PROGRAM DRAFT Arts and Religion !! Subject to Revision !! Presider: Louise M. Pare, Center for Women's PACIFIC NORTHWEST Spirituality, Education and Empowerment AAR/SBL and ASOR ([email protected]) ANNUAL MEETING May 13-15, 2011 2:00-2:45 Jeffrey Staley, Seattle University, ([email protected]) GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ―What hath New York City to do with SPOKANE, WASHINGTON USA Khayelitsha? An Intertextual Reading of Two Jesus Films‖ 2:45-3:30 Courtney Fitzsimmons, Whitman College ([email protected]) FRIDAY AFTERNOON, May 13 ―The Sea is like the Flesh: Correlations of Augustine‘s reading of Genesis and Iris 12:00-2:00 Registration Murdoch‘s The Sea, The Sea‖ 12:00-5:30 Book Exhibit 3:30 -4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:45 Jarrod Hyam, University of Calgary First Session (2:00-5:30 p.m.) ([email protected]) ―The Unique Function of Mystical Poetry‖ Asian and Comparative Studies 4:45-5:30 Benjamin Lindquist, University of TheYijing, Cosmos in Medieval China, Massachusetts—Lowell, Einstein and Buddhists, and Confucian Christianity ([email protected]) ―The Evolving Images of Kenneth N. Taylor‘s Presider: Nicholas F. Gier, University of Idaho Illustrated Children‘s Bibles‖ ([email protected]) Hebrew Scriptures [Need Institutional Affiliation 2:00-2:40 Guy Burneko, Ph. D., independent scholar and email addresses] ([email protected]) ―Sustainability: Syllogism, Synchronicity, and Presider: Elizabeth Hayes, Wolfson College, Oxford the Yijing‖ (common room) ([email protected]) 2:40-3:20 Erik Hammerstrom, Pacific Lutheran University ([email protected]) 2:00-2:30 Steve Delamarter ―Einstein‘s Buddhist Fans in 1930s China ―Ethiopic Manuscripts for the Textual History 3:20-3:40 BREAK of the Ethiopic Old Testament (THEOT) 3:40-4:20 Oh-Young Kwon, Alphacrucis College Project‖ ([email protected]) 2:30-3:00 Anthony Meyer ―1 Cor. 10:23-11:1: The Corinthian Practice of ―The Hebew University Bible Project: In light Greco-Roman Domestic Cults and Paul‘s of Modern Hebrew Bible Editions‖ Response to it and its Evaluation from a 3:00-3:30 Jarod Jacobs Korean-Confucian Christian Context‖ ―Syntactical Shifts in the Biblical Dead Sea 4:20-5:00 Justin Mok, University of Toronto Scrolls, Do They Really Exist? The Case of the ([email protected]) Conjunction Waw‖ ―Worldviews of Social Change and the Cosmos 3:30-4:00 BREAK in Medieval China‖ 4:00-4:30 Michael Heiser 5:00-5:40 Caifang Zhu, Beijing Institute of Chinese ―Divine Plurality in the Dead Sea Scrolls‖ Classics and Psychology 4:30-5:00 Kyle Biersdorf ([email protected]) ―The Hermeneutics ―Naming the Divine: the translation of the name of Chan Buddhism: Reading Koans from the of God in LXX Numbers 22-24‖ Blue Cliff Record 5:00-5:30 Dan McClellan ―Monotheism--Still a Misused Word in Jewish Studies?‖ History of Christianity/North American Session A Religions Presider: Michael Zbaraschuk, Section Co-Chair, Pacific Lutheran University Panel Discussion: ―Original Sin and Everyday Protestants: ([email protected]) The Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, Billy Graham, and Paul Tillich in an Age of Anxiety‖ 2:00-2:30 Robert Bolger, SPU Presider: Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Pacific Lutheran ―On the Parity of Causes: Philip Clayton on University ([email protected]) Divine Action and Mental Causation.‖ 2:30-3:00 Dennis Jowers, Faith Evangelical Seminary 2:00-5:00 Panel: ([email protected]) Andrew Finstuen, Boise State University ―A Theistic Argument based on Fichte‘s ([email protected]) Knowability Theorem. ― Jill Gill, Boise State University 3:00-3:30 Elizabeth Smith, Catholic University of ([email protected] America ([email protected]) Matthew Sutton, Washington State University ―Process Thought as a Systematic Synthesis: ([email protected]) The Contribution of Whiteheadian Metaphysics Michael S. Hamilton, Seattle Pacific University to the Creation of an Integrative Approach to ([email protected]) Science and Religion‖ 3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:30 Kendal Bond, MS, Creighton University New Testament and Hellenistic Religions ([email protected]) ―A Theological Interpretation of Presider: TBA Thermodynamic Entropy‖ 4:30-5:00 Garrett Kenney, Eastern Washington University 2:00-2:45 Matthew Rindge, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ―The Garden of God: An Evaluation‖ ―Reimagining the Akedah and Recasting God: 5:00-5:30 Daniel Peterson & Beatrice Wallins, Seattle Divine Abandonment in Mark‘s Theological University, ([email protected]), Narrative‖ ([email protected]) 2:45-3:30 Michael Heiser, Logos Bible Software ―Radical Death of God Theology and the ([email protected]) Hebrew Bible.‖ ―Jesus‘ Quotation of Psalm 82:6 in John 10:34: A Different View of John‘s Theological Strategy‖ Session B 3:30-4:00 BREAK Presider: Mari Kim, Section Co-Chair, University of 4:00-4:45 JohnDave Medina, George Fox University Washington, [email protected] ([email protected]) ―The Events of John and Mark: Chronology in 2:00-2:30 Valerie Anderson, Fuller Northwest the Bi-Optic Gospels‖ ([email protected]) 4:45-5:30 Nijay Gupta, Seattle Pacific University ―Love in Twilight and 1 Cor 13‖ ([email protected]) 2:30-3:00 Matthew Whitlock, Seattle University ―Door Locks Only Stop Mortals: The Isaianic ([email protected]) Key That Unlocks the Mystery of the Johannine ―Remythologizing Pauline Theology: Paul and Resurrection Appearances to His Disciples the Matrix‖ (John 20:19-29)‖ 3:00-3:30 Denny Clark, The College of Idaho ([email protected]) "‘Believing in God and the Last Day‘: The Relevance of the Qur'anic Linking of 'Creation' Theology and Philosophy of Religion and 'the Day of Judgment' for the Christian Understanding of 'Creation'‖ (NOTE: There are Two 3:30-4:00 BREAK Sessions for Theology and Philosophy 4:00-4:30 Zvi Andrews, University of Calgary of Religion) ([email protected]) ―Heschel and Chuang-Tzu: Deconstructing 8:00-5:30 Book Exhibit Categories and Innate Awareness of Transcendent‖ Second Session (8:30-10:30 a.m.) 4:30-5:00 John J. Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary (NY) ([email protected]) ―What‘s Wrong With Us and How to Fix It: Using the Medical Model for Teaching Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Comparative Theology.‖ Presider: Roger W. Anderson, Independent Scholar Women and Religion ([email protected]) Presider: Valarie Ziegler, DePauw University 9:10-9:50 Andrew Goldman, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ―Octagonal Gemstones from Central Turkey: A 2:00-2:45 Maria Lindquist, Harvard University Possible New Pagan and Christian Workshop‖ ([email protected]) 9:50-10:30 Georgia Bonny Bazemore, Eastern ―A Well of Living Water or a Pit of Death: Washington University Female Sexuality and Water Metaphors in the ([email protected]) Hebrew Bible‖ ―When the Queen of Heaven became 2:45-3:30 Elizabeth Goldstein, Gonzaga University Aphrodite: Intercultural Exchange in Late ([email protected]) Bronze Age Cyprus‖ ―Women and Purity in the Dead Sea Scrolls: A 10:30-10:45 BREAK Feminist Analysis‖ 3:30-4:00 BREAK Asian and Comparative Studies 4:00-4:45 Torang Asadi, University of Kansas Gandhi, the Goddess, ([email protected]) and Deep Ecology ―The Imbrication of Boundaries: A Study of the Legality of Sexual Deviance from the Norms of Presider: Guy Burneko, Ph. D., Independent Scholar Religious Conservatism‖ ([email protected]) 9:00-9:45 Nicholas F. Gier, University of Idaho FRIDAY EVENING, May 5 ([email protected]) 5:30-7:30 Dinner at area restaurants of your choice ―Gandhi, Civic Virtue, and Deep Ecology‖ 9:45-10:30 Colleen McLean, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) 8:00-9:00 p.m. ―Clooney‘s Challenge: An Experience in Comparative Theology using the Apirami Anati PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY and the Nican Mopohua‖ 10:30-10:45 BREAK Norm Metzler Concordia University Hebrew Scriptures [Need Institutional Affiliation and email addresses] 9:00-10:00 p.m. – Reception: Presider: TBA SATURDAY MORNING, May 14 8:30-9:00 Stephan Carver ―The Confluence of Wisdom, Law, and 7:00 -8:15 Program Unit Chairs and Executive Prophecy: An Examination of Behavior Committee Breakfast Modification in Ancient Israel‖ Executive Dining Room 9:00-9:30 Ellen Sabo ―The Hebel of Loneliness in Qohelet‖ 9:30-10:00 Marcia Web 8:00-10:00 Registration ―The Book of Job: A Psychologist Takes a 10:30-11:00 BREAK Whirlwind Tour‖ 10:00-10:30 Heidi Szpek Religion and Society ―On the Influence of Job on Jewish Epitaphs‖ 10:30-10:45 BREAK Presider: Kevin J. O‘Brien, Pacific Lutheran University ([email protected]) 8:30-9:00 Terra Manca, University of Alberta History of Christianity/North American ([email protected]) Religions ―L. Ron Hubbard‘s Alternative to the History and Theology of Early Christianity (Patristics) Bomb Shelter: Scientology‘s Emergence as a Pseudo-Science During Presider: Charles J. Scalise, Fuller Theological Seminary the 1950s‖ ([email protected]) 9:00-9:30 Bruce Meyer, Independent Scholar 8:30-9:00 Robert J. Hauck, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ―Why Don‘t Christians Read Science ―Children of Necessity: Fate and Free Will in Fiction?‖ Second-Century Religious Polemic‖ 9:30-10:00Irene Quesnot, St. Mary‘s University 9:00-9:30 Matt Versdahl Seattle Pacific University ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ―Koine, Attic, and Paideia: The Greek of John ―Eco-Terrorism: Theological Response Chrysostom in ‗Against the Drunks,‘‖ to Systemic Sin‖ 9:30-10:00 Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Pacific Lutheran 10:00-10:30 Grace Cumming, Mary Baldwin University ([email protected]) College ([email protected]) ―Money in the Meadow: Conversion and Coin ―Survival: A Moral Imperative For in John Moschos‘ Pratam Spirituale,‖ 10:00-10:30 Scott Fennema, Trinity International University Climate Change‖ ([email protected]) 10:30-11:00 BREAK ―Filioque: A Historical Revisitation of Contemporary Catholic Dialogue in Jean- Theology & Philosophy of Religion Miguel Garrigues‘ ‗L’Espirit Qui Dit „Pere”’ in Light of Hilary of Poitiers‘ ‗De Trinitate’‖.