Susan B. Thistlethwaite, Chicago Theological Seminary
A20-109
Status of LGBTIQ Persons in the Profession Committee and Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Profession Committee
Julia Watts Belser, Georgetown University, Presiding
Theme: Intersectional Scholarship and Activism: A Conversation with Alison Kafer, Author of Feminist, Queer, Crip (Indiana University Press, 2013)
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-224 (2nd Level - East)
Panelists:
Thelathia Young, Bucknell University
Charles Gillespie, University of Virginia
Shane Clifton, Alphacrucis College
Heike Peckruhn, Daemen College
Max Strassfeld, University of Arizona
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Pacific School of Religion
Responding:
Alison Kafer, Southwestern University
A20-110
Christian Systematic Theology Section
Natalie Carnes, Baylor University, Presiding
Theme: The Spirit at Work in the Polis
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-214B (2nd Level - West)
Keith Johnson, Wheaton College
Gifts of Belonging: Imagining Pentecost as a Spatial Reality
Spencer Moffatt, Luther Seminary
Pentecostal Political Theology: Old and New
Amy Chilton Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary
The Holy Spirit, the Poor, and Theology: Pneumatologically Relocating Jon Sobrino’s Hermeneutical Concept of Isomorphism for Engaging Global Theological Diversity
Business Meeting:
Holly Taylor Coolman, Providence College
A20-111
Ethics Section
Nichole Flores, University of Virginia, Presiding
Theme: The Christian Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr: 21st Century Revisitation
The Question of Human Agency in the 21st Century: The Views of Davies, Niebuhr, and Whitehead
Cory May, Aberdeen, Scotland
Christian Realism in Blackness: A Defence of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Sociopolitical Theology in Response to James Cone
Christopher Fouche, University of Florida
What are People For? Christian Realism, Environmental Ethics, and Humanity's Place in the World
Sarah MacDonald, Emory University
Responsibility and the Paradox of Privilege: Revisiting Christian Realism within Faith-Based Solidarity Activism
R. Ward Holder, Saint Anselm College
Reinhold Niebuhr, Societal Moral Development, and Safety
Business Meeting:
Keri Day, Brite Divinity School
A20-112
History of Christianity Section
Trish Beckman, St. Olaf College, Presiding
Theme: Contextualizing History- Jill Raitt at 85: History of Christianity Moves to the Secular University Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-007B (River Level)
Panelists:
Richard Callahan, University of Missouri
Charles H. Long, Chapel Hill, NC
Marcia Chatelain, Georgetown University
Responding:
Jill Raitt, University of Missouri
Business Meeting:
Daniel Ramirez, Claremont Graduate University
Trish Beckman, St. Olaf College
A20-113
Philosophy of Religion Section
Santiago H. Slabodsky, Hofstra University, Presiding
Theme: Between Hope and Pessimism: A Comparative Analysis of Hope and Pessimism in Black Studies and Modern Jewish Philosophy
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-302A (3rd Level)
Amaryah Armstrong, Vanderbilt University
Blackness at the End of the World: The Apocalyptic Imaginations of W.E.B. Du Bois and Afro-Pessimism
Kwame Edwin Otu, University of Virginia
"Post-Traumatic White Disorder" and Blackness-as-Hope in Chinua Achebe’s "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness" and James Baldwin’s "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy"
Lucas Wright, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jetztzeit and the Impurity of Assimilation: Reading Kafka’s A Report to an Academy (1917) with Walter Benjamin
Benjamin Ricciardi, Northwestern University
Pessimism and Optimism in Modern Jewish Thought: The Case of Steven Schwarzschild
Responding:
Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University
Business Meeting:
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University
Thomas A. Lewis, Brown University
A20-114
Religion and Politics Section
Vincent Biondo, California State University, Fresno, Presiding
Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Group and Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture
Darrius Hills, Rice University, Presiding
Theme: The Courage to Be . . . Alright
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-207A (2nd Level - West)
James McLeod, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
If God Got Us: Kendrick Lamar, Paul Tillich, and the Advent of Existentialist Hip hop
Benjamin Taylor, Brite Divinity School
The Courage to Be Kanye: Anxiety and Self-Affirmation in "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"
Matthew Linder, National University
“Am I Worth It?”: The Forgiveness, Death, and Resurrection of Kendrick Lamar
Adam Wert, Princeton Theological Seminary
Tensive Reflexivity: Kendrick Lamar through the Lens of Paul Tillich’s Ontology
Responding:
Stephen G. Ray, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
A20-126
Cultural History of the Study of Religion and Secularism and Secularity Group
SherAli Tareen, Franklin and Marshall College, Presiding
Theme: Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report Roundtable Discussion
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-Stars at Night 4 (3rd Level)
Panelists:
Ellen McLarney, Duke University
Arvind Mandair, University of Michigan
Mona Oraby, Indiana University
John Modern, Franklin and Marshall College
Responding:
Saba Mahmood, University of California, Berkeley
A20-127
Gay Men and Religion Group
Marco Derks, Utrecht University, Presiding
Theme: Unruly Methods: Thinking Again about Regulation, Devotion, and Desire in "Queer" "Religious" Experience
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Hyatt-Presidio B (3rd Level)
Ronald Bernier, Wentworth Institute of Technology
On Not Coming Out: Revolutionary Enough for You?
Michael Pettinger, The New School
“Is This Sufjan Stevens Song Gay or Just about God?” The Formation of a Queer Christian Interpretative Community and Its Diva
Brandy Daniels, Vanderbilt University
Beyond Unruliness as Un-Visibility? Towards an Unruly (Queer) Theological Method (and Ethic)
Responding:
Laurel C. Schneider, Vanderbilt University
Business Meeting:
Roger A. Sneed, Furman University
W. Scott Haldeman, Chicago Theological Seminary
A20-128
Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Group and La Comunidad of Hispanic Scholars of Religion
Sammy Alfaro, Grand Canyon University, Presiding
Theme: Religion, Revolutionary Love, and Women of the U.S. Southwest: Honoring the Legacy of Las Hermanas
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Hyatt-Lone Star C (2nd Level)
Nora O. Lozano, Baptist University of the Americas
Holistic Empowerment of Latina Leaders in the Southwest: Challenges and Opportunities
Jane Grovijahn, Our Lady of the Lake University
Latinamente Leadership: "Dignificación de las Desaparecidas"!
Maria Eva Flores, Our Lady of the Lake University; Adrienne Ambrose, University of the Incarnate Word; and Cody Ferguson, Fort Lewis College
Las Hermanas, Religious-Political Activism, and the Digital Footprint of a Grassroots Movement
Business Meeting:
Loida I. Martell-Otero, Palmer Theological Seminary
Jeremy V. Cruz, St. John's University, New York
A20-129
Nineteenth Century Theology Group
Emily Dumler-Winckler, University of Notre Dame, Presiding
Theme: Theology as Science in Nineteenth Century Germany
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-213B (2nd Level - West)
Panelists:
David Fergusson, University of Edinburgh
Elizabeth A. Clark, Duke University
Thomas A. Howard, Valparaiso University
Annette G. Aubert, Westminster Theological Seminary
Responding:
Johannes Zachhuber, University of Oxford
Business Meeting:
Todd Gooch, Eastern Kentucky University
A20-130
Psychology, Culture, and Religion Group
Lisa M. Cataldo, Fordham University, Presiding
Theme: Commemorating Traumas and Disasters: Psychological and Religious Approaches to Understanding Rituals that Memorialize Experiences of Personal and Collective Loss
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-007A (River Level)
Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University
Rituals of Healing: Veterans' Homecoming Rituals and Practices
Kate DeConinck, University of San Diego
Embodied Memories: Walking through the Past at the 9/11 Tribute Center
Peter Capretto, Vanderbilt University
Recognizing Trauma: Obstacles of Social and Political Empathy for Marginalized Suffering in Contemporary Theological Anthropology
Jonathan Croes-Lanspeary, Youngstown State University
The Benefits of Symbiotic Relationships between the Living and Dead in Asian Religions and Collective Traumatic Events
Responding:
Storm Swain, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia
A20-131
Religion and Ecology Group
Laurel D. Kearns, Drew University, Presiding
Theme: Ecology, Politics, and Ethnography
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-212B (2nd Level - West)
Robin Veldman, Iowa State University
An Ethnographic Study of Evangelicals, Eschatology, and Climate Change
Muazu Shehu, Sheffield, UK
Varieties of Religious Environmentalism: Understanding the Theological Foundations of Pro-Environmental Action among Christians and Muslims in Northeast Nigeria
Jeremy Kidwell, University of Birmingham
Spiritual Landscapes and Lay Environmental Knowledge
Amanda Baugh, California State University, Northridge
Religion and Ecology’s Peculiar Omissions: Interrogating Race, Ethnicity, and Class
Responding:
Mark Peterson, University of Wisconsin, Washington County
A20-132
Religion and Economy Group
Elayne Oliphant, New York University, Presiding
Theme: Corporate Faiths: Religion and Capitalism around the Globe
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-210B (2nd Level - West)
Rebecca Bartel, University of Toronto
Financializing the Soul: Microfinance and the Christian Corporate Order in Colombia
Ben Brazil, Earlham College
The Whole Earth Catalog as Theoretical Model for Unaffiliated Spirituality
Lisle Dalton, Hartwick College
Technological Faith and Railroad Mania in Antebellum America Angie Heo, University of Chicago
Conglomerate Growth and Class Distinction: Effects of Branding Evangelicalism in the Koreas
Responding:
Daniel Vaca, Brown University
Business Meeting:
Daniel Vaca, Brown University
Elayne Oliphant, New York University
A20-133
Religion and Food Group
Martha L Finch, Missouri State University, Presiding
Living in Manitoba as Muslim: Fixing Food and Winnipeg’s Foodorama
Rachel Brown, Wilfrid Laurier University
Would the Real Couscous Please Stand Up? Culture, Religion, and Authentic Food Practice for North African Muslims in Paris and Montreal
Jenny Berglund, Södertörn University
Ramadan, a Swedish tradition
Responding:
Eleanor Finnegan, University of Alabama
Business Meeting:
Derek Hicks, Wake Forest University
Nora L. Rubel, University of Rochester
A20-134
Religion and Humanism Group
Slavica Jakelic, Valparaiso University, Presiding
Theme: Terence Martin’s Truth and Irony: Philosophical Meditations on Erasmus (Catholic University of America Press, 2015)
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Hyatt-Lone Star D (2nd Level)
Panelists:
W. David Hall, Centre College
William Schweiker, University of Chicago
Constance Furey, Indiana University
Responding:
Terence J. Martin, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame
Business Meeting:
J. Sage Elwell, Texas Christian University
Slavica Jakelic, Valparaiso University
A20-135
Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Group
Brian Catlos, University of Colorado, Presiding
Theme: Intellectual Interactions and Interactions Among Intellectuals
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Hyatt-Crockett A (4th Level)
Jonathan E. Brockopp, Pennsylvania State University
Scholars and Connectivity: The Early Arabic Manuscript as Relic and Reliquary
Alfons Teipen, Furman University
Muhammad, Heraclius, and the Negus: Sira-Maghazi Literature as Mirror of Muslim-Christian Relations in Late Antiquity
Silas Peter Cowe, University of California, Los Angeles
Interreligious Interaction as Confrontation, Conversion, Syncretism: Paradigms of Medieval Armenian Contact with Islam around the Eastern Mediterranean
Alan Verskin, University of Rhode Island
Maimonides’ on Conversion to Judaism: Between the Bible and Islam
Training the American Yogi: Multiple Paths to Understanding and Authority
Responding:
Amanda Lucia, University of California, Riverside
Business Meeting:
Andrea Jain, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Rice University
A20-143
Material Islam Seminar
Anna Bigelow, North Carolina State University, Presiding
Theme: Third Material Islam Seminar: The Mosque
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Hyatt-Lone Star E (2nd Level)
Irfana Hashmi, Whittier College
The Development of a Locker System in al-Azhar Mosque, 1530-1650
Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Reed College
Islam and Modernity in Muhammad 'Ali Pasha's Mosque
Leor Halevi, Vanderbilt University
The Impurity of Foreign Workers in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques
Kirsten Wesselhoeft, Vassar College
Constructing the Spiritual Topography of Muslim Paris: A Mosque and Its Neighborhood
Responding:
Finbarr Flood, Institute of Fine Arts and Department of Art History, New York University
Business Meeting:
Anna Bigelow, North Carolina State University
Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Reed College
A20-144
Video Gaming and Religion Seminar
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, University of Bremen, Presiding
Theme: The Pixelated Body: Embodiment and Religion in Video Gaming
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Hyatt-Presidio A (3rd Level)
Frank Bosman, Tilburg University
The Violent Baptism of Bioshock Infinite
Brad Robertson, Florida State University
How Far Will You Go to Survive: The Long Dark’s Harsh Emphasis on Bodily Maintenance during the Apocalypse
Mohamed S. Hassan, Temple University
Fantasy of Self: Religion, Motivation, and the Embodiment of Player Role Themes in Video Games
Vincent Gonzalez, University of North Carolina
Immanence (Achievement Unlocked): Meditations on Player Embodiment in Deepak Chopra's Leela
Business Meeting:
Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, University of Bremen
A20-145
Exploratory Sessions
Michael McVicar, Florida State University, Presiding
Theme: Religion and National Security
Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center-303A (3rd Level)
Panelists:
Chase L. Way, Claremont Graduate University
Michael Graziano, University of Northern Iowa
Sylvester Johnson, Northwestern University
Zareena Grewal, Yale University
Andrew Preston, Cambridge University
A20-146
Wildcard Session
Charles Mathewes, University of Virginia, Presiding
Theme: Aesthetics, Representation, and Religious Rationality in Late Modernity: Engaging Douglas Hedley's The Iconic Imagination (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016)
