2018 Preliminary Program Book PDF
2018 Preliminary Program Book PDF
2018 Preliminary Program Book PDF
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Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee
Meeting
Thelathia Young, Bucknell University, Presiding
Friday - 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
A16-103
Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee Meeting
Nargis Virani, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding
Friday - 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
A16-106
Public Scholarship and Practical Impacts Workshop: Media Training and Work outside the Academy
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Status of Women in the Profession Committee Meeting
Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University, Presiding
A16-202
Comparative Hagiology Workshop: Issues in Theory and Method
Massimo Rondolino, Carroll University, Presiding
Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Panelists:
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Ethnography and Theology Workshop: Methodologies, Approaches, and Recurring Themes
Tone Stangeland Kaufman, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Presiding
Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Panelists:
A16-204
Integrating Religious and Disability Studies Workshop: Creating, Shaping, and Implementing Curriculum
Nicholas Shrubsole, University of Central Florida, Presiding
Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Panelists:
A16-205
Ritual Studies Workshop: Methodological Experiments with Ritual Studies
Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Panelists:
A16-206
Denver City Tour
Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
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A16-210
Public Scholars Project Workshop: Practical Skills for the Public Scholar
Mara Willard, University of Oklahoma, Presiding
Friday - 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Panelists:
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A16-501
Film: Ragad
Rebecca Moody, Syracuse University, Presiding
Friday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
A17-4
New Members' Breakfast and Annual Meeting Orientation
Alice Hunt, American Academy of Religion, and David P. Gushee, Mercer University, Presiding
Saturday - 7:30 AM-8:45 AM
A17-5
Regional Officers’ Breakfast
Katherine Downey, Presiding
Saturday - 7:30 AM-8:45 AM
Theme: Controversial Comparisons: The Promise and Peril of Foregrounding Identity Categories in Religions and
Other Worldviews
Panelists:
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A17-102
Academic Relations Committee and Religion and Public Schools: International Perspectives Unit and Promoting
Religious Literacy College-Wide Seminar
Jennifer Rycenga, San Jose State University, Presiding
Theme: Religious Studies and the K-12 Classroom: How Religious Studies Departments Might Help Prepare Future
Educators
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Afro-American Religious History Unit
Leslie Ribovich, Princeton University, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: The Challenge of Langston’s Salvation (NYU Press, 2017): Redirections in African American Religious
History through Literature and the Arts
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-104
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit
Rachel Lindsey, Saint Louis University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-105
Bioethics and Religion Unit
Marcella Norling, Orange Coast College, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-106
Buddhism Unit
Geoffrey Barstow, Oregon State University, Presiding
Theme: Animal Consumption in Context: Comparing Localized Constructions of a Mahāyāna Buddhist Animal
Ethics
Business Meeting:
A17-107
Christian Systematic Theology Unit
Joy McDougall, Emory University, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-108
Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and SBL Violence and Representations of Violence in
Late Antiquity Unit
Jamel Velji, Claremont McKenna College, Presiding
A17-109
Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University, Presiding
Theme: Remembering Jonathan Z. Smith: Shaping Our Field and Our Work in the Comparative Study of Religion
Panelists:
A17-110
Comparative Theology Unit and Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit
Brandon Gallaher, University of Exeter, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
A17-111
Confucian Traditions Unit and Daoist Studies Unit
Pauline Lee, Saint Louis University, Presiding
Theme: Scathing Screeds: Polemics as a Means of Defining One's Religion in Imperial China
Business Meeting:
A17-112
Contemporary Pagan Studies Unit
Vivianne Crowley, Nottingham Trent University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-113
Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit
Marko Geslani, Emory University, Presiding
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Business Meeting:
A17-114
Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit
Tom Berendt, Temple Univeristy, Presiding
Theme: Becoming and Unbecoming Energy: Agriculture, American Energy Policy, Ecosexuality, and the Church of
Stop Shopping
Business Meeting:
A17-115
Hinduism Unit
Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding
Theme: Hindu Humor: Mining the Best Bits of a Rich Religious Tradition from the Outside In and the Inside Out
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Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-116
Indian and Chinese Religions Compared Unit
Michael Allen, University of Virginia, Presiding
Business Meeting:
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A17-117
Islamic Mysticism Unit
Racha el Omari, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding
Responding:
A17-118
Jain Studies Unit
Hamsa Stainton, McGill University, Presiding
Theme: The Multiple Facets of Jain Stotras: Hymns at the Nexus of Devotion, Ritual, and Culture
Business Meeting:
A17-119
Martin Luther and Global Lutheran Traditions Unit
Anthony M. Bateza, St. Olaf College, Presiding
Theme: Contexts for Identity and Freedom: Challenges for Luther and Lutheranism
Business Meeting:
A17-120
Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit
Kevin Corrigan, Emory University, Presiding
Theme: From Plotinus, Gregory of Nyssa and Dionysius to Bonaventure, and Dante
A17-121
Practical Theology Unit
Tone Stangeland Kaufman, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-122
Qur'an Unit
Jessica Mutter, University of Chicago, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-123
Religion and Cities Unit
Katie Day, United Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-124
Religion and Ecology Unit
Evan Berry, American University, Presiding
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Lynn Hofstad
Two Understandings of Wilderness: How Conceptions of Wilderness Affect the Re-Wilding Movement
A17-125
Religion and Sexuality Unit and SBL LGBTI/Queer Interpretation Unit
David T. Stewart, California State University, Long Beach, Presiding
J.D. R. Mechelke
Providing a Disorienting Dilemma: Possibilities for Genesis 34 in Church Comprehensive Sexuality Education with
Youth
A17-126
Religion in Southeast Asia Unit
Etin Anwar, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-127
Religion in the American West Unit
Brett Hendrickson, Lafayette College, Presiding
Theme: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in the Memorialization of the American West
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-128
Religion, Sport, and Play Unit
Annie Blazer, College of William and Mary, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Embodied Performance and Performative Bodies: Sports at the Nexus of Race, Gender, and Politics
Business Meeting:
A17-129
Religions, Medicines and Healing; African Diaspora Religions; Indigenous Religious Traditions; Latina/o Religion,
Culture, and Society; Native Traditions in the Americas; and Religions in the Latina/o Americas Units
Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien, Pacific Lutheran University, Presiding
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Ricoeur Unit
Jeffrey F. Keuss, Seattle Pacific University, Presiding
Brian A. Butcher, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Toronto
Freedom within Limits (?): “Uniate” Theology between Catholic West and Orthodox East
Business Meeting:
A17-131
Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit
Marika Rose, University of Winchester, Presiding
A17-132
Theology and Religious Reflection Unit
Tamsin Jones, Trinity College, Hartford, Presiding
Thomas A. James
God, Amid the Transcendence of Things
Business Meeting:
A17-133
Transnational Religious Expression: Between Asia and North America Seminar
Lucas Carmichael, University of Colorado at Boulder, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-134
Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism Unit
Carol Marie Webster, Presiding
Deborah Rogers
Thinking out Loud: Womanist Pedagogical Resources for the Classroom as a Site for Healing
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-135
World Christianity Unit
Corey Williams, Leiden University, Presiding
Theme: Method and Theory in World Christianity: Reassessing Our Scholarly Toolbox
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-136
Folklore and Religion Seminar
Stephen Wehmeyer, Champlain College, Presiding
Saturday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-137
Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion Seminar
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Business Meeting:
A17-138
Interreligious Reflections on Immigration Seminar
Laura Alexander, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Presiding
Saturday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Jason Welle, The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies
Theology of Migration and Holiness of Place : Reflections on Shrines in Two Traditions
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-139
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A17-140
Religion, Attire, and Adornment in North America Seminar
Nora L. Rubel, University of Rochester, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-141
Nominations Committee Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
A17-142
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Responding:
Mary E. Hunt, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual, Silver Spring, MD
P17-100
Karl Barth Society of North America
George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding
Responding:
Theme: Diapers and Dissertations: Reconfiguring What Matters to a Single Parent Ph.D. Student
Panelists:
Panelists:
A17-146
Contingent Faculty Luncheon: What Should AAR’s New Executive Director Know about Working off the Tenure-
Track?
Kerry Danner, Georgetown University, and Edwin David Aponte, Louisville Institute, Presiding
Saturday - 11:45 AM-12:45 PM
A17-147
LGBTIQ Mentoring Lunch
Thelathia Young, Bucknell University, Presiding
Saturday - 11:45 AM-12:45 PM
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A17-148
Women's Caucus
Julia Berger, University of Kent, Presiding
Panelists:
Theme: Economies of Sharing: The Ethics of Appropriating Pedagogical Resources and the Motives of Distribution
Panelists:
Theme: Another Plan A: Religious Studies Education and Careers beyond the Academy
Panelists:
A17-201
Public Understanding of Religion Committee and the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting
Evan Berry, American University, Presiding
Panelists:
A17-202
Anthropology of Religion Unit
Eric Hoenes del Pinal, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-203
Bible in Racial, Ethnic, and Indigenous Communities Unit
Stacy Davis, Saint Mary's College, Presiding
Theme: Conversations on Scripturalization and Sacred Texts in Racial, Ethnic, and Indigenous Communities
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Business Meeting:
A17-204
Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Unit
Mark S. Brocker, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Presiding
Theme: Celebrating and Interrogating Bonhoeffer's Life Together (Christian Kaiser Verlag, 1938)
A17-205
Buddhism Unit and Religion and Sexuality Unit
Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University, Presiding
Theme: Book Panel on José Cabezón’s Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism (Wisdom Publications, 2017)
Panelists:
Responding:
A17-206
Chinese Religions Unit
Jessey J. C. Choo, Rutgers University, Presiding
Theme: Death, (Re-)Birth, and Time: Transformative Bodies in Chinese Religious Traditions
Business Meeting:
A17-207
Christian Systematic Theology Unit
Devon Abts, King's College London, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-209
Cognitive Science of Religion Unit and International Association of the Cognitive Science of Religion
Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University, Presiding
Theme: Computational Modeling at the Interface of Traditional Religious Studies and Cognitive Science of Religion
Panelists:
A17-210
Contemporary Islam Unit and Islam, Gender, Women Unit and Islamic Mysticism Unit and Qur'an Unit and
Study of Islam Unit
Robert Rozehnal, Lehigh University, Presiding
A17-211
Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit
Jennifer Newsome Martin, University of Notre Dame, Presiding
Panelists:
Demetrios Bathrellos, Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge and Hellenic Open University, Athens
Paul M. Blowers
Thomas Cattoi, Graduate Theological Union
Katya Tolstaya, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Responding:
A17-212
Ecclesiological Investigations Unit
Miriam Perkins, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-213
Ethics Unit and Liberal Theologies Unit and Theology of Martin Luther King Jr. Unit
AnneMarie Mingo, Pennsylvania State University, Presiding
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Theme: Breaking White Supremacy (Yale University Press, 2018): The Black Social Gospel Revisited
Panelists:
Responding:
A17-214
Evangelical Studies Unit
Vincent Bacote, Wheaton College, Presiding
Panelists:
A17-215
Gay Men and Religion Unit
Brian Blackmore, Temple University/Westtown School, Presiding
Theme: Baldwin and Milk by Moonlight: Sanctification, Redemption, and Disidentification of Gay Male Characters
Business Meeting:
A17-216
Hinduism Unit
Barbara A. Holdrege, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding
Responding:
A17-217
Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit
Danoye Oguntola-Laguda, Lagos State University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-218
Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Unit
Jennifer Veninga, St. Edward's University, Presiding
Responding:
A17-219
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Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-220
Law, Religion, and Culture Unit and Secularism and Secularity Unit
Kathleen Holscher, University of New Mexico, Presiding
Theme: Schooling the Courts: Education as Site and Source for Religion and Law beyond the Courts
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-221
New Religious Movements Unit
Megan Goodwin, Syracuse University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-222
North American Religions Unit
Rubina Ramji, Cape Breton University, Presiding
Responding:
A17-223
Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit
Kevin Corrigan, Emory University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-224
Quaker Studies Unit and Women and Religion Unit
Stephen Angell, Earlham School of Religion, Presiding
Theme: Book Review Panel for New Critical Studies on Early Quaker Women, 1650-1800 (Oxford University Press,
2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
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Religion and Disability Studies Unit
Jesse Perillo, DePaul University, Presiding
Theme: Authors and Conversation Partners: Monica A. Coleman's Bipolar Faith (Fortress Press, 2016) and Michelle
M. Lelwica's Shameful Bodies (Bloomsbury, 2017)
Responding:
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Religion and Ecology Unit
Abby Mohaupt, Drew University, Presiding
Theme: Author Meets Critics: Amanda Baugh's God and the Green Divide: Religious Environmentalism in Black and
White (University of California Press, 2017)
Panelists:
Responding:
A17-227
Religion and Popular Culture Unit
James Thrall, Knox College, Presiding
Theme: Faking It: Guns, Apocalypse, Family Values, and the Original Fake News in the Post-Truth Era
Business Meeting:
A17-228
Religion in South Asia Unit
Andrea Marion Pinkney, McGill University, Presiding
A17-229
Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Moral Obligations, Prophetic Actions, and Search for Solidarity from Historical, Transnational, and Global
Perspectives: The Cases of South Africa, Palestine, and Israel
Panelists:
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Roman Catholic Studies Unit
Brenna Moore, Fordham University, Presiding
Theme: Memory, History, and Accountability: Catholic Universities' Struggle to Come to Terms with Painful Pasts
Panelists:
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Sacred Texts, Theory, and Theological Construction Unit
Filipe Maia, Pacific School of Religion, Presiding
Theme: Un/Familiar Theology (T&T Clark, 2017), Un/Familiar Texts: A Panel Response to Susannah Cornwall
Panelists:
Responding:
Theme: Do We Need Science for Wonder and Responsibility? A Zygon Panel Engaging Lisa Sideris’s Consecrating
Science: Wonder, Knowledge and the Natural World (University of California Press, 2017)
Responding:
A17-233
Sociology of Religion Unit and Critical Research on Religion
Afe Adogame, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-234
Wesleyan Studies Unit
Ashley Dreff, Hood Theological Seminary, Presiding
Sangwoo Kim
Chun Jin’s Charismata of the Spirit: Women Healers of the Twentieth-Century Charismatic Movement in Korea
Responding:
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Western Esotericism Unit
Brigid Burke, Montclair State University, Presiding
A17-236
Chinese Christianities Seminar
Francis Ching-Wah Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-237
Political Theology Seminar
Inese Radzins, Pacific School of Religion, Presiding
A17-238
Wildcard Session
Kermit Moss, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: Wakanda Is the Space for Black Refuge: Black Ontological Space, Death, and Racing Religion in the Era of
White Radicalization within Black Panther
Panelists:
Responding:
Theme: Finding the Job You Want after Graduation: Strategic Planning and Resources for Navigating a PhD
Program
Panelists:
Theme: Challenges and Strategies in Interacting with Students: A Roundtable for Contingent Faculty
Panelists:
A17-301
American Lectures in the History of Religions
Rumee Ahmed, University of British Columbia, Presiding
Theme: Complicit Scholarship: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Religious Studies
Panelists:
A17-302
Theme: Before You Write That Dissertation: Choosing a Marketable Topic That Will Enhance Your Career
Panelists:
A17-303
Program Committee
Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University, and Robert N. Puckett, American Academy of Religion, Presiding
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A17-304
African Diaspora Religions Unit and African Religions Unit and Anthropology of Religions Unit
Scott Alves Barton, New York University, Presiding
Sara Fretheim
Seeking First the Kingdom: Kwame Nkrumah, Charisma, and the Study of Religion in Africa
A17-305
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit
George Pati, Valparaiso University, Presiding
A17-306
Augustine and Augustinianisms Unit
Matthew Drever, University of Tulsa, Presiding
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Responding:
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Buddhism in the West Unit
Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Presiding
A17-308
Christian Spirituality Unit
Michael O'Sullivan, Spirituality Institute for Research and Education, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-309
Christian Systematic Theology Unit
Oliver Crisp, Fuller Theological Seminary, Presiding
A17-310
Cognitive Science of Religion Unit
Kelly Bulkeley, The Sleep and Dream Database, Presiding
Theme: Overview of the State of the Field of the Cognitive Science of Religion
A17-311
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Responding:
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Daoist Studies Unit
Gil Raz, Dartmouth College, Presiding
Jennifer Bussio
What Makes a Patriarch? An Examination of the Hagiography of the Twelfth Zhen Dadao Patriarch, Zhang Qingzhi
張清志 (d.1327/28)
A17-313
Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit
Mohamed S. Hassan, Temple University, Presiding
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A17-314
Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit
Vera Shevzov, Smith College, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-315
Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit
Seth Schermerhorn, Hamilton College, Presiding
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Responding:
A17-316
Japanese Religions Unit and Law, Religion and Culture Unit
Jessica Starling, Lewis and Clark College, Presiding
A17-317
Korean Religions Unit and Women and Religion Unit
Deberniere Torrey, University of Utah, Presiding
Theme: Hypermasculinity, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and the Protestant Right in South Korea
Panelists:
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Responding:
A17-318
Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit, and Religion, Sport, and Play Unit
Jean-Pierre Ruiz, St. John's University, New York, Presiding
A17-319
Liberal Theologies Unit and Schleiermacher Unit
Sarah Morice Brubaker, Phillips Theological Seminary, and Shelli Poe, Millsaps College, Presiding
A17-320
New Religious Movements Unit and Sacred Texts, Theory, and Theological Construction Unit
Marion S. Grau, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Smiling Gods, Angels Named Erika, and Glow Clouds: Welcome to Night Vale and the Podcast as a Sacred
Text
Responding:
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Nineteenth Century Theology Unit and Société Internationale d'Études sur Alfred Loisy
Emily Dumler-Winckler, University of Notre Dame, Presiding
Theme: Book Panel on Thomas Albert Howard’s The Pope and the Professor: Pius IX, Ignaz von Döllinger, and the
Quandary of the Modern Age (Oxford University Press, 2017)
Panelists:
Responding:
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Philosophy of Religion Unit
Thomas A. Lewis, Brown University, Presiding
Theme: Critical Responses to Noreen Khawaja's Religion of Existence: Asceticism in Philosophy from Kierkegaard
to Sartre (University of Chicago Press, 2016)
Responding:
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Practical Theology Unit
Christian A. B. Scharen, Auburn Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: Experiencing and Engaging Gregory Ellison II's Fearless Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice
(Westminster John Knox, 2017)
Panelists:
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Quaker Studies Unit
Jon Kershner, University of Lancaster, Presiding
Ann-Catherine Wilkening
“We Shall Doe to All Men Licke as We Will Be Done Ourselves”: Francis Daniel Pastorius and the Early Quaker Anti-
Slavery Discourse
Business Meeting:
A17-325
Qur'an Unit
Samuel Ross, Texas Christian University, Presiding
A17-326
Religion and Disability Studies Unit
Nicholas Junkerman, Skidmore College, Presiding
Theme: Disabled Bodies, Hagiography, and Life-Writing: Faith and Being Black or Deaf or Different
Business Meeting:
A17-328
Religion and Economy Unit
Rebecca Bartel, San Diego State University, Presiding
Responding:
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Religion and Politics Unit
Elias Ortega-Aponte, Drew University, Presiding
A17-330
Religion and Popular Culture Unit and Religion in Southeast Asia Unit
James Edmonds, Arizona State University, Presiding
Theme: Pop Culture as Argument: Contesting Religion, Gender, and Romance in Contemporary Indonesia
A17-331
Religion and Science Fiction Unit
Laura Ammon, Appalachian State University, Presiding
A17-332
Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit
Jeanette Reedy Solano, California State University, Fullerton, Presiding
Theme: Public Intellectuals in Religion, Film, and Television: 21st Century Industry Interlocutors and Creatives
A17-333
Science, Technology, and Religion Unit
Yunus Dogan Telliel, UC Berkeley, Presiding
A17-334
Sociology of Religion Unit and Critical Research on Religion
Warren S. Goldstein, Center for Critical Research on Religion, Presiding
A17-335
Space, Place, and Religion Unit
Brian J. Nichols, Mount Royal University, Presiding
A17-336
Study of Islam Unit
Travis Zadeh, Yale University, Presiding
Theme: The Heart of the Matter: Centers, Peripheries, Borders, and Contestations in Islamic Studies
A17-337
Teaching Religion Unit
Molly Bassett, Georgia State University, Presiding
A17-338
Theology of Martin Luther King Jr. Unit
Hak Joon Lee, Fuller Theological Seminary, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-339
Vatican II Studies Unit
Paul Crowley, Santa Clara University, Presiding
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Business Meeting:
A17-340
Yogācāra Studies Unit
A. Charles Muller, University of Tokyo, Presiding
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A17-341
Political Theology Seminar
Inese Radzins, Pacific School of Religion, Presiding
Robert O. Smith
Supersessionism, Political Theology, and Settler Coloniality
Business Meeting:
A17-342
Wildcard Session
Amy DeRogatis, Michigan State University, Presiding
Theme: Teaching Local Religion with Digital Humanities: Objects, Methods, Pedagogies
A17-343
Women's Caucus
Jea Sophia Oh, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, Presiding
Theme: Developing Civic Engagement and Planetary Response-Ability: A Postcolonial Ecofeminist Theological
Perspective
Responding:
Theme: Finishing the Dissertation On-Time and with Your Sanity In-Tact
Panelists:
Theme: New Chapters, Blank Spaces: Reflections on the Academy from Those Who Have Left and Those Who
Remain
Panelists:
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Academic Relations Committee
Glenn Whitehouse, Florida Gulf Coast University, Presiding
Theme: What Are You Going to Do with That? Lessons from a New Humanities Career Program
Panelists:
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Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee
Andrea C. White, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A17-403
African Religions Unit
David Amponsah, University of Missouri, Presiding
Panelists:
A17-404
Afro-American Religious History Unit
Lerone Martin, Washington University, Saint Louis, and Tobin Shearer, University of Montana, Presiding
Theme: Seeing the Unseen, Unfamiliar, and Understudied in African American Religious Historiography
A17-405
Bioethics and Religion Unit and International Development and Religion Unit
Christopher Duncanson-Hales, University of Sudbury, Presiding
A17-406
Buddhism Unit
Justin R. Ritzinger, University of Miami, Presiding
Theme: Seeing through the Secular Paradigm: Buddhism and the Chinese Revolution
Responding:
A17-407
Christian Systematic Theology Unit
Daniel Wade McClain, Loyola University, Maryland, Presiding
A17-408
Class, Religion, and Theology Unit
Rosetta E. Ross, Spelman College, Presiding
A17-409
Contemporary Islam Unit
Danielle Widmann Abraham, Ursinus College, Presiding
Theme: Islamic Peripheries and Historical Imagination: Narrative, Genealogy, and Ritual
Responding:
Theme: Author Meets Critics: Irfan Ahmad's Religion as Critique: Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the
Marketplace (University of North Carolina Press, 2017)
Panelists:
Responding:
Irfan Ahmad, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Business Meeting:
A17-411
Daoist Studies Unit, Indian and Chinese Religions Compared Unit, Tantric Studies Unit, Yoga in Theory and
Practice Unit, and Yogācāra Studies Unit
Dan Lusthaus, Harvard University, Presiding
A17-412
Ecclesial Practices Unit and Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogy Unit
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Panelists:
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Ecclesiological Investigations Unit
Miriam Haar, Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Presiding
A17-414
Evangelical Studies Unit
Jason Sexton, UC Berkeley, Presiding
A17-415
History of Christianity Unit
Horace E. Means, Presiding
A17-416
Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit
Hans Gustafson, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, Presiding
Theme: Leaving Room for Holy Envy: Applications of Stendahl’s Rule for Interreligious Understanding
Benjamin Sax, Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, Baltimore, MD
Nietzsche and the Jewish Jesus: A Reflection on Holy Envy
A17-417
Japanese Religions Unit
Fabio Rambelli, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Gods in the Making: Divine Subjectivity in Medieval Japanese Local and Translocal Cults
Responding:
A17-418
Law, Religion, and Culture Unit
Richard Amesbury, Clemson University, Presiding
A17-419
Lesbian-Feminisms and Religion Unit
John Erickson, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding
Theme: The Digital and Lived Lesbian Feminist: Erasure, Solidarity, and the Sacred
Business Meeting:
A17-420
Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit
Zachary Moon, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-421
Mormon Studies Unit
Brian D. Birch, Utah Valley University, Presiding
Panelists:
A17-422
North American Religions Unit
Brandi Denison, University of North Florida, Presiding
Responding:
A17-423
Pragmatism and Empiricism in American Religious Thought Unit
Karen Rucks, Quinsigamond Community College, Presiding
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A17-425
Religion and Ecology Unit
Laurel D. Kearns, Drew University, Presiding
A17-426
Religion and Migration Unit
Rubina Ramji, Cape Breton University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A17-427
Religion in South Asia Unit
Julie Vig, University of British Columbia, Presiding
Responding:
A17-428
Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit and Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit
Syed Adnan Hussain, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Presiding
Theme: Crossing Borders: Afrofuturism, Migration to Europe, and Representations of Siberian Shamanism
A17-429
Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit
Matthew Peter Casey, University of California, Davis, Presiding
Responding:
A17-430
Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit
Susan Hayward, Georgetown University, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C., Presiding
Theme: Mapping the Religious Field of Conflict Zones: The View from below in Libya, Iraq, and South Sudan
A17-431
Schleiermacher Unit
Ed Waggoner, Brite Divinity School, Presiding
A17-432
Secularism and Secularity Unit
Joseph Blankholm, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding
A17-433
Sikh Studies Unit
Michael Hawley, Mount Royal University, Presiding
Theme: Situating Sikhs and Sikh Tradition: Devotional, Ethnographic, and Sociological Explorations
A17-434
Study of Islam Unit
Kristian Petersen, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Presiding
A17-435
Theology and Religious Reflection Unit
Jeremy Posadas, Austin College, Presiding
Theme: Irredeemable Positions: Political Economies of Redemption in Historical, Theoretical, and Social Justice
Perspectives
Panelists:
A17-436
Theology of Martin Luther King Jr. Unit
AnneMarie Mingo, Pennsylvania State University, Presiding
A17-437
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit
Russell Re Manning, Bath Spa University, Presiding
André Daughtry
Tillich, Judson Church, and the Avant-Garde
Business Meeting:
A17-438
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A17-439
Emerging Church, Millennials, and Religion Seminar
Rachel Schneider, Rice University, Presiding
A17-440
AAR/SBL Graduate Student Happy Hour
Saturday - 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A17-441
Friends of the Academy Reception
Saturday - 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
A17-501
Racial and Ethnic Minorities Reception
Saturday - 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Panelist:
Panelists:
A17-506
Film: Goldstone
Ken Derry, University of Toronto, Presiding
Saturday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
A17-507
Film: Daughters of the Dust
Saturday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
A18-2
Applied Religious Studies Breakfast
Cristine Hutchison-Jones, Harvard Law School, Presiding
Sunday - 7:30 AM-8:45 AM
Theme: Contingency Possibilities: Career Options within and beyond the Academy
Panelists:
A18-102
Public Understanding of Religion Committee and Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit
Eric Lewis Williams, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Presiding
Theme: Policy and Poetry: The African American Religious Imagination and Social Transformation
Panelists:
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A18-103
Status of Women in the Profession Committee
Cassie Trentaz, Warner Pacific College, Presiding
Panelists:
A18-104
Animals and Religion Unit and SBL Animal Studies and the Bible Consultation
Arthur Walker-Jones, University of Winnipeg, Presiding
Theme: Reading Animals in Biblical and Rabbinic Literature through the Works of Aaron Gross and Donovan
Schaefer
Responding:
A18-105
Buddhism in the West Unit and Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit
Sharon A. Suh, Seattle University, Presiding
Theme: From Rape Texts to Bro Buddhism: Critical Canonical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Sexual Abuse
Scandals in Western Buddhism
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
R.M. Hogendoorn
The Making of a Lama: Interrogating Sogyal Rinpoche’s Pose as a (Re)incarnate Master
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-106
Chinese Religions Unit and Daoist Studies Unit
James A. Benn, McMaster University, Presiding
Theme: Vision and Visualization in Art, Alchemy, and Ritual: Exploring Daoist Modes of Perception
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-107
Comparative Religious Ethics Unit
Jonathan K. Crane, Emory University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-108
Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
Massimo Rondolino, Carroll University, Presiding
Responding:
A18-109
Contemplative Studies Unit
Michael Sheehy, Mind & Life Institute and University of Virginia, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-110
Ecclesial Practices Unit
Jonas Ideström, Church of Sweden Research Unit, Uppsala, Sweden, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-111
Ethics Unit and SBL Ethics and Biblical Interpretation Unit
Amy Merrill Willis, Lynchburg College, Presiding
Theme: Review of Bible and Ethics in Christian Life: A New Conversation (Fortress Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-112
Gay Men and Religion Unit and Queer Studies in Religion Unit
Elyse Ambrose, Drew University, Presiding
A18-113
History of Christianity Unit
Andrew Cain, University of Colorado Boulder, Presiding
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A18-114
Human Enhancement and Transhumanism Unit
Amy Michelle DeBaets, Oakland University, Presiding
Theme: Dreams for the Future: Spirit Tech, Chip Implants, and Imagined Worlds
Business Meeting:
A18-115
International Development and Religion Unit
Emma Tomalin, University of Leeds, Presiding
Theme: Religion and International Development: The Who, What, and Why in Local and Global Context
Olivia Wilkinson
Religion between Global and Local Humanitarianism: Investigating the Place of Faith in the International
Humanitarian "Localization" Policy Agenda
A18-116
Islam, Gender, Women Unit
Justine Howe, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-117
Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Unit
Karen L. Carr, Lawrence University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-118
Liberation Theologies Unit
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Business Meeting:
A18-119
Middle Eastern Christianity Unit
Michel Andraos, Catholic Theological Union, Presiding
Bilal Bas
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Business Meeting:
A18-120
North American Religions Unit
Elizabeth Dolfi, Columbia University, Presiding
Theme: God’s Kingdom and American Empire: A Roundtable Discussion of Holy Humanitarians (Harvard University
Press, 2018) and The Kingdom of God Has No Borders (Oxford University Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-121
Philosophy of Religion Unit
Samantha Kang, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A18-122
Pragmatism and Empiricism in American Religious Thought Unit
Thurman Willison, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-123
Religion and Popular Culture Unit
Maria Carson, Syracuse University, Presiding
A18-124
Religion and the Social Sciences Unit and Roman Catholic Studies Unit and Sociology of Religion Unit
Kristy Nabhan-Warren, University of Iowa, Presiding
Nichole Phillips, Emory University, Presiding
Theme: Special Tribute Session In Honor of Dr. Mary Ellen Konieczny, 1959-2018
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A18-125
Religion in South Asia Unit and Tantric Studies Unit
Tony Stewart, Vanderbilt University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-126
Religions, Medicines, and Healing; Afro-American Religious History; African Religions; Body and Religion;
Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism; and World Christianity Units
Linda L. Barnes, Boston University School of Medicine, Presiding
Theme: Decolonization as Healing Part II: African, Black, and Indigenous Religions
Rode Molla, Iliff School of Theology and Denver University Joint Ph. D Program
Decolonizing White Painted, Tamed, and Traumatized Ethiopian Bodies
A18-127
Sacred Texts, Theory, and Theological Construction Unit
Jason Wyman, Manhattan College, Presiding
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A18-128
Study of Judaism Unit
Elliot Ratzman, Lawrence University, Presiding
Theme: All the Jews are White, All the Blacks are Christian: An Afro-Jewish Studies Intervention
A18-129
Teaching Religion Unit
Molly Bassett, Georgia State University, Presiding
Theme: A Conversation about Pedagogy: Reading Of Education, Fishbowls, and Rabbit Holes: Rethinking Teaching
and Liberal Education for an Interconnected World (Stylus Publishing, 2016)
Panelists:
Responding:
Kathleen Fisher
Business Meeting:
A18-130
Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit and SBL Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish, and Christian
Studies Unit
Jason Mokhtarian, Indiana University, Presiding
A18-131
Women and Religion Unit
Rosemary P. Carbine, Whittier College, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-132
Navarātri Seminar
Jennifer Ortegren, Middlebury College, Presiding
Theme: Ritual Construction and Contestation: Navarātri Rituals and their Critiques
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-133
New Materialism, Religion, and Planetary Thinking Seminar
Heather Eaton, Saint Paul University, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Business Meeting:
A18-134
Exploratory Session
Bernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes College, Presiding
A18-135
Exploratory Session
Sailaja Krishnamurti, Saint Mary's University, Presiding
Theme: Deities with Many Arms, Hegemonies with Many Aspects: An Exploratory Roundtable on Feminist and
Critical Race Theory Approaches in Hindu Studies
Panelists:
A18-136
Exploratory Session
Isaac Weiner, Ohio State University, Presiding
Panelists:
A18-137
Publications Committee Meeting
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A18-138
Women's Caucus
Kim Martinez, Northwest University, Presiding
Alicia Panganiban, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding
Janice Poss, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding
Theme: Publishing Panel: New Visions of Response-Ability: Assessing Opportunities and Risks
Panelists:
Theme: Hacking Accessibility: Tools for Students with Special Learning and Mental Health Needs
Panelists:
Panelist:
A18-143
Women’s Mentoring Lunch
Nargis Virani, Graduate Theological Union, and Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University, Presiding
Sunday - 11:45 AM-12:45 PM
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A18-145
Women's Caucus
Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, Presiding
Theme: Response-Ability and Parliament of World Religion Women's Task Force: A Brown Bag Discussion
Panelists:
Theme: Religious Studies in Light of Its Ecosystems: The Status of Liberal Arts Colleges, General Education, and the
Humanities
Panelists:
A18-201
Applied Religious Studies Committee
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Panelists:
A18-202
Regional Coordinators
Katherine Downey, Presiding
Panelist:
A18-203
Religion and the Arts Award Jury
Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University, Presiding
Theme: Conversation with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, 2018 Religion and the Arts Award Winner
Panelists:
A18-204
Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee
Kathleen T. Talvacchia, Presiding
Theme: Critical Theological Reflections on Gender, Sexuality, and Lived Religious Experience
Panelists:
A18-205
Afro-American Religious History Unit and North American Religions Unit and Roman Catholic Studies Unit
Alexia Williams, Yale University, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-206
Anthropology of Religion Unit and Comparative Religious Ethics Unit
Letitia M. Campbell, Emory University, Presiding
Theme: Ethical Self-Making in Social Justice and Humanitarianism: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue in the
Anthropology of Ethics
Responding:
A18-207
Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
SueJeanne Koh
Part of Our Spiritual Heritage, Too? The Model Minority Revisited
A18-208
Body and Religion Unit, Ritual Studies Unit, and Teaching Religion Unit
Katherine C. Zubko, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Presiding
A18-209
Buddhism Unit and Religion in Southeast Asia Unit
Erik Braun, University of Virginia, Presiding
Responding:
A18-210
Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit and Buddhist Philosophy Unit
Jay Garfield, Smith College, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-211
Childhood Studies and Religion Unit
Wendy Love Anderson, Washington University in Saint Louis, Presiding
Rode Molla, Iliff School of Theology and Denver University Joint Ph. D Program
The Affective Power of Child Baptism and Vocation: Children’s Religiosity beyond Sunday School Class
Responding:
A18-212
Comparative Theology Unit
Laura Alexander, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-213
Confucian Traditions Unit
Anna Sun, Kenyon College, Presiding
Theme: Inspired by the Other: Rhetorical Reinventions of Tradition in Ming-Qing Religious Literature
A18-214
Contemporary Islam Unit
Kayla Renée Wheeler, Boston University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-215
Contemporary Pagan Studies Unit
Amy Hale, Atlanta, GA, Presiding
Theme: Problematizing Whiteness and the West in Contemporary Paganism and Witchcraft
Responding:
A18-216
Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit and Religion, Affect, and Emotion Unit
Sean McCloud, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Author Meets Critics: Jessica Johnson's Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll's Evangelical
Empire (Duke University Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-217
Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit
Mary Keller, University of Wyoming, Presiding
Theme: Re-Thinking the Teaching of Theories and Methods: A Discussion of Cultural Approaches to the Study of
Religion (Bloomsbury, 2018) and The Bloomsbury Reader for Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion (2018)
Panelists:
A18-218
Men, Masculinities, and Religions Unit
Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Princeton University, Presiding
Theme: Book Panel Roundtable on Sarah Imhoff's Masculinity and the Making of American Judaism (Indiana
University Press: 2017)
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A18-219
Mysticism Unit and Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit
Thomas A. Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding
Responding:
A18-220
Native Traditions in the Americas Unit and Religion in the American West Unit and Religion, Colonialism and
Postcolonialism Unit
Adrian Hermann, University of Bonn, Presiding
Theme: Authors Meet Critics: Jennifer Graber's The Gods of Indian Country (Oxford University Press, 2018) and
Pamela Klassen's The Story of Radio Mind (University of Chicago Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-221
North American Hinduism Unit
Arun Brahmbhatt, University of Toronto, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-222
Open and Relational Theologies Unit
Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Center for Process Studies, Presiding
Theme: Christ and the Cosmos (Cambridge University Press, 2015): Keith Ward's Trinity and Open-Relational
Theologies
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-223
Pentecostal–Charismatic Movements Unit
Dara Delgado, University of Dayton, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-224
Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit and Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit
Stephanie Crumpton, McCormick Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: MeToo: Sexual Trauma and Sexual Shaming in the Era of #45
A18-225
Religion and Politics Unit
Marcia Pally, New York University, Presiding
Theme: Populism and Religion outside the US: Research and Reflections
A18-226
Religion in South Asia Unit
Elaine Fisher, Stanford University, Presiding
A18-227
Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit
Daniel White Hodge, North Park University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-228
Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Unit
Benjamin Sax, Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, Baltimore, MD, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-229
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Panelists:
A18-230
Space, Place, and Religion Unit
Susan L. Graham, Saint Peter's University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-231
Tantric Studies Unit
Gudrun Bühnemann, University of Wisconsin, Presiding
Theme: Bodies within Bodies: Intertextuality and the Re-Inscriptive, Re-Incarnational Power of the Goddess in Her
Great and Little Instantiations
Responding:
A18-232
World Christianity Unit
Jonathan Tan, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding
Theme: Perspectives on World Christianity: Case Studies from across the Globe
Responding:
A18-233
Exploratory Session
Andrea Jain, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Presiding
Panelists:
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A18-234
Wildcard Session
Tyler Tully, University of Oxford, Presiding
Panelists:
P18-200
African Association for the Study of Religions
Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Tufts University, Presiding
Bolaji Bateye, Obafemi Awolowo University, and Funke Oyekan, Bowen University, Nigeria
"The Church as Family, Things Are No Longer What They Used to Be": Individualism, Genderization, and
Scripturalization of Spirituality, the Nigerian Experience
Theme: Love Thy Neighbour and Thyself: Recognizing and Cultivating Mental and Emotional Health for Students
and Self
Panelists:
Theme: Mastering Online Education: Effective and Engaging Teaching in a Digital Classroom
Panelists:
Panelists:
A18-302
Employment Workshop: Preparing for the Non-Academic Career
Sunday - 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Panelists:
A18-303
Program Committee
Panelists:
A18-304
Public Understanding of Religion Committee
Erik Owens, Boston College, Presiding
Theme: Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion Forum: Jacob Olupona
Panelists:
A18-305
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit
Mary Cheng, United Methodist Women, Presiding
Theme: Hymns
A18-306
Black Theology Unit and Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit and Women of Color, Scholarship,
Teaching, and Activism Unit
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College, Presiding
Theme: Delores Williams’ Sisters in the Wilderness (Orbis, 1993): Celebrating 25 Years
A18-307
Body and Religion Unit
Yudit K. Greenberg, Rollins College, Presiding
A18-308
Christian Spirituality Unit
Beringia Zen, Avila University, Presiding
A18-309
Christian Systematic Theology Unit
Holly Taylor Coolman, Providence College, Presiding
A18-310
Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
Ivette Vargas-O'Bryan, Austin College, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-311
Contemporary Islam Unit
Sarah Eltantawi, Evergreen State College, Presiding
Responding:
A18-312
Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit and Psychology, Culture and Religion Unit
Storm Swain, United Lutheran Seminary, Presiding
Theme: On Death and Dying (Routledge, 1969): The Legacy of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Fifty Years Later
A18-313
Hinduism Unit and History of Christianity Unit and Hagiography Society
Rachel Fell McDermott, Barnard College, Presiding
Theme: Saints and Their Miracles: Comparing Miracle Stories in Christian and Hindu Hagiography
A18-314
Martin Luther and Global Lutheran Traditions Unit and Wesleyan Studies Unit
Ted A. Campbell, Southern Methodist University, and Kristen E. Kvam, Saint Paul School of Theology, Presiding
Theme: Exploring Holiness and Unity in Methodist and Lutheran Faith Traditions
A18-315
Mysticism Unit
June McDaniel, College of Charleston, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-316
Nineteenth Century Theology Unit
Sheila Briggs, University of Southern California, Presiding
Responding:
A18-317
North American Religions Unit
Peter Wright, Colorado College, Presiding
A18-318
Reformed Theology and History Unit
Christina Larsen, Grand Canyon University, Presiding
A18-319
Religion and Disability Studies Unit and Teaching Religion Unit
Mary Jo Iozzio, Boston College, Presiding
Theme: Site Visits, the Theological Classroom, and Universal Design Learning Principles
Business Meeting:
A18-320
Religion and Ecology Unit
Edwin Bagley, Wingate University, Presiding
Theme: Doing Religion and Ecology in the Bible Belt: How the Cross Pollination of Religion and Ecology in a
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Rural Town in North Carolina is Bearing Much Fruit
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-321
Religion and Economy Unit
Elayne Oliphant, New York University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-322
Religion and Food Unit
Adrienne Krone, Allegheny College, Presiding
A18-323
Religion and Politics Unit
Ann Duncan, Goucher College, Presiding
A18-324
Religion and Science Fiction Unit
Emanuelle Burton, University of Illinois at Chicago, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-325
Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit
Brian Catlos, University of Colorado, Presiding
Theme: Jerusalem's Sacred Sites in Medieval Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Rhetoric
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-326
Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit
Luis Leon, University of Denver, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-327
Sacred Texts and Ethics Unit and Study of Judaism Unit
Andrea Dara Cooper, University of North Carolina, Presiding
Theme: Interrogating Imperfection: Risky Ventures in Jewish Text, Thought, and Action
A18-328
Science, Technology, and Religion Unit
Greg Cootsona, California State University, Chico, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Responding:
A18-329
Scriptural Reasoning Unit
C. Rebecca Rine, Grove City College, Presiding
A18-330
Sikh Studies Unit
Pashaura Singh, University of California, Riverside, Presiding
Theme: The Publics of Sikh Studies: Discussing Limits and Possibilities of Responsible Engagement in Sikh
Scholarship
Panelists:
A18-331
Sociology of Religion Unit
David Feltmate, Auburn University, Montgomery, Presiding
Theme: Hello from the Other Side: Sociology of Religious Minorities in the US and England
Allison Ralph
Purity and Danger: Islam, the Body Politic, and Public Policy
A18-332
Study of Islam Unit
Tehseen Thaver, Princeton University, Presiding
Responding:
A18-333
Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit
Adam Kotsko, North Central College, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Business Meeting:
A18-334
Theology and Religious Reflection Unit
David Newheiser, Australian Catholic University, Presiding
Theme: Secularity and Religious Reflection: A Panel on Bradley Onishi’s The Sacrality of the Secular (Columbia
University Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-335
Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit
Benjamin Bogin, Skidmore College, Presiding
A18-336
Yogācāra Studies Unit
Karin Meyers, Kathmandu University, Presiding
Theme: Roundtable Discussion of The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist
Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness (Touchstone, 2017)
Panelists:
A18-337
Chinese Christianities Seminar
Alexander Chow, University of Edinburgh, Presiding
Theme: Other Duties as Assigned: The Craft of Fundraising for Research and Higher Education
Panelists:
Theme: Faculty and Student Debt, Structural Inequality in the Academy, Precarity, and Contingency
Panelists:
A18-401
Applied Religious Studies Committee and Public Understanding of Religion Committee
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Beyond the Ivory Tower: Putting Religion Expertise to Work outside the Academy
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-402
Employment Workshop: Building Your Professional Toolkit
Sunday - 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Panelists:
A18-403
Publications Committee
Theodore Vial, Iliff School of Theology, and Cynthia Read, Oxford University Press, Presiding
Panelists:
A18-404
Teaching and Learning Committee
Davina C. Lopez, Eckerd College, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Reflective Structured Dialogue in Religious Studies Classrooms: A Conversation with 2018 Excellence in
Teaching Award Winner Jill DeTemple
Panelists:
A18-405
African Diaspora Religions Unit
Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Tufts University, Presiding
Theme: The Encounter of Digital Media and Ritual in African Diaspora Religions
N. Fadeke Castor
Offerings in the Digital Commons: African Diasporic Religions, Social Media, and Social Justice
A18-406
Anthropology of Religion Unit and Contemporary Islam Unit and Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit
and Secularism and Secularity Unit
Jonathan VanAntwerpen, Henry Luce Foundation, New York, NY, Presiding
Panelists:
A18-407
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit
S. Brent Plate, Hamilton College, Presiding
Panelists:
A18-408
Black Theology Unit and Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Unit
Christopher Driscoll, Lehigh University, Presiding
Theme: Still Getting By: Margin and Boundary in Black Theology and Hip Hop Culture
A18-409
Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Unit
Lori Brandt Hale, Augsburg College, Presiding
Robert O. Smith
Bonhoeffer Moment(s)? Learning to See “From Below” in Indian Country
A18-410
Buddhism Unit and Contemplative Studies Unit
Jin Y Park, American University, Presiding
A18-411
Chinese Religions Unit and Study of Islam Unit
Natasha Heller, University of Virginia, Presiding
Theme: Hui Muslims in the Qing Dynasty: Identity, Religion, and Culture
A18-412
Christian Systematic Theology Unit and Reformed Theology and History Unit
Cynthia Rigby, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Presiding
A18-413
Cognitive Science of Religion Unit
Travis Chilcott, Iowa State University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-414
Comparative Religious Ethics Unit and Religion and Cities Unit
Jung Lee, Northeastern University, Presiding
Responding:
A18-415
Comparative Theology Unit and Scriptural Reasoning Unit
Wilhelmus Valkenberg, Catholic University of America, Presiding
Responding:
A18-416
Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit
Jamie Brummitt, Duke University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-417
Ecclesiological Investigations Unit
Dennis Doyle, University of Dayton, Presiding
A18-418
Evangelical Studies Unit
Anna Robbins, Acadia Divinity College, Presiding
Kit Kirkland
Past Now Present: Trump’s Nativism and the Redefinition of Evangelical Faith
A18-419
Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit
Mary Churchill, Sonoma State University, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: The Transformative Values of Memory: The Interface of Religion and Healing
Responding:
A18-420
Korean Religions Unit and Yogācāra Studies Unit
Richard D. McBride, Brigham Young University, Hawaii, Presiding
Responding:
A18-421
Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Liberation Theologies Unit and Practical Theology Unit
Xochitl Alvizo, California State University, Northridge, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Responding:
A18-422
New Religious Movements Unit
Constance A. Jones, California Institute of Integral Studies, Presiding
Theme: John Gordon Melton and the Study of New Religions: Assessing a Legacy and Charting Future Directions
Responding:
A18-423
Open and Relational Theologies Unit
Bethany Sollereder, University of Oxford, Presiding
A18-424
Qur'an Unit and Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit
Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Haverford College, Presiding
A18-425
Religion and Ecology Unit and Space, Place, and Religion Unit
James Miller, Queen's University, Kingston, Presiding
A18-426
Religion and Politics Unit
John D. Carlson, Arizona State University, Presiding
A18-427
Religion in South Asia Unit
Supriya Gandhi, Yale University, Presiding
A18-428
Religion, Affect, and Emotion Unit
Abigail Kluchin, Ursinus College, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A18-429
Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit
Syed Adnan Hussain, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Presiding
Theme: Postcolonial Futures: Afrofuturist Utopias and the Buddhist Decolonization of the Mind
Business Meeting:
A18-430
Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Unit
Sarah K. Pinnock, Trinity University, Presiding
A18-431
Religion, Memory, History Unit
Tim Langille, Arizona State University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-432
Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit
Ellen Ott Marshall, Emory University, Presiding
Theme: Identity and Place: Three Contextual Studies of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-433
Sacred Texts and Ethics Unit and Hagiography Society
Tyler Atkinson, Bethany College, Presiding
Theme: The Ethics of the Saints: Re-Reading and Re-Writing Hagiographical Texts
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A18-434
Study of Judaism Unit
Lucas Wright, University of California, Santa Barbara, Presiding
Theme: Blood, Soil, and Supersession: Reading White Supremacy between Blackness and Jewishness
Responding:
A18-435
Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit
Adam Kotsko, North Central College, Presiding
A18-436
Theology and Religious Reflection Unit and Critical Research on Religion
David Newheiser, Australian Catholic University, Presiding
Theme: Sacred Exchanges: Religion, Economy, and Politics in Divine Currency (Stanford University Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A18-437
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit
Stephen G. Ray, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: Book Panel: The Religion of White Supremacy in the United States (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017) by Eric
Weed
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-438
Western Esotericism Unit
Egil Asprem, Stockholm University, Presiding
Theme: Beyond Humanity: Esotericism, Transhumanism, and the Cultivation of Special Powers
A18-439
Women and Religion Unit
Cari Jackson, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Presiding
Theme: Trust Women (Beacon Press, 2018): From a Justification Paradigm to Reproductive Justice
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-440
Emerging Church, Millennials, and Religion Seminar
Randy Reed, Appalachian State University, Presiding
Theme: Authors Meet Critics: Millennials, The Emerging Church and Religion, Vol. 1: Problems and Prospects (Wipf
and Stock, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
A18-441
Religion and US Empire Seminar
Tracy Leavelle, Creighton University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
Panelists:
Maryam Sharrieff
Responding:
A18-505
Film: The Willow Tree (Beed-e Majnoon)
Sunday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Theme: The World Needs Us: Serving the Public Sphere through the Study of Religion
Responding:
A19-101
Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Profession Committee
Darla Schumm, Hollins University, Presiding
Panelists:
A19-102
Animals and Religion Unit
David Clough, University of Chester, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-103
Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit
Melissa Borja, University of Michigan, Presiding
Theme: State of the Field in Asian American Religious Studies: Pasts, Presents, and Futures
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A19-104
Baha’i Studies Unit
Christopher Glen White, Vassar College, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-105
Buddhist Philosophy Unit
Richard Nance, Indiana University, Presiding
Theme: Philosophical Tantras and Tantric Philosophies: The Intersection of Tantra and Doxography in Indian and
Tibetan Buddhism
Responding:
A19-106
Childhood Studies and Religion Unit
Katarina Westerlund, Uppsala University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-107
Chinese Religions Unit and Confucian Traditions Unit
Michael Puett, Harvard University, Presiding
Theme: Marginalizing Confucius: Ritual and Religion in Early China beyond the Canon
A19-108
Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and
Culture Unit
Joseph McDonald, Texas Christian University, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-109
Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
Christopher Patrick Parr, Webster University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-110
Comparative Theology Unit and Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit
Nicolas Mumejian, Hartford Seminary, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Making Meaning of Mary: Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Images (Actual and Virtual) of the
Mother of Jesus
Responding:
A19-111
Ethics Unit and Religion and Politics Unit
Michael LeChevallier, University of Chicago, Presiding
Theme: Roundtable Discussion on Jean Bethke Elshtain: Politics, Ethics, and Society (University of Notre Dame
Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-112
Lesbian-Feminisms and Religion Unit and Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit
Georgette Ledgister, Emory University, Presiding
Theme: Womanist Theory, African Forms of Knowing, and Epistemology: A Transatlantic Conversation
Venise Adjibodou
A Womanist Conversation on Vodun Affect: Integrating Womanist Theory and Indigenous African Forms of
Knowing
Business Meeting:
A19-113
North American Religions Unit and Secularism and Secularity Unit
Courtney Bender, Columbia University, Presiding
Theme: Governing Health: Race, Religion, Secularism, and the Healing State
Responding:
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Business Meeting:
A19-114
Philosophy of Religion Unit and Religion, Media, and Culture Unit
Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University, Presiding
Theme: Author Meets Critics: Martin Shuster's New Television: The Aesthetics and Politics of a Genre (University of
Chicago Press, 2017)
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-115
Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit and SBL Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Unit
Kevin Corrigan, Emory University, Presiding
A19-116
Queer Studies in Religion Unit
Benae Beamon, Boston University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-117
Theme: Author Meets Critics: Anthony Pinn's When Colorblindness Isn’t the Answer: Humanism and the Challenge
of Race (Pinchstone, 2017)
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-118
Religion and Migration Unit and Religion in Europe Unit
Zayn Kassam, Pomona College, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-119
Religion and Popular Culture Unit
John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Masculinity and the Clash of Civilizations in Religion and Popular Culture
A19-120
Religion and the Social Sciences Unit
Nichole Phillips, Emory University, Presiding
Theme: Community-Based Research: The Church, Environment, and Ecclesial Base Communities (EBC)
A19-121
Religion in South Asia Unit
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-122
Religious Conversions Unit
Shari Rabin, College of Charleston, Presiding
Theme: Converting Citizens: Religious Nationalism and Religious Globalism in Missionary Projects
Business Meeting:
A19-123
Ritual Studies Unit
Jens Kreinath, Wichita State University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-124
Roman Catholic Studies Unit
Angela Tarango, Trinity University, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-125
Study of Islam Unit
Zareena Grewal, Yale University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-126
Study of Judaism Unit and SBL Jewish Christianity/Christian Judaism Unit
Cynthia M. Baker, Bates College, Presiding
Theme: Review Forum on Daniel Boyarin's Judaism (Rutgers University Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
A19-127
Wesleyan Studies Unit
Simangaliso R. Kumalo, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-128
Western Esotericism Unit
Henrik Bogdan, University of Gothenburg, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-129
Women and Religion Unit
Mugdha Yeolekar, California State University, Fullerton, Presiding
A19-130
Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit
Sravana Borkataky-Varma, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-131
Economics and Capitalism in the Study of Buddhism Seminar
Richard K. Payne, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding
Theme: Buddhist Responses to Capitalist Situations, Wealth and Excess, and Institutional Changes
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-132
Holmes Welch and the Study of Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China Seminar
Rongdao Lai, University of Southern California, Presiding
Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-133
Material Islam Seminar
Anna Bigelow, North Carolina State University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-134
New Perspectives on Religion in the Philippines Seminar
Adrian Hermann, University of Bonn, Presiding
Theme: New Perspectives on Conversion, Islam, Noninstitutional Churches, and Leadership in the Philippines
Ariel Siagan, Iglesia Evangelica Metodista En Las Islas Filipinas/National Council of Churches in the Philippines
The Murdered Victim in the Narrative of Conversion to Social Movement
Business Meeting:
A19-135
Origen and the Roots of "Human Freedom" and "Human Dignity" in the West Seminar
Anders-Christian Jacobsen, Aarhus University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-136
Religion and Families in North America Seminar
Susan Ridgely, University of Wisconsin, Presiding
Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Business Meeting:
A19-137
Video Gaming and Religion Seminar
John Borchert, Syracuse University, Presiding
Theme: Video Game Development in Asia: Cultural Heritage, Religion, and National Identity
Business Meeting:
A19-138
Exploratory Session
Sophia Arjana, Western Kentucky University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-139
Exploratory Session
Ronit Stahl, University of Pennsylvania, Presiding
Responding:
A19-140
Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee Meeting
Kerry Danner, Georgetown University, and Edwin David Aponte, Louisville Institute, Presiding
Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
A19-141
Theological Education Committee Meeting
Scott C. Alexander, Catholic Theological Union, Presiding
Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
P19-100
African Association for the Study of Religions
Elias Kifon Bongmba, Rice University, Presiding
Panelists:
A19-144
Program Committee Meeting
Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University, Presiding
Monday - 11:45 AM-12:45 PM
A19-145
Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Profession Committee Connecting Conversations Luncheon
Darla Schumm, Hollins University, Presiding
Monday - 11:45 AM-12:45 PM
A19-146
Women's Caucus Business Meeting
Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, and Alicia Panganiban, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding
Monday - 11:45 AM-12:45 PM
Panelists:
Theme: Save $: Learn How to Edit and Proofread Your Work like a Pro
Panelist:
Stephanie Mojica
Panelists:
A19-202
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Theme: Preparing Scholars of Religion for Non-Academic Careers: What’s a Faculty Member to Do?
Panelists:
A19-203
African Religions Unit
Devaka Premawardhana, Colorado College, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-204
Animals and Religion Unit
Barbara Ambros, University of North Carolina, Presiding
Theme: Practicing Animals and Religion in Shelters, Classrooms, and around the Dinner Table
Responding:
A19-205
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit
M. Cooper Harriss, Indiana University, Presiding
A19-206
Black Theology Unit and Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Tyler Mayfield, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree (Orbis, 2011): A Roundtable Celebrating the Grawemeyer
Award in Religion
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A19-207
Body and Religion Unit
Sophia Park, Holy Names University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-208
Buddhism Unit
Natalie Gummer, Beloit College, Presiding
Theme: Repetition with a Difference: Arts of Citation and Textual Bodies of Buddhism
Responding:
A19-209
Christian Spirituality Unit and Religion and Ecology Unit
Timothy Robinson, Brite Divinity School, Presiding
Theme: Eco-Reformation (Cascade Books, 2016): Toward the Next 500 Years
Panelists:
Responding:
A19-210
Class, Religion, and Theology Unit and Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit and Religion and Economy Unit
and Religion and Humanism Unit and Religion and the Social Sciences Unit
Cody Musselman, Yale University, Presiding
Judith Ellen Brunton, University of Toronto, Presiding
Panelists:
A19-211
Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
Eric D. Mortensen, Guilford College, Presiding
Responding:
A19-212
Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit
Elijah Siegler, College of Charleston, Presiding
A19-213
Hinduism Unit and North American Hinduism Unit and Religion and Migration Unit
Ute Huesken, Heidelberg University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-214
History of Christianity Unit
Ana Maria Bidegain, Florida International University, Presiding
A19-215
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Panelists:
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-216
Islamic Mysticism Unit
Robert Rozehnal, Lehigh University, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-217
Japanese Religions Unit
Jessica Starling, Lewis and Clark College, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-218
Law, Religion, and Culture Unit and Native Traditions in the Americas Unit
Greg Johnson, University of Colorado, Presiding
Panelists:
A19-219
Nineteenth Century Theology Unit
Zachary Purvis, University of Edinburgh, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-220
Philosophy of Religion Unit
Zachary Braiterman, Syracuse University, Presiding
Theme: In the Wake of Afro-Pessimism: Black Flesh, Wake Work, the Hold, and the Question of Sexual Difference
A19-221
Reformed Theology and History Unit
William Yoo, Columbia Theological Seminary, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-222
Religion and Public Schools: International Perspectives Unit
Jenny Berglund, Stockholm University, and Michael Waggoner, University of Northern Iowa, Presiding
Responding:
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Business Meeting:
A19-223
Religion and Sexuality Unit
Nina Hoel, University of Oslo, Presiding
Theme: Engaging Sexual Ethics: Muslim Feminist Blogs, Cyberlove, Feminist Revenge Fantasy, and Sex Positive
Imagery
Business Meeting:
A19-224
Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit
Daisy Vargas, University of California, Riverside, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-225
Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit
C. Pierce Salguero, Pennsylvania State University, Abington, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-226
Study of Islam Unit
Matthew Kuiper, Missouri State University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-227
Study of Judaism Unit
Paul Nahme, Brown University, Presiding
A19-228
Theology and Religious Reflection Unit
Amy M. Hollywood, Harvard University, Presiding
Panelists:
Theme: A Woman’s Place in Buddhist Dialogues: Querying the Margins of Tibetan Literature for the In/Visibility of
Nuns and Yoginīs
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-230
Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogy Unit
Michael R. Fisher, Vanderbilt University, Presiding
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
Panelists:
A19-232
Wildcard Session
Kermit Moss, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: Religion Scholars and the Public Good: Reshaping Knowledge Paradigms through Community Engagement
Panelists:
A19-233
Women's Caucus
Meredith Minister, Shenandoah University, Presiding
Alicia Panganiban, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theresa A. Yugar, California State University, Los Angeles, Presiding
Theme: Response-Ability and Emerging Scholars' Reflections on Keri Day's Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism:
Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives (Palgrave, 2016)
Panelists:
Responding:
Theme: The Benefits of Mind-Mapping (Software) for Research, Planning, and Visually Overcoming Writer's Block:
A Demonstration Using MindMaple Classic
Panelists:
Theme: Private Interests and Public Institutions: Notes from the Field
Responding:
A19-301
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Panelists:
A19-302
African Religions Unit
Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds, Presiding
Theme: Roundtable on Laura Grillo's Book: An Intimate Rebuke: Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in
West Africa (Duke University Press, 2018)
Panelists:
Responding:
A19-303
Anthropology of Religion Unit
Jennifer A. Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Presiding
Responding:
A19-304
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit and Childhood Studies and Religion Unit
Sally Stamper, Capital University, Presiding
A19-305
Augustine and Augustinianisms Unit
Paul R. Kolbet, Yale University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-306
Black Theology Unit
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A19-307
Buddhism Unit and Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and Contemporary Islam Unit
Amarnath Amarasingam, Dalhousie University, Presiding
A19-308
Buddhist Philosophy Unit and Philosophy of Religion Unit
Sara L. McClintock, Emory University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-309
Christian Spirituality Unit
Thomas J. McElligott, Saint Mary's College of California, Presiding
A19-310
Class, Religion, and Theology Unit and Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Unit
Ken Estey, Brooklyn College, Presiding
A19-311
Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
Valentina Napolitano, University of Toronto, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
A19-312
Comparative Theology Unit
Bede Bidlack, Saint Anselm College, Presiding
Responding:
A19-313
Daoist Studies Unit
Tobias Zuern, Washington University, St. Louis, Presiding
Responding:
A19-314
Hinduism Unit
Christian Lee Novetzke, University of Washington, Presiding
A19-315
International Development and Religion Unit
Nathan Mallonee, Living Water International, Presiding
Theme: Religion and Water Access, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in a Changing Landscape: A Conversation
with Christian WASH Practitioners
Panelists:
A19-316
Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit
Homayra Ziad, Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, Presiding
A19-317
Liberal Theologies Unit
Sarah Morice Brubaker, Phillips Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: Liberalism's Islams and Islam's Liberalisms: Constructing a Contrast in a Paradigmatic Period
Business Meeting:
A19-318
Men, Masculinities and Religion Unit, Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Unit, and Women and Religion Unit
Amanullah De Sondy, University College, Cork, Presiding
A19-319
Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit
Gabriella Lettini, Starr King School for the Ministry-GTU, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-321
Music and Religion Unit and Theology and Religious Reflection Unit
Jonathan Dueck, Canadian Mennonite University, Presiding
Gerald Liu, Princeton Theological School, Presiding
Panelists:
A19-322
Mysticism Unit, Ritual Studies Unit, and Religion, Media, and Culture Unit
Rachel Wagner, Ithaca College, Presiding
Responding:
A19-323
Native Traditions in the Americas Unit
Michelene Pesantubbee, University of Iowa, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-324
Nineteenth Century Theology Unit
Todd Gooch, Eastern Kentucky University, Presiding
Theme: New Avenues for Scholarship on Religion, Modernity, and the Secular: The Case of the Long Nineteenth
Century
Panelists:
A19-325
North American Religions Unit and Sociology of Religion Unit
Rebekka King, Middle Tennessee State University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-326
Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit
Eileen Campbell-Reed, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Presiding
Theme: From Idea to Book: Psychology, Culture, and Religion Goes Public
Panelists:
A19-327
Qur'an Unit
Stephanie Yep, Emory University, Presiding
A19-328
Religion and Food Unit
Rachel Gordan, University of Florida, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-329
Religion and Politics Unit
Robert P. Jones, Public Religion Research Institute, Presiding
A19-330
Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit and Western Esotericism Unit
Nicole Archambeau, Colorado State University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-331
Religion, Affect, and Emotion Unit
Jill Petersen Adams, Emory University, Presiding
A19-332
Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit
Stefanie Knauss, Villanova University, Presiding
A19-333
Scriptural Reasoning Unit
Nicholas Adams, University of Birmingham, Presiding
Theme: Where Can Wisdom Be Found: Scripture and Wisdom in the Abrahamic Traditions
Panelists:
Business Meeting:
A19-334
Tantric Studies Unit and Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit
Ben Williams, Naropa University, Presiding
Responding:
A19-335
A19-336
Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit
Annabella Pitkin, Lehigh University, Presiding
Panelists:
A19-337
Vatican II Studies Unit
Peter De Mey, University of Leuven, Presiding
Theme: Latin American Catholicism in the Wake of the Second Vatican Council
A19-338
Wildcard Session
Mark DeYoung, Rice University, Presiding
Responding:
Theme: What Do I Do Now? Job Hunting and Looking beyond the Tenure Track
Panelists:
Theme: Resistance and Recursion: Hegemonic Violence and Alternative Orientations in African Diaspora Religions
Business Meeting:
A19-401
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit
Lisa M. Allen, Interdenominational Theological Center, Presiding
A19-402
Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit
Min-Ah Cho, Catholic Theological Union, Presiding
A19-403
Bible in Racial, Ethnic, and Indigenous Communities Unit and Mormon Studies Unit and North American
Religions Unit
Kathryn Gin Lum, Stanford University, Presiding
A19-404
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Business Meeting:
A19-405
Buddhism Unit
Reiko Ohnuma, Dartmouth College, Presiding
Theme: Crowning the Dharmarāja: Narrative Figuration, Figurative Representation, Ritual Consecration
A19-406
Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit
Abraham Velez de Cea, Eastern Kentucky University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-407
Buddhist Philosophy Unit
Douglas S. Duckworth, Temple University, Presiding
Theme: Non-Human and Post-Human Worlds and Beings in Cross-Cultural Philosophical Perspective
Responding:
A19-408
Christian Systematic Theology Unit
Natalie Carnes, Baylor University, Presiding
A19-409
Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Unit
Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis, Presiding
Theme: When What’s Proper Ain’t Proper No Mo: Staking Claim to Religious Hip-Hop
Business Meeting:
A19-410
Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit and Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit
Sarah Dees, Northwestern University, Presiding
Theme: The Indigenous and the World: Categorizing the Local in the Study of Religion
Responding:
A19-411
Ecclesiological Investigations Unit and African Association for the Study of Religion
Esther Acolatse, University of Toronto, Presiding
A19-412
Ethics Unit
Melanie Jones, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding
A19-413
History of Christianity Unit
Daniel Ramirez, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding
G. Simon R. Watson
Charles Darwin, Asa Gray, and Aubrey Moore: A Natural History of the Golden Rule and the Possibility of
Discerning Human Purpose from an Evolving Nature
Responding:
A19-414
Islam, Gender, Women Unit and Teaching Religion Unit
David B. Howell, Ferrum College, Presiding
Responding:
A19-415
Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Unit
J. Aaron Simmons, Furman University, Presiding
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A19-416
Korean Religions Unit
Sung-Deuk Oak, University of California, Los Angeles, Presiding
Theme: Religion and Society in Korea: Impacting Moral Formation, Government, and Public Action
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-417
Men, Masculinities, and Religion Unit and Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit
Amanullah De Sondy, University College, Cork, Presiding
Responding:
A19-418
Middle Eastern Christianity Unit and World Christianity Unit
Mark Swanson, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Presiding
Theme: Middle Eastern Christians in the 21st Century: Migration, Secularization, and the Future
Responding:
A19-419
Music and Religion Unit
Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University, Presiding
Drake Konow
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A19-420
New Religious Movements Unit
Isaiah Ellis, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Presiding
Theme: The Spirituality of Geography/The Geography of Spirituality: Placing Alternative American Religions
Responding:
A19-421
Open and Relational Theologies Unit
Thomas Oord, Northwest Nazarene University, Presiding
Responding:
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A19-422
Pentecostal–Charismatic Movements Unit
Andrea Johnson, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Presiding
Responding:
A19-423
Philosophy of Religion Unit
Oludamini Ogunnaike, College of William and Mary, Presiding
A19-424
Pragmatism and Empiricism in American Religious Thought Unit
Joseph Winters, Duke University, Presiding
A19-425
Quaker Studies Unit
Carole Dale Spencer, George Fox University, Presiding
Theme: Power Dynamics, Authority, and Leadership in Quaker Institutions, Meetings, and Churches
Responding:
A19-426
Religion and Economy Unit and Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit
Candy Gunther Brown, Indiana University, Presiding
A19-427
Religion and Politics Unit and Religion and Sexuality Unit
Anthony Petro, Boston University, Presiding
Theme: Roundtable on R. Marie Griffith’s Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured
American Politics (Basic Books, 2017)
Panelists:
Responding:
A19-428
Religion and Popular Culture Unit
David Feltmate, Auburn University, Montgomery, Presiding
Theme: Fictional Religion and Fan Fiction in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Jason Welle, The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies
"He is very much ours": Current Catalan Attempts to Claim Anselm Turmeda, or the Lack Thereof
A19-430
Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit and Sikh Studies Unit
Michael Hawley, Mount Royal University, Presiding
Theme: Resistance and Acculturation: Sikh and Muslim Responses to Colonialism in 20th Century Northern South
Asia
A19-431
Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Unit
Kate Temoney, Montclair State University, Presiding
A19-432
Religion, Media, and Culture Unit
Justin Henry, University of Chicago, Presiding
Theme: Translating Counterknowledge: Alternative Media, Revelation, and Technologism in Modern South Asian
Religions
Responding:
A19-433
Religion, Memory, History Unit
Nathaniel Morehouse, John Carroll University, Presiding
A19-434
Schleiermacher Unit
Shelli Poe, Millsaps College, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A19-435
Space, Place, and Religion Unit
W. David Buschart, Denver Seminary, Presiding
Theme: Author Meets Critics: Murray A. Rae's Architecture and Theology: The Art of Place (Baylor University Press,
2017)
Panelists:
Responding:
A19-436
Study of Islam Unit
Elliott Bazzano, Le Moyne College, Presiding
Responding:
A19-437
Study of Judaism Unit
Sarah Hammerschlag, University of Chicago, Presiding
Responding:
Business Meeting:
A19-438
Theology and Religious Reflection Unit
Melanie L. Harris, Texas Christian University, Presiding
Responding:
Panelists:
A19-501
Film: Bukharan Jews: Memories of a Disappearing Past
Rahimjon Abdugafurov, Emory University, Presiding
Monday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
A19-502
Program Unit Chairs' and Steering Committee Members' Reception
Monday - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
A20-101
Black Theology Unit
Michele Watkins, Iliff School of Theology, Presiding
A20-102
Body and Religion Unit
Katherine C. Zubko, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Presiding
A20-103
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
A20-104
Contemporary Pagan Studies Unit and Western Esotericism Unit
Shawn Arthur, Wake Forest University, Presiding
Panelists:
A20-105
Hinduism Unit and Religion in South Asia Unit
John Nemec, University of Virginia, Presiding
Theme: Translating Texts, Transmitting Tradition: Continuity and Change in Hindu Traditions
Responding:
A20-106
History of Christianity Unit
Trish Beckman, St. Olaf College, Presiding
A20-107
Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit
Lloyd Barba, Amherst College, Presiding
A20-109
North American Religions Unit
Samira Mehta, Albright College, Presiding
Responding:
A20-110
Pentecostal–Charismatic Movements Unit
Marlon Millner, Northwestern University, Presiding
Theme: A Queer Baptism of Fire: Black Lives Matter, The Spirit of Resistance, and Pentecostal-Type Clergy
Solidarity during Ferguson
Panelists:
Responding:
A20-111
Religion and Disability Studies Unit
Courtney Wilder, Midland University, Presiding
Emily Bennett
Dietary Restrictions and Theological Meaning in the Lord’s Supper
A20-112
Religion and Ecology Unit
Christopher Ives, Stonehill College, Presiding
A20-113
Religion and Politics Unit
Rachel Scott, Virginia Tech, Presiding
A20-114
Religion and Popular Culture Unit
Eden Consenstein, Princeton University, Presiding
Responding:
A20-115
Roman Catholic Studies Unit
Karen Enriquez, Loyola Marymount University, Presiding
Responding:
A20-116
Science, Technology, and Religion Unit
Josh Reeves, Samford University, Presiding
Business Meeting:
A20-117
Study of Islam Unit
Jawad Qureshi, University of Chicago, Presiding
Responding:
A20-118
Theology and Religious Reflection Unit
Linn Tonstad, Yale University, Presiding
Responding:
A20-120
Christian Systematic Theology Unit
Junius Johnson, Baylor University, Presiding
Panelists:
A20-121
Cognitive Science of Religion Unit
Hillary Lenfesty, Arizona State University, Presiding
Theme: Current Theories and Applications of the Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR)
A20-122
Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit
Julie J. Ingersoll, University of North Florida, Presiding
Theme: From Love to Hate to Violence: How Churches Do (And Deny) Their Roles in Homophobia, White
Supremacy, and Xenophobia
A20-123
Comparative Studies in Religion Unit and Philosophy of Religion Unit
Emilia Bachrach, High Point University, Presiding
Theme: Author Meets Critics: Steven G. Smith's Scriptures and the Guidance in Language (Cambridge University
Press, 2018)
Responding:
A20-124
Contemporary Islam Unit
Hussein Rashid, Islamicate, LLC, Presiding
Panelists:
AAR 2018 Preliminary Program Book (as of June 5)
Responding:
A20-125
Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit
Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University, Presiding
Panelists:
Responding:
A20-126
Ethics Unit
Christophe D. Ringer, Chicago Theological Seminary, Presiding
Responding:
A20-128
Music and Religion Unit
David Stowe, Michigan State University, Presiding
Theme: From Cultural Appropriation to Spiritual Incorporation: Transformative Encounters with African American
Sacred Music
A20-129
Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit
Lisa M. Cataldo, Fordham University, Presiding
A20-130
Religion and the Social Sciences Unit
Kristen Tobey, John Carroll University, Presiding
Theme: Women-Centered Community-Based Research: Muslim Women in Society, Mothers, and Equine Therapy
for Children with Differing Abilities
A20-131
Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit
Daisy Vargas, University of California, Riverside, Presiding
Theme: Colonial Hauntings and Revisions: Contemporary Ritual Practices in the Latino/a/x Americas
Mary Diggin
Pure Blood and Old Christians: The Retention of Penitential Traditions in New Mexico
Responding:
A20-132
Study of Judaism Unit
Paul Nahme, Brown University, Presiding
Responding:
A20-133
Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit
Richard McGregor, Vanderbilt University, Presiding
Theme: Anand Taneja’s Jinnealogy: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi (Stanford
University Press, 2016)
Panelists:
Responding:
A20-134
Women and Religion Unit
Thelathia Young, Bucknell University, Presiding
Theme: An Outrage against Any Decent People: A Critical Analysis of Human Trafficking, Sex Work, and Christian
Intervention
Panelists: