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Additional Meetings

November 18-21, 2006
Washington, DC, USA

AM16-52

United Methodist Women of Color Scholars Program Mentoring Meeting
Thursday - 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

AM16-105

SDA Religion Chairs
Thursday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM16-100

United Methodist Women of Color Scholars Program Mentoring Meeting
Thursday - 6:00 pm-9:00 pm

AM16-104

Believers Church Bible Commentary Editorial Council
Thursday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM17-1

New Developments in Religious Studies VI: Keeping Ourselves Current
Friday - 7:00 am-6:30 pm

This annual national conference provides an opportunity for secondary school teachers in independent and public schools to join together to meet colleagues from across the country and to hear about new developments in the fields of ethics and the major religious traditions of the world. Nationally and internationally known scholars share information about new research and resources, and teachers talk together about innovative projects they are developing.

Please visit www.hds.harvard.edu/prse/ndrs for updated information, including the agenda, presentation descriptions, and registration forms.

AM17-2

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Friday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

DANAM Program Meeting (Staff and Volunteers)

AM17-5

Believers Church Bible Commentary Editorial Council
Friday - 8:30 am-11:30 am

AM17-4

United Methodist Women of Color Scholars Program Mentoring Meeting
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 pm

AM17-10

Christians Associated for Relationships with Eastern Europe
Friday - 9:00 am-8:30 pm

Theme: Inter-church and Inter-religious Tensions in Post Communist Eastern Europe: Can Americans Serve as Reconcilers?

Panelists: Paul Crego, Krystyna Gorniak-Kocikowska, Peter Kuzmic, Duncan Hanson, Paul Mojzes, Ines Murzaku, James Payton, Walter Sawatsky, Gerald Shenk, Charles West, and Paul Wilson.

Call for additional papers: send to Paul Mojzes, pmojzes@rosemont.edu by September 15. Information and preregistration to James Peyton at caree@redeemer.on.ca; 1-905-648-2139 x 4287. Registration: $30. CAREE members and students: $20.

AM17-11

Conference on Contemporary Pagan Studies
Friday - 9:00 am-6:00 pm

Theme: Paganism in Public Spaces: Social, Legal, and Political Interactions

9:00 am

Registration

9:30 am - 10:45 am

Murph Pizza, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Sharkey's End: Paganism's Public Challenge and the Limitations of Legitimacy in the Minnesota Twin Cities

Laurel Zwissler, University of Toronto

Public Spirituality, Personal Religion: Pagan Activists and Political Community

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Panel: Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Paganism

Judy Harrow, Cherry Hill Seminary

Amanda Wolfe, Georgia State University

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Mandy Furney, University of Waterloo

Quirky Neighbours or Occult Corruptors of Youth? Pagans and Witches in the Newsmedia

Pam Detrixhe, Temple University

Performing “Religion” in Public: The Pagan Cluster at the Interfaith

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

TBA

For more information and update visit www.paganstudies.org or e-mail Cat McEarchern at cat@paganstudies.org.

AM17-12

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Friday - 9:00 am-11:45 am

Theme: Challenges in Translation of Hindu Classical Texts

Graham M. Schweig, Christopher Newport University, Presiding

Presenters:

Laurie Patton, Emory University

Challenges in Translating the Vedic Texts

Graham M. Schweig, Christopher Newport University;

Challenges in Translating the Bhagavad Gita

BVK Shastry, Hindu University of America

Pāṇinian Grammar Rules Governing Compound Words Formed with ‘Ārya’ in Bhagavad-Gita (2-2).

Ithamar Theodor, Haifa University, Israel

Looking into the Structure of the Bhagavad Gita as a Precondition for its Translation

Prabhavati C. Reddy, Northwestern University

Text and Context: Making the Sense of the Srisailakhandamu

AM17-13

Adventist Society for Religious Studies
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Thursday through Saturday the Adventist Society for Religious Studies will address the topic Paul among Adventists: Engaging Paul from an Adventist Perspective. The presidential address, Paul, the Law, and the Judgement, will be presented by Richard Choi from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary located at Andrews University. A business session will follow. For additional information regarding this section contact Ernest Furness at P.O. Box 8050, Riverside, CA 92515 or FurnessEF@secc-sda.org.

AM17-14

Best Practices in Teaching Theology and the Arts Consultation
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM17-15

North American Association for the Study of Religion: Executive Council Meeting
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM17-16

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Board Meeting
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM17-17

North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 9:00 am-11:15 am

See A17-6 for details.

AM17-18

Lutheran Women in Theological Studies
Friday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Lutheran women in theological and religious studies as well as some local Lutheran clergywomen gather annually for scholarship, worship, and friendship. Lutheran women scholars -- including graduate students -- and other women who teach or study at Lutheran colleges and seminaries are welcome to attend all or part of the meeting. Questions?

To register please contact Sandra Mejia at 1-773-380-2885 or sandra.mejia@elca.org.

AM17-20

North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 11:30 am-1:15 pm

See A17-7 for details.

AM17-25

Forum on Religion and Ecology
Friday - 12:00 pm-2:00 pm

AM17-50

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Editorial Board
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-51

Institute for Biblical Research Board of Directors Meeting
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-52

The Cambridge History of Ancient Mediterranean Religions: Comparative Religion in Theory and Practice
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-53

Adventist Society for Religious Studies
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-54

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Theme: Yoga Philosophy and Its Implications in Dharma Traditions

Sub-Theme: Re-imagining Yoga, Imagining Yoga-s

Jeffrey C. Ruff, Marshall University, Convener

Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Presiding

Jeffrey C. Ruff, Marshall University

Re-imagining Yoga, Imagining Yoga-s

Ian Whicher, University of Manitoba

Kaivalya in the Yoga Sutra: Ultimate Disengagement or Engagement?

Sthaneshwar Timalsina, San Diego State University

Nath Yoga: Union of the Body and the Cosmos

Jeffrey Stephen Lidke, Berry College

The Royal Wisdom: Power or Transcendence? That is the question

Alfred Collins, Anchorage, AK

Dharma Cloud Samadhi: The Other Side of Release (kaivalya) in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra and the Samkhya Karika

Beverley Foulks, Harvard University

Super Samskara-s: Soteriological Subliminal Impressions in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra

(For updates, please check at: www.danam-web.org/events.htm)

AM17-55

Womanist Consultation
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:00 pm

AM17-56

Believers Church Bible Commentary Editorial Council
Friday - 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

AM17-57

Challenges Facing Young African American Men, Their Families, and Their Communities: The Role of Policy, Culture, and Faith
Friday - 1:00 pm-4:30 pm

This event is co-sponsored by the Religion, Public Policy, and Political Change Consultation of the AAR, The Urban Institute, and The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

1:00 – 2:30 The Costs of Neighborhood Exclusion and Isolation

Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, Presiding

Panelists:

Margery Austin Turner, The Urban Institute

Darryl Trimiew, Medgar Evers College

2:45 – 3:00 Break

3:00 – 4:30 Improving Work and Family Prospects for Young African American Men

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post and The Brookings Institution, Presiding

Panelists:

Ronald B. Mincy, Columbia University

William A. Galston, The Brookings Institution

To receive additional information about this meeting, please contact Joe Pettit at morganprof@yahoo.com.

AM17-58

Religious Studies Review Editors' Meeting
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

AM17-59

Studia Theologica Editorial Board Meeting
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

AM17-60

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

See A17-50 for details.

AM17-61

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Board Meeting
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

AM17-62

Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

See A17-55 for details.

AM17-63

Theology and Ethics Colloquy
Friday - 1:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-64

Quaker Theological Discussion Group
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Paul Anderson, George Fox University, Presiding

Theme: Truth and Power

Newton Garver, State University of New York

Speaking Truth to Power

Shannon Craigo-Snell, Yale University

Empowering the Truth

Miroslav Volf, Yale University

Response and Reflections on Truth, Memory, and Reconciliation

AM17-70

Lutheran Women in Theological Studies
Friday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

AM17-65

Person, Culture and Religion Group
Friday - 2:00 pm-6:30 pm

See A17-52 for details.

AM17-66

Food, Farming, and Faith Workshop
Friday - 2:00 pm-5:00 pm

AM17-67

North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 2:15 pm-4:00 pm

See A17-51 for details.

AM17-68

Theology for the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Friday - 2:30 pm-5:00 pm

Presbyterian Church (USA) pastors and scholars are invited to this meeting dedicated to doing theology for the church. Focus: Thy Kingdom Come. The PCUSA proclaims “the promotion of social righteousness” and “the exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world.” What does it mean to do so today, particularly in light of the cultural disestablishment that has dissolved the privileged position we once enjoyed? How does our worship, teaching, and living carry on our tradition of positively engaging the world? A panel made up of a pastor, a professor, and a governing body leader will offer presentations which will be engaged in group discussion. Further information: Anita Brown, Office of Theology and Worship, 1-888-728-7228 x5033, abrown@ctr.pcusa.org.

AM17-69

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Friday - 3:00 pm-5:00 pm

See A17-54 for details.

AM17-100

Institute for Ancient Near Eastern and Afroasiatic Cultural Research
Friday - 4:00 pm-11:00 pm

This year's colloquium will focus on the topic Afroasiatic Research and Globalization. Papers are invited that either engage this theme broadly or focus on other aspects of Afroasiatic languages and cultures from antiquity to the present. For additional information, please visit the Institute's website at www.iaacr.org or contact the colloquium convener, Dr. Hugh R. Page, Jr. poet@hrpj.com.

AM17-101

Catholic University of America Reception for Friends and Alumni
Friday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm

The School of Theology and Religious Studies invites friends and alumni to join the Dean, Rev. Msgr. Kevin W. Irwin, in welcoming five new members of faculty to the school. Drs. John Paul Heil, William Mattison III, Thomas Schärtl, Brian Johnstone, and Paul McPartlan have taken up permanent faculty positions at the school as of the fall of this year; we bid them welcome and wish them luck. Food and drinks shall be served.

AM17-102

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Pre-Conference Meeting
Friday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM17-103

Social Ethics in the Churches of Christ
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

We will resume our discussion of social ethics in the Churches of Christ. We will continue our inquiry into the insights that a "primitivist" or "restorationist" hermeneutic can provide to our ethical inquiry. This year we will focus on the ways we can deal with issues of poverty and economic justice in our local churches. For more information contact Duane Barron,

barron@virginia.edu, or Vic McCracken, vmccrac@emory.edu.

AM17-104

International Bonhoeffer Society Annual Reception
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-105

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

See A17-105 for details.

AM17-106

North American Association for the Study of Religion: Working Group
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

See A17-106 for details.

AM17-107

Société Internationale D´Etudes Sur Alfred Loisy
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-108

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

See A17-111 for details.

AM17-109

Karl Barth Society of North America
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Theme: Wolf Krötke on Karl Barth

Guest lecturer: Dr. Wolf Krötke, Humbolt University, Berlin

AM17-110

Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

The Network's annual gathering will focus on feminist religion and politics -- the complexities, contradictions, and contributions. This is a chance to get and give ideas on critically informed feminist work. Please advise us if you are working on these issues. RSVP so we may expect you. All are welcome. Mary E. Hunt, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER), 1-301-589-2509, mhunt@hers.com; Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard University, 1-617-495-5751, Eschussler@hds.harvard.edu.

AM17-111

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Theme: Adhikara in Indian Diaspora

Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding

Introduction: Where and with whom does adhikara (authority) reside in the Indian Diaspora? Who has adhikara to speak for the burgeoning Indian Disporic community? This panel will consist of both academics and non-academics who will speak about adhikara and related issues in the Indian Diaspora.

Panelists:

Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Wellesley College

Women and Priestly Adhikara in Dharma Diaspora

Joanne Punzo Waghorne, Syracuse University

Adhikara: Authority, Rights of Access, and New Global Hindu-based Organizations

Pravin K. Shah, Jain Study Center, North Carolina

Prabhavati C. Reddy, Northwestern University

Institutional and Priestly Adhikara in American Hindu Temples

Suhag Shukla, Hindu American Foundation

(For updates, please check at: www.danam-web.org/events.htm)

AM17-112

Lutheran Women in Theological Studies
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-114

Confucian Theology: Studies in Comparative Theology
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Milton Wan, Hong Kong University, Presiding

Vincent Shen, University of Toronto

Uncertainty of God’s Revealing: Theology, Metaphysics, and Hermeneutics in the Yijing

Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University

Kongzi on Religious Experience

Kelly James Clark, Calvin College

Is Confucius a Theist?

Yong Huang, Kutztown University

The Cheng Brothers' Neo-Confucian Theology: A Kaufmanian Interpretation

Responding:

Zhonghu Yan, Hope College

Kurt Anders Richardson, McMaster University

AM17-136

Society for the Study of Native American Religious Traditions
Friday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM17-113

North American Paul Tillich Society
Friday - 4:15 pm-6:30 pm

See A17-107 for details.

AM17-115

New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Editorial Board
Friday - 5:00 pm-10:30 pm

AM17-117

Søren Kierkegaard Society Banquet
Friday - 6:00 pm-10:00 pm

See A17-113 for details.

AM17-131

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM) – Awards Ceremony
Friday - 6:20 pm-8:30 pm

6:20pm-6:50pm AWARDS RECEPTION (Beverages and Light refreshments)

6:50pm-8:30pm AWARDS CEREMONY: DANAM-Takshashila PANINI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for 2006 will be awarded to PROFESSOR J. N. MOHANTY, Temple University

AM17-119

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Friday - 7:00 pm-10:00 pm

See A17-112 for details.

AM17-120

Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

7:00 Welcome

7:05 Devotions: Ken Fentress, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

7:15 Annual Lecture: Klyne Snodgrass, North Park Seminary

Prophets, Parables, and Theologians

8:15 Respondent: Craig Blomberg, Denver Seminary

8:30 Response from the floor

8:45 Reception hosted by Zondervan Publishing House

For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 1-630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.

AM17-121

Adventist Society for Religious Studies
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM17-122

Society for Hindu-Christian Studies
Friday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

Theme: Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies, 2003-2005

Our Friday evening session this year will be a series of presentations on the book selected to receive the Society’s award for best monograph in Hindu-Christian studies, 2003-2005, Eliza F. Kent’s Converting Women: Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India (NY: Oxford University Press, 2004).

Deepak Sarma, Case Western University, Presiding

Panelists:

Suchita (Rita) Adluri, University of Pennsylvania

Frank X. Clooney, Harvard University

Rachel Fell McDermott, Barnard University

Leslie Orr, Concordia University

Responding: Eliza F. Kent, Colgate University

AM17-124

North American Paul Tillich Society Banquet
Friday - 7:00 pm-10:00 pm

See A17-108 for details.

AM17-126

National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Perspectives in Religious Studies Editorial Board Meeting
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM17-127

Mennonite Scholars and Friends Reception
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM17-128

The Heart of Cross: A Postcolonial Christology
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Book Session: W. Anne Joh, The Heart of Cross: A Postcolonial Christology

Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding

Panelists:

Rita Nakashima Brock, Faith Voices

Fumitaka Matsuoka, Pacific School of Religion

Wendy Farley, Emory University

Serene Jones, Yale University

Eleazar Fernandez, United Theological Seminary

Respondent: W. Anne Joh, Phillips Theological Seminary

AM17-129

The Word Made Fresh
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Jonathan Wilson, Carey Theological College, Presiding

Lecture: Roger Olson, Truett Theological Seminary

Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Impulse in Evangelical Theology

Responding:

Anthea Butler, University of Rochester

Bruce A. Ware, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Douglas Harink, King’s University College

The Word Made Fresh Forum seeks to stimulate creative dialogue among evangelical scholars of diverse backgrounds about pressing issues in contemporary theology. See "The Word Made Fresh: A Call for a Renewal of the Evangelical Spirit," www.thewordmadefresh.com.

Sponsored by Azusa Pacific University.

AM17-130

Inter Religious Federation for World Peace Reception
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Encyclopedia Project of the Universal Peace Federation

Writers wanted: Paid writing and editing opportunities available.

A project to organize human knowledge, not just for its own sake, but for its value to the world as a whole. A fact-based general knowledge encyclopedia to promote knowledge leading to peace and positive human welfare.

Frank Kaufmann, Editor in Chief, Presiding

Panelists:

Gordon Anderson, Paragon House Publishers

Scott Dunbar, University of Saskatchewan

AM17-132

Quaker Theological Discussion Group
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Theme: Review of Signs of Salvation by Ben Richmond

Ann Riggs, NCCC Faith & Order Commission, Presiding

Panelists:

Jacci Welling, Malone College

Brian Drayton, Weare Monthly Meeting

Responding: Ben Richmond

AM17-134

Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM17-137

LGBT Caucus Meeting
Friday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM17-133

Polanyi Society
Friday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

See A17-109 for details.

AM17-135

American Jesuit Colleges and Universities-Theology/Religious Studies Departments Reception
Friday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM18-1

Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-12:45 pm

8:30 Devotions

Dorian Coover-Cox, Dallas Theological Seminary

8:45 Old Testament Paper: Gary Knoppers, Pennsylvania State University

The Synoptic Problem? An Old Testament Perspective

9:30 Respondent: Bill Arnold, Asbury Theological Seminary

9:45 Discussion from the floor

9:55 Coffee Break

10:20 Business Meeting

11:00 New Testament Paper: Robert Stein, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

The End of the Gospel of Mark

11:45 Respondent: Craig Evans, Acadia Divinity College

12:00 Discussion from the floor

12:15 Adjournment

For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 1-630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.

AM18-2

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

Theme: Dharma Meditation Observances

AM18-4

DIALOG Editorial Council Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-5

Society for Hindu-Christian Studies
Saturday - 7:00 am-11:30 am

Round-table Discussion: Hindus, Christians and the Other

This year the audience is invited to serve as the “respondent” to the panelists’ very brief discussion of their research into religious boundaries in India. Papers will be available in advance on the HCS list-serv. To sign up for the list-serv or to get copies (after Oct. 31st), please email: elizakent66@hotmail.com

Corinne Dempsey, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, Presiding

Selva J. Raj, Albion College

Being Catholic the Tamil Way: Assimilation and Differentiation

Richard Fox Young, Princeton Theological Seminary

Can a Christian Be a Bhakta? A Sanskritic Hindu View from Central India, c. 1860

Chad Bauman, Butler University

Beyond Conversion: The Politics of Alterity and the Discourse of Difference

George Pati, Valparaiso University

Ethnographic Imagination: Religious Interaction

Timothy Dobe, Grinnell College

Becoming Martin Luther in Punjab: Dayanand Sarasvati and the Rhetoric of Reform

11:00 am Business Meeting

AM18-6

United Theological Seminary and Regional Colleges Breakfast
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

AM18-7

National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Executive Committee
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

AM18-10

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

See A18-36 for details.

AM18-11

Wabash Center Breakfast for Participants in Barbara Walvoord's Study of Highly Effective Teachers of the Introduction to Religion Course
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

By invitation only (limited to study participants).

AM18-12

North American Paul Tillich Society Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

AM18-15

Council on Graduate Studies in Religion
Saturday - 8:30 am-12:45 pm

AM18-20

Colloquium on Early Methodist Texts and Theologies
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm

Theme: Women and Revival 1740-1840

Sponsors: Liverpool Hope University, University of Manchester and Asbury Journal

9:00 Welcome and Introduction: Kenneth Newport and Robert Webster

9:15 Presentations:

Anna Lawrence, Florida Atlantic University

Gareth Lloyd, University of Manchester

Elizabeth Lynch, University of Virginia

10:15 Break

10:30 Presentations:

Phyllis Mack, Rutgers University

Laceye Warner, Duke University

David Wilson, University of Manchester

11:30 Break

11:45 Panel/audience discussion

For additional information, contact Gareth Lloyd, gareth.lloyd@manchester.ac.uk.

AM18-21

Adventist Society for Religious Studies
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm

AM18-22

The Society for the Study of Anglicanism
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm

8:45 am Gathering

9:00 am Philip Sheldrake, University of Durham

A Spirituality of Reconciliation for the Anglican Communion

Responder and Questions

10:30 am Break - Donuts and Pastries Served

11:00 am Michael Wyatt, Canon Theologian, Washington National Cathedral

A House of Prayer for All People? Perspectives on Ministry in the Midst of Division and Diversity

Responder and Questions

12:30 pm Short Business Session and Announcements

For additional information regarding this session, contact Rob Slocum at 1-414-379-7916 or rbslocum@genevaonline.com, or Martyn Percy at mpercy@ripon-cuddesdon.ac.uk.

Members and participants of SSA are invited to a special tour of Washington National Cathedral on Friday evening, November 17. A presentation on the cathedral's national ministry will be given by Canon Michael Wyatt. The program begins with Evensong at 5:30 pm. The presentation and tour follow at 6:15 pm.

AM18-23

International Schleiermacher Society
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:00 pm

See A18-42 for details.

AM18-25

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:45 am

Theme: Prayer and Worship in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions

Sub-Theme: Prayer and Worship in Hindu Traditions - Session 1

Rita D. Sherma, Binghamton University, Convener

Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Presiding

Arindam Chakrabarti, University of Hawaii at Manoa

What is a Devatā? What is a Yajnā? Can Work be Worship? From Veda,

through Bhagavadgita, to Tantra of Abhinavagupta

Gerald J. Larson, UC Santa Barbara and University of Indiana Bloomington, emeriti

The Eccentric God of Yoga: A New Approach to 'Worship' and 'Prayer'

(Bhakti-Visesa)

Purushottama Bilimoria, Deakin University & Melbourne University, Australia

Mantric Effect, Noetics of Supplication, and the Apūrva in the Mimamsa

Bina Gupta, University of Missouri at Columbia

Can an Advaitin Pray? The role of ‘Upasana’ in Shankara

Anant Rambachan, St. Olaf College

Knowing Brahman as Creator and Self: Reconsidering Prayer and Worship in Advaita

For updates, check at: www.danam-web.org/events.htm.

AM18-27

Global Ethics and Religion Forum
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: Just War for a Just Peace: Religious Contributions to Revising Just War Theory

Nancy M. Martin, Chapman University, Presiding

Panelists:

Joseph Runzo, Global Ethics and Religion Forum

Drew Christiansen, S.J., AMERICA Magazine

Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Chicago Theological Seminary

William O’Neill, S.J., Jesuit School of Theology

www.GERForum.org

AM18-28

Restoration Theological Research Fellowship
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-29

National Meeting of Baptist Professors of Religion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-30

Niebuhr Society
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: Reinhold Niebuhr and International Relations: History and Implications

Robin W. Lovin, Southern Methodist University, Presiding

Panel:

Gary Dorrien, Union Theological Seminary

David J. Wellman, DePaul University

Heather Warren, University of Virginia

Followed by Business Meeting: Suggestions for Next Year; Election of Convener and Board Member(s), Comments from Editor(s), Journal of Political Theology, etc.

AM18-31

The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Board Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-32

Søren Kierkegaard Society
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

See A18-45 for details.

AM18-33

Mennonite Scholars and Friends Forum
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: Boyarin on Yoder: Expanding the Conversation

9:00 Welcome, William Trollinger, Bluffton University

Trevor Bechtel, Bluffton University, Presiding

9:10 Daniel Boyarin, University of California, Berkeley

Judaism as a Free Church: Footnotes to John Howard Yoder’s The Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited

10:00 Further footnotes on:

Rhetoric: Gerald Biesecker-Mast, Bluffton University

Paul: Laura Brenneman, Bluffton University

Judaism: Randi Rashkover, York College of Pennsylvania

Zionism and Palestine: Alain Epp Weaver, University of Chicago

Jesus: J. Denny Weaver, Bluffton University

10:50 Responding: Daniel Boyarin, University of California, Berkeley

11:00 Audience discussion

11:15 Business meeting

AM18-34

Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies Annual Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-12:45 pm

9:00 Reception

9:45 Theme: Artists in Conversation with Theology

Deborah Sokolove, Wesley Theological Seminary, Presiding

Panelists:

Rod Jellema, University of Maryland

Margaret Adams Parker, Virginia Theological Seminary

Marie Pavlicek-Wehrle, Independent Scholar

Responding: Catherine Kapikian, Wesley Theological Seminary

11:00 Business Meeting

2:00 Tour Smithsonian American Art Museum

Walking distance from Conference Center; meet at the F St. entrance

AM18-35

International Bonhoeffer Society Board of Directors
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-36

Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality: Presidential Address and Business Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

See A18-46 for details.

AM18-37

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

See A18-37 for details.

AM18-38

Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

See A18-43 for details.

AM18-39

Karl Barth Society of North America
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: The Analogia Entis Makes a Comeback: David Bentley Hart

Dr. George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary

Respondent: David Bentley Hart

AM18-40

Associacíon para la Educacíon Teológica Hispana
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

The Associacíon para la Educacíon Teológica Hispana (AETH), through funding granted by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, is sponsoring a project entitled: Pedagogía: Teaching Latinos and Latinas in Theology. The workshop will offer insights, techniques, and resources useful in teaching systematic theology to Latinos and Latinas while discussing Latino/a contributions to theology.

Panelists:

Jeanette Rodriguez, Seattle University

Ruben Rosario, Saint Louis University

Justo L. Gonzalez, AETH

Advanced registration is required and space is limited. To register or for more information, please contact Dr. Rosario at 1-314-977-2855 or rosarir@slu.edu.

AM18-41

A Symposium on the Presidency: What America Needs in 2008 (Sponsored by Political Theology)
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Panelists:

Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary

Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago

John Milbank, University of Nottingham

Douglas Ottati, Union Theological Seminary-Presbyterian School of Christian Education

AM18-42

Christian Theological Research Fellowship
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Theme: Theology and Science: Friends, Enemies, or Peaceful Co-existence?

9:00 Opening: D. Stephen Long, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Business meeting: Vincent Bacote, Wheaton College, Presiding

9:15 Panel and Discussion

Bernie Van De Walle, Alliance University College-Nazarene University College, Presiding

F. Leron Shults, Agder University

Christology and Science: The Doctrine of Parousia and Physical Cosmology as a Case Study

Mary Veeneman, Fordham University

The Potential for Dialogue between Theology and Natural Science in the Thought of Karl Rahner

David Wilkinson, University of Durham

The Gift of Science: A Theological Perspective

Copies of the paper abstracts are available at the Christian Theological Research Fellowship (CTRF) website: www.ctrf.info. For additional information, contact Vincent Bacote, Wheaton College, 1-630-752-5278, vincent.e.bacote@wheaton.edu.

AM18-43

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Editorial Board Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-44

Arts of Interpretation Group - Session I
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

Randal Cummings California State University, Northridge, Presiding

Theme: Crisis, Controversy, and Conflict of Interpretations in the Study and Teaching of Religion

Rick Talbott, California State University, Northridge

Biblical Scholarship’s Hostility Toward the Universal

John P. Burris, University of Central Florida

Fundamentalism: Why It Thrives in America

Jorunn J. Buckley, Bowdoin College

I Told You So Back in 1998: Jesus and Judas

Eric Lane California State University, Los Angeles

Why Rosenstock-Huessy’s Speech and Reality Is Important

Responding: Lisa J. Poirier, Miami University and Phyllis Herman, California State University, Northridge

This year’s sessions have been graciously funded by the California State University, Northridge Department of Religious Studies.

For further information contact Randal Cummings: rcummings@csun.edu or visit the Arts of Interpretation website at www.vcsun.org/~cummings/arts.html.

AM18-45

Person, Culture, and Religion Group
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

See A18-40 for details.

AM18-47

Polanyi Society
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

See A18-41 for details.

AM18-48

Colloquium on Violence and Religion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

9-10:15 am: Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Ritual Abuse in History (Princeton University Press 2006) by David Frankfurter.

Commentary by Mark Juergensmeyer, Director, Global and International Studies, U. of California at Santa Barbara.

Response by David Frankfurter, Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of New Hampshire.

10:15-11:30 am: Covenant of Peace: The Missing Peace in New Testament Theology and Ethics (Eerdmans, 2006) by Willard Swartley.

Commentaries:

Michael Hardin, primary writer for the website www.preachingpeace.org, and Director, School of Peace Theology, Lancaster PA.

Richard B. Hays, George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament, the Divinity School, Duke University.

Response by Willard Swartley, Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana.

AM18-49

Lutheran Women in Theological Studies
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

To register please contact Sandra Mejia at 1-773-380-2885 or sandra.mejia@elca.org.

AM18-51

United Methodist Women of Color Scholars Program Mentoring Meeting
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-53

La Communidad/The Community
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-64

American Jesuit Colleges and Universities-Theology/Religious Studies Departments Annual Meeting and Discussion
Saturday - 9:00 am-11:30 am

AM18-50

Graduate Theological Union Alumni Luncheon
Saturday - 11:00 am-12:45 pm

AM18-52

Christian Scholarship Foundation
Saturday - 11:30 am-1:00 pm

AM18-54

North American Hindu Association of Dharma Studies
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm

Theme: Problematising HinduTVA

Rita Sen-Sherma, Binghamton University, Presiding

Panelists:

Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawaii

Francis Clooney, Harvard University

Madhu Khanna, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Arvind Sharma, McGill University

For additional information please contact Arvind Sharma at Arvind.sharma@mcgill.ca.

AM18-55

International Bonhoeffer Society Annual Meeting
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm

AM18-56

North American Association for the Study of Religion: Business Meeting
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm

AM18-57

Wabash Center Luncheon for the Caucus of Scholars at Religiously Affiliated Institutions
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm

Annual gathering for lunch and directed small-table conversations concerning the context of our teaching in religiously affiliated institutions. Space is limited. Advance registration is required. October 31 deadline. Contact: Paul Myhre, myhrep@wabash.edu.

AM18-58

North American Paul Tillich Society Annual Business Meeting
Saturday - 11:45 am-12:45 pm

AM18-59

Non-Canonical Writings Section Luncheon
Saturday - 11:45 am-3:30 pm

AM18-60

North American Association for the Study of Religion
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

See A18-80 for details.

AM18-61

Mission and Biblical Interpretation: Toward a Missional Hermeneutic
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

What would it mean to read the Bible self-consciously and with an explicit methodological starting point in an ecclesial location understood as fundamentally missional in cast and character? For four years, questions such as this have been explored this question at AAR and SBL. Join us for this session featuring paper presentations and discussion (sponsored by the Gospel and Our Culture Network). For information, visit www.gocn.org or contact Michael Barram, Saint Mary’s College of California, mbarram@stmarys-ca.edu; 1-925-631-4458.

AM18-62

Arts of Interpretation Group - Session II
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Noelle Vahanian, Lebanon Valley College, Presiding

Theme: Religious Cohesions amidst Worlds of Political Conflict

Creston Davis, Rollins College

Theology as the Politics of the World

Kenneth Surin, Duke University

Can a Chosen/Saved People Have a True Politics?

Antony Baker, Episcopal Theological Seminary

Nicaea as Political Chronotope

Slavoj Žižek, University of Ljubljana

Islam: A Community of Orphans

Respondents:

Sarah Coakley, Harvard University

Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University

This year’s sessions have been graciously funded by the California State University, Northridge Department of Religious Studies.

For further information contact Randal Cummings: rcummings@csun.edu or visit the Arts of Interpretation website at www.vcsun.org/~cummings/arts.html.

AM18-63

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Saturday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Theme: Prayer and Worship in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions - Session 2

Sub-Theme: Prayer and Worship in Hindu Traditions

Adarsh Deepak, DANAM,and Rita D. Sherma, Binghamton University, Conveners

Arindam Chakrabarti, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Presiding

Marzenna Jakubczak, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland

Why Meditate on God? The Role of Ishvara-pranidhana in Classical Yoga and Samkhya Traditions

Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Prayer and Worship in the Sanayasa Tradition

Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University

Madhva Worship: Enlightened Bhakti

Nancy Martin, Chapman University

Role of Music in Devotional Hinduism

Madhu Khanna, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India

Prayer and Worship in the Shakta Tradition

For updates, check at: www.danam-web.org/events.htm.

AM18-100

Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture Reception
Saturday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm

Members are invited to attend a reception highlighting the work of various centers and institutes engaged in the study of religion in America.

AM18-101

College Theology Society Board Meeting
Saturday - 4:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-103

Cultural/Spiritual: The Question of Vegetarianism in Asian-Based Buddhist Groups
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Carleton Dallery, Presiding

We are what we eat? Vegetarianism is one of several vexing issues being examined in Asian-based Buddhist groups in USA, showing differences between the convert and the Asian members. Often the converts are the more conservative and traditionalist. This roundtable discussion will report experiences in various groups, focusing especially on cultural and spiritual roots of differences, and the styles of discussion and decision-making manifested in each group. Lead-off discussant, Rev. Bokin Kim, will present the case of the Won Buddhist Temple of Philadelphia. Scholars of Buddhism in America are especially welcome.

Meeting sponsored by Won Institute of Graduate Studies.

Information: 1-215-884-8942, or email cdallery@earthlink.net.

AM18-104

American Theological Library Association Member Reception
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM18-105

Association of Practical Theology
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

See A18-141 for details.

AM18-106

North American Association for the Study of Religion: Presidential Plenary Panel
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

CANCELLED

AM18-107

Logos Bible Software Syntactically-Tagged Databases of the Hebrew Bible: Overview and Training Seminar
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

This seminar will overview the latest quantum leap for computerized research and teaching in the Hebrew Bible: textual databases tagged for syntactical force and structures. The seminar is appropriate for new or experienced users, or anyone interested in computer applications for study of the Hebrew text, regardless of current platform or computer literacy. The seminar will introduce the concept behind each database, the graphical interface, and searching capabilities.

AM18-108

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

Theme: Prayer and Worship in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions

Sub-Theme: Prayer and Worship in Hindu Traditions - Session 3

Adarsh Deepak, DANAM, and Rita D. Sherma, Binghamton University, Conveners

Jeffery Long, Elizabethtown College, Presiding

Arindam Chakrabarti, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Reasoning-Yoga and the Epistemology of Worship: The 12 Forms of Kālī inKashmir Shaivism (Tantraaloka IV)

Graham M. Schweig, Christopher Newport University

Prayer and Worship in the Gaudiya Tradition

Guy Beck, Tulane University / University of North Carolina-Wilmington

Prayer and Worship through Music and Liturgy in North Indian Vaishnava Traditions

Aditya Adarkar, Montclair State University

The Narrative and the Suppliant: Katha in the Mahabharata

Acharya Premchand Shridhar, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha America

Sandhya and Yajna in Arya Samaj Tradition

For updates, check at: www.danam-web.org/events.htm.

AM18-109

New Testament Language Project Launch
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM18-146

New Religious Movements Group: Junior Scholar-Senior Scholar Roundtable
Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm

RESCHEDULED (was AM18-46); new time: 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm.

AM18-110

Fund for Theological Education Annual Reception for Current Fellows and Alumni
Saturday - 5:00 pm-6:30 pm

AM18-102

United Methodist Women of Color Scholars Program Mentoring Meeting
Saturday - 6:00 pm-9:00 pm

AM18-133

Dharma Association of North America (DANAM)
Saturday - 6:30 pm-8:30 pm

DANAM Reception

To informally meet, commiserate and interact with colleagues and friends and Trustees of DANAM over light refreshments and beverages and wine and cheese.

For updates, check at: www.danam-web.org/events.htm.

AM18-113

Religion and Science Hospitality Event
Saturday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

Sponsored by the Zygon Center for Religion and Science (ZCRS), the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), and the Institute for Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS). ZCRS provides instruction and research opportunities leading to masters' and doctoral degrees through the Associated Chicago Theological Schools; it shares quarters with Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. CTNS supports research, provides MDiv-doctoral teaching, and publishes the peer-reviewed journal Theology and Science for an international membership. IRAS has summer conferences at Star Island, ten miles off the New Hampshire coast; in 2007 it plans the second of two on scientific and religious implications of emergence theory. IRAS co-publishes the journal Zygon.

AM18-114

Evangelical Philosophical Society
Saturday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

See A18-143 for details.

AM18-115

Initiative for the Study of Religion and Culture in Africa and the African Diaspora (ISRCAD): Biblia Africana Board Meeting and Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-11:00 pm

The members of the Biblia Africana editorial board will hold a one-hour meeting. A reception, open to AAR and SBL members and guests, will follow. For additional information, please contact Dr. Hugh R. Page, Jr., poet@hrpj.com.

AM18-116

Thomas Nelson Publishers (WBC) Dinner
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-117

Louisville Institute Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-118

European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-119

University of the West Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Please come to celebrate the University of the West's receiving WASC accreditation and to meet with the President, Dr. Lewis Lancaster; the Dean, Dr. Ananda Guruge; and the Chair of Department of Religious Studies, Venerable Dr. Yifa. The University of the West would like to present to you one of the most comprehensive curricula in Buddhism, from the Ph.D. degree to the certificate program. For additional information, contact Yifa at yifa@uwest.edu or 1-626-656-2108.

AM18-120

Forum on Sports and Religion
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Writers and researchers on the relationship of sports and religion meet to discuss their books, works-in-progress, and current research. All are welcome to join the general discussion about this relatively new area of cultural and religious studies.

Eric Bain-Selbo, Lebanon Valley College, Presiding

Panelists:

Chris Anderson, Drew University

David Hall, Centre College

Marc Jolley, Mercer University Press

Gordon Marino, St. Olaf College

Joseph Price, Whittier College

Greg Sapp, Mercer University

AM18-121

Smyth and Helwys Commentary Editorial Board
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-122

Celebrating A Communion of Subjects and Introducing the "Food, Farming, and Faith" Initiative
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Two wonderful events -- the publication of a foundational text for the field of "Religion and Animals" and the launch of a major initiative through which communities of faith engage the importance and problems of food and farming throughout the world -- will be celebrated at this reception.

Editors and the publisher of A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science, and Ethics will speak to the volume's importance. In addition, various contributing scholars will also be present.

The organizers of a new initiative on "Food, Farming, and Faith" will speak on how various religious communities are and will continue to support more humane and sustainable food and agriculture systems.

Food and drink consistent with these themes will be served.

AM18-123

Georgetown University Theology Department Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-124

Korean North American Systematic Theology Group
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Sang Hyun Lee, Presiding

Discussions of Peter C. Phan, Christianity with an Asian Face: Asian American Theology in the Making, and Heup Young Kim, Christ and the Tao.

Panelists to be announced.

AM18-125

St. Olaf Alumni and Faculty Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Alumni and friends of St. Olaf College are invited to join current St. Olaf faculty for conversation and reconnecting. Light appetizers and a cash bar will be provided. Alumni are kindly asked to RSVP to the St. Olaf Alumni Office at 1-888-865-6537; though walk-in registrants are welcome to attend. Questions can be directed to Religion Department Chair, L. DeAne Lagerquist, at lagerqui@stolaf.edu.

AM18-126

Association of Theological Schools Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-127

University of St. Michael's College Faculty of Theology, Novalis, and Toronto School of Theology Annual Reception for Friends and Graduates
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-128

International Bonhoeffer Society Annual Dinner
Saturday - 7:00 pm-9:30 pm

Members and friends of the Society interested in attending the Society Annual Dinner are asked to make reservations with the Rev. John W. Matthews, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley, MN 55124; jwmatt@aol.com . The cost is $35 and should be prepaid either by check or credit card. The Luther Place Church is at Thomas Circle, about six blocks from the Convention Center.

AM18-129

University of Manchester Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-130

Wesleyan Theological Society and Society of Pentecostal Studies Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-131

Presbyterian Scholars Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and faculty at Presbyterian institutions are invited to this reception to meet and connect with each other. In addition to light refreshments, we hope to find ways to link more closely with one another and with the church—sponsored by the Office of Theology and Worship and the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities. For further information, contact Anita Brown, Office of Theology and Worship, 1-888-728-7228 x5033, abrown@ctr.pcusa.org.

AM18-132

Brigham Young University and Friends Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-134

Religion Editorial Board Meeting
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-136

Collegeville Reception
Saturday - 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

AM18-135

Baker Academic and Brazos Press Reception
Saturday - 8:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM18-137

Hispanic Theological Initiative Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM18-138

Harvard University Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM18-139

New Religious Movements Group Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM18-140

W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM18-142

University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Religious Studies Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM18-143

Fortress Press Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

Fortress Press invites all AAR and SBL attendees to join us for hospitality, conversation, and the presentation of the Fortress Press innovative teaching awards. Nominate your colleagues and find further information at www.fortresspress.com.

AM18-144

Buddhist Studies Reception Honoring Patricia Crosby
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

As executive editor for University of Hawai'i Press, Patricia Crosby has been instrumental in promoting the academic study of Buddhism. She has actively assisted the development of both individual projects and publication series.

Sponsored by the Pure Land Buddhist Studies Series (Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley), Studies in East Asian Buddhism and Classics in Buddhist Studies (Kuroda Institute), Studies in the Buddhist Traditions (University of Michigan), and Topics in Contemporary Buddhism (University of Hawai'i).

AM18-145

Vanderbilt University Alumni/ae and Friends Reception
Saturday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm

AM19-2

Temple University Breakfast Reception
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

AM19-3

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

We welcome Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary alumni/ae to our annual AAR and SBL Sunday Morning Worship Breakfast. This will be an occasion for us to hear from one another and to interact with the newly-installed president, Dr. James Emery White, as he speaks on the vision for Gordon-Conwell and evangelical theological education. This will also be a time for worship and a Scriptural reflection. Please join us for this event!

AM19-4

Institute for Biblical Research Worship Service
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

The Institute for Biblical Research annually sponsors a worship service in the protestant evangelical tradition. Fellows, associates, friends of IBR, and all interested participants at the various annual meetings are invited. The service, led by Wayne Johnson, Dean of the Chapel, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, will include prayer, congregational singing, selected readings, and a meditation by Bruce Waltke, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies, Regent College and Professor of Old Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary. For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 1-630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.

AM19-5

University of Birmingham Department of Theology and Religion Breakfast Reception
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

AM19-6

Church of Christ Professors Meeting
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

AM19-7

Disciples of Christ Faculty/Student Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

AM19-8

Unitarian Universalist Scholars and Friends Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

Persons connected to the Unitarian Universalist tradition are invited to meet and share a light continental breakfast. Sponsored by Starr King School for the Ministry and Beacon Press. For more information contact Dan McKanan at 1-320-363-3181 or dmckanan@csbsju.edu. All are also cordially invited to attend worship at All Souls Church, 1500 Harvard Street Northwest, 11:00 am on Sunday, November 19. Professor Alma Crawford of SKSM will be preaching.

AM19-9

Lutheran Professors and Graduate Students Breakfast
Sunday - 7:00 am-8:30 am

Additional Meetings

November 18-21, 2006 Washington, DC, USA

November 18-21, 2006
Washington, DC, USA