Preliminary Program Book
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM BOOK Thursday - 10:00 AM-5:00 PM M19-100 Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board Meeting – Main Editors Thursday - 10:00 AM-5:00 PM Hyatt-Kennesaw (Atlanta Conference Level) Thursday - 6:30 PM-7:30 PM P19-401 Adventist Society of Religious Studies Reception Thursday - 6:30 PM-7:30 PM Hyatt-Embassy AB (International Tower Level LL2) Thursday - 7:30 PM-9:30 PM P19-402 Adventist Society of Religious Studies Meeting Thursday - 7:30 PM-9:30 PM Hyatt-Embassy EF (International Tower Level LL2) Friday - 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Friday - 8:00 AM-12:00 PM A20-100 Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee Meeting Patrick S. Cheng, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding Friday - 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Hilton-401 (Level 4) P20-1 Adventist Society of Religious Studies Meeting Friday - 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Hyatt-International North (International Tower Level LL1) Friday - 9:00 AM-11:00 AM M20-100 Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) Theme: Mindfulness as Medicine: Its Roots in Buddhist Contemplation Friday - 9:00 AM-11:00 AM Marriott-International 2 (International Level) P20-100 North American Association for the Study of Religion Executive Council Meeting Friday - 9:00 AM-11:00 AM Hilton-314 (Level 3) Friday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM A20-110 Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting Lerone Martin, Washington University, Saint Louis, Presiding Friday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Friday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hyatt-222 (2nd Level) P20-101 North American Paul Tillich Society Theme: Pedagogy and Paulus Friday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hyatt-Hanover G (Exhibit Level) P20-102 Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Board Meeting Friday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Marriott-International C (International Level) Friday - 9:00 AM-12:00 PM A20-102 Public Understanding of Religion Committee Meeting Michael Kessler, Georgetown University, Presiding Friday - 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Marriott-L406 (Lobby Level) M20-101 Forum for Theological Exploration Theme: FTE Alumni Consultation Friday - 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Sheraton-Georgia 8-9 (Level 1) Friday - 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Friday - 9:00 AM-1:00 PM A20-101 Status of Women in the Profession Committee Meeting Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding Friday - 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Hyatt-Hanover B (Exhibit Level) A20-103 Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee Meeting Nargis Virani, New York, NY, Presiding Friday - 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Marriott-M103 (Marquis Level) Friday - 9:00 AM-2:00 PM A20-104 International Connections Committee Meeting Amy L. Allocco, Elon University, Presiding Friday - 9:00 AM-2:00 PM Hyatt-Chicago C (Exhibit Level) Friday - 9:00 AM-3:30 PM M20-102 Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board Meeting – Main and Area Editors Friday - 9:00 AM-3:30 PM Sheraton-Georgia 2 (Level 1) Friday - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM A20-105 Regional Coordinators Meeting Susan E. Hill, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding Friday - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Friday - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Hilton-402 (Level 4) A20-106 THATCamp - The Humanities and Technology Camp Eric Smith, Iliff School of Theology, Presiding John Crow, Florida State University, Presiding Michael Hemenway, Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver, Presiding Friday - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Marriott-L504-505 (Lobby Level) M20-103 Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board Meeting - Main and Area Editors Friday - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Sheraton-Georgia 3 (Level 1) M20-104 Scriptural Reasoning Academic Network Annual Conference 2015 Friday - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Hyatt-Greenbriar (Atlanta Conference Level) Friday - 10:00 AM-1:00 PM A20-107 American Lectures in the History of Religions Committee Meeting Louis A. Ruprecht, Georgia State University, Presiding Friday - 10:00 AM-1:00 PM Marriott-L503 (Lobby Level) Friday - 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Friday - 11:00 AM-1:00 PM M20-105 Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) Theme: Jain Dharma and Contemplative Studies Friday - 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Marriott-International 2 (International Level) P20-103 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: Theory in a Time of Excess: On the Restraint of Theory Friday - 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Hilton-311 (Level 3) Panelists: Jason N. Blum, American University in Cairo Responding: Michael Altman, University of Alabama Richard Newton, Elizabethtown College Tara Baldrick-Morrone, Florida State University Friday - 11:00 AM-5:00 PM M20-106 Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium Member Council (private) Friday - 11:00 AM-5:00 PM Sheraton-Georgia 5-6 (Level 1) Friday - 11:00 AM-6:00 PM A20-108 Friday - 11:00 AM-6:00 PM Religion and Media Workshop Ann M. Burlein, Hofstra University, Presiding Kathleen Foody, College of Charleston, Presiding M. Gail Hamner, Syracuse University, Presiding Theme: Law, Public Culture, and Religion Friday - 11:00 AM-6:00 PM Marriott-Atrium C (Atrium Level) Andrew Ventimiglia, University of California, Davis Spirited Possessions: Intellectual Property and Media in the American Spiritual Marketplace Isaac Weiner, Ohio State University Sound Law: The Politico-Aesthetics of Public Space Tisa Wenger, Yale University Mapping Religion in the Philippines: Religious Freedom and the Unsettled Secularisms of U.S. Empire Allison E. Fish, University of California, Davis Laying Claim to Yoga: Intellectual Property, Cultural Rights, and the Digital Archive in India Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Northwestern University Beyond Religious Freedom: The Limits of Law and the Politics of Global Religious Difference Sylvester Johnson, Northwestern University Religion, Biopolitics, and State Violence: The Police State and the Politics of Racial Threat Friday - 11:45 AM-1:45 PM M20-107 Forum on Religion and Ecology: Yale University Annual Luncheon Friday - 11:45 AM-1:45 PM Hilton-208-209 (Level 2) Friday - 12:00 PM-4:00 PM M20-108 Drew University Pedagogy Workshop: Teaching Sexuality and Religion to a Changing Student Body Friday - 12:00 PM-4:00 PM Hyatt-Hanover G (Exhibit Level) Friday - 12:00 PM-5:00 PM A20-109 Academic Relations Committee Meeting #1 Theodore Trost, University of Alabama, Presiding Friday - 12:00 PM-5:00 PM Hyatt-Heritage Boardroom (Atlanta Conference Level) Friday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM A20-200 Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Group and IQSA Qur'an and Late Antiquity Group Michael Pregill, Boston University, Presiding Theme: Towards a “Long Late Antiquity”: Continuities from the Pre-Islamic to the Islamic Era Friday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM Marriott-M104 (Marquis Level) Emran El-Badawi, University of Houston Law and Tradition in the Long Seventh Century (570-705): Between Qur’an and Church Canon Walter Ward, University of Alabama, Brimingham The Pre-Islamic Image of the Word "Saracen" and Its Implications for Early Christian and Islamic Interactions Cecilia Palombo, Princeton University “Why Do the Rabbis and Religious Authorities Not Forbid Them from Uttering Sinful Words?”: Qur’anic and Late Antique Attitudes towards Religious Scholars Mushegh Asatryan, University of Calgary Friday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM Is Ghulat Religion Islamic Gnosticism? The Shi’ite “Extremists” of Early Islamic Iraq Dylan Burns, Freie Universität Berlin Is Ghulat Religion Islamic Gnosticism? Syro-Mesopotamian Gnostic Traditions P20-210 North American Paul Tillich Society Theme: Feminist Engagements with Tillich Friday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM Hyatt-Hanover G (Exhibit Level) P20-211 Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Board Meeting Friday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM Marriott-International C (International Level) Friday - 1:00 PM-4:00 PM M20-200 Review and Expositor Editorial Board Meeting Friday - 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Hilton-Grand Salon C (Level 2) P20-212 Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship Annual Meeting and Lecture Hyatt-Hanover D (Exhibit Level) W. Travis McMaken, Lindenwood University Actualism, Dualism, and Onto-Relations: Interrogating Torrance’s Criticism of Barth’s Doctrine of Baptism Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM A20-202 Ethnography and Theology Workshop Natalie Wigg-Stevenson, Emmanuel College, Presiding Theme: A Multi-Disciplinary Orientation and Consultation on Using Ethnographic Research Methods for Theological Scholarship from Experts in Social Science and Theology Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Hilton-Crystal CD (Level 1) Panelists: Ann B. McClenahan, Boston Theological Institute Nancy Ammerman, Boston University Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke University James Spickard, University of Redlands Kathleen Jenkins, College of William and Mary Luke Bretherton, Duke University Kathleen Garces-Foley, Marymount University Gerardo Marti, Davidson College Christian A. B. Scharen, Auburn Theological Seminary Jonas Idestrom, Church of Sweden Research Unit Tone Stangeland Kaufman, MF Norwegian School of Theology Peter Ward, MF Norwegian School of Theology A20-203 Rethinking Islamic Studies Workshop Danielle Widmann Abraham, James Madison University, Presiding Caleb Elfenbein, Grinnell College, Presiding Theme: Teaching Islamic Studies: Key Topics and Best Practices Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Hilton-404-405 (Level 4) A20-204 Atlanta City Tour Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Hyatt-Meet at corner of Baker Street and Peachtree Street Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM M20-201 Theology and Ethics Colloquy Meeting Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Hilton-401 (Level 4) Friday - 1:00 PM-6:00 PM P20-213 International Bonhoeffer Society Board of Directors Meeting Friday - 1:00 PM-6:00 PM Hyatt-Kennesaw (Atlanta Conference Level) Friday - 1:30 PM-3:30 PM A20-205 Women's Lounge Roundtable Theresa Ann Yugar, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding Theme: Leveling the Landscape: Women’s Caucus Gathering