Society for the Study of Native American Religious Traditions Annual Meeting
Friday - 4:30 PM-6:30 PM
Hyatt-Hanover G (Exhibit Level)
Friday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
M20-305
Stone-Campbell Journal
Theme: A Conversation about Ancient Inscriptions and Manuscripts with a Reception
Friday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Sheraton-Atlanta 1-5 (Level 1)
Chris Rollston, George Washington University
Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel: Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age (Archaeology and Biblical Studies Series. Brill Press and the Society of Biblical Literature, 2010)
Curt Niccum, Abilene Christian University
The Bible in Ethiopia: The Book of Acts (Ethiopic Manuscripts, Texts, and Studies 14; Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2014)
Theme: Celebrating Willie James Jennings's The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
Friday - 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Marriott-L404 (Lobby Level)
M20-405
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Editorial Board Meeting
Friday - 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Marriott-International B (International Level)
Friday - 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
M20-406
Quaker Theological Discussion Group
Theme: Review of Wess Daniels's A Convergent Model of Renewal: Remixing the Quaker Tradition in a Participatory Culture
Friday - 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Marriott-L402 (Lobby Level)
P20-405
Society for Hindu-Christian Studies and Dharma Academy of North America
Stephanie Corigliano, Boston College, Presiding
Theme: Rebirth: Hindu and Christian Perspectives
Friday - 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Marriott-M101 (Marquis Level)
Friday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
A20-400
Film
Un Prophète
Friday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Marriott-International 1 (International Level)
Panelists:
Syed Adnan Hussain, Saint Mary's University, Halifax
A20-401
Film
Norman J. Girardot, Lehigh University, Presiding
The Howard Finster Legacy: Three Short Films about a Stranger from North Georgia and Other Planets (I Can Feel Another Planet in my Soul, An End Time Interview with Howard Finster, and Paradise Garden: Howard Finster’s Legacy)
Wesley’s Legacy: Early Modern English Reformed and Arminian Counter-Narratives of Literary and Racial Blackness
A21-104
Ritual Studies Group
Christopher Jensen, McMaster University, Presiding
Theme: Etiquette and Religion
Saturday - 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Hyatt-Williams (Atlanta Conference Level)
Christopher Handy, McMaster University
Indian Buddhist Lavatory Rituals and the Aesthetics of Etiquette in Early India
Peder Gedda, University of British Columbia
On the Quest for Divine Manners: The Sikh Khalsa and the Eighteenth Century Codification of Religious Etiquette in North India
Hans Harmakaputra, Boston College
Between Etiquette and Religious Precept: A Comparison of the Islamic Discourse of Shaking Hands between the Sexes in the United States of America and Indonesia
Kim Ridealgh, University of East Anglia
Talking to God: Facework and Amun(-Ra) in Ancient Egypt
