelle Molina, Northwestern University Moral Laxity and Penitential Anxiety in the Sacramental Public Sphere Responding: Brenna Moore, Fordham University A25-335 #islamaar A MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Study of Islam Unit Theme: Roundtable on W. Hallaq’s Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge (Columbia University Press, 2018) Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Ruqayya Yasmine Khan, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding Panelists: Omar Farahat, McGill University Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande, Princeton University Ahmad Ahmad, University of California, Santa Barbara Wendell Marsh, Northwestern University A25-336 Study of Judaism Unit Theme: Feelings of Dislocation and Disaffection: Jews at the Borders of the Political Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Andrea Dara Cooper, University of North Carolina, Presiding Marva Shalev Marom, Stanford University Creating Resilience: Learning Hebrew through the Arts at a Jewish Refugee Camp in Gondar, Ethiopia A25-337 Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit Theme: The Jew, the Christian, and the Ends of the World Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Timothy Snediker, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding Sarah Pessin, University of Denver Hypostasis, Home…Host? Inhabiting Economic v. Created v. Eucharistic Worlds in Levinas Josiah Solis, Claremont Graduate University Cosmological Play: Derrida and the World Benjamin Steele-Fisher, University of California, Davis Messianic Illusions: Taubes on Bloch and Benjamin Tal-Hi Bitton, University of Oregon Friendships Derived from Enmities: Understanding the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict as Christian Theogeopolitical Colonization Responding: Oona Eisenstadt, Pomona College W A25-338 Women and Religion Unit Theme: Subversive and Creative Leadership and Activism of Women: Religion, Politics, and the Public Sphere Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Boyung Lee, Iliff School of Theology, Presiding Grazina Bielousova, Duke University The Art of Blasphemy: Lithuanian Feminist Protest and the Sacredness of National Reproduction Jue Liang, University of Virginia “I Am Not a Buddhist Feminist”: Gender Discourse among Tibetan Buddhist Nuns at Larung Gar Rebecca Berru Davis, Montana State University Border Crossings: Latina Women’s Restorative Interventions through Art and Activism Responding: Rosemary P. Carbine, Whittier College Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 222 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-339 CW A25-400 FW Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism Unit Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Centering Women of Color in Religious Dialogue: Race, Gendered Bodies, and Justice Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) JungJa Joy Yu, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding Sadaf Jaffer, Princeton University Love, Justice, and the South Asian American Scholar/Activist Robin Bruce, Naropa University White Supremacist Yoga: A Black Feminist Perspective on Cultural Appropriation, Systemic Racism, and “Healing Maps” toward Future Reconciliation Danielle Buhuro, Chicago Theological Seminary Retweeting Rizpah: Care-Fronting Black Church in Addressing Black Female Transphobia on Social Media Responding: Lorena Parrish, Wesley Theological Seminary Business Meeting: Deborah Rogers, Lane College, Presiding Theme: Can I Tweet That? How to Engage Responsibly, Form Digital Networking Relationships, and Dispel Social Media Skepticism Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-14B (Mezzanine Level) In a world of tweets, posts, likes, and comments, navigating social media can seem worthless. There are no boundaries or rules that govern the digital world leaving many confounded by the lack of ethical and moral ramifications. Your online image becomes an opportunity to express your personal brand and professional ideas. Students, adjunct faculty, and aspiring scholars are now expected to engage the public online — specifically, on social media. Critical conversations are happening on Twitter threads; Facebook memes become sites of affective cultural conversations; and Instagram’s unique thread of curated, live stories connect people to one another in ways that are real and intangible — a humanized digitization of the scholar behind the writing. For the Student Lounge Roundtable, Heidi and Madison will demonstrate effective usage of tags, hashtags, and locations to broaden conversational scopes, and discuss the pros and cons of social media platforms for active and critical engagement with published materials, scholars and faculty, and responsible self-advertising. We will examine Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn — but will reserve time for emerging social media platforms. Madison, a social media manager and religion and media scholar, and Heidi, a religion and media scholar, hope to facilitate an imperative discussion about the REACH of social media: Research, Engagement, Audience, Cleverness, High stakes. Panelists: Madison Tarleton, Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver Heidi Ippolito, Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver A25-340 SR Artificial Intelligence and Religion Seminar MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Surveying the Landscape Monday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Randy Reed, Appalachian State University, Presiding Joshua Urich, Trinity University San Antonio “He Was Only a God:” Sherlock Holmes and the Origins of an ASI Church David Zvi Kalman, University of Pennsylvania Artificial Intelligence and Jewish Thought: A Roadmap Justin Hawkins, Yale University “The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment of All Time:” Roko’s Basilisk, Antinatalism, and the Pascal’s Wager of Creating the Singularity Beth Singler, University of Cambridge “Blessed by the Algorithm”: Theistic Conceptions of Artificial Intelligence as Entanglements of AI and Religion Pamela Eisenbaum, Iliff School of Theology, and Theodore Vial, Iliff School of Theology Autonomy, Automatons, and AI Takeshi Kimura, University of Tsukuba Artificial Other and Natural Other: When a Human Meets A.I. A25-401 African Religions Unit Theme: Ritual and Imagination in African Religions Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Sara Fretheim, University of Edinburgh, Presiding Shannon Frediani, Starr King School of Theology Ritual Theatre as Communal Practices of Resistance and Healing Daria Trentini, Drake University “Majini Refused to Come out”: Ritual Failure and Religious Change in Northern Mozambique Dianna Bell, University of Capetown Ara Dreams: One Malian Woman’s Reflection on Fertility, Islam, and Dream Interpretation x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 223 Matthew Jones, Fuller Theological Seminary The Beauty of a People Holly Mitchem, Graduate Theological Union Spiritual Armor: Religious Paintings for the American Armed Forces in World War II MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 A25-402 #animalsaar19 H Animals and Religion Unit A25-405 Theme: Christian Ecological Engagements with Institutional Practice Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Margaret B. Adam, Saint Stephen’s House, Oxford, Presiding Panelists: David Clough, University of Chester Abby Mohaupt, Drew University Tim Van Meter, Methodist Theological School in Ohio Randy Woodley, George Fox Seminary Responding: Laurel D. Kearns, Drew University Anthropology of Religion Unit and Religion and the Social Sciences Unit MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 UR Buddhism in the West Unit and Innovations in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Unit A A25-403 #innovatingspiritualcare Theme: Authors Meet Each Other: Religion and Sexuality in the Social Field Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502B (Fifth Level) Panelists: David Seitz, Harvey Mudd College Jessica Johnson, College of William and Mary Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University Melissa M. Wilcox, University of California, Riverside A25-404 Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit and Religion and Politics Unit Theme: Religion, War, and the Empire in Arts and Literature II: Europe and the U.S. Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Matthew Potts, Harvard University, Presiding Jean Cotting, Virginia Theological Seminary Handel’s Joshua: Leading the British People into the Promised Land Brian M. Britt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The Art of War in the Work of Two Jewish Women from Berlin Theme: Buddhist Chaplaincy Education and Pedagogy Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Scott Mitchell, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Presiding Elaine Yuen, Naropa University Attending with Body, Speech, and Mind: Chaplaincy Training at Naropa University Leigh Miller, Maitripa College Buddhist Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Training at Maitripa College Jitsujo T. Gauthier, University of the West Buddhist Chaplaincy Education: Integrating Academic, Practitioner, and Caregiver Daijaku Judith Kinst, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union Buddhist Foundations for Effective Chaplaincy: Graduate Education at the Institute of Buddhist Studies A25-406 Buddhism Unit Theme: Open Up and Say “Ah”: East and Southeast Asian Buddhist Medicinal Paradigms vis-a-vis Scientific Epistemologies Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Reiko Ohnuma, Dartmouth College, Presiding Anthony Irwin, University of Wisconsin Miraculous Making and Miraculous Healing: The Image of Jīvaka Komārabhacca in Modern Thailand Thomas Patton, City University of Hong Kong Medicine Wizards of Myanmar: Four Recent Facebook Posts Paula K. R. Arai, Louisiana State University Painting Emptiness: Healing Viewed through Microscopic and Telescopic Lenses Focused on the Heart Sūtra Justin Stein, Bukkyo University The Neurophysiology of Enlightenment: Hara Tanzan’s Zen Method, Neuroscience, and Psychosomatic Buddhist Medicine Responding: C. Pierce Salguero, Pennsylvania State University, Abington Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 224 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x C A25-407 A25-410 Buddhist Philosophy Unit Cognitive Science of Religion Unit Theme: Back to Basics: What Is Dharma? Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Pierre-Julien Harter, University of New Mexico, Presiding Dhruv Nagar, University of Chicago Dharma in between Process, Event and Substance Metaphysics: The Place and Development of Abhidhammic Dhamma Theory in Early Indian Intellectual History Cameron Wright, University of South Florida The Soteriological Relevance of Time in the Sarvastivada Theory of dharma Joy Brennan, Kenyon College The Whole Path in Each Dharma: The Concept of a Dharma According to Yogācāra and Huayan Thought Theme: Current Theories and Applications of the Cognitive Science of Religion Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501B (Fifth Level) Connor Wood, Center for Mind and Culture, Presiding Paul Robertson, University of New Hampshire, and Robert Ross, University of New Hampshire Examination of Attention and Retention for Different Types of Religious Concepts Using EEG Hillary Lenfesty, Arizona State University, and Thomas Morgan, Arizona State University The Role of Religion and Prestige in Human Prosociality Business Meeting: Travis Chilcott, Iowa State University, and Hillary Lenfesty, Arizona State University, Presiding A25-408 C Childhood Studies and Religion Unit A25-409 Christian Systematic Theology Unit Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Religion and Gendered Racial Violence in the Contemporary United States Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Diane Fruchtman, Rutgers University, Presiding Hilda Koster, Concordia College, Moorhead Fractured Lands/Fractured Bodies: Petroculture, Religion, and Violence against Native Women in the Dakotas Hilary Scarsella, Vanderbilt University Blessed Are Those Who Have Believed but Not Seen: The Theo-Logics of Misogyn(oir)istic Incredulity in Women’s Testimonies of Harm Rosemary Kellison, University of West Georgia Empathy and Anger as Democratic Virtues, Vices, or Violence Brandy Daniels, University of Virginia Sexual Violence, the Social/Symbolic Order, and the “End” of Sexual Subjectivity: A Negative Queer-Feminist Political Theological Proposal Theme: Thinking Through Nature and Grace Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire M (Fourth Level) Natalia Marandiuc, Southern Methodist University, Presiding David Baird, Catholic Pacific College Natura Praesupponit Gratiam: On the Absolute Antecedence of Grace David Grumett, University of Edinburgh De Lubac and the Grace of Christ Lauren White, Lipscomb University Nature Completed by Grace, Nature Welcomed by Grace: Towards a Hermeneutic of Nuptial Encounter x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 225 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Understanding Children’s Spiritual Development: Ethnographic Strategies and Results Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Melva L. Sampson, Wake Forest University, Presiding Ragnhild Fauske, Volda University College Tombstones, Zombies, Dead Siblings, and Existential Questions Mary Gratton, Malvern, PA The Moral Experiences of Early Adolescents Katarina Westerlund, Uppsala University Christian Youth Leaders Learning in Christian Spirituality Business Meeting: Sally Stamper, Capital University, Presiding A25-411 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 A25-414 Daoist Studies Unit A25-412 Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Unit and Religion, Media, and Culture Unit Theme: Societal Networks: Cultural Intersections of Religion, Media, and Hip-Hop Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Daniel White Hodge, North Park University, Presiding Annie Rose O’Brien, University of North Carolina “We Are Not a Conquered People”: Contact, Identity, and Reconfiguration through the Music of A Tribe Called Red William Chavez, University of California, Santa Barbara The Fight against Afro-Oblivion: Masters of the Sun (2017) as a Celebration of Hip-Hop Culture Erika Gault, University of Arizona “Hip Hop Is at the Core of Who I Am”: (Re)Defining Black Christian Millennials Responding: Elonda Clay, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam A25-413 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit Theme: Contagion: A Roundtable Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400B (Fourth Level) Isaac Weiner, Ohio State University, Presiding Cara Rock-Singer, Cornell University Guns, Germs, and Jesus: Vulnerability, Risk, and Resilience of the Jewish Ritual Bath John Modern, Franklin and Marshall College William S. Burroughs, Scientology, and Virus Words that Eat the Brain to Muttering Shreds Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez, Temple University Challenging the Great Physician: Mental Pathogens and Spiritual Contagion in Late-19th Century America Jennifer Scheper Hughes, University of California, Riverside Contagion, Conversion, and the Church of the Dead in Mexico Richard Kent Evans, Haverford College Quakers, Religious Madness, and the Cognitive Limits of Experience Laura S. Levitt, Temple University The Proliferative Logic of Relics as Contagion Theme: Authenticity, Wellness, and the Daoist Curriculum Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202B (Second Level) Tobias Zuern, Washington University, St. Louis, Presiding Bede Bidlack, Saint Anselm College A Pedagogy from Somewhere: Teaching Daoism Comparatively Matthew Duperon, Susquehanna University Authenticity and Self-Forgetting: Teaching Zhuangzi with Introspective Techniques from the Text” Beverley Zhang, Arizona State University Daoist Zhenren and Well-Being Pamela D. Winfield, Elon University No Needles Required: Teaching Daoist Healing Techniques Responding: Randall Nadeau, Trinity University W A25-415 Ecclesiological Investigations Unit Theme: Public Theologies and Pope Francis: Economics, Technology, and Bodies Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Matthew Eaton, King’s College, Presiding Panelists: Laura Stivers, Dominican University of California Brianne Jacobs, Fordham University Timothy Harvie, Saint Mary’s University, Alberta, Canada A25-416 Gay Men and Religion Unit and Religion, Memory, and History Unit Theme: Queer Memory, Trauma, and Religion Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-24B (Upper Level East) Rachel Gross, San Francisco State University, Presiding Whitney Cox, Rowan University No Atheist Panels: Religious and Secular Representation in the Houston AIDS Quilt Display, 1988 Jane Nichols, Emory University ACT-UP, “Stop the Church,” and the Theological Implications of a Liturgical Protest Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 226 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Brett Krutzsch, Haverford College The Trauma of Pulse and the Queer Potential of Memorialization Responding: W. Scott Haldeman, Chicago Theological Seminary A25-417 #jainstudiesaar Jain Studies Unit Theme: Padma Padma: New Studies in the Jain Rāma Tradition Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) John E. Cort, Denison University, Presiding Eva De Clercq, Ghent University “Did He Kill His Own Brother? For a Woman? In a Disgraceful Manner?”: Jain Approaches to the Death of Vālin Seema Chauhan, University of Chicago Crossing Boundaries: The Padmacarita’s Refutation of Kumārila Gregory Clines, Trinity University For Poetry Makes Nothing Happen: Toward an Understanding of Later Jain Rāma Composition Adrian Plau, Wellcome Institute, London The Jain 5ƘPƘ\DΧD as Kathā: Rāmcand Bālak’s Sītācarit Responding: Philip Lutgendorf, University of Iowa A25-418 Korean Religions Unit A Law, Religion, and Culture Unit and Religion and Economy Unit and Secularism and Secularity Unit Theme: Author-Meets-Critics Session: Robert Yelle, Sovereignty and the Sacred: Secularism and the Political Economy of Religion (University of Chicago Press, 2018) Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Richard Amesbury, Arizona State University, Presiding Panelists: Finbarr Curtis, Georgia Southern University Kate Rosenblatt, Emory University Kerry Sonia, Washington and Lee University Winnifred Sullivan, Indiana University Responding: Robert A. Yelle, University of Munich A25-420 C Liberal Theologies Unit Theme: Theology and the Charge of Liberal Complicity with Totalitarianism Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Joel Harrison, Northwestern University, Presiding Stephanie Wong, Valparaiso University Liberalism in Chinese Catholicism: Resisting State Confucianism and Church Supremacy in Beiyang, China Aaron Stauffer, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Our Last Best Chance? Harry Ward’s Radical Social Gospel, Liberal Theology and Soviet Communism Colin Bossen, Rice University The Liberalism of the (Second) Ku Klux Klan Ulrich Schmiedel, University of Edinburgh Who Is Afraid of Liberalism? Ernst Troeltsch’s Political Theology Responding: Fatima Tofighi, University of Religions Business Meeting: Sarah Morice Brubaker, Phillips Theological Seminary, Presiding x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Identity and Politics in Transnational Contexts of Korean Protestantism Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Deberniere Torrey, University of Utah, Presiding Timothy S. Lee, Brite Divinity School “No Neutrality for Brutality”: Protestant Missionaries’ Response to the 1919 March First Independence Movement in Korea JungJa Joy Yu, Claremont Graduate University Transnational Ties of Gendered Korean Immigrant Evangelical Churches in North America Ray Kim, Georgetown University Muslim Migrants and Refugees in Korea: Perceived Threats to the Korean Church’s Global Aspirations Responding: Hwansoo Kim, Yale University A25-419 227 C A25-423 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Native Traditions in the Americas Unit CA A25-421 Men, Masculinities, and Religions Unit Theme: Author Meets Critics: Harshita Mruthinti Kamath’s Impersonations: The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance (University of California Press, 2019) Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204B (Second Level) Amanullah De Sondy, University College Cork, Presiding Panelist: Mary Whitney Kelting, Northeastern University Sarah Imhoff, Indiana University Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina Amanda Lucia, University of California, Riverside Harshita Mruthinti Kamath, Emory University Business Meeting: Linda G. Jones, University of Pompeu Fabra, and Amanullah De Sondy, University College Cork, Presiding A25-422 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Mormon Studies Unit and Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit Theme: Mormon Theology and Continental Thought Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-17A (Mezzanine Level) Taylor Petrey, Kalamazoo College, Presiding Joseph Spencer, Brigham Young University Faith of an Observer: Francois Laruelle and (Latter-Day Saint) Theology Kimberly Berkey, Loyola University, Chicago Plastic Mormons, Plastic Texts: Catherine Malabou and Latter-Day Saint Theology Adam S Miller, Collin College Performativity, Messianism, and Mormonism Theme: The Law of the Land: Native American Religious Traditions and North American Legal Systems Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-28B (Upper Level East) Dennis Kelley, University of Missouri, Presiding Stacie Swain, University of Victoria Crown Land or Qat’muk? Contextualizing the Canadian “Public Interest” and Indigenous Political Rights within Sacred Site Jurisprudence Business Meeting: Michael Zogry, University of Kansas, Presiding A25-424 North American Religions Unit and Space, Place, and Religion Unit Theme: Working the Edges: New Approaches to Space and Community in America Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) Samira Mehta, Albright College, Presiding Andrew Gardner, Florida State University Pastoring the Nation: The “Theo-Spatial” Politics of an Antebellum Seminary Education James Dupey, Arizona State University Mail Order Christianity: Alexander Campbell and the Commoditization of Religious Material Production Sher Tareen, Florida State University Raising Children on the Iceskating Rink: Corporate Stewardship, Race, and the Muslim Practices of Motherhood in Reston, Virginia Adrienne Krone, Allegheny College Roots in the Past, Seeds for the Future: A Revived Historical Jewish Community Farm in New Jersey Takes on Climate Change Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 228 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x A25-425 A25-427 Pentecostal–Charismatic Movements Unit Qur’an Unit Theme: Space, Place, and Pentecostalism Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire D (Fourth Level) Sammy Alfaro, Grand Canyon Theological Seminary, Presiding Alan J. Clark, Claremont Graduate University Meet the Mormons: Pentecostal and Latter-Day Saint Religious Interactions in Utah Joel Tejedo, Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Doing Pentecostal Civic Engagement in the Squatter Area of Baguio City, Philippines Dara Delgado, University of Dayton Healing Is the Children’s Bread: Healing as Theo-Political Resistance and Survival among Black Holiness Pentecostals in the Urban North during the Migration Era Daniela C. Augustine, Lee University Seeking the Welfare of the City: Cultivating Pentecostal Spirituality of Urban Sustainability Responding: Daniel Ramirez, Claremont Graduate University Theme: Modes of Qur’an Interpretation Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Munim Sirry, University of Notre Dame, Presiding Hadia Mubarak, Guilford College When Husbands Are Guilty of Sexual Neglect: Shifts in Modern Qur’anic Exegesis on Q. 4:128 Shuaib Ally, University of Toronto Negotiating Meaning: 13th and 14th C Glosses on Zamakhsharī’s Qur’ān Commentary Relwan Onikoyi, Temple University Al-Maturidi and Abu Layth al-Samarqandi on the Day of the Covenant: Hanafi Exegesis and the Basis of Human Obligation to God Samuel Ross, Texas Christian University Can the Bible Determine the Meaning of the Qur’an? New Developments in Modern Tafsir A25-426 CH Pragmatism and Empiricism in American Religious Thought Unit Reformed Theology and History Unit Theme: Atonement, the Cross, and the Christian Life Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Christina Larsen, Grand Canyon University, Presiding Alden McCray, University of Saint Andrews Jürgen Moltmann and John Calvin on Classical Theism and the Pastoral Benefits of the Atonement Rachel Teubner, Australian Catholic University Narrating Atonement: Expanding Feminist-Reformed Subjectivities through Genre Travis Pickell, University of Virginia Between Cross and Resurrection: Three Views of Holy Saturday in Ecclesial Art, Liturgy, and Practice x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: Democracy, Ecology, and the Posthuman Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-11A (Upper Level West) Karen Rucks, Quinsigamond Community College, Presiding Caleb Murray, Brown University Prophetic Pragmatism in a Changing Climate: Tragedy, Fallibility, and the Ethics of Anthropocentrism Jacob Goodson, Southwestern College The Difficulty of Reality, Divided Selves, and Sick Souls: William James’s Philosophy of Religion after Cora Diamond’s Animal Ethics Brandon Daniel-Hughes, John Abbott College Toward a Democratic Conception of Community beyond the Human Robert Smid, Curry College Representation, Rights, and the Concept of Rule: Using Pragmatist Resources to Re-Think Biocracy Business Meeting: Karen Rucks, Quinsigamond Community College, and Joseph Winters, Duke University, Presiding A25-428 229 A25-431 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 #rpc Religion and Popular Culture Unit C A25-429 Religion and Disability Studies Unit and Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit Theme: Awkward, Monstrous, Marvelous: Representations of Disability in Visual Culture Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-21 (Upper Level East) Lina Verchery, Harvard University, Presiding Helena Martin, Yale University Martyrs and Monsters of the Avengers: Christian Ableism in the Marvel Universe Devan Stahl, Michigan State University Visual Representation of “Monstrous” Bodies in Medicine and Religion Tim Basselin, Dallas Theological Seminary Positive about Disability: Recent Representations and What Communities of Faith Can Learn by Watching Business Meeting: Heike Peckruhn, Daemen College, Presiding A25-430 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Religion and Food Unit and Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching and Activism Unit Theme: Grounded Practices: Women of Color, Food, and Farming Practices Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Sarah Robinson-Bertoni, Santa Clara University, Presiding Wylin Dassie Wilson, Harvard University Indeterminably Indebted to Society: Faith Communities, Food Insecurity and Incarceration Candace M. Laughinghouse, Chicago Theological Seminary Spiritual Legacy of Women Working in Dirt Himanee Gupta-Carlson, SUNY Empire State College Rhythm and Ritual in Hip Hop and Farming Deborah Rogers, Lane College Eco-Womanist Pedagogy and Spiritual Activism: Sustaining Work for Justice in the Classroom and on the Farm Responding: Kimberly Nettles-Barcelon, University of California, Davis Theme: Beyond Television: Religious Controversy in Contemporary Televisual Mediascapes Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Linda Ceriello, Rice University, Presiding Laurel Zwissler, Central Michigan University Feminists and Cannibals: Marginalized Religions in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Leyla Ozgur Alhassen, University of California, Berkeley The Qur’an in Turkish Television Series and Films Rachel Wagner, Ithaca College The Testaments: The Handmaid’s Tale as Emerging Transmedia A25-432 Religion and the Social Sciences Unit Theme: Lived Religious Expressions in Southern California Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo E (Second Level) Amanda Baugh, California State University, Northridge, Presiding Gerardo Marti, Davidson College, and Mark Mulder, Calvin College The Financial Burden of Megachurch Charisma: How Robert H. Schuller’s Unsustainable, Business-Based Church Growth Model Bankrupted the Crystal Cathedral Jennifer Hahn, University of California, Santa Barbara “Lived” Spirituality And Sacred Relationships in Alcoholics Anonymous in Southern California A25-433 Religion in Europe Unit Theme: Racial Afterlives in Post-Holocaust Germany: Jewish and Muslim (A)Synchronicities for a Christian-Secularized Self Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Cynthia M. Baker, Bates College, Presiding Sultan Doughan, University of California, Berkeley Of Humans and Muselmanns: The Racial Afterlife of Religious Difference in Post-Holocaust Germany Alexandra Zirkle, University of Chicago Tortured Readings: Historicism and the Threat of Imperial Violence Hannah Tzuberi, Freie Universität Berlin Critique of Religion or Racism: On the Legibility and Categorization of Vulnerability in Post-Holocaust Germany Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 230 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Luis Manuel Hernandez Aguilar, University of Amsterdam The “Jewish” and “Muslim” Question through the Lens of Recursive History: Circumcision Debates in Germany Responding: Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College A25-434 Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit and Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit Theme: Religion, Healing, and Healthcare in Premodern Europe Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 204A (Second Level) Marla Segol, State University of New York, Buffalo, Presiding Jonathan Zecher, Australian Catholic University The Negotiation of Culture in Late Antique Clinical Practice: The Case of Alexander of Tralles and “Natural Remedies” Minji Lee, Reunion Institute Gendered Healing: Mugwort Treatment in Medieval Christianity and Gynecology Claire Fanger, Rice University Healing and Divine Embodiment: The Powers of the Virgin Mary in the Cure of Bodies and Souls A25-435 Religion in South Asia Unit Religion, Affect, and Emotion Unit Theme: Borders and Felt Communities Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 502A (Fifth Level) Luis Menéndez-Antuña, California Lutheran University, Presiding Rebecca Moody, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Reshaping Shared Space: Gender Norms, Quotidian Islam and Grand Taxis in Morocco Matthew Vanderpoel, University of Chicago Prosimetric Accretions: The Affect of Lack in Gerson’s Consolation of Theology Lisa Gasson-Gardner, Drew University When God Feels True: Charismatic-Evangelical Christian Practice and the Politics of Truth in the U.S. Business Meeting: Tam K. Parker, University of the South, Presiding A25-437 Sacred Texts and Ethics Unit Theme: Reading Sacred Texts with the Other Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Elizabeth Goldstein, Gonzaga University, Presiding Ashleigh Elser, Hampden-Sydney College Luther’s Tears: Violent Narratives and Masculine Empathies David de la Fuente, Fordham University Beyond the Upper Room and upon All Flesh: Pentecost, Phenomenology, and Racial Justice in the Catholic Church Russell CD Arnold, Regis University Isaac as a Model for Interfaith Engagement A25-438 #islamaar Study of Islam Unit Theme: South Asian Islam and Modernity Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire P (Fourth Level) William Sherman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Presiding Mohsin Ali, University of California, Los Angeles Imagined Wahhabis: Disentangling British and Indian Representations of Wahhabism in Colonial India Megan Robb, University of Pennsylvania Forming Muslim Emotions, Forming Muslim Nations: Writing and Practicing Love and Regret in Muslim South Asia SherAli Tareen, Franklin and Marshall College Encountering the “Other”: Power, Politics, Political Theology Responding: Karen Ruffle, University of Toronto x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 231 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: The Buddha and the Banyan Tree: Hindu Assimilations of Buddhist Traditions Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) James G. Lochtefeld, Carthage College, Presiding D. Mitra Barua, Rice University “The Scientific Study of Pali”: Bengali Buddhists’ Strategy to Dispel the Shadow of Hinduism Mallory Hennigar, Syracuse University Rational Buddha: Ambedkarite Non-Brahmin Buddhist History Joel Bordeaux, Stony Brook University Crossover Appeal: Exoticism and Localization of the Goddess Tārā in Hindu Sources Bradley S. Clough, University of Montana Interpretive Issues in the History of the Buddhāvatāra Concept in 9DLΙΧDYD Theology Responding: Gudrun Bühnemann, University of Wisconsin C A25-436 A25-441 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theology and Religious Reflection Unit A A25-439 Study of Judaism Unit Theme: Roundtable on Mara Benjamin’s The Obligated Self (Indiana University Press, 2018) Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Dustin Atlas, University of Dayton, Presiding Panelists: Larisa Reznik, Goucher College Elizabeth Ann Pritchard, Bowdoin College Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Vanderbilt University Responding: Mara Benjamin, Mt. Holyoke College A25-440 A25-442 Tantric Studies Unit MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Theme: The Politics of Religion Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-3 (Upper Level West) Rakesh Peter-Dass, Hope College, Presiding Jakub Urbaniak, Saint Augustine College of South Africa, and Tshinyalani Khorommbi, Saint Augustine College of South Africa Between “Numbness” and “Intoxication”: The Politics of Religion in South Africa Post-1994 Antoinette E. DeNapoli, Texas Christian University “What the Government Won’t Give Us, God and the Courts Will!”: How a Woman Guru’s Religious Politics of Gender Equality Is Transforming Hinduism through the Indian Legal System Syeda Beena Butool, Florida State University Mawdudi’s God and the Theopolitics to Decolonize the Muslims of India Theme: Prajñāpāramitā, Pāla Period Buddhism and Its Himalayan Legacy Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Ronald M. Davidson, Fairfield University, Presiding Francesco Bianchini, University of Oxford New Insights into a Remarkable Pāla Collection of Prajñāpāramitā Scriptures Greg Seton, Dartmouth College The Impact of Tibetan Patronage on Indian Prajñāpāramitā Studies in Pāla Period Buddhism Jinah Kim, Harvard University Prajñāpāramitā’s Ritual Use in Pāla Period Buddhism: A Lesson from Abhayākaragupta’s Vajrāvalī and Artistic Records Alexander O’Neill, University of Toronto The Ritual Worship of the Prajñāpāramitā in Nepal #womanists@aar Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit and Women and Religion Unit Theme: Reproductive Justice Activists and Religious Scholars in Dialogue Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level) Charity Woods, Interfaith Voices for Reproductive Justice, Presiding Panelists: Naomi Leapheart, Lancaster Theological Seminary Cherisse Scott, SisterReach, Memphis, TN Ashlyn Strozier, Claremont Graduate University Responding: Toni Bond Leonard, Claremont School of Theology SR A25-443 Artificial Intelligence and Religion Seminar Theme: Experiments in Artificial Intelligence and Religion Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Philip Butler, Loyola Marymount University, Presiding F. LeRon Shults, University of Agder, and Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University Simulating Secularities: Studying Religion and Nonreligion in Artificial Societies Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 232 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Emanuelle Burton, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Thomas Arnold, Tufts University Strangers in a Strange Land: A Field Report from Two Religion Scholars Working in AI Elias Kruger, Acworth, GA Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to Analyze Large Theological Texts Randy Reed, Appalachian State University A.I. and Religion, A.I. in Religion, A.I. for Religion: A.I. as a Tool for Religious Studies Nathan R. B. Loewen, University of Alabama Analyzing Philosophy of Religion Journals via Digital Humanities: Plotting Futures for the Field G A25-501 Program Unit Chairs’ and Steering Committee Members’ Reception Monday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-AAR Suite Program Unit Chairs and steering committee members are invited to a reception celebrating their contributions to the AAR Annual Meeting. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM A25-444 Origen and Origen Reception Seminar Theme: The Reception of Origen’s Exegesis Monday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Carlsbad (South Tower - Third Level) Anders-Christian Jacobsen, Aarhus University, Presiding Miriam DeCock, Aarhus University Origen and Theodoret on Psalm 15: An Exercise in Detecting Origen’s Shadow in the Greek Patristic Exegetical Tradition Erik Estrada, Texas Christian University Divided by Origen: Origen’s Role in the Early Fifth-Century Western Controversies over Faith, Works and Justification Liza Anderson, College of Saint Scholastica The Legacy of Origen’s Exegesis in 9th Century Syriac Christian Theology Samuel Johnson, University of Notre Dame Sacramentum Evangelii: Origen on the Life of Jesus Monday, 8:00 PM and Later A25-500 L Film: Chosen (Custody of the Eyes): Film Screening Tuesday, 8:30 AM Complimentary coffee will be served in the back of Aisles 300 and 800 of the Exhibit Hall. A26-100 Anthropology of Religion Unit Theme: Contact Zones: Commemorative, Diasporic, and Interreligious Interactions Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Jennifer A. Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Presiding Suma Ikeuchi, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Jesus Loves Japan: Global Pentecostalism and Brazilian Diaspora in the Transpacific Contact Zones Helen Orr, University of North Carolina Contesting Sacred Travel from a Contact Zone: Bosnian CounterMemory and Legacies of Humanitarian Intervention Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Toronto “Know Thyself ”: Reconstructing the “Public” in “Public Religion” through the Construction of a Hindu Temple in California Responding: Katherine Ewing, Columbia University TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Monday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 520 (Fifth Level) Michael McNaught, Loyola Marymount University, Presiding Chosen (Custody of the Eyes) is a coming of age story about Heather*, a former blogger and painter, confronting what she believes is her calling: Becoming a cloistered nun in one of the strictest religious orders. Set in a monastery just west of Chicago, Heather films her journey, capturing ordinary life and spiritual practices rarely seen by the outside world. A screening of the documentary, which was an official selection at film festivals on four continents, will be followed by a Q&A with the director on questions of trust and access with a secluded religious community, and how ethnographic and oral history methodologies were applied to a creative research-based work undertaken in collaboration with members of a monastic community that traces to Saint Francis and the medieval ear; members seek anonymity, observe monastic silence, and make a vow of enclosure toward their mission— to pray for the rest of humanity. Panelist: Abbie Reese, Independent Scholar and Filmmaker Coffee Break A26-102 Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit Theme: The 50th Anniversary of the Creation of Ethnic Studies: Asian American Genealogical and Cross-Disciplinary Reflections Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) SueJeanne Koh, University of California, Irvine, Presiding Teng-Kuan Ng, Georgetown University An Asian American Journey of Faith: Historiography, Missiology, and Theology in Lin Yutang’s From Pagan to Christian x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 233 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Girim Jung, Claremont School of Theology Dictee Revisited: Towards a Transoceanic Approach to Asian American Religious Studies Justin Tse, Northwestern University The Miseducation of Model Minorities: The “Gospel of Schoolvation” in Asian American Studies Tian An Wong, Smith College Rearticulating an Asian American Theology of Liberation A26-103 #chineserels Chinese Religions Unit Theme: Buddhism in Modern China Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee, Presiding Gilbert Chen, Washington University, St. Louis To Keep Incense Burning and Lamps Lit: Local Buddhist Monastics’ Involvement in the Coal-Mining Business in Nineteenth-Century Chongqing Hongyu Wu, Ohio Northern University The Woman Question and the (Re)Construction of Buddhist Identity in the Republican China (1911–1949) Nan Ouyang, National University of Singapore Mobilizing Buddhists for Socialist Production: Disposal of Buddhist Properties on Mt. Jiuhua during the Mao Era (1949–1976) A26-104 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit Theme: Orthodox Contemplation, Spirituality, and Encounters Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Ashley Purpura, Purdue University, Presiding Ioana Patuleanu, Mercer County Community College The Orthodox Contemplative Tradition Mirrored Back through the Writings of the French Catholic Bishop François de la Motte Fénelon Luis Salés, Scripps College Queer Female Holiness and Ethiopian Anti-Colonial Resistance in the Gädlä Walatta Petros Lori Branch, University of Iowa Father Alexander Men’s Teachings on Prayer: Eastern and Western Christian Spiritualities from a Russian Orthodox Perspective Responding: Brian A. Butcher, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Toronto A A26-105 Hinduism Unit Theme: Rethinking Hinduism: A Roundtable Discussion on Hindu Pluralism (University of California Press, 2017) and Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory (University of California Press, 2016) Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Jonathan Peterson, University of Toronto, Presiding Panelists: Valerie Stoker, Wright State University Elaine Fisher, Stanford University Patrick Cummins, Cornell University Archana Venkatesan, University of California, Davis Sarah Pierce Taylor, Concordia University Responding: Hamsa Stainton, McGill University A26-106 #aarhcs History of Christianity Unit Theme: History and Theology Roundtable Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Craig Prentiss, Rockhurst University, Presiding Panelists: Amy M. Hollywood, Harvard University Sonia Velazquez, Indiana University Kris Trujillo, University of Chicago Andrew Walker-Cornetta, Princeton University David Maldonado Rivera, Kenyon College AH A26-107 Open and Relational Theologies Unit Theme: Book Panel: Ecological Solidarities: Mobilizing Faith and Justice in an Entangled World (Penn State University Press, 2019) Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Krista E. Hughes, Newberry College, Presiding Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 234 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Panelists: Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Graduate Theological Union, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Elaine Padilla, University of La Verne Teresia Mbari Hinga, Santa Clara University Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University Responding: John B. Cobb, Center for Process Studies Dhawn Martin, University Presbyterian Church A26-108 Religion and Cities Unit and Space, Place, and Religion Unit Theme: Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Religious Examinations of Spaces of Transgression and Conflict Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Joanne Punzo Waghorne, Syracuse University, Presiding Devon Abts, King’s College London Dismantling the Barriers of the Religious Imagination: Political and Postcolonial Theological Encounters with the Art of Khaled Jarrar Adam Newman, University of Virginia Making Space in Mewar: At the Border of Trauma, Memory, and History in Fifteenth-Century Rajasthan Douglas Hardy, Nazarene Theological Seminary Crossing Over: Celtic Monastic City Borders as Invitatory A26-109 Religion and Politics Unit Religion in South Asia Unit Theme: Religious Didacticism in South Asia: Critical Assessments of Jain and Hindu Literature Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Arun Brahmbhatt, Saint Lawrence University, Presiding Steven Vose, Florida International University Caste Prestige as Religious Piety: Women’s Virtue in Early Vernacular Jain Didactic Literature Iva Patel, University of Iowa Thinking through Tropes: Cognitive Practices and the Rhetoric of Instruction in the Sarasiddhi of Nishkulanand Swami Eric Steinschneider, University of Arizona Something We Can All Agree upon: Didactic Literature and Renunciation in Late-Precolonial South India Sravani Kanamarlapudi, University of Washington Situating a Didactic Text in Its Narrative Context: The Case of the Viduranīti Responding: Heidi R. M. Pauwels, University of Washington A26-111 Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit Theme: Negotiating Islam and Racial Logics in Global Africana Contexts Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Deirdre DeBruyn Rubio, Harvard University, Presiding Kimberly Wortmann, Wake Forest University Mosques and the Negotiation of Afro-Arab Identities in Contemporary Tanzania Youssef Carter, Harvard University West African Sufi Pedagogy and the Matter of Black Lives Kirsten Wesselhoeft, Vassar College More Than Malcolm: US Islam as Religious and Racial Analytic in French Muslim Communities Matthias Gebauer, University of Passau Black Islam South Africa: Global Passages of Racialized Muslim Identities and the Bringing about of African Indigeneity in a PostColonial Society x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 235 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Theme: Islam and Politics in Global Contexts Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310A (Third Level) Rachel Scott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Presiding Anna Piela, Northwestern University Shifting between Experiences of Islamophobia and Racism: The Niqab as a Focal Point for the Study of Intersections of Exclusion in the United States and Great Britain Ermin Sinanovic, Shenandoah University Political Theology of Obedience in Contemporary Islamic Thought Andreas Johansson, Lund University Muslim Politics in Sri Lanka A26-110 HK A26-114 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Teaching Religion Unit C A26-112 Science, Technology, and Religion Unit Theme: Science, Religion, and the Construction of Meaning Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Yunus Doğan Telliel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Presiding Ariela Marcus-Sells, Elon University Controlling the Unseen: The Scientific Imaginaries of the Kunta Scholars Amy Bix, Iowa State University Time/Machine and Sacred Pauses for Meaning: Religion, Work, and the Quest for Control amidst Chaotic Technological Pressures Daniel Heifetz, Lewisburg, PA The Science of Satyug: Finding a Meaning for Science and Technology in Neoliberal India Business Meeting: Greg Cootsona, California State University, Chico, and Josh Reeves, Samford University, Presiding A26-113 #islamaar TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Study of Islam Unit Theme: Ways of Knowing in Premodern Islam: Morality, Orthodoxy, and Aesthetics Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Elliott Bazzano, Le Moyne College, Presiding Caitlyn Olson, Harvard University Commanding Right Belief and Forbidding Wrong: Islamic Theology for the 10th/16th-Century Moroccan Masses Youcef Soufi, University of Toronto The Formation of Classical Critical Islam: Munāzara (Legal Disputation) among Islamic Jurists in the 10th–13th Centuries Mohammad Sadegh Ansari, Columbia University Miskawayh’s (d. 1030 CE) Treatise on Pleasure and Pain and the Possibility of an Islamic Aesthetics Discourse Responding: Aun Hasan Ali, University of Colorado Boulder Theme: Climate Change Is Everything Change: Integrating Environmental Commitment in Religious Studies Courses Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Timothy Gutmann, University of Chicago, Presiding Panelists: Jennifer Thompson, California State University, Northridge Danielle Widmann Abraham, Ursinus College A26-115 Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit Theme: New Frontiers in Phenomenology of Religion Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) Adam Kotsko, North Central College, Presiding Andrew Tebbutt, University of Toronto The Theological Re-Turn: Reading “The French Debate” through Hegel’s Hermeneutical Phenomenology of Religion Nixon Cleophat, Bloomfield College Haitian Vodou, a Critical Lens Re-Contextualizing Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: Spirit Possession as the Meta-Praxis of the Liberation of the Historically Oppressed Matt Waggoner, Albertus Magnus College On Certain Anti-Urban Inclinations in the Early Phenomenology of Religion Willie Young, Endicott College Ethnography, Phenomenology, and Social Embodiment in Religion C A26-116 Wesleyan and Methodist Studies Unit Theme: Wesleyan and Methodist Missions Beyond Britain and North America Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Laceye Warner, Duke University, Presiding Robert Doyle Smith, Olivet Nazarene University Methodist Mission to Muslims 1895–1925: A Critical Appraisal of Methodism’s Attempt to Evangelize across the Religious Boundary of Islam Sergei Nikolaev, United Methodist Church Julius Hecker: Methodist Missionary, Educator, and Martyr in Soviet Russia Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 236 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Eric Hung, Duke University Transnational Connectionalism at Work: The Foundation of Wei Li Kung Hui (American Methodism) in Hong Kong Glen O’Brien, University of Divinity Samuel and Catherine Leigh in Aotearoa/New Zealand Business Meeting: Ted A. Campbell, Southern Methodist University, and Edgardo Colon-Emeric, Duke University, Presiding A26-117 Women and Religion Unit Theme: Remembering Women in Global Religion Tuesday, 8:30 AM–10:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Stephanie May, First Parish in Wayland, Presiding Tamar Wasoian, Evanston, IL Armenian Deaconesses: Remembering to Re-Membering Mary Nyangweso, East Carolina University Rites of Passage as the Loci of Public Health Discourse in Africa and in the Diaspora Leena Taneja, Zayed University Beyond Brahminical Asceticism: An Ethnographic Study of Female Ascetics in the Chaitanya Vaishnava Tradition Responding: K. Christine Pae, Denison University A26-118 (=S26-136) CA Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and SBL Violence and Representations of Violence in Antiquity Unit Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit and Comparative Studies in Religion Unit Theme: Destruction and Unmaking in Arts, Literature, and Religion Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 311A (Third Level) Christopher Patrick Parr, Webster University, Presiding Sarah Corrigan, Harvard University Burning Poetry, Hacking Crosses: Unmaking to Survive in Shalamov’s Gulag World William Stell, Princeton University Rip the Bible Reverently: A Reading of Crafters’ Anxieties about a Book Kristine Whaley, University of Glasgow Grief and the Act of Fragmentation: The Redemptive Unmaking of Tree of Codes A26-120 Buddhism Unit Theme: Dharmic Aspirations, Poetic Conversations: Scenes of Ethical Instruction in Buddhist Literature Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level) Guttorm Gundersen, Harvard University, Presiding Alexis Brown, Harvard University The Place of Context in the Rasavāhinī: Dialogue as a Vehicle for Transportation and a Site of Transformation Julie Regan, La Salle University Erotic Scenes of Ethical Instruction in $ğYDJKRΙDµV Saundarananda Elizabeth Angowski, Earlham College Representing Renunciation and Creating a Scene: The Suitor Dialogues in the Life of Yeshé Tsogyal Alan Wagner, Collège de France Missing Persons: The Loss of Meaning in Édouard Chavannes’ Translations of Chinese Jātakas Responding: Maria Heim, Amherst College TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Theme: Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2019): A Cross-Disciplinary Engagement Tuesday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire E (Fourth Level) Christine Luckritz Marquis, Duke University, Presiding Panelists: Nyasha Junior, Temple University Laura Nasrallah, Harvard University Constance Furey, Indiana University Whitny Braun, Loma Linda University Chase L. Way, Claremont Graduate University Responding: Ellen Muehlberger, University of Michigan Business Meeting: Diane Fruchtman, Rutgers University, Presiding A26-119 A26-121 Christian Systematic Theology Unit Theme: Trauma, Disability, and Grace Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Convention Center-21 (Upper Level East) Jessica Wong, Azusa Pacific University, Presiding Hannah Jones, University of Chicago God, Trauma, and the Grace of Survival Calli Micale, Yale University Touch, Disability, and the Communication of Christ’s Spirit Charles Guth, Princeton Theological Seminary Binding Grace: On Covenants, Norms, and Conditions x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 237 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 A26-122 Contemporary Islam Unit Theme: Gender Politics in Contemporary Muslim Discourse Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level) Yasmine Flodin-Ali, University of North Carolina, Presiding Iman AbdoulKarim, New York, NY Intersectional Critique: Strategies for Supporting Muslim Women’s Feminisms through Black Feminist Theory Nicole Correri, Boston University Speaking for Zaynab: The Male Appropriation of the Female Voice in Contemporary Shī’ī Religious Ritual Samuel Kigar, Duke University God’s Feminine Shadow: A Feminist Muslim Political Theology of Territory Responding: Amanullah De Sondy, University College Cork W A26-123 Ethics Unit Theme: Images of the Public Scholars and Scholarship Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411A (Fourth Level) Nichole Flores, University of Virginia, Presiding Graedon Zorzi, George Fox University Freedom and the Moral Character of Modern Liberalism Shannon Dunn, Gonzaga University Precarious Personhood, the Refugee Crisis, and Ethical Responsibility Joyce Konigsburg, Notre Dame of Maryland University Social Media as Public Spaces: #MeToo and the Ethics of Recognition A26-124 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit Theme: Caretaking and Destruction of Sacred Space Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) Elaine Peña, George Washington University, Presiding Josefrayn Sanchez-Perry, University of Texas Remembering the Teopixque: Caretaking the Sacred Spaces of the Nahua World Lloyd Barba, Amherst College, and Tatyana Castillo-Ramos, Amherst College La Migra No Profana El Santuario: Latinx Sanctuary Movement Leaders in the Age of Trump Laura Worden, Yale University Transnational Sanctity: The Destruction of Sacred Spaces for Santa Muerte in the Mexican Borderlands Responding: Matthew Peter Casey, Arizona State University H A26-125 Martin Luther and Global Lutheran Traditions Unit and Sacred Texts, Theory and Theological Construction Unit Theme: Sacred and Scarred Texts in Global Lutheran Traditions: Ecology, Economy, and the Political Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East) Allen G. Jorgenson, Wilfrid Laurier University, Presiding Lisa E. Dahill, California Lutheran University One Reality: Bonhoeffer, Non-Dualism, and Wild Life on Earth Tapio Leinonen, University of Helsinki God’s Word Leads to Justice? Luther on Just Leadership in Lectures on Deuteronomy Benjamin Taylor, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Faith in God or in Mammon? Martin Luther’s Critique of the Idol Arina Zaytseva, Rice University Martin Luther’s Theological and Political Legacy in the Theatrum Diabolorum A26-126 North American Religions Unit and Religion, Media, and Culture Unit Theme: Infrastructuring Religion in the United States: Canals, Rails, Roads, and Pipelines Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto, Presiding S. Brent Plate, Hamilton College The Erie Canal and the Birth of US Religions Nicole Kirk, Meadville Lombard Theological School “But, Hark! …the Whistle of a Locomotive...” Isaiah Ellis, University of North Carolina The Southern Gospel of Good Roads Responding: David Walker, University of California, Santa Barbara Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 238 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Derk Harmannij, University of Exeter The Struggle of Caring for Creation beyond the Emphasis on Individual Behavior A26-127 Philosophy of Religion Unit Theme: The Rites of Race Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Convention Center-26B (Upper Level East) Danube Johnson, Harvard University, Presiding Denson Staples, Harvard University Notes On Divine Covenant and (In)Difference: Mixed Race, Whiteness, and Misrecognition Mac Loftin, Harvard University Corpse Mysticum: White Supremacy, Fascism, and the Eucharist in Georges Bataille’s Summa Atheologica Hannah Gais, Harvard Divinity School White Nationalism Meets Eastern Orthodoxy: The Alt-Right and Orthodox Neo-Traditionalism Thomas Lynch, University of Chichester Evaluating Religion: From Critical Religion to Feminist Epistemology #rpc Religion and Popular Culture Unit Theme: The End of the World as We Know It: Apocalyptic Themes in Black Metal, Reggae, and Punk Music Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level) James Thrall, Knox College, Presiding Douglas Mattsson, Södertörn University Black Metal in Turkey: Islamic Semiotics and Subcultural Resistance Ennis B. Edmonds, Kenyon College “It’s the Fire”: The Apocalypse According to Bob Marley Andrew McKee, Florida State University Violence and Elimination According to the Word of Jesus Christ Allin A26-131 A26-128 Religion and Sexuality Unit Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit Theme: Psychological Interiority of Resistance Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Stephanie M. Crumpton, McCormick Theological Seminary, Presiding Lisa M. Cataldo, Fordham University We Are Them: Scholarly and Spiritual Struggles of a Professor in a Catholic University in the Age of Crisis Lily Mendoza, Oakland University From Institutional Trauma to “Indigenous” Transformation: A Filipina Journey of Decolonization Beth Toler, Moravian Theological Seminary Queer Encounters: Pedagogical Considerations for Engaging, Enduring, and Transforming Prejudicial Narratives in the Classroom Daniel Moceri, Graduate Theological Union Canon Fodder: Oppressive Systems, Institutional Lip Service, and The Psychological Toll of Scholarship from the Margins #aareco2019 HW Religion and Ecology Unit Theme: Religion and Ecology in Public Spaces Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 303 (Third Level) Barbara Jane Davy, University of Waterloo, Presiding Andrew Thompson, University of the South Environmental Theology as Public Theology: A Pragmatic Pluralist Proposal Luke Beck Kreider, University of Virginia Armed Ecology: Religion, Race, and Environmental Imagination at Malheur Theme: Reproductive Justice: Expanding the Discourse Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo 202A (Second Level) Erica Ramirez, Auburn Seminary, Presiding Panelists: Michal Raucher, Rutgers University Elaina Ramsey, Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Justice, Columbus, OH Charity Woods, Interfaith Voices for Reproductive Justice, Atlanta, GA Toni Bond Leonard, Claremont School of Theology Chelsea Yarborough, Advocates for Youth, Washington, DC Rebecca Todd Peters, Elon University A26-132 Religion and the Social Sciences Unit Theme: Studying Religion in Hard-to-Define Populations and Places Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level) Nichole Phillips, Emory University, Presiding Laura Yares, Michigan State University A Temple of Secular Culture? Researching Jewish Young Adults at the National Museum of American Jewish History Tyler Fuller, Boston University, Danielle Lambert, Emory University, and Gina Wingood, Columbia University The Good HIV and the Bad HIV: African American Women’s Construction of Religio-Social Identity in Relation to HIV x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 A26-129 A26-130 239 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 A26-133 Roman Catholic Studies Unit Theme: Theology and the Queering of Catholicism Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level) Michael Pasquier, Louisiana State University, Presiding Kevin McCabe, Seton Hall University Can Catholicism Be Queer? Reflections on the Hermeneutics of Nature and Grace Jeanine Viau, University of Central Florida (Not so) Heavenly Bodies: Troubling the Catholic Analogical Imagination Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, Le Moyne College Making Queers: Eucharistic Liturgical Theology and Capital’s Affect A26-134 Study of Judaism Unit and Theology and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Non-Doctrinal Theology in Judaism Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Molly Farneth, Haverford College, Presiding Sam Shonkoff, Graduate Theological Union Embodied Theology in Modern Jewish Thought Claire Sufrin, Northwestern University Theology in a Different Genre: Jewish Religion and Literature in Post-Holocaust America Mara Benjamin, Mt. Holyoke College Materiality as a Source for Jewish Feminist Theology Ariel Mayse, Stanford University Beyond the Hall of Mirrors: Jewish Mysticism and Post-Dogmatic Theology TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 A26-135 Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit Theme: A Geluk-Inclusive Non-Sectarian Movement Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level) Nancy Lin, University of California, Berkeley, Presiding Rachel Pang, Davidson College Bridging the Nyingma-Geluk Divide in the Life and Works of Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol (1781–1851) Douglas S. Duckworth, Temple University The dGe-mang Movement: rNying-ma and dGe-lugs Hybridity in 19th-Century Khams Adam Pearcey, SOAS, University of London Uniting dGe-lugs and rNying-ma Views: The Ris-med Philosophy of mDo-sngags Chos-kyi rgya-mtsho (1903–1957) Responding: Anne C. Klein, Rice University A26-136 World Christianity Unit Theme: Lived Religion and Agency in World Christianity: From the Field to a Library Exhibition Tuesday, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East) Corey Williams, Leiden University, Presiding Darren Duerksen, Fresno Pacific University Immersing Christian Baptism in Hindu Water: Recent Experiences of Indian Khrist Bhaktas Emmanuel Nathan, Australian Catholic University From Construct to Constructing: An Ethnographic Approach to the Catholic Church’s Renewed Relationship with Judaism since Vatican II Jennifer Aycock, Emory University Fragmentary Sources, Refracting Gazes: Teaching African Christianity through a Library Collection AW A26-137 University of California, San Diego Theme: Public Religions in the Modern World (University of Chicago Press, 1994) by José Casanova Tuesday, 11:00 AM–1:00 PM Offsite - UCSD Atkinson Hall, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093 Richard Madsen, University of California, San Diego, Presiding The Program for the Study of Religion and the Department of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, and the American Academy of Religion present a public lecture celebrating the 25th anniversary of Public Religions in the Modern World (University of Chicago Press, 1994) by José Casanova. Dr. Richard Madsen will introduce Dr. José Casanova. Dr. Casanova’s lecture will discuss Public Religions in the Modern World and religion in the public sphere for the 30th anniversary celebration of the English translation of J. Habermas’ The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (MIT Press, 1989). Panelist: José Casanova, Georgetown University Symbol Key: E M AAR Award Winners A C Books Under Discussion Arts Series Business Meeting F Especially for Students 240 N Exploratory Sessions L Films S R U Focus on Chaplainey W P Focus on Employment K G Receptions, Breakfasts, and Luncheons New Program Unit H Presidential Theme: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces Professional Development Sustainability and Religion Q Tours D Wildcard Sessions Full Papers Available on AAR Website x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 OTHER EVENTS KƚŚĞƌǀĞŶƚƐĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶƚůLJĂůůŽǁŵĞŵďĞƌƐƚŽŐĂƚŚĞƌǀŽůƵŶƚĂƌŝůLJĂŶĚƚŽŚŽƐƚƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ͕ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ĂŶĚƉƌŝǀĂƚĞŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞŶŶƵĂůDĞĞƟŶŐƐ͘dŚĞŝƌŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶŝŶƚŚĞProgram Book ĚŽĞƐŶŽƚĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƚĞĂŶĞŶĚŽƌƐĞŵĞŶƚďLJƚŚĞŵĞƌŝĐĂŶĐĂĚĞŵLJ ŽĨZĞůŝŐŝŽŶŽƌƚŚĞ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJŽĨŝďůŝĐĂů>ŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͘tŚŝůĞZĂŶĚ^>ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐƉĂĐĞĨŽƌĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐůŝƐƚĞĚĂƐ͞KƚŚĞƌǀĞŶƚƐ͕͟ƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚƉƵƌƉŽƐĞŽĨƚŚĞƐĞŐĂƚŚĞƌŝŶŐƐĂƌĞŶŽƚƌĞǀŝĞǁĞĚďLJĞŝƚŚĞƌƚŚĞZŽƌ^>͛ƐWƌŽŐƌĂŵhŶŝƚƐŽƌƚŚĞŝƌWƌŽŐƌĂŵŽŵŵŝƩĞĞƐ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶLJŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶŽƌŐƌŽƵƉŽĨŵĞŵďĞƌƐƚŚĂƚƌĞƐĞƌǀĞƐƐƉĂĐĞĨŽƌĂŶKƚŚĞƌǀĞŶƚŝƐĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚƚŽĂĚŚĞƌĞƚŽZĂŶĚ^>ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐĂŶĚ ĐŽƌĞǀĂůƵĞƐŝŶŚŽůĚŝŶŐĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 M21-201 M22-112 Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Drake University / Des Moines Area Religious Council Theme: Vocation, Teaching, and Religious Studies Thursday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 500 (Fifth Level) This gathering provides an opportunity for teachers and scholars in the field of religious studies to discuss the intersections of that field with programs for vocational reflection and discernment. Although the language of vocation, calling, and purpose is increasingly present in undergraduate education, its significance has remained relatively under-theorized in academic circles, including in religious studies generally. In addition, the broadening of the conversation about interfaith and interreligious studies is having an effect on the work being done on vocation (and vice versa). • Should the concepts of vocation and calling play a role in the religious studies classroom? • Can the concept of vocation, with its historically Christian roots, function in the increasingly multi-faith context of higher education? • What pedagogical assumptions undergird attention to vocation and calling in the teaching of religious studies? • What teaching strategies have been used — successfully or otherwise — to incorporate vocation into undergraduate coursework in religion? • This gathering will be of interest to those who teach undergraduate courses in religious studies, theology, and related fields, including those that focus on interreligious and interfaith studies. M21-400 Theme: Academic / Nonprofit Collaborations Friday, 8:00 AM–2:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 500 (Fifth Level) This workshop features academic/nonprofit interfaith collaboration in general and the “interfaith youth leadership camp” that Drake University and the Des Moines Area Religious Council have coprogrammed for the last three years. Time will be devoted to learning about the interfaith youth leadership camp, sharing other academic/ nonprofit interfaith collaborations, reflecting on the opportunities and challenges of such collaborations, and developing plans for future growth. Supported by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, limited space is available. Please contact Tim Knepper (tim.knepper@drake. edu) for more information. M22-100 Accordance Bible Software Training Seminar Friday, 8:30 AM–5:30 PM Offsite Accordance’s FREE training seminar teaches how to get the most out of this cutting-edge Bible software for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. The session is open to potential, basic, and advanced level users. The morning sessions will introduce the new features in the upcoming version 13, and cover the interface and search capabilities, while the afternoon is devoted to advanced features, tools, and aids for study and teaching. Bring your own laptop or follow the projected demonstration. You may register or ask for details at: seminars@accordancebible.com Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Reception Theme: Vocation, Teaching, and Religious Studies Thursday, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) Participants in the NetVUE Gathering on “Vocation, Teaching, and Religious Studies,” along with their guests, are invited to this informal gathering to discuss the day’s conversation, to exchange ideas about their own experiences, and to network with other teachers and scholars in the field. x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 381 OTHER EVENTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 M22-101 Lutheran Women in Theological and Religious Studies AAR-SBL Pre-Gathering Friday, 8:30 AM–5:30 PM Offsite - Mary Hollis Clark Conference Center San Diego Public Library Central Branch 330 Park Blvd. Lutheran Women in Theological and Religious Studies (LWTRS) gather annually for scholarship, worship, and friendship. Lutheran women scholars, including graduate students, women who teach or study at Lutheran institutions, and rostered ELCA women are invited. Papers, worship, a business meeting, and meals comprise the day. This year marks the 40th ordination anniversary of Rev. Earlean Miller, the first African American Lutheran woman to be ordained in the United States, ten years after the first white Lutheran woman was ordained. In honor of this anniversary, this year’s meeting will focus on women “on the margins” through the lens of “Lament and Praise: Transformation Out of the Depths.” We will examine how women in general have participated in lament and praise, including overlooked historical narratives, Lutheran theology of transformation out of the depths, biblical witness to transformation, etc. Further, we will reflect upon lament, praise, and transformation through the lens of women of color both in and outside of the United States. Online registration will be available after September 30. For more information, or to be notified when registration is open, contact Heather Dean at heather. dean@elca.org. M22-102 Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) Theme: Transregional Bhakti Traditions Friday, 9:00 AM–10:45 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Graham M. Schweig, Christopher Newport University and Graduate Theological Union, Presiding Shivani Bothra, University of California-Santa Barbara Terapanth Prabodha: A “Short-cut Method” to Develop Piety in the Shvetambar Terapanth Tradition Rodney Sebastian, University of Florida Transregional Transmission of *DXΕư\D 9DLΙΧDYLVP: Building the Sacred Body in Manipuri 9DLΙΧDYD Dance Dramas Brita Heimarck, Boston University Global Bhakti: A Complex Network of Devotional Music, Meditation, and Communitas Pranati Parikh, Harvard University Transregional Theologies of Grace for Comparative Theology Nalini Rao, Soka University Guru Bhakti as Understood in the Dvaita Sampradāya 382 M22-103 Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Theme: Vocation, Teaching, and Religious Studies Friday, 9:00 AM–12:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level) This gathering provides an opportunity for teachers and scholars in the field of religious studies to discuss the intersections of that field with programs for vocational reflection and discernment. Although the language of vocation, calling, and purpose is increasingly present in undergraduate education, its significance has remained relatively under-theorized in academic circles, including in religious studies generally. In addition, the broadening of the conversation about interfaith and interreligious studies is having an effect on the work being done on vocation (and vice versa). This gathering will address questions such as these: • Should the concepts of vocation and calling play a role in the religious studies classroom? • Can the concept of vocation, with its historically Christian roots, function in the increasingly multi-faith context of higher education? • What pedagogical assumptions undergird attention to vocation and calling in the teaching of religious studies? • What teaching strategies have been used—successfully or otherwise—to incorporate vocation into undergraduate coursework in religion? This gathering will be of interest to those who teach undergraduate courses in religious studies, theology, and related fields, including those that focus on interreligious and interfaith studies. M22-108 Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) Theme: Hindu-Jewish Studies: Tantra and Kabbalah Friday, 11:00 AM–12:45 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Loriliai Biernacki, University of Colorado, Presiding Pravina Rodrigues, Graduate Theological Union The Semiotics of Sefirot and Śrīcakra: A Reflection on Sacred Geometry Ithamar Theodor, Zefat Academic College Modification, Emanation, and 3DULΧƘPD-Vāda in Medieval Theistic Vedānta and Kabbalah Yudit K. Greenberg, Rollins College Shakti and Shekhinah: Reflections on Embodiments of the Divine Feminine Alan Brill, Seton Hall University Can Tantra Help Us Understand Kabbalistic Prayer Kavvanot? x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x M22-210 Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium Member Council Meeting (Private) Eberhard Jüngel Research Colloquium Friday, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 3 (Lobby Level) M22-111 Oneworld Publications Theme: Communities of the Qur’an: Book Launch Friday, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Convention Center-25B (Upper Level East) M22-200 Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale University Annual Luncheon Friday, 12:00 PM–2:00 PM Convention Center-9 (Upper Level West) M22-201 Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) America Theme: Numata Chairs Coordinators Meeting Friday, 12:00 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Catalina (South Tower - Fourth Level) M22-202 China Academic Consortium Theme: Colloquium for CETF ( Chinese Evangelical Theological Fellowhship) Friday, 12:00 PM–6:00 PM Omni-Gallery 3A (Gallery Building - across the street from the main hotel entrance on L Street) The Theme of the colloquium is “ Chinese Theological Voices in Public Space”. The presentation in either Chinese or English will be acceptable. The presentation limited to 30 minutes and allow 15 minutes for responses. The objective of the event is to encourage theological learning, by interaction, construction and advancement among theological workers in North America committed to theological reflection in Chinese context with global implications. Friday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Cardiff (South Tower - Third Level) Piotr Malysz, Samford University, and R. David Nelson, Baker Academic and Brazos Press, Presiding The session — the last in a series — is devoted to engagement with the legacy of the German theologian Eberhard Jüngel (b. 1934). Over a long and distinguished career, Jüngel has grappled with such topics as revelation, responsible talk about God, God’s triunity, Christology, the nature of theological language, analogy, divine and human freedom, love, atheism, and theological approaches to the state. In all this, he has followed, perceptively yet critically, in the footsteps not only of Martin Luther, but also of Hegel, Bonhoeffer, Bultmann, Heidegger, and Barth. The goal of this session is to assess Jüngel’s legacy against the broader backdrop of contemporary theology and philosophy. Panelists: Christoph Schwoebel, University of St. Andrews Christopher Holmes, University of Otago Deborah Casewell, Liverpool Hope University M22-211 Institute for Biblical Research Theme: Institute for Biblical Research Board Meeting Friday, 12:45 PM–3:15 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400A (Fourth Level) M22-204 Review and Expositor Editorial Board Meeting Friday, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) M22-205 Society for Post-Supersessionist Theology Theme: Fulfillment and Supersessionism in the Theology of St. Paul Friday, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 14 (First Level) David Rudolph, King’s University, Presiding The Society for Post-Supersessionist Theology exists in order to promote research and discussion that advances post-supersessionist thought. The Society understands post-supersessionism as a family of theological perspectives that affirms God’s irrevocable covenant with the Jewish people as a central and coherent part of ecclesial teaching. It seeks to overcome understandings of the New Covenant that entail the abrogation or obsolescence of God’s covenant with the Jewish people, of the Torah as a demarcator of Jewish communal identity, or of the Jewish people themselves. Panelists: William S. Campbell, University of Wales Douglas Campbell, Duke University x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 383 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 M22-109 OTHER EVENTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Responding: Paula Fredriksen, Boston University Francis Watson, University of Durham M22-206 Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion Theme: Religion and Race in The Time of Trump Friday, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300 (Third Level) M22-207 Beyond “Religion versus Emancipation”: Gender and Sexuality in Women’s Conversion to Christianity, Judaism and Islam in Western-European Contexts Theme: Expert Meeting “Contested Conversions: “Authentic” Stories and Public Reflexes’ Friday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua C (Third Level) M22-208 Association for Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Annual Workshop Friday, 2:00 PM–5:00 PM Convention Center-25C (Upper Level East) Join us for the 3rd annual meeting of the Association for Interreligious/ Interfaith Studies (AIIS). Come hear about San Diego’s interfaith context followed by peer-to-peer conversations with fellow scholars about developing research, curricula, and scholarship that is both inspired by and accountable to communities. A coffee break and refreshments will be provided. For more information and to register click here: cvent.com/events/association-of-interreligious-interfaith-studiesworkshop/event-summary-dc0b0f4afdeb4ce0850665a6bda75908.aspx If you have questions please contact Russ Arnold rarnold@regis.edu. M22-209 Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) Theme: Dharma and Artificial Intelligence Friday, 2:00 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding Loriliai Biernacki, University of Colorado Artificial Intelligence and Indian Tantra Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College On Jīva-s, Artificial Life Forms, and Inanimate Objects: Commander Data, Marie Kondo, and the Dharma Traditions Stuart R. Sarbacker, Oregon State University Minds and the Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 384 Joseph Prabhu, California State University, Los Angeles Interbeing: Humanity in an Ecological Age Judith Carlisle, Loyola Marymount University Pockets of Place and the Right to Space: Transcendence through +DΛKD-Yoga and AI Gopal Gupta, University of Evansville Hindu Perspectives on Artificial Life and the Self Michael Reading, Claremont School of Theology Jainism and the Technological Singularity Hypothesis: Defeating the Wrath of AI through Cautious and Nonviolent Intent M22-300 Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Theme: What is Anglican About Anglican Readings of Scripture? Friday, 3:00 PM–7:00 PM Offsite - Offsite All parts of the AABS Friday meeting will be held at St. Paul’s Cathedral (Episcopal), 2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 (619298-7261), stpaulcathedral.org. (If you want to share a ride to St. Paul’s, at AABS’s expense, please meet the Rev. Frank Hughes [fwhughes54@ hotmail.com] by 4:45 PM at the corner of West Harbor Drive, the street the Convention Center faces, and 1st Avenue.) All are welcome to join us — for any portion/s of the afternoon/evening. Advance reservations are required for the catered dinner. Information and cost for the dinner will be posted on the AABS website (aabs.org) in the early fall; this information will also be sent out on our email list. Contact Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (malbon@vt.edu) in the meantime if you have questions or to be added to the email list. Please also note the AABS celebration of Holy Eucharist on Sunday at 11:45 AM; check the SBL online program or program book for the room. 3:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting Jane Lancaster Patterson, Seminary of the Southwest, Presiding 5:00 PM Gathering and Greeting 5:30 PM General Business Meeting Jane Lancaster Patterson, Seminary of the Southwest, Presiding 6:00 PM Holy Eucharist 7:00 PM Dinner 7:45 PM What is Anglican about Anglican Readings of Scripture? Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia Tech, Presiding Panelists: Neil Elliott, Fortress Press Linda M. Maloney, Liturgical Press M22-301 Association of Theological Schools Theme: Celebration of the Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology Program Friday, 3:00 PM–9:00 PM Convention Center-9 (Upper Level West) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x M22-305 Art/s of Interpretation Group Quaker Theological Discussion Group Theme: Science, Symbol, and Society: Epistemological Reassessments Session One: The Situation Friday, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East) Randal Cummings, California State University, Northridge, Presiding We will explore different and alternate ways various cultures have construed the acquisition of knowledge and its relationship to the created order--different and alternative to the familiar paradigms we have inherited from the binary of the Enlightenment Science and Religion. This particular session will be devoted to a discussion of the new situation in the sciences as they relate to alternate interpretations of matter. Jess Hollenback, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse Implications for the New Physics for a Humane Ordering of the World Sherman Jackson, University of Southern California Science and Religion: The View From The Islamic Secular Charles H. Long, Chapel Hill, NC The Importance of Fernand Braudel’s Tripartite Understanding of the Temporal Order for Making Sense of Matter Aaron Grizzell, Graduate Theological Union The New Animism Tatsuo Murakami, Sophia University The Matter of the Fetish Theme: Quaker Youth Ministry and Theopraxis in a Multicultural Context Friday, 4:30 PM–6:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-206 (Second Level) M22-303 Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network Friday, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM Convention Center-28A (Upper Level East) Mary E. Hunt, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual, Presiding Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard University, Presiding The Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network will bring feminist theological insights to bear on the urgent impact of climate change around the world. What is the role of religion in these human-made problems, and how can feminist resources be put to best use for solutions? Panelists: Anne Elvey, Monash University Wanda Deifelt, Luther College All are welcome. RSVP: water@hers.com FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 M22-302 M22-306 Society for the Study of Native American Sacred Traditions Annual Meeting Friday, 4:30 PM–6:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo C (Second Level) M22-400 Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) Theme: Subjectivity, Emotions, and Feelings Friday, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua F (Third Level) Loriliai Biernacki, University of Colorado, Presiding Ana Bajzelj, University of California, Riverside Passions and Intention in Jainism Brian Black, Lancaster University Emotions and Ethics in the Mahābhārata James Madaio, Czech Academy of Sciences A Hermeneutics of Happiness in Medieval Advaita Vedānta Agnieszka Rostalska, Ghent University Epistemic Faults and Signs of Understanding: An Account of Emotions in Early Nyāya Jon Paul Sydnor, Emmanuel College, Boston Rāmānuja’s Celebratory Panentheism: The Case for a Nondual Theological Epistemology M22-401 Stone-Campbell Journal Theme: A Conversation About the Authority of Scripture Friday, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM Convention Center-25B (Upper Level East) David Matson, Hope International University, Presiding SCJ invites friends and colleagues from all streams who identify with the Stone-Campbell Movement tradition for fellowship, light refreshments, and interesting conversation. For additional information contact William Baker (scjeditor@aol.com). Joseph Gordon, Johnson University Divine Scripture in Human Understanding: A Systematic Theology of the Christian Bible (University of Notre Dame Press, 2019) Mark Hamilton, Abilene Christian University A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament (Oxford University Press, 2018) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 385 OTHER EVENTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 M22-403 Mennonite Scholars and Friends at the AAR/SBL Forum Theme: Migration, Borders, and Belonging Friday, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo D (Second Level) Melanie Howard, Fresno Pacific University, Presiding Jennifer Graber, University of Texas Missionary Encounters with Native Christian Epistemologies Felipe Hinojosa, Texas A&M University Borderlands in the Mennonite Imagination Joseph Wiebe, University of Alberta, Augustana Race, Religion, and Land in The Gods of Indian Country Hyejung Jessie Yum, University of Toronto A Postcolonial Response to Felipe Hinojosa’s Latino Mennonites M22-514 M22-502 International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) Reception 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Offsite - Offsite M22-503 Institute for Biblical Research Theme: Annual IBR Reception Sponsored by InterVarsity Press Friday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Convention Center-20BC (Upper Level East) The Annual Reception, following the IBR Annual Lecture, is generously sponsored by InterVarsity Press M22-504 The Word Made Fresh Theme: Celebrating Robert Jones’s The End of White Christian America Friday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level) Panelists: Jenna Reinbold, Colgate University Obery M. Hendricks, Columbia University John D. Carlson, Arizona State University Responding: Robert P. Jones, Public Religion Research Institute Theme: Toward a Post-White-Evangelical Politics Friday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire A (Fourth Level) Karen Strand Winslow, Azusa Pacific University, Presiding In 2001, a declaration entitled “The Word Made Fresh: A Call for a Renewal of the Evangelical Spirit” was promulgated to encourage an “irenic spirit of generous orthodoxy” within Christian theological discourse. This annual lecture series was then established in order to facilitate crea-tive dialogue among Christian scholars from diverse backgrounds about pressing issues in con-temporary theology. The Word Made Fresh lectureship is co-sponsored by Azusa Pacific University and Point Loma Nazarene University. Panelist: David P. Gushee, Mercer University M22-501 M22-505 Institute for Biblical Research Quaker Theological Discussion Group Theme: Institute for Biblical Research Annual Lecture 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Convention Center-20D (Upper Level East) Lynn H. Cohick, Denver Seminary, Welcome (10 min) Carmen Imes, Prairie College, Scripture Reading and Prayer (10 min) Lissa Wray Beal, Providence Theological Seminary, Introduction (5 min) Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University “When Abiathar Was High Priest”: Is the Reading in Mark 2:26 an Error? Observations on Pre-text Textual Criticism (40 min) Elizabeth Shively, University of St. Andrews, Respondent (10 min) KarlKutz, Multnomah University, Respondent (10 min) Discussion (20 min) Presentation by InterVarsity Press The IBR Reception follows the Annual Lecture and is sponsored by InterVarsity Press. Theme: Quakers Reading Scripture Friday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Oceanside (South Tower - First Level) Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion 386 M22-507 Yale University Press Theme: “That All Shall Be Saved”: A Reading by David Bentley Hart Friday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Santa Rosa (South Tower - First Level) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x P22-500 Evangelical Philosophical Society 12 Step Recovery Support Meeting Theme: Love: Divine and Human Friday, 7:00 PM–9:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level) Love, Divine and Human: Contemporary Essays in Systematic and Philosophical Theology is a collection of essays forthcoming from T&T Clark. This book panel would give some of the volume’s authors an opportunity to share their research with a larger audience. Panelists: Sameer Yadav (Westmont College) responds to the problem of divine hiddenness by way of an analysis of divine love. Kent Dunnington (Biola University) argues on exegetical and philosophical grounds that there is not a Christian duty to love one’s neighbor as oneself. J.T. Turner (Anderson College) argues against the notion that virtuous character formation in love for God provides a causal link between libertarian free will in pre-heavenly existence and moral impeccabiliy in the eschatological state. Jordan Wessling (Fuller Seminary) argues for a unitary account of the relation between God’s love and God’s punitive wrath. Kevin Vanhoozer (TEDS) pushes against Oord’s conception of God’s love by means of Aquinas’ denial of a real relation between God and the cosmos. Panelists: Sameer Yadav, Westmont College Kent Dunnington, Biola University James Turner, Anderson University (South Carolina) Jordan Wessling, Fuller Theological Seminary Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Friday, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) M22-506 Religious Studies Review (RSR) Annual Editorial Meeting Friday, 7:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Point Loma (South Tower - First Level) M22-509 Black Religious Scholars Group Theme: 22nd Annual Consultation: Making It Plain Friday, 7:00 PM–10:00 PM Offsite Barbara Holmes, retired, Presiding The registration fee is $25 and includes round trip transportation to event. You may sign up at divinity.vanderbilt.edu/programs_BRSG_ Consultation.php. For further information please contact Sha’Tika Brown, call (615) 936-8453 or email shatika.brown@vanderbilt.edu Panelist: Forrest E. Harris, Vanderbilt University/American Baptist College FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 M22-508 M22-510 Perspectives in Religious Studies Editorial Board Meeting Friday, 7:30 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) M22-512 Postcolonial Roundtable Theme: Book Discussion: Spirit Outside the Gate: Decolonial Pneumatologies of the American Global South, by Oscar GarcíaJohnson (Downers Grove: IVP, 2019) Friday, 8:00 PM–9:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Victor Ezigbo, Bethel University, Presiding This book challenges the “imperial logic of Babel” with the subversive “logic of Pentecost” to challenge Western approaches to Latin American and Latinx Christian spirituality. Building on the familiar missiological metaphor of “outside the gate” established by Orlando Costas, García-Johnson moves to recover important elements in ancestral traditions of the Americas, with an eye to discerning pneumatological continuity between the pre-Colombian and postColombian communities. Panelists: Néstor Medina, University of Toronto Peter Heltzel, New York Theological Seminary Malinda Elizabeth Berry, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Semiary Responding: Oscar Garcia-Johnson, Fuller Theological Seminary M22-511 Mennonite Scholars and Friends at the AAR/SBL Reception Friday, 8:30 PM–10:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Indigo E (Second Level) M22-513 Friends of Animals and Religion Reception Friday, 9:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 387 OTHER EVENTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 M23-113 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Loyola Marymount University Huffington Ecumenical Institute Theme: Orthodox — Latter-day Saint Academic Conversation Saturday, 7:00 AM–8:30 AM Omni-Gallery 3A (Gallery Building - across the street from the main hotel entrance on L Street) Orthodox — Latter-day Saint Academic Conversation Interested Orthodox and Latter-day Saint scholars are encouraged to contact hosts Cyril Hovorun (hovorun@gmail.com) or Grant Underwood (gru2@byu.edu) prior to the meeting. M23-114a Responding: Vineet Chander, Princeton University Lucinda Mosher, Hartford Seminary Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union M23-104 National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion November Meeting Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 3 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Plenary address will be given by Dr. Charles Kimball. M23-105 Booth University College Salvation Army Scholars and Friends Annual Meeting Saturday, 7:00 AM–9:00 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua C (Third Level) Saturday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Vista (South Tower - First Level) Andrew Eason, Booth University College, Presiding Dean Smith, Nazarene Theological College Towards an Australian Salvation Army Theology Helen Cameron, Regent’s Park College Rhetoric and Reality: Doing Good and Seeking Justice - Reflections on the Social Justice Work of the Salvation Army in the UK, 2010–2018 James Read, The Salvation Army Ethics Centre and Booth University College Aimee Patterson, The Salvation Army Ethics Centre and Booth University College “What Does the Lord Require?”: Current Issues in Salvation Army Ethics M23-102 M23-111 Council on Graduate Studies in Religion Annual Meeting Lutheran Scholars of Religion Institute for Biblical Research Theme: IBR Breakfast for Women Scholars Saturday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire D (Fourth Level) For further information contact Beth Stovell (BStovell@ambrose. edu). RSVP required to attend. M23-100 General Board of Higher Education and Ministry New Room Books Editorial Board Breakfast Saturday, 8:30 AM–12:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Cardiff (South Tower - Third Level) M23-103 Society for Hindu-Christian Studies and Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) Theme: Book Review Panel - Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care: Chaplaincy in Theory and Practice, Editors: Vineet Chander, Princeton University and New York University, and Lucinda Mosher, Hartford Seminary Saturday, 9:00 AM–10:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Asha Shipman, Yale University, Presiding Panelists: Varun Khanna, University of Pennsylvania Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount University Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawai’i, Manoa Kerry San Chirico, Villanova University 388 Theme: Keeping It Real: Theology, Racial Justice and the Common Good Saturday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Christine Helmer, Northwestern University, and Amy Carr, Western Illinois University, Presiding Theologians working with the resources from the Lutheran tradition address current questions of climatological, cultural, economic, and political urgency, with a particular focus on racial justice. Papers explore theological, philosophical, ethical, and political concerns in order to propose realist theological positions that envision and promote the common good in church and world. Leila Ortiz, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadlephia Holy Shit: Food and Fertilizer for Sacred Spaces and the Common Good Cecilia Nahnfeldt, Church of Sweden Vocation and Encounter: Theology and Practice when Transgressing Borders — from a Nordic/European Perspective Elyssa Salinas, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Care at the Site of the Dead: A Theology of Restoration x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x Craig L. Nessan, Wartburg Theological Seminary Calling a Thing What It Is: Confronting the American Genocide of Indigenous Peoples (Dedicated to the Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Gordon J. Straw) Responding: Timothy J. Seals, St. Luke Lutheran Church Kristine Suna-Koro, Xavier University M23-106 Charles S. Peirce Society M23-107 Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) Theme: Mahatma Gandhi Saturday, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level) Veena Howard, California State University, Fresno, Presiding Sungjin Im, Duke University (Un)dressing the Mahatma: The Visual Presence of Gandhi in Colonial Korea, 1921–1933 Samani Pratibha Pragya, SOAS University of London $KLτVƘ Yātrā: Gandhi, Jainism, and a Socio-religious Initiative Pankaj Jain, University of North Texas Gandhi, Jainism, and the Making of Indic Environmental Ethics in the Late Nineteenth Century Gopinathan Pillai, Santhigiri Research Foundation Global Nonviolent Awakening and Sustainable Future Responding: Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawai’i, Manoa Veena Howard, California State University, Fresno Christian Scholarship Foundation Luncheon Saturday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Convention Center-6D (Upper Level West) M23-109 Wesley Works Editorial Board Annual Luncheon Saturday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire Boardroom (Fourth Level) M23-110 Zondervan Theme: Instructor Lunch with N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird Saturday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Convention Center-6A (Upper Level West) Join us for a complimentary lunch with professors Wright and Bird as they discuss their new textbook The New Testament in Its World (SPCK/Zondervan Academic, 2019). This event is only open to instructors regularly teaching New Testament survey/introduction or administrators overseeing textbook selection. All attendees will receive a free copy of the book. Space is limited. RSVP at ZondervanAcademic. com/SBLlunch. P23-200 12 Step Recovery Support Meeting Saturday, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) M23-112 Oneworld Publications Theme: Slavery and Islam, Jonathan Brown, Book Launch Saturday, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) M23-200 Marginalia Review of Books Theme: The Future of Philosophy of Religion Saturday, 12:00 PM–1:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 11 (Lobby Level) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 389 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Theme: Author Meets Commentators: Robert Cummings Neville’s Metaphysics of Goodness Saturday, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Catalina (South Tower - Fourth Level) Michael Raposa, Lehigh University, Presiding Panelists: Nathaniel Barrett, Universidad de Navarra Lisa Landoe Hedrick, University of Chicago Robert Smid, Curry College Tyler Tritten, Gonzaga University Responding: Robert C. Neville, Boston University M23-108 OTHER EVENTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 M23-302 Cambridge University Press M23-202 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Art/s of Interpretation Group Theme: Science, Symbol, and Society: Epistemological Reassessments Session Two: Theoretical, Paradigmatic, and Practical Implications Saturday, 12:00 PM–2:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 14 (First Level) Randal Cummings, California State University, Northridge, Presiding We will explore different and alternate ways various cultures have construed the acquisition of knowledge and its relationship to the created order — different and alternative to the familiar paradigms we have inherited from the binary of the Enlightenment Science and Religion. This particular session will be devoted to discussion of issues related to the theoretical and practical implications of a scientific worldview on the forms and structures of society. Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Tufts University Ce n’est pas Magique; C’est d’Apprendre!: Theorizing Vodun Orientational Traditions as Scientific Knowledge Philip P. Arnold, Syracuse University Indigenous Societies: Technologies and the Land Eglute Trinkauskaite, Maryland Institute College of Art The Magic and Science of Lithuanian Healing Charms Thomas Csordas, University of California, San Diego Disciplines of the Sciences and Disciplines of the Spirit David Carrasco, Harvard University Cosmovision as an Epistemological Hermeneutic for an Ecological and Social Meaning of Religion M23-203 Institute for Biblical Research Theme: Institute for Biblical Research Board Meeting Saturday, 12:00 PM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Point Loma (South Tower - First Floor) M23-201 Society for Pentecostal Studies Theme: Pneumatology in the Hebrew Scriptures Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Alicia Jackson, Vanguard University, Presiding John Levison, Southern Methodist University Exodus and Spirit: The Israelite Origin of Pneumatology Jacqueline Grey, Alphacrucis College, Australia Is Hannah Among the Prophets? A Pentecostal Perspective Michael Brown, FIRE School of Ministry The Book of Job as a Challenge to Charismatic Orthodoxy 390 Theme: Biblical Theology by Ben Witherington Book Launch Saturday, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) M23-300 Theology Without Walls Group Theme: Rising Scholars Discussion Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Catalina (South Tower - Fourth Level) Jerry L. Martin, University of Colorado, Presiding This will be a free-for-all discussion among emerging Theologians Without Walls, following brief opening remarks by a senior scholar and a younger scholar. Obvious topics include: how to be a transreligious theologian and where one sees one’s own work on the developing theological landscape. Panelists: John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary John Becker, Center for Process Studies, Claremont M23-303 Drake University / Des Moines Area Religious Council Theme: Interfaith Youth Leadership Camp Saturday, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire D (Fourth Level) Timothy D. Knepper, Drake University, Presiding This session features the Interfaith Youth Leadership Camp that is annually cohosted by Drake University (The Comparison Project) and the Des Moines Area Religious Council. Student campers/counsellors and academic/nonprofit staff will introduce the camp, speak about their experiences in participating, and reflect on its opportunities and challenges over the last three years. A documentary created at this year’s camp will also be screened. M23-301 Zondervan Coffee Reception with N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird Saturday, 4:30 PM–6:00 PM Convention Center-20BC (Upper Level East) Join us to celebrate the release of The New Testament in Its World (SPCK/Zondervan Academic, 2019). A brief program will include a conversation between Professors Wright and Bird about their book and reflections on what we must change in how we teach the New Testament. For more info, visit ZondervanAcademic.com/coffee. Panelists: N.T. Wright, University of Saint Andrews Michael F. Bird, Ridley College x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x M23-400 Green Seminary Initiative and CreatureKind Theme: Networking Event: Animals, the Environment, and Theological Education Saturday, 5:00 PM–6:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Malibu (South Tower - Fourth Level) Join CreatureKind and Green Seminary Initiative to meet other scholars working in the areas of animals, environment, and theological education and learn about how institutions are adopting institutional policies at the intersection of faith and action. Theology Without Walls Group Planning Meeting Saturday, 5:00 PM–6:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Catalina (South Tower - Fourth Level) Jerry L. Martin, University of Colorado, Presiding A discussion of panel topics, journal topics, and other issues pertaining to the future of Theology Without Walls. One focus will be the new Routledge volume edited by Martin, Theology Without Walls: The Transreligious Imperative. John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary Publications Jeanine Diller, University of Toledo Models of God Kurt Anders Richardson, University of Toronto Global Trends Business Meeting: Christopher Denny, St. John’s University, Presiding M23-404 John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics Reception Saturday, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire Terrace (Fourth Level) M23-405 Forum for Theological Exploration Reception Honoring Fellows and Alumni Saturday, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM Convention Center-6B (Upper Level West) M23-406 Australian Catholic University 2019 Reception Saturday, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM Offsite - Stone Brewing Tap Room, 795 J Street M23-402 M23-407 Macquarie University and Australian College of Theology Down Under Reception Unitarian Universalist Scholars and Friends Saturday, 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) M23-403 U.S. Institute of Peace and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University Theme: Survival Tips for Religion Scholars in DC Saturday, 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Despite increased recognition that religion matters in international affairs and domestic policy, there remain gaps between religious studies theory, policy, and practice. Academics can offer recommendations from groundbreaking research to inform policy. At the same time, policymakers can articulate and operationalize lessons and opportunities at this intersection in ways that are unique to their own experiences within government. Theme: Post-Denominationalism and Its Implications for Unitarian Universalism: A Conversation in Honor of Lee Barker Saturday, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Dana Point (South Tower - Fourth Level) Elias Ortega-Aponte, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Presiding Please join us as we celebrate the legacy of Lee Barker on the occasion of his retirement from the presidency of Meadville Lombard Theological School. Between 2003 and 2019, Lee led the transformation and renewal of Meadville Lombard as it moved from Hyde Park to downtown Chicago and embraced an innovative, contextual program of ministerial formation that infuses practical experience in parish and community settings with academic coursework. Lee also grappled with the changing landscape of religion in the United States, as denominational loyalties weakened and individuals and families chose a wide range of new forms of religious participation. Our panel will explore the implications of this changing religious scene for Unitarian Universalist seminaries and congregations, for the people we serve, and for the transformative, counter-oppressive work that we champion. x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 391 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 M23-401 How can scholars of religion and policymakers better engage with and learn from one another? The panelists will offer rich insights from their decades of experience working in both academia and government on issues of religion, policy, and foreign affairs. Panelists: Shaun Casey, Georgetown University Susan Hayward, Georgetown University, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. Peter Mandaville, Georgetown University, George Mason University, and Brookings Institution Benjamin Marcus, Religious Freedom Center, Washington, DC OTHER EVENTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Panelists include Michael Hogue (Meadville Lombard), Pamela Lightsey (Meadville Lombard), and Tania Marquez (First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego), with a response by Lee Barker. Elias Ortega Aponte (Meadville Lombard) will moderate. Cosponsored by the UUA Panel on Theological Education, Harvard Divinity School, Meadville Lombard Theological School, and Starr King School for the Ministry. The conversation will run 6:30-8:00 pm, followed by a reception from 8:00 PM–9:30 PM. Panelists: Michael Hogue, Meadville Lombard Theological School Pamela Lightsey, Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary Tania Marquez, First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego Responding: Lee C. Barker, Meadville Lombard Theological School M23-500 Friends of Brigham Young University Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-La Costa (South Tower - Fourth Level) M23-501 Critical Research on Religion Reception Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Offsite - Basic Bar and Pizza, 410 Tenth Ave. You are invited to a reception co-sponsored by Critical Research on Religion (crr.sagepub.com) and the AAR Sociology of Religion program unit. M23-502 Indiana University Religious Studies Alumni and Friends Reception Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Coronado (South Tower - Fourth Level) M23-503 Institute for Ancient Near Eastern and Afroasiatic Cultural Research (IAACR) Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Cardiff (South Tower - Third Level) This year’s IAACR Colloquium will highlight selected personal narratives of scholars in Biblical and Religious Studies, with particular reference to those from populations traditionally underrepresented or minoritized within the academy. Proposals are invited for 15-minute presentations to be shared at the event. This is part of a larger project focused on hearing and honoring the autobiographical reflections of scholars in Afroasiatic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies. For additional information, please contact Hugh Page, Jr. (poeto@ me.com). 392 M23-504 Interfaith Youth Core Reception Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 12 (Lobby Level) M23-505 Plough Publishing Theme: Beyond Capitalism: Radical Traditions for a New Economy Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-San Diego A (North Tower - Lobby Level) What do Pentecostalism, religious socialism, and Anabaptism have in common? On Saturday, November 23 at 7:00 PM, Plough Publishing will host an event to explore the surprising commonalities of these traditions, and the resources they provide to reimagine society and economy. This event, held in conjunction with the 2019 AAR and SBL Annual Meetings in San Diego, will launch the publication of three series with Plough Publishing House: The Classics of the Radical Reformation (formerly with Herald Press), The Blumhardt Source Series (formerly with Wipf and Stock), and the new Eberhard Arnold Centennial Editions for both academic and general audiences. Join us as we explore the challenge of radical discipleship through these important theological writings. A reception will follow the keynote and panel. Panelists: Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University Juan Martinez, Fuller Theological Seminary Malinda Elizabeth Berry, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Semiary Nancy Bedford, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Erin DuFault Hunter, Fuller Theological Seminary Mark Lau Branson, Fuller Theological Seminary Frank Macchia, Vanguard University M23-506 Zen Reading Group Sixth Annual Meeting Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Catalina (South Tower - Fourth Level) Steven Heine, Florida International University, Presiding Albert Welter, University of Arizona Song-dynasty Chan Texts Diane E. Riggs, Western Michigan University The Robe in Zen Texts Osvaldo Mercuri, International Research Institute of Zen Buddhism Medieval Japanese Zen Texts Responding: Morten Schlutter, University of Iowa x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x M23-520 M23-519 The Enoch Seminar Reception Graduate Theological Union Reception Saturday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific Ballroom 15 (First Floor) The Enoch Seminar is an international group of specialists of Second Temple Judaism and Christianity, Rabbinic, and Islamic Origins. All are invited to join us at this reception to learn about our recent and future activities. Saturday, 7:00 PM–10:00 PM Omni-Grand C (Fourth Level) M23-507 Saturday, 7:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 13 (Lobby Level) All are invited to discuss and learn more about the many different intersections of religion and science at the Religion and Science Hospitality Event! Representatives from the following organizations will be on hand to answer questions, engage in dialogue, and discuss possibilities for future work. We look forward to seeing you there! • The Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) • The Zygon Center for Religion and Science • Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science • The Institute for Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) • The Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion (IBCSR) of the Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC) • The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) • The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) Program of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) M23-508 Evangelical Philosophical Society Theme: The Strength and Limits of Parental Rights Saturday, 7:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 23 (First Level) How robust should parental rights be, and what might an evangelical philosophy contribute to the question? While questions of marriage and sexuality have been hotly disputed, the question of parental rights has—until recently—remained on the edges of the American consciousness. This panel discussion will consider the limits and weight of parental rights in a range of hotly disputed issues, such as vaccines, transgender therapy and treatments, and declining life-extending medical care. Moreover, this panel will consider the relationship between religious liberty claims and parental rights in each of these areas. Panelists: Michael Austin, Eastern Kentucky University Francis Beckwith, Baylor University Gregory Bock, University of Texas, Tyler Matthew Anderson, Baylor University Fordham University Reception Saturday, 7:30 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 16 (First Level) Fordham University — especially the Theology Department, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, and Fordham University Press — warmly welcomes alumni/ae, prospective and current students, faculty, and colleagues to our annual reception. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Religion and Science Hospitality Event M23-509 M23-510 Dallas Theological Seminary Alumni Reception Saturday, 8:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 3 (North Tower - Lobby Level) M23-511 Baker Academic and Brazos Press Reception Saturday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 9 (Lobby Level) M23-512 Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium and Reception Saturday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Omni-Grand A (Fourth Level) M23-513 Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Reception Saturday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Omni-Gaslamp 1 (Fourth Level) M23-514 Eerdmans (Wm. B.) Publishing Company Reception Saturday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Convention Center-6A (Upper Level West) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 393 OTHER EVENTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 M24-101 National Association of Professors of Hebrew M23-515 Asbury Theological Seminary and Azusa Pacific University Reception Saturday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Omni-Grand B (Fourth Level) M23-516 M24-108 Temple University Breakfast Center for Process Studies Reception Saturday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Omni-Gaslamp 2 (Fourth Level) M23-517 Sunday, 7:00 AM–8:45 AM Marriott Marquis-Mission Hills (South Tower - Third Level) M24-109 Louisville Institute Research Breakfast Harvard University Reception SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Annual Breakfast and Business Meeting Sunday, 7:00 AM–8:45 AM Convention Center-6F (Upper Level West) Marvin Sweeney, Claremont School of Theology, Presiding Saturday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Offsite - Petco Park, 100 Park Boulevard For Harvard faculty, student, staff alumni, colleagues and friends. Sunday, 7:00 AM–9:00 AM Marriott Marquis-Carlsbad (South Tower - Third Level) M24-103 Institute for Biblical Research M23-518 Swiss Universities Reception Saturday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Convention Center-6D (Upper Level West) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 M24-104 Church of Christ Professors Meeting Sunday, 7:00 AM–8:30 AM Convention Center-11B (Upper Level West) Theme: Worship Service Sunday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Marriott Marquis-Pacific Ballroom 19 (First Floor) This worship service is sponsored by the Institute for Biblical Research. Lynn Cohick, Denver Seminary, Presiding Worship Lesson from the Hebrew Scriptures Lesson from the New Testament Sermon, Dennis Edwards, Northern Seminary, “Endings and New Beginnings” M24-110 Center of Theological Inquiry Breakfast Reception M24-105 M24-106 Sunday, 7:30 AM–9:00 AM Marriott Marquis-Balboa (South Tower - Third Level) The Center of Theological Inquiry invites members, friends, and all those interested in our program to its annual breakfast reception. This event provides an opportunity to learn more about our research program, including our Inquiry on Religion and Global Concerns, focused on migration, religion and violence, economic inequality, and the environment. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Alumni Connect Breakfast M24-114 Sunday, 7:00 AM–8:30 AM Convention Center-7A (Upper Level West) Religion and American Law Discussion Group Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Sunday, 7:00 AM–8:30 AM Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire Boardroom (Fourth Level) 394 Theme: Issues in Religion and American Law Sunday, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Miramar (South Tower - Third Level) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x M24-219 International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) Institute for Biblical Research Theme: Business Meeting Sunday, 11:00 AM–11:45 AM Convention Center-23B (Upper Level East) Research Group: Scripture and Church Seminar Theme: “Communicating the Kingdom” Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific Ballroom 17 (First Floor) Our papers this year will address: i. Hearing the Gospel of the Kingdom: What does the gospel of the Kingdom have to say to the twenty-first century church? At what points do Jesus’s kingdom parables, discourses and signs offer encouragement and sustenance to a struggling post-Christendom church? At what points do they disrupt and destabilise the order that we have constructed or inherited? ii. Proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom: How are we to convey the meaning of Jesus’s Kingdom proclamation and its present implications, within a contemporary context in which notions of kingdom and kingship are alien to the experience of many, and there is deep and widespread suspicion of authority claims and totalizing narratives? iii. Dramatizing the Gospel of the Kingdom: How should the liberating incursion of the Kingdom of God be demonstrated and dramatized in the conduct of contemporary Christians and in the shape of our churches and the various other institutions that we create and maintain? For more information, contact Dr. Bill DeJong, chair (billdejo@ gmail.com) or visit the Tyndale House Scripture Collective website (academic.tyndalehouse.com/thsc), or the IBR website under the Research Groups tab (ibr-bbr.org/). Bill DeJong, Blessings Christian Church, Welcome (5 min) Opening Liturgy Other (5 min) Jeannine Brown, Bethel Seminary (St. Paul, MN) Hearing the Gospel of the Kingdom (25 min) Koert Van Bekkum, Theological University (Kampen, NL) Proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom (25 min) David Starling, Morling College Dramatizing the Gospel of the Kingdom (25 min) Break (10 min) Panel Discussion Discussion (25 min) Q&A with Panelists Discussion (20 min) Closing Liturgy Other (5 min) Final Announcements Other (5 min) M24-115 Biblical Interpretation Editorial Board Meeting Sunday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Del Mar (South Tower - Third Level) M24-116 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Pines School of Graduate Studies Luncheon Sunday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Convention Center-7B (Upper Level West) M24-201 Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Theme: Holy Eucharist Sunday, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM Hilton Bayfront-206 (Second Level) All are welcome to attend this celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the Anglican Tradition. M24-118 Society for Dialectical Theology Theme: Dialectical Theology Beyond Dialectics Sunday, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Santa Rosa (South Tower - First Level) W. Travis McMaken, Lindenwood University, Presiding With its commitment to divine nonobjectifiability, dialectical theology positions itself as critical of every theological and sociopolitical status quo. How then might dialectical theology help us think both creatively and transgressively about borders and boundaries? Join us as we explore this question. Raymond Carr, Pepperdine University Beyond Dialectics: Attending to the Surplus between the Borders and Boundaries x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 M24-157 395 OTHER EVENTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 M24-400 Tutku Tours M24-300 Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame Theme: Ninth Annual Analytic Theology Lecture Sunday, 3:00 PM–4:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 23 (First Level) Thomas McCall, Trinity International University Analytic Theology and the Ministry of Reconciliation M24-301 Tutku Tours SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: “Eutychus” Great Falls in Acts 20 and Multistoried Insulae in Troas by Dr. Mark Wilson Sunday, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Catalina (South Tower - Fourth Level) M24-304 Society for Pentecostal Studies Theme: A Round Table Discussion of Sandra Richter’s Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About Environmentalism and Why It Matters (IVP, 2019) Sunday, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 3 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Blaine Charette, Northwest University, Presiding Panelists: Rickie Moore, Lee University Jonathan Bentall, Durham University Kimberly Alexander, Regent University Andrew Davies, University of Birmingham Responding: Sandra Richter, Harvard University Theme: Graeco-Roman Medicine in Turkey: The Cases of Pergamon, Allianoi and Rhodiapolis, by Sarah Yeomans Sunday, 5:00 PM–6:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Catalina (South Tower - Fourth Level) M24-401 Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice (CLBSJ) Sunday, 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Presidio 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) A roundtable discussion on the topic, “Maintaining Dialogue Between the Seminary, the Sanctuary, and the Streets.” This facilitated conversation will focus on the importance today of identifying and nurturing alternative spaces for meaningful conversation and debate about the Bible as touchstone in identity formation, politics, and initiatives aimed at the promotion of social justice. All with an interest in this topic are invited to attend. For additional information, please contact Ched Myers (chedmyers@bcm-net.org) or Hugh Page, Jr. (hpage@nd.edu). M24-402 Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Reception for Members and Friends M24-302 Sunday, 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Marriott Marquis-La Costa (South Tower - Fourth Level) The Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) is a nationwide campus-supported network to support educators in their work with undergraduate students as they explore questions of meaning, purpose, and identity and discern their many callings in life. Since its launch in 2009, NetVUE has grown rapidly to include over 250 independent colleges and universities. All SBL and AAR participants are invited to join us for this reception, whether or not their institutions are members of the network. Stop by for a chance to learn more about NetVUE (including faculty development and grant opportunities), to connect with friends and colleagues with similar interests, and to enjoy one another’s company. NetVUE is administered by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) with generous supported from Lilly Endowment Inc. and member dues. Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame Analytic Theology Reception M24-403 Sunday, 4:30 PM–6:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 18 (First Level) M24-303 Paulist Press Author and Friends Reception Sunday, 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Journal of Religious Ethics Editorial Board Meeting M24-404 Sunday, 4:30 PM–6:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Santa Rosa (South Tower - First Level) Louisville Institute Reception 396 Sunday, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 21 (First Level) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x M24-405 M24-502 Christian Century University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Reception Theme: Religion in the Golden Age of Television Sunday, 6:30 PM–8:00 PM Offsite - St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 6th Ave. A conversation with theologian Kathryn Reklis, media critic of the Christian Century. Panelist: Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University Sunday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Omni-Grand C (Fourth Level) M24-534 Journal for Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion University of Oxford and University of Cambridge Sunday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Marina F (South Tower - Third Level) The Universities of Cambridge and Oxford are delighted to invite colleagues, friends, alumni and prospective graduate students to a reception at the AAR and SBL Annual Meetings in San Diego. Come hear an update on developments in Cambridge’s Faculty of Divinity and Oxford’s Faculty of Theology and Religion, and meet current faculty members. Prospective students are warmly welcome to come and learn about the benefits of studying in Cambridge or Oxford. Further information is available at divinity.cam.ac.uk and theology.ox.ac.uk. M24-504 Yale University Reception Sunday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Marina G (South Tower - Third Level) M24-505 Parasource Distribution Canadian Scholars and Friends Reception Boston College Theology Department and School of Theology and Ministry Reception Sunday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marina E (South Tower - Third Level) Join Parasource Canada and their partner publishers for an informal reception reconnecting those doing work from Sea to Sea to Sea. Canadian scholars, students and friends welcome. Sunday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Omni-Grand A (Fourth Level) M24-506 M24-500 M24-501 Rice University Reception Sunday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Omni-Grand B (Fourth Level) Please join us for the inaugural reception for Rice University students, alumni, faculty, and friends. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Theme: Organizational Meeting for a New Journal on Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion Sunday, 7:00 PM–8:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Miramar (South Tower - Third Level) Melissa M. Wilcox, University of California, Riverside, Presiding Scholars working or interested in the areas of queer and transgender studies in religion are invited to an informal discussion of the possibility of starting a journal to serve this subfield. If you cannot come but would like to share your ideas, please email melissa.wilcox@ucr.edu. Panelists: Kent Brintnall, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Joseph A. Marchal, Ball State University Max Strassfeld, University of Arizona Yannik Thiem, Columbia University Heather White, University of Puget Sound Thelathia Nikki Young, Bucknell University M24-503 Princeton Theological Seminary Reception Sunday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marina D (South Tower - Third Level) M24-507 Princeton University Department of Religion Reception Sunday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-San Diego C (North Tower - Lobby Level) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 397 OTHER EVENTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 P24-500 12 Step Recovery Support Meeting M24-508 University of Iowa Reception for Alumni and Friends Sunday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Omni-Grand D (Fourth Level) Sunday, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) M24-512 Jewish Theological Seminary Reception M24-509 University of North Carolina Reception Sunday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Omni-Grand E (Fourth Level) M24-535 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Claremont Graduate University Department of Religion Reception Sunday, 7:30 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 25 (First Level) Kekst Graduate School Reception: The JTS Kekst Graduate School invites alumni, students, faculty colleagues and their friends to a light kosher reception. Jewish dietary laws will be observed. Come enjoy this annual event with us! M24-513 University of Notre Dame Reception Sunday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 22 (First Level) Sunday, 7:30 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 24 (First Level) M24-510 M24-514 Evangelical Philosophical Society Concordia Seminary, Concordia Theological Seminary, and Concordia Publishing House Reception Theme: Modern Philosophy of Theological Anthropology Sunday, 7:00 PM–9:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 2 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Joshua Farris, Houston Baptist University, and Nathan Jacobs, University of Kentucky, Presiding Modernity, some have suggested, sows the seeds for a purely materialist, mechanistic, non-experiential, a-religious perspective of the world. However, new work on God and Modern philosophy in philosophers such as Descartes, Hobbes, and Kant challenges this assumption .Through the lens of some of the most important Modern figures, the present panel discussion explores the following question: “Does contemporary philosophical materialism regarding humans have much footing in the modern dialectic?” We suggest that it does not by considering Descartes, Hobbes, Berkeley, Kant. Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College Descartes and the Primacy of Self-awareness Richard J. Mouw, Fuller Theological Seminary Hobbes and Descartes in Christian Anthropology Chris L. Firestone, Trinity International University Kant’s Existential Dualism Geoffrey Fulkerson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Heidegger, the Technological, and Dwelling: A Theological Account M24-511 Sunday, 7:30 PM–9:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 3 (North Tower - Lobby Level) M24-515 Brown University Reception Sunday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 16 (First Level) M24-516 Religion and American Culture Reception Sunday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 15 (First Level) M24-517 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Alumni and Friends Dessert Reception Sunday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Coronado (South Tower - Fourth Level) University of Texas, Austin Reception Sunday, 7:00 PM–10:00 PM Offsite - Blind Burro, 639 J St. 398 x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x M24-533 M24-525 Calvin Theological Seminary Reception Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary PhD Reception Sunday, 8:30 PM–10:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 10 (Lobby Level) M24-518 M24-526 London School of Theology Reception Emory University Graduate Division of Religion (GDR) Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–10:30 PM Marriott Marquis-La Costa (South Tower - Fourth Level) M24-519 Brite Divinity School Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–10:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 1 (Lobby Level) M24-520 Sunday, 9:00 PM–10:30 PM Marriott Marquis-San Diego A (North Tower - Lobby Level) M24-521 Boston University Department of Religion and School of Theology Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 2 (Lobby Level) M24-522 Drew University Annual Alumni Gathering Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 3 (Lobby Level) M24-523 Duke University Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 5 (Lobby Level) M24-524 Florida State University Department of Religion Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 4 (Lobby Level) M24-527 Johns Hopkins University Near Eastern Studies Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 11 (Lobby Level) M24-528 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Vanderbilt University Divinity School Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 6 (Lobby Level) Southern Methodist University and Perkins School of Theology Alumni/ae and Friends Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 12 (Lobby Level) M24-529 Scottish Universities Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 7 (Lobby Level) M24-530 Syracuse University Department of Religion Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 13 (Lobby Level) M24-531 University of Oslo Nordic Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 8 (Lobby Level) M24-532 Fortress Press Reception Sunday, 9:00 PM–11:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Marriott Grand 9 (Lobby Level) x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 399 OTHER EVENTS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 M25-110 Theology Without Walls Group M25-101 Friends of Regent College Breakfast Monday, 7:00 AM–8:30 AM Convention Center-6F (Upper Level West) M25-102 Restoration Quarterly Breakfast Monday, 7:00 AM–8:30 AM Convention Center-6C (Upper Level West) M25-103 Fuller Theological Seminary Alumni and Friends Breakfast Monday, 7:00 AM–9:00 AM Convention Center-7B (Upper Level West) M25-104 Union Presbyterian Seminary Alumni Breakfast MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Monday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Marriott Marquis-Oceanside (South Tower - First Level) Theme: Theology Without Walls Versus Deep Religious Commitment? Monday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Marriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 1 (North Tower - Lobby Level) S. Mark Heim, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School, Presiding Our religious lives have existential grip. We commit ourselves fully to them. That seems to be essential to their being transformative. TWW seems to lack existential grip. It may even appear to be incompatible with having religious commitments. It may appear to require a tabula rasa and a “view from nowhere.” How can an intense commitment to a single vision relate to a theological project that is more encompassing? Jeanine Diller, University of Toledo How to Theologize Globally and Affiliate Locally Bin Song, Washington College Wang Longxi’s “Seeded Open Inclusivism”: TWW with Deep Commitment in Neo-Confucianism Robert C. Neville, Boston University Theology Without Walls and the Existential Depth of Religion Kurt Anders Richardson, University of Toronto Mythologizing or De-Mythologizing in Theology: Transcending the Dichotomy Linda A. Mercadante, Methodist Theological School in Ohio A Theology for the Spiritual But Not Religious? M25-107 M25-108 Institute for Biblical Research Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology Theme: IBR Ethnic Minority Breakfast Monday, 7:30 AM–8:45 AM Convention Center-6D (Upper Level West) IBR invites members and potential members of ethnic minority background (Latino, Asian, African, and/or Native American) to a breakfast for networking and brainstorming. For further information contact Esau McCaulley (esaumccaulley@gmail.com). RSVP requested but not required. Theme: Mormonism and Theology of Religions Monday, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Vista (South Tower - First Level) Panelists: Andrew Schwartz, Center for Process Studies, Claremont Brian D. Birch, Utah Valley University James M. McLachlan, Western Carolina University M25-106 M25-109 Dead Sea Discoveries Editorial Board Meeting Monday, 7:30 AM–9:00 AM Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level) Journal for the Study of Judaism Editorial Board Meeting Monday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level) P25-200 12 Step Recovery Support Meeting Monday, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 310B (Third Level) 400 x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x M25-201 M25-500 Theology Without Walls Group King’s College London Reception Theme: Does the Heavenly City Have Gates? Eschatology Without Walls Monday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Rancho Sante Fe 3 (North Tower - Lobby Level) Jerry L. Martin, University of Colorado, Presiding While John Hick is usually identified with a Kantian conviction that takes religions to be phenomenal representations of an unknowable Reality, his book, Death and Eternal Life, may provide a better model for TWW. There he present relevant evidence about whether we survive death and, if so, what sort of self survives. He draws insights and arguments, not only from the religions, but also from the sciences, philosophy, parapsychology, and the humanist perspective. Panelists are asked to address the question: What speculations on death and the afterlife do you find most persuasive? What kinds of evidence and argument do you find most compelling? Jan-Olav Henriksen, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society Experiential Evidence for an Eschatology without Walls? Hick’s Position from a Pragmatist Perspective Michael T. McLaughlin, Old Dominion University Hick’s Eschatology of Mutuality in Higher Worlds Meets Affect in Spinoza Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College Reflections on Rebirth: Science, Christianity, and Vedanta in Conversation Thomas Oord, Northwest Nazarene University Relentless Love of the Afterlife Christopher Denny, St. John’s University Aesthetic Persuasion and Eschatology: What Literature Can Teach Us about the Next World Monday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 16 (First Level) Once again we are delighted to invite friends and guests, prospective students and alumni to the King’s College London reception at the AAR/SBL Annual Meetings, this time in San Diego. Everyone is warmly encouraged to join us to hear about developments in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, including opportunities for study at Master’s and doctoral level — and to enjoy a get-together to a background of some good London music. For further information about the Department, see kcl.ac.uk/trs Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Theme: The Dignity to Decide Award: 45th Anniversary of RCRC Monday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Leucadia (South Tower - First Level) M25-503 Auburn Theological Seminary/Walter Wink Scholar Activist Award Reception Monday, 7:30 PM–9:00 PM Marriott Marquis-Pacific 15 (First Level) Please join Auburn President Katharine Rhodes Henderson as we celebrate the work of troubling the waters and healing the world. At its reception, Auburn is honored to award the fifth annual Walter Wink Scholar-Activist Award. Previous awardees include Traci West, Simran Jeet Singh, Najeeba Syeed, and Rebecca Todd Peters. The award will be given during the reception, with a brief talk by the awardee to follow. Come enjoy the food, drinks, warm hospitality and network with fellow scholar-activist friends old and new. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 M25-200 M25-501 Society for Pentecostal Studies Theme: The Spirit and the New Testament Monday, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM Marriott Marquis-Laguna (South Tower - First Level) Melissa Archer, Southeastern University, Presiding Jon K. Newton, Alphacrucis College (Australia) Determinism and Time in the Apocalypse Hannah R. K. Mather, London School of Theology How Does the Spirit Communicate to Us through Scripture? A Renewal Perspective Stetson Glass, Southeastern University “We Shall Wear a Robe and Crown”: A Pentecostal Engagement with Apocalyptic Apparel of the Saints x See the full Annual Meetings program online at papers.aarweb.org/program_book and www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=35 x 401