A20-320
Hinduism Group and Yoga Theory and Practice Group
Anne Monius, Harvard University, Presiding
Theme: Sounding the Sacred: Sound and Text in Hindu Traditions
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Grand Hyatt-Presidio C (3rd Level)
Raj Balkaran, University of Toronto
The Sound of the Sarus: Cultural Reverberations in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Elizabeth Mary Rohlman, University of Calgary
Artificial Orality and the Shadow of Sonality: Hearing, Speaking, and Performing as Related in Purāṇic Texts
Emilia Bachrach, High Point University
Performing Nectarous Speech: Early Modern Hindi Hagiography and Its Contemporary Reception
Finnian Moore Gerety, Harvard University
"This Whole World is OM": Sonality and the Sacred Syllable in Vedic Texts
Responding:
Annette Wilke, University of Muenster
A20-321
Human Enhancement and Transhumanism Group and Religion and Disability Studies Group
Mary Jo Iozzio, Boston College, Presiding
Theme: Disability, Transhumanism, and the Human Enhancement Debate
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-224 (2nd Level - East)
Clark Elliston, Schreiner University
Transcending Difference? Disability and Human Relationality
Devan Stahl, Michigan State University
Does Transhumanist Eschatology Eradicate Disability?
Max Thornton, Drew University
Crip Assemblages: Theological Anthropology and Disability Transhumanism
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A20-322
Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group
Homayra Ziad, Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies, Presiding
Theme: The Politics of Interreligious Engagement: Structural Inequities and Power Dynamics
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-217B (2nd Level - West)
Devin O'Rourke, University of Chicago
The Agony of Inter-Religious Dialogue: Reimagining a Contemporary Discursive Practice
Anne Hege Grung, Practical-Theological Seminary, Oslo
Interreligious Dialogue in the Squeeze between Diplomacy and Contextual Practices
Matthew Taylor, Georgetown University
A Cautionary Tale for Interreligious Studies from Comparative Fundamentalism: Who Is at the Table?
Sajida Jalalzai, Saint Michael's College
Muslim Leadership Programming in Protestant Christian Seminaries: Structural Inequities in Interreligious Theological Education
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A20-323
Islamic Mysticism Group
Sophia Arjana, Boulder, CO, Presiding
Theme: Devotion to the Family of the Prophet in Muslim Hagiographical Traditions
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-210B (2nd Level - West)
Afsar Mohammad, University of Texas
Fatima is Our Goddess: Devotion to ‘Ali and Fatima in Oral Poetry
Rose Aslan, California Lutheran University
The Day ‘Ali Reversed the Sun: Embodied Miracles and the Sanctity of Place
Aun Ali, McGill University
Understanding the Maqtal of Ḥusayn as Devotional and Mystical Literature
Rubina Salikuddin, Harvard University
Imamophilism and Timurid Pilgrimage Narratives
Responding:
Ali S. Asani, Harvard University
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A20-324
Liberation Theologies Group and Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Group
Alana Vincent, University of Chester, Presiding
Theme: Refugee Crisis: Past and Present
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-207B (2nd Level - West)
Marika Rose, Durham University
Fantasies of Europe: Žižek, Liberation Theology, and the Refugee Crisis
Jordan Rowan Fannin, Baylor University
Getting Hold of the Wrong Horror: Misperceptions of Violence in the Plight of Refugees Past and Present
Ulrich Schmiedel, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Mourning the Un-Mournable: Rethinking Dignity in-between Refugees and Religion
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A20-325
Pentecostal––Charismatic Movements Group
Leah Payne, George Fox University, Presiding
Theme: Global Pentecostalism Ritual, Prayer, and Practice: Re-Negotiating Political and Religious Identities in Haiti, Brazil, and Zambia
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Grand Hyatt-Bonham D (3rd Level)
The Blood of a Pig Has No Power: The Holy Spirit and the Revolution in Haitian Pentecostalism
Justin Doran, University of Texas
Borderland Abundance: Two Visions for Christian Prosperity in Houston, Texas
Chammah J Kaunda, University of South Africa
Recovering Spirituality of Public Prayer: National Prayer Day and Zambian Pentecostal Political Imagination
Responding:
David Daniels, McCormick Theological Seminary
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A20-326
Queer Studies in Religion Group
Jennifer S. Leath, Iliff School of Theology, Presiding
Theme: Making a Way in the World Today: Queer Traversals of Complex Terrain
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-303A (3rd Level)
Kyla Pasha, Arizona State University
Utopias on the Margins: Queer Muslim Imaginaries
Jason Steidl, Fordham University
Queer Martyrologies and Action: LGBT Kinship between Heaven and Earth
Jason Frey, Chicago Theological Seminary
Vulnerability to Come: A Queer Ethic of Precarious Futurities and Embodiment
Courtney O'Dell-Chaib, Syracuse University
Queer Love for Mutated Landscapes
S.J. Crasnow, University of California, Riverside
Off the Record: Israel/Palestine and Queer Jewish Politics, Values, and Activism
Business Meeting:
Thelathia Young, Bucknell University
Kent Brintnall, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
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A20-327
Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Group
Kathleen Foody, College of Charleston, Presiding
Theme: North American Colonial Missions and Postcolonial Reconciliation
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-210A (2nd Level - West)
Shin Kwon Kim, University of Oxford
Soap, Bible, or Both: A Medical Mission in the Third Space
Joëlle Morgan, Saint Paul University
Practicing Epistemic Disobedience: Toward a Settler Theology of Aurality and Social Healing
Stacie Swain, University of Ottawa
Deconstructing the Master’s House: Critical Religion, Systemic Racism, and Reconciliation between Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State
Responding:
Brandi Denison, University of North Florida
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A20-328
Religion, Media, and Culture Group and Secularism and Secularity Group
Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Presiding
Theme: Religion, Media, and Secularism
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-207A (2nd Level - West)
Eric Chalfant, Duke University
Atheism on the Airways: Secularist Radio and the Material Voice
Heather Mellquist Lehto, University of California, Berkeley
Secular Technology in Multisite Churches
Kristy Slominski, University of Mississippi
The Medical Men, the Moralists, and Secular Sex Education
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A20-329
Religions, Medicines, and Healing Group
Tyler Mayfield, Louisville Seminary, Presiding
Theme: Roundtable Conversation on 2016 Grawemeyer Award Winning Book Beholden: Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2015)
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Conference Room 1 (3rd Level)
Panelists:
Lance D. Laird, Boston University
Susan Abraham, Loyola Marymount University
Carolyn Medine, University of Georgia
Responding:
Susan R. Holman, Harvard University
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A20-330
Sacred Texts, Theory, and Theological Construction Group
Jacob Erickson, St. Olaf College, Presiding
Theme: Sacred Texts and Revolutionary Love in the Anthropocene
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Grand Hyatt-Lone Star C (2nd Level)
Jonathan Russell, Claremont Graduate University
How the Nonhuman Thinks: Toward a Sacred for the Anthropocene
Dorothy Dean, Vanderbilt University
Love in a Time of Climate Change: Reading the Earth as a Sacred Text
Sarah Stewart-Kroeker, University of Geneva
Psalmic Visions: Mobilizing the Temporal Imagination as a Resource for Climate Action
James W. Perkinson, Ecumenical Theological Seminary
“Waging Love” in the Anthropocene: The Text of Jesus’s Baptism in the Water Wars in Detroit and Flint
Business Meeting:
Marion S. Grau, MF/ Norwegian School of Theology
Jacob Erickson, St. Olaf College
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A20-331
Scriptural Reasoning Group
Tom Greggs, University of Aberdeen, Presiding
Theme: Evaluating the Work of Peter Ochs
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-301C (3rd Level)
Mark James, University of Virginia
Post-Liberalism as Wisdom: Ochs on Vagueness and Inquiry
Rumee Ahmed, University of British Columbia
Scriptural Reasoning and Islamic Law
Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University
Reading Your Neighbor’s Scripture: Peter Ochs and the Creation of Religious Community
Responding:
Randi Rashkover, George Mason University
Business Meeting:
Simeon Zahl, University of Nottingham
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A20-332
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Group
Hannah Hofheinz, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: When We Might Not Be: Tillich and Our Environmental Crisis
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Conference Room 7 (3rd Level)
Anne Marie Reijnen, Catholic University of Paris
Tillich’s Theology in Today’s Quest for Life in the Universe: Correlating Inner Space, Outer Space, and Deep Space
Paul H. Carr, AF Research Laboratory
Paul Tillich: Climate Prophecy versus Profit
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A20-333
Western Esotericism Group
Marco Pasi, University of Amsterdam, Presiding
Theme: Radical Repurposing in Esotericism: People, Places, and Stories
Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Convention Center-216 (2nd Level - West)
Steven Engler, Mount Royal University
Heaven above the Cristo Redentor: Kardecist Spiritual Colonies as a Reflection of Brazilian Social Relations
Georgia van Raalte, University of Kent
Black Isis, Liquid Gold, and Sacred Sex: The Hidden Influence of Hinduism in the Work of Dion Fortune
Marla Segol, State University of New York, Buffalo
Sexing Sacred Body in New Age Kabbalah
Matthew Dillon, Rice University
Jesus the Gnostic Tantrika: Counter-Memories and the Reception of the Gospel of Thomas
Jens Schlieter, University of Bern
The Theosophical Discovery of the Tibetan Book of the Dead and Its Significance for Western Esoteric Discourse on “After-Death” States
Business Meeting:
Claire Fanger, Rice University
Marco Pasi, University of Amsterdam
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M20-303
Lutheran Scholars of Religion
Theme: Constructive Theologies from Lutheran Perspectives
Sunday - 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Hilton Palacio del Rio-La Condesa (Mezzanine Level)
Paul Hinlicky, Roanoke College
Lutheran Theology as Critical Dogmatics
Mattias Martinson, Uppsala University
Christian Secularism as Challenge for Constructive Theology
Responding:
Deanna A. Thompson, Hamline University
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P20-300
Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought
Theme: Annual AJTP Lecture: Carol Wayne White
Sunday - 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
Convention Center-302A (3rd Level)
Panelists:
Carol White, Bucknell University
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M20-304
Paulist Press, Liturgical Press, Orbis Books, Crossroad Publishing
Theme: Honoring Sandra Schneiders, IHM
Sunday - 6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Marriott Riverwalk-Alamo D (2nd Level)
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P20-301
Theta Alpha Kappa
Theme: Annual Meeting and Reception
Sunday - 6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand C (3rd Level)
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M20-305
Louisville Institute
Theme: Annual Reception
Sunday - 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Marriott Riverwalk-Alamo C (2nd Level)
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P20-302
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
Theme: New Teachers Dinner
Sunday - 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand M (3rd Level)
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P20-400
Templeton Prize
Theme: 2016 Plenary Lecture
Sunday - 7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Convention Center-Lila Cockrell Theatre (1st Level)
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A20-400
Arts Series
Theme: Iraqi Women of Three Generations: Challenges, Education, and Hopes for Peace: An Exhibit of Photographs and Stories by Martha Ann Kirk
Sunday - 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Convention Center-008B (River Level)
Panelists:
Martha Ann Kirk, University of the Incarnate Word
Habiba Noor, Trinity University
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M20-400
Korean Religions Group
Theme: Journal of Korean Religions Reception
Sunday - 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Marriott Riverwalk-Bowie (2nd Level)
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M20-401
School of Jewish Theology, University of Potsdam, Abraham Geiger College & Zacharias Frankel College, Berlin
Theme: Reception
Sunday - 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Hilton Palacio del Rio-La Vista DEF (Conference Center - 22nd Level)
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M20-414
Receptions/Breakfasts/Luncheons
Logos Bible Software
Theme: Reception
Sunday - 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand D (3rd Level)
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P20-401
Société Internationale d'Études sur Alfred Loisy
William L. Portier, University of Dayton, Presiding
Theme: Meeting
Sunday - 7:00 PM-9:15 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Conference Room 13 (3rd Level)
David Schultenover, Marquette University
A Postmodernist Critique of Houtin's Tyrrell
Jeffrey Morrow, Seton Hall University
La religion in Loisy: A Look at Loisy's Use of "la religion" in the Context of the History of Religion
Charles J. T. Talar, University of St. Thomas, Houston
Albert Houtin as Biographer
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A20-401
Receptions/Breakfasts
Jack Fitzmier, American Academy of Religion, Presiding
Theme: AAR Awards Ceremony and Reception
Sunday - 7:30 PM-8:30 PM
Hilton Palacio del Rio-Salon del Rey C (Mezzanine Level)
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A20-403
Applied Religious Studies Working Group
Theme: Applied Religious Studies Reception
Sunday - 8:00 PM-9:00 PM
Marriott Riverwalk-Riverview (Lobby Level)
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A20-405
Arts Series
Theme: The Pursuit of Harmony
Sunday - 8:00 PM-9:30 PM
Convention Center-221B (2nd Level - East)
Panelists:
Michael Hunter, Pursuit of Harmony
Alaa Alshaham, Pursuit of Harmony
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A20-402
Films
Brett Potter, Toronto School of Theology, Presiding
Theme: Waking Life
Sunday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Grand Hyatt-Lone Star C (2nd Level)
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A20-404
Films
Theme: Timbuktu
Sunday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Grand Hyatt-Lone Star F (2nd Level)
Panelists:
Cheick M Cherif Keita, Carleton College
Dianna Bell, Vanderbilt University
Joseph Hellweg, Florida State University
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M20-402
Brown University
Theme: Reception
Sunday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand A (3rd Level)
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M20-403
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Theme: Alumni & Friends Dessert Reception
Sunday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Hilton Palacio del Rio-La Vista BC (Conference Center - 22nd Level)
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P20-402
Templeton Prize
Theme: Reception
Sunday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Convention Center-004-005 (River Level)
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M20-404
Brite Divinity School
Theme: Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-10:30 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Conference Room 17-18 (3rd Level)
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M20-405
Columbia University
Theme: Religion Department Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand B (3rd Level)
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M20-406
Drew University
Theme: Theological School Annual Alumni Gathering
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Riverwalk-Alamo F (2nd Level)
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M20-407
Emory University
Theme: Graduate Division of Religion (GDR) Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand E (3rd Level)
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M20-408
Florida State University
Theme: Religion Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand L (3rd Level)
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M20-409
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Theme: PhD Annual Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Riverwalk-Alamo E (2nd Level)
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M20-410
Johns Hopkins University
Theme: Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand K (3rd Level)
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M20-411
Southern Methodist University and Perkins School of Theology
Theme: Alumni/ae and Friends Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Riverwalk-Alamo B (2nd Level)
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M20-412
Union Theological Seminary
Theme: Alumni/ae Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand J (3rd Level)
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M20-413
University of California, Santa Barbara
Theme: Religious Studies Reception
Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand I (3rd Level)
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