ANNUAL MEETING San Francisco, CA • November 19–22, 2011 FUt Ure AAr MeetiNgS 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Chicago, IL Baltimore, MD San Diego, CA Atlanta, GA San Antonio, TX November 17–20 November 23–26 November 22–25 November 21–24 November 19–22 PROGRAM SESSIONS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 M17-202 F Lutheran Women in Theological and Religious Studies R ID (LWTRS) A M17-100 NOVE Y, Thursday, 3:30 pm–8:30 pm Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board Offsite Meeting M Meet at the Annual Meetings Registration desk to walk to a local BE Thursday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm R restaurant for an informal dinner. 18 HI-Lombard A17-300 H M17-101 Sustainability Task Force Meeting Newbigin House of Studies Thursday, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm Thursday, 11:00 am–7:30 pm MM-Sierra G Calvary Presbyterian Church 2515 Fillmore Street (between Jackson Bobbi Patterson, Emory University, Presiding & Pacific) Theme: Leadership for the Church-in-Mission Featuring N.T. Wright, Professor of New Testament and Early P17-401 G C Christianity at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland Newbigin House is a partnership between Western Theological Adventist Society for Religious Studies Seminary (Holland, Michigan) and City Church San Francisco Thursday, 7:00 pm–10:00 pm (RCA), preparing leaders for the church-in-mission for the renewal of MM-Club Room the City. Theme: Gates and Walls: Inclusivity and Exclusivity and the People of Professor Wright will deliver two lectures, one addressing leadership God Part I challenges for the church’s contemporary mission, the other exploring new opportunities for the church-in-mission. In addition, he will Today through Saturday the Adventist Society for Religious Studies interact with a distinguished panel of missiologists, church planters, will address the topic Gates and Walls: Inclusivity and Exclusivity pastors, and theologians. and the People of God. A reception and our first presentation will be followed by a business meeting. For additional information regarding 11:00 am–1:30 pm Registration this section contact Ernest Furness at P. O. Box 8050, Riverside, CA 2:00 pm–4:30 pm Session 1 92515 or [email protected]. 4:30 pm–5:30 pm Break 5:30 pm–7:30 pm Session 2 M17-400 For registration and more information: http://newbiginhousestudies. eventbrite.com/ Society for Scriptural Reasoning Thursday, 7:30 pm–9:30 pm M17-200 HI-Van Ness Open meeting of the Society for Scriptural Reasoning: table- Believers Church Bible Commentary Editorial Council fellowships in Abrahamic text study. All interested and registered are Thursday, 2:00 pm–4:30 pm welcome Thursday evening. For registration materials please email Peter Ochs at [email protected]. MM-Sierra D M17-201 Seventh Day Adventist Chairs and Deans Meeting Thursday, 2:00 pm–5:00 pm HI-Yosemite C Location Key: CC–Moscone Center West MM–Marriott Marquis IC–InterContinental PW–Parc 55 Wyndham HI–Hilton Union Square AAR Annual Meeting Program Book See the full Annual Meeting program online at www.aarweb.org 55 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 M18-3 Institute of Ismaili Studies 18 R Friday, 8:30 am–1:00 pm BE A18-103 M Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting HI-Van Ness Theme: Cultural Responses to the Qur’an Friday, 8:00 am–12:00 pm Y, NOVE Y, A This workshop situates the reading and interpretation of the Qur’an MM-Sierra A ID in a wider social and cultural context. It will explore how concepts, R F Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College, Presiding stories, images, and the language of the Qur’an influenced poets, prose writers, and those working in folklore, music, sufism, philosophy, and other literary and artistic forms, and how in turn they contributed M18-6 to the reception history of the Qur’an. By exploring the engagement with, and exegesis of, the Qur’an in a variety of genres in a wider Postcolonial Roundtable cultural framework, the workshop will complement the emphasis of Friday, 8:00 am–4:00 pm current research on the professional scholastic circles of tafsîr, and will indirectly contribute to the understanding of the extent and IC–Potrero Hill boundaries of tafsîr and its relations to other genres. Evangelical and Postcolonial scholars working together to discuss the intersections between postcoloniality and evangelicalism. Meeting is by invitation only. M18-4 Accordance Bible Software Training Seminar M18-1 Friday, 8:30 am–5:30 pm Believers Church Bible Commentary Editorial Council IC-Union Square Friday, 8:30 am–11:30 am The all day free seminar will cover basic, advanced, and new features of this cutting-edge Bible software. It is suitable for potential and MM-Sierra E current users. The morning sessions will cover the interface and search capabilities, while the afternoon is devoted to powerful new search commands, tools, and aids for study and teaching. Questions will be M18-2 answered and new and future projects will be demonstrated. Bring Common English Bible Editorial Board Meeting your own laptop or follow the projected demonstration. Friday, 8:30 am–12:00 pm HI-Executive Boardroom M18-5 Lutheran Women in Theological and Religious Studies P18-101a (LWTRS) Friday, 8:00 am–6:00 pm Adventist Society for Religious Studies MM-Willow Friday, 8:30 am–12:00 pm Lutheran women in theological and religious studies, as well as CC-2008 some local Lutheran clergywomen, gather annually for scholarship, Theme: Gates and Walls: Inclusivity and Exclusivity and the People of friendship, and worship. Lutheran women scholars—including God Part II graduate students—and other women who teach at Lutheran colleges and seminaries are welcome to attend. This year’s meeting will include invited guests from the international Lutheran communion. For more information and to register, please contact Mary Streufert at mary. [email protected]. Symbol Key: E AAR Award Winners F Especially for Students J Focus on the Mediterranean G Receptions and Breakfasts C H Business Meeting L Films R New Program Unit Sustainability and Religion M S Q Arts Series Focus on California K Professional Practices and Institutional Tours A Books Under Discussion B Focus on Empire and Religion Location Sessions D Wildcard Sessions 56 AAR Annual Meeting Program Book See the full Annual Meeting program online at www.aarweb.org A18-100 K A18-109 F Overcoming Barriers to Underrepresented Scholarship: A International Connections Committee Meeting R ID Strategy and Action Workshop Friday, 9:00 am–12:00 pm A Y, NOVE Y, Friday, 9:00 am–4:30 pm MM-Sierra I CC-2002 M Melissa M. Wilcox, Whitman College, and Andrea Smith, University BE A18-110 R of California, Riverside, Presiding 18 Sponsored by the Status of Women in the Profession Committee, Graduate Student Committee Meeting Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee, Friday, 9:00 am–12:00 pm and the Status of LGBTIQ Persons in the Profession Committee Panelists: MM-Sierra H Miguel A. De La Torre, Iliff School of Theology Almeda Wright, Pfeiffer University, Presiding Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Vanderbilt University Judith “jack” Halberstam, University of Southern California P18-100 Tat-siong Benny Liew, Pacific School of Religion North American Association for the Study of Religion Judith Plaskow, Manhattan College Executive Council Meeting Emilie M. Townes, Yale University Friday, 9:00 am–11:00 am Separate registration required. See page 27 for details. HI-Yosemite C A18-104 P18-102 Regional Coordinators Meeting Society for Buddhist Christian Studies Board Meeting Friday, 9:00 am–12:00 pm Friday, 9:00 am–11:30 am MM-Sierra D IC-Stockton Brian Pennington, Maryville College, Presiding P18-103 K A18-105 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Theological Education Steering Committee Meeting Religion Friday, 9:00 am–12:00 pm Friday, 9:00 am–4:30 pm MM-Sierra B CC-2012 John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding Theme: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Pre-registration is required, but is already closed. Participants will A18-106 work on their own original manuscripts in the scholarship of teaching History of Religions Jury Meeting in theology and religion. Small writing cohort groups will help to identify and clarify marks of quality in writing about teaching. There Friday, 9:00 am–12:00 pm will be extended opportunity to discuss and get feedback on individual MM-Sierra F writing projects to help develop strategies for structuring evidence and Lou Ruprecht, Georgia State University, Presiding argumentation. At the end of the workshop, the cohort groups will agree on a plan and process to create an ongoing writing group to give encouragement and timely critical feedback to each of the authors until completion of the manuscripts. Please contact Tom Pearson, A18-107 [email protected], if you would be interested in registering for Public Understanding of Religion Committee Meeting this workshop if were offered again next year. For more information: http://tinyurl.com/3tfovk3. Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm MM-Sierra J Sarah Pike, California State University, Chico, Presiding Location Key: CC–Moscone Center West MM–Marriott Marquis IC–InterContinental PW–Parc 55 Wyndham HI–Hilton Union Square AAR Annual Meeting Program Book See the full Annual Meeting program online at www.aarweb.org 57 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 M18-102 Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Editorial Board 18 R Meeting BE P18-191 M Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm North American Paul Tillich Society HI-Yosemite B Y, NOVE Y, Friday, 9:00 am–11:30 am A ID HI-Mason R F Theme: Tillich and Culture M18-112 Mary Ann Stenger, University of Louisville Newbigin House of Studies Tillich’s Theology of Culture in Relation to the American Religious- Friday, 9:00 am–4:00 pm Secular Dialectic Calvary Presbyterian Church 2515 Fillmore Street (between Jackson Rose Caraway, University of Florida & Pacific) A New Human Being: The Religious Dimensions of Secularism in Cuban and Soviet Moralities Theme: Leadership for the Church-in-Mission Bert Daelemans, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven Featuring N.T.