Seventh Day Adventist Religion Chairs

Thursday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
MM-Torrance

Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians

Theme: Thinking Scripturally: The Bible and Theology
 

Thursday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
MM-Leucadia Oceanside Pacific Point Loma Leucadia

Theme: Thinking Scripturally: The Bible and Theology

2:00 pm-3:30 pm Carol Newsom, Emory University

Three Perspectives on Good and Evil: The Bible’s Internal Dialogue

4:00 pm-5:30 pm How Should Scripture Inform Thinking about Sexuality?

Panelists:

Marit Trelstead, Pacific Lutheran University

John Hoffmeyer, Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia

Ian McFarland, Emory University

6:30 pm-8:30 pm Dinner

The Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians (SALT) is an informal network of scholars and pastors committed to ongoing theological inquiry in the context of these two denominational families. Our annual meeting is held just prior to the AAR and SBL meeting. Most of our 250 members teach and/or pastor in seminaries, colleges, or churches; others are active in SALT to remain connected to colleagues in their own denominational cultures. We welcome other interested persons. For more information: CrossRoads@hope.edu.

United Methodist Women of Color Scholars Program

Thursday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
GH-Del Mar

Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium Reception

Thursday - 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
MM-Warner Center

Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium Dinner

Thursday - 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
MM-Coronado

Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 1

Thursday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
CC-25B

Today through Saturday, the Adventist Society for Religious Studies will address the topic Adventism and Community. The presidential address, The Adventist Community and Education will be presented by David Taylor from Loma Linda University. A business session will follow.

For additional information regarding this section contact Ernest Furness at P.O. Box 8050,

Riverside, CA 92515, or FurnessEF@secc-sda.org.

Scriptural Reasoning Theory Sessions

Thursday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
GH-Del Mar

United Methodist Women of Color Scholars Program

Thursday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
GH-Mohsen A

New Developments in Religious Studies VII: Keeping Ourselves Current

Friday - 7:00 am-6:30 pm
GH-Manchester E

Co-sponsored by the Program in Religion and Secondary Education at Harvard Divinity School, Religious Studies in Secondary Schools, and the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education

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

Please visit www.hds.harvard.edu/prse/ndrs for updated information including the agenda, presentation descriptions, and registration forms.

Lutheran Women in Theological Studies (LWTRS)

Friday - 7:00 am-6:30 pm
GH-Del Mar A

Lutheran women in theological and religious studies as well as some local Lutheran clergywomen gather annually for scholarship, worship, and friendship. Lutheran women scholars - including graduate students - and other women who teach or study at Lutheran colleges and seminaries are welcome to attend all or part of the meeting. Questions?

To register please contact Sandra Mejia at 773-380-2885 or sandra.mejia@elca.org.

Young Scholars in American Religion, 2003-2006

Friday - 9:00 am-6:30 pm
MM-Rancho Las Palmas

Believers Church Bible Commentary Editorial Council

Friday - 9:00 am-3:30 pm
GH-Edward A

The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board Meeting

Friday - 9:00 am-3:30 pm
MM-Encinitas

The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board Meeting

Friday - 9:00 am-6:30 pm
MM-Santa Rosa

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)

Theme: Dharma, Karma, and Moksha and the Jaina Tradition (DKM1)
 

Friday - 9:00 am-11:45 am
GH-Manchester D

Theme: Dharma, Karma, and Moksha and the Jaina Tradition (DKM1)

Anne Vallely, University of Ottawa, Presiding

The panel will discuss sadharma-dharma and varnashrama dharma as they are understood within Jaina Tradition. The panelists will conduct an intensive study of Jaina Tradition in India during the summer of 2007. This experience will afford them a unique and privileged position to explore the ways in which Jainas themselves understand and talk about their tradition. In this panel, the papers will each explore how central religious ideas are conceptualized, discussed, practiced and also reified in the self-presentation of Jaina Tradition.

Panelists: TBA

For updates, continue to check at: www.danam-web.org/events.htm.

North American Association for the Study of Religion Executive Meeting

Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
MM-Torrey 1

Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 2

Friday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm
CC-29D

Scriptural Reasoning Theory Sessions

Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
GH-Mohsen B

Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians

Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
GH-Betsy A

9:00 am-10:30 am John Webster, University of Aberdeen

Biblical Reasoning

11:00 am-11:30 am Business Meeting

For more information: CrossRoads@hope.edu

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies

Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
GH-Edward C

North American Paul Tillich Society

Theme: Paul Tillich and Jewish Thought
 

Friday - 9:00 am-11:15 am
GH-Manchester A

Marcia MacLennan, Kansas Wesleyan University, Presiding

Theme: Paul Tillich and Jewish Thought

Bryan Wagoner, Harvard University

Judaism in the Life and Thought of Paul Tillich

Anne Marie Reijnen, Faculté Universitaire de Théologie Protestante, Brussels, Institut Catholique de Paris

Liberal Theology, Zionism, and Christian Nationalism: A Topical Inquiry into the Dialogue between Paul Tillich and Martin Buber

Stephen Butler Murray, Skidmore College

The Relevance of Paul Tillich to the Future of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue

World Religions Reader Advisory Committee

Friday - 9:00 am-3:30 pm
GH-Edward D

Conference on Contemporary Pagan Studies

Friday - 9:00 am-5:00 pm
CC-31A

9:00 am-11:30 am: Mentoring Sessions

The morning will be devoted to mentoring sessions with senior scholars assisting junior scholars. If you are interested, please look for details at www.paganstudies.org.

11:30 am-1:00 pm: Lunch Break

1:00 pm-2:30 pm: Papers

David Edleson, Middlebury College

“Thou Art Goddess”: Wicca, “Radical Immanence,” and the Worship of the Naked Celebrant

Chris Klassen, Wilfrid Laurier University

Evil or Enchanted: Student Responses to Witchcraft

2:45 pm-4:30 pm: Research Reports

Research reports on projects in literature, psychology, and anthropology. There will be time after the presentations for a discussion of the various projects and how they may relate to each other or to other projects under way.

4:30 pm-5:00 pm: Business Meeting

United Methodist Women of Color Scholars Program

Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am
CC-31A

The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board Meeting

Friday - 10:30 am-3:30 pm
MM-Mission Hills

The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board Meeting

Friday - 10:30 am-3:30 pm
MM-Balboa

North American Paul Tillich Society

Theme: Paul Tillich as Biblical Theologian
 

Friday - 11:30 am-1:15 pm
GH-Manchester A

Loye Ashton, Tougaloo College, Presiding

Theme: Paul Tillich as Biblical Theologian

Ron MacLennan, Bethany College

Paul Tillich: Biblical Theologian of Connectedness

Francis Ching-Wah Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tillich as a New Testament Theologian?

Matthew Lon Weaver, Duluth, MN

The Existential Reception of Revelation: Paul Tillich as Biblical Theologian

Numata Chair Coordinators Meeting

Friday - 11:45 am-6:30 pm
MM-Solana

Theological Education for a Sustainable Future

Friday - 11:45 am-6:30 pm
CC-30B

The CRLE, an affiliate of the Humane Society of US, will host the afternoon session Theological Education for a Sustainable Future.

Over the past 15 years, various initiatives have sought to strengthen theological education commitments to the care of creation. The organizers of Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge, the Forum on Religion and Ecology, and the Web of Creation will reflect on their experiences and discuss opportunities for sustainable theological education.

The workshop will also feature examples of how seminaries are making their institutions more sustainable.

Participants will also explore how to strengthen institutional commitment to sustainability, particularly how they can respond to two key issues: climate change and humane sustainable food. To register, contact Christine Gutleben cgutleben@hsus.org.

International Bonhoeffer Society: Editorial Board, Annual Meeting, Board of Directors

Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
MM-Marina G

Theology and Ethics Colloquy

Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
GH-Cunningham C

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)

Theme: The Ethics of Dharma (DKM2)
 

Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
GH-Manchester D

Theme: The Ethics of Dharma (DKM2)

Convener: Purushottama Bilimoria, Deakin University, Australia

Rita D. Sherma, Binghamton University, Presiding

Purushottama Bilimoria, Deakin University, Australia

Is Dharma Rational? And Karma Intelligible? Is Moksha (a) Way Out? Critique of Mohanty, Matilal, Daya Krishna

Joseph Prabhu, California State University, Los Angeles

Dharma through Thick and Thin

Shyam Ranganathan, York University

How to Generalize and How Not to Generalize about “Dharma”, “Karma” and “Moksa”

Christopher Key Chapple, Loyola Marymount University

Dharma, Karma, and Moksha in Jaina Tradition

Guy Petterson, University of Melbourne, Australia

Salvation through Deeds?: Madeleine Biardeau's “Anthropology of Desire”

For updates, see: www.danam-web.org/events.htm.

North American Association for the Study of Religion

Theme: Ritual Transformation of Agency
 

Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
CC-23A

Theme: Ritual Transformation of Agency

Jens Kreinath, Wichita State University and University of Heidelberg

Mimesis, Fractal Dynamics, and Agency in Yoruba Spirit Possessions

Gustavo Benavides, Villanova University

Priestly, Institutional, and Material Agency in Roman Catholic Sacramental Practice

Steven Engler, Mount Royal College and Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Patronage and Distributed Agency in Brazilian Spirit-possession

Responding:

Ivan Strenski, University of California, Riverside

Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Section 3

Friday - 1:00 pm-8:30 pm
CC-30A

Scriptural Reasoning Theory Sessions

Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
GH-Mohsen B

Womanist Approaches to Religion Consultation

Friday - 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
CC-23C

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies

Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
GH-Edward C

Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship

Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
GH-Betsy B

1:00 pm Business Meeting

2:00 pm Eric G. Flett, Eastern University

Persons, Powers, and Pluralities: Thomas F. Torrance's Trinitarian Ontology of Culture

See www.tftorrance.org for more information.

Review of Dykstra, Cole, and Capps, Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys (WJK, 2007)

Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
CC-24B

Person, Culture, and Religion Group

Theme: Paul Tillich and Carl Rogers – a Film of a Historic Conversation
 

Friday - 2:00 pm-6:30 pm
CC-29B

2:00 pm-4:00 pm Lallene Rector, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Presiding

Book Panel — James Perkinson, White Theology: Outing Supremacy in Modernity

Panelists:

Marion Grau, Graduate Theological Union

Stephen Ray, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

Laurel Schneider, Chicago Theological Seminary

Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary

Responding:

James Perkinson, Ecumenical Theological Seminary

4:00 pm Coffee Break

4:15 pm Hetty Zock, University of Groningen, Presiding

Theme: Paul Tillich and Carl Rogers – a Film of a Historic Conversation

Panelists:

Terry D. Cooper, Vanderbilt University

James Jones, Rutgers University

Diane Jonte-Pace, Santa Clara University

Britt-Mari Sykes, University of Ottawa

North American Paul Tillich Society

Theme: Paul Tillich and Religious Pluralism
 

Friday - 2:15 pm-4:00 pm
GH-Manchester A

John Thatamanil, Vanderbilt University, Presiding

Theme: Paul Tillich and Religious Pluralism

Christian Danz, University of Vienna

Christianity and the Encounter of World Religions: The Contribution of Paul Tillich to Current Discussions in the Theology of Religion

John Starkey, Oklahoma City University

The Human Predicament and Salvation in Tillich and Thatamanil

Andrew Yan, Hope College

Paul Tillich's Encounters with Buddhism: An Implication for His Systematic Theology

Luis Pedraja, Middle States Commission on Higher Education

The Tao of Tillich

Enhanced Exegesis Using BibleWorks

Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
MM-Columbia 1

Society for the Study of Native American Religious Traditions

Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
GH-Madeleine A

Interest Meeting: Current Developments in Synoptic Source Criticism

Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
MM-Warner Center

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)

Theme: Beyond Dominant Perspectives: Reflections on Dharma, Karma, and Moksha (DKM3)
 

Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
GH-Manchester D

Theme: Beyond Dominant Perspectives: Reflections on Dharma, Karma, and Moksha (DKM3)

Convener: Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawai'i, and Adarsh Deepak, DANAM

TBA, Presiding

Koenraad Elst, Author, Antwerp, Belgium

The Non-Retributive Karma Doctrine

Henry John Walker, Bates College

Dharma and Duty in the Gita

Veena R. Howard, University of Oregon, Lone College

A Search for Dharma in Secular World of Diaspora: Is Sadharana Dharma the Only Alternative?

Shiv Raj Pal, Toronto, Canada

Sukshma-Shareer, the Prime Body of the Atma, and Its Relationship to Dharma, Karma and Moksha

Sudhir K. Anand, Author, Los Angeles

The Arya Samaj View of Moksha

Trichur S. Rukmani, Concordia University, Canada, Responding

For updates, see: www.danam-web.org/events.htm.

North American Association for the Study of Religion

Theme: Novelty, Presence, and History: Brief Pre-Modern Discourses on Method and Theory
 

Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
CC-23A

Theme: Novelty, Presence, and History: Brief Pre-Modern Discourses on Method and Theory

Alison Frazier, University of Texas, Austin

Saintly Presence: The Wager of Latin Hagiography in Renaissance Italy

Nancy Levene, Indiana University, Bloomington

Traces of History in St. Anselm

Constance Furey, Indiana University, Bloomington

Utopian History

Responding:

Nathan Rein, Ursinus College

Religious Studies Review Editors Meeting

Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
GH-Mohsen A

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality

Theme: Teaching for Justice: Research and Teaching Strategies in Higher Theological Education