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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21KA21-203Rethinking Islamic Studies WorkshopTheme: Teaching Islamic Studies: Key Topics and Best PracticesFriday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PMConvention Center-7ADanielle Widmann Abraham, James Madison University, and OmidSafi, Duke University, PresidingSee page 211 for details.Panelists:Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Reed CollegeKecia Ali, Boston UniversityEdward E. Curtis, Indiana University-Purdue UniversityIndianapolisTariq al-Jamil, Swarthmore CollegeJohn Kelsay, Florida State UniversityBruce B. Lawrence, Duke UniversityBQA21-204KP21-211FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21San Diego City TourFriday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PMMeet at Convention Center-Hall H FoyerAs the birthplace of California, San Diego is blessed with a richhistory, stunning geography and a Mediterranean climate, making itone of the world’s most delightful cities. Your bus tour begins withan introduction to the downtown area, with its modern buildings andbustling businesses, which is in stark contrast to the historic GaslampQuarter located just a few blocks away. We’ll cross the award winningCoronado Bay Bridge next, where you will visit the island and driveby one of San Diego’s most treasured icons, the Hotel del Coronado.As we return to the mainland, enjoy the open beauty and manicuredlawns of Balboa Park, the nation’s largest urban cultural park andsite of the 1915 Panama-California Expo. We’ll continue on to SanDiego’s birthplace in Old Town where you have free time to explorethe historic exhibits, as well as the numerous shops and restaurants inthis unique village atmosphere.The tour will continue to La Jolla (“the jewel” in Spanish), where youwill be able to gaze out onto the beautiful Pacific Ocean, driving byBird Rock to watch the kayakers, and then by the children’s pool,which is now a sanctuary for the local sea lions. You will continueonto Mount Soledad, where in 1946, a cross was built for Korean Warheroes. This monument has been the source of a long-running legalcase regarding the separation of church and state. You’ll drive by theEmbarcadero and Marine Museum, which holds a collection of manyhistorical ships, including the famous USS Midway. Passing SeaportVillage and the fishing fleet, the bus heads back to the ConventionCenter. The cost of the tour is 40.Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies andWabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology andReligionTheme: Teaching Visual Arts in Religious Studies and TheologyClassroomsFriday, 1:00 PM–5:00 PMMarriott Marquis-San Diego CWilson Yates, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities,Paul Myhre, Wabash Center, Vivian-Lee Nyitray, Prospect College(Yuanjing College), and David Morgan, Duke University, PresidingThis workshop will provide faculty with various strategies andmethods for teaching the visual arts in religious studies and theologyclassrooms. Participants will explore a range of ways by which specificpedagogical methods can help students engage the visual arts as locifor the study of religious studies, theology, ethics, bible, etc. Specificattention will be given to the following pedagogical methods: adialogical method that sees artist, art, and the viewer (theologian,ethicists, whoever) in conversation with the viewer drawing onmaterial from other disciplines; a method that considers the roleof material evidence, which means beginning with methodologicalquestions in order to engage students (and colleagues no less) in thedefinition of evidence in historical and cultural analysis; and a methodthat attends to the ethics of observation as part of the hermeneuticsof visual cultures, including the viewer’s gaze. Workshop participantswill explore both meta-level questions about engaging the visual artsand explore specific strategies for teaching visual arts in contemporaryhigher educational contexts through a range of questions. The premeeting workshop will include mini-lectures, plenary conversations,and small group work. In addition, participants will be exposed tomaterials for study and teaching including: methods of visual analysis,ethics of inquiry, exhibition practices, subject areas (Christianity,Buddhism, Islam, etc.), theories of visual culture, and so on.Pre-registration is required for this event and limited to the first 50registrants. To register, contract Trish Overpeck at overpecp@wabash.edu.AP21-213Psychology, Culture, and Religion GroupTheme: Panel Discussion of Lucy Bregman’s The Ecology ofSpirituality: Practice and Virtues in a Post-Religious Age (BaylorUniversity Press, 2014)Friday, 1:30 PM–3:00 PMOmni-Grand Ballroom APanelists:Kelly Bulkeley, Graduate Theological UnionChristopher F. J. Ross, Wilfrid Laurier UniversityResponding:Lucy Bregman, Temple UniversitySymbol Key:E4AAR Award WinnersF Especially for StudentsMArts SeriesNABooks Under DiscussionLFilmsCBusiness MeetingJFocus on Climate ChangeExploratory SessionsPBSFocus on EmploymentFocus on San DiegoR New Program UnitKFull Papers Available onAAR WebsiteInteractive SessionOReceptions and BreakfastsProfessional Practicesand InstitutionalHSustainability and ReligionLocation SessionsQToursQuadsponsorshipDWildcard Sessions See the full Annual Meetings program online at www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId 25 and papers.aarweb.org/program book

A21-205HGSociety for Asian and Comparative PhilosophyFriday, 1:30 PM–3:30 PMConvention Center-14ATheresa Ann Yugar, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding,Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, and Kathy McCallie,Phillips Theological Seminary, PresidingCome enjoy the camaraderie of the Women’s Caucus and networkwith other scholars. The 2014 pre-conference luncheon will focuson the contribution of [eco]feminism, theories and praxis, to thetheological academy. Feminism, like ecofeminism, has offered fresh/new/alternative perspectives in the disciplines of theology and Bible,particularly on the intersection of God, religion and humanity’srelationship with human and non-human nature. In this light, thispanel will explore the ways that ecofeminist perspectives have shapedand could profoundly shape God-talk and discourse in the study ofreligion and public life. Case studies are ideal as a starting point for areflection on this topic moving from a micro to a macro perspectiveon a globally sensitized universe where varied disciplines in religionare positive mediums in promoting earth-healing practices.Sarah Robinson, Claremont Graduate UniversityWhat is Ecofeminism? Memorable Ideas in an Ongoing Conversation(1972-present)Cynthia Bond, Claremont Graduate UniversityStrategic Essentialism as a Tactical Approach to an EcofeministEpistemologyAmanda Pumphrey, Claremont Graduate UniversityIndian Women and Jainism: Toward an Ecofeminist PerspectiveJeanette Larino Wooden Kiel, California Institute of IntegralStudiesSpiritual and Transformative Connections: Women’s Stories ofEcofeminist Activism and Artistic ExpressionA21-206Religion and Ecology WorkshopJHTheme: Religious Environmentalism and Environmental ActivismFriday, 1:45 PM–5:00 PMConvention Center-4Roger S. Gottlieb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, PresidingSee page 212 for details.FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21AAR/SBL Women’s Caucus Brown Bag Luncheon:Ecofeminism and Earth HealingP21-203Theme: Re-appropriation and Re-examination of RaimonPanikkar’s ThoughtsFriday, 2:00 PM–6:00 PMMarriott Marquis-La CostaYoung-chan Ro, George Mason University, PresidingThis panel is to explore some of the fundamental issues involvedin Raimon Pannikar’s theological approach, philosophical analysis,and metaphysical structure to unpack the intellectual and spiritualfoundation of his thinking. In this respect, the panel will focus onPanikkar’s idea of the triadic myth and the Trinitarian structure ofreality. Panikkar’s re-interpretation of the Trinity as the universalstructure of all beings challenges the monopoly of the traditionalChristian doctrine of Trinity by extending it to the triadic model ofall beings. The panel will also discuss about Panikkar’s eschatology,ontology, and Christology in relationship to other traditions includingAsian and African traditions, and the gender issues. The symposium isfollowed by a reception.Anselm Min, Claremont Graduate UniversityPanikkar’s Radical TrinitarianismJoseph Prabhu, California State University, Los AngelesReconsidering Panikkar’s CosmotheandrismYoung-chan Ro, George Mason UniversityAn Ontological Foundation of Raimon PanikkarPeter C. Phan, Georgetown UniversityRaimon Panikkar’s Eschatology: The Unpublished ChapterSara Haq, University of Maryland, College ParkSilencing the Wrong Silences: The Epistemological Othering ofMysticism in Women and Gender StudiesLevi Nkwocha, University of Notre DameIncarnation and the African “Cosmotheandric Relationality”Erik Ranstrom, Elms CollegeKarma and the Incarnation: The Passive Dimension of ChristologicalFulfillmentMark Banas, Georgia Perimeter CollegeInterreligious Hermeneutics: Dialectical or Dialogical?P21-206North American Association for the Study of ReligionTheme: Politics of Knowledge in the Study of ReligionFriday, 2:30 PM–3:50 PMHilton Bayfront-303Panelist:Kocku von Stuckrad, University of Groningen See the full Annual Meetings program online at www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId 25 and papers.aarweb.org/program book 5

P21-215FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21Psychology, Culture, and Religion GroupP21-214Society for the Study of Christian SpiritualityTheme: A Contemplative View of EcologyFriday, 3:00 PM–5:00 PMUniversity of San Diego, Maher Hall, Salomon Conference Room,5998 Alcalá ParkBarbara Quinn, Boston College, and Michael Mayer, University ofSan Diego, Presiding3:00 PM - Meet in Salomon Conference Room3:00–4:00 PM - Canyon Tour4:00–5:00 PM - Conversation and ReflectionAll are welcome! Our session begins with a walking tour of thecanyon behind the USD campus. Dr. Michael Mayer, Chair of theUSD Biology Department, will help us reflect on the changingconditions of the land and the challenge they present. Comfortableattire recommended; the Salomon Conference Room will beavailable for those who prefer not to walk. We will then move to aconversational reflection on “The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: NotesFor a Contemplative Ecology”.For information on transportation, the Society dinner followingthis session, and our evening session, “Contemplation in the World:The Socially Transformative Effects of Practice” (7:00 PM–9:00PM, USD’s Mother Rosalie Hall), visit http://sscs.press.jhu.edu/annual meeting/annual meeting.html. Shuttles and sessions are free;tax-deductible contributions welcome.Douglas Christie, Loyola Marymount UniversityThe Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative EcologyA21-207Graduate Student Committee MeetingFriday, 3:00 PM–5:30 PMHilton Bayfront-520Kristy Slominski, University of California, Santa Barbara, PresidingP21-207International Bonhoeffer Society Board of DirectorsMeetingFriday, 3:00 PM–6:00 PMMarriott Marquis-MalibuThis is the annual meeting of the Board of Directors. Members ofthe International Bonhoeffer Society are welcome to attend. Theannual meeting of the Bonhoeffer Society will be held on Saturday,November 22, at 6:30 PM.Theme: Depth Psychology and Black Church/Religion: CreativeAppropriations, Continuing Challenges and Future DirectionsFriday, 3:15 PM–4:45 PMOmni-Grand Ballroom AGregory Ellison, Emory University, and Phillis Isabella Sheppard,Vanderbilt University, PresidingPanelists:Stephanie Crumpton, Lancaster Theological SeminaryDanjuma Gibson, Calvin Theological SeminaryRaynard Daniel Smith, New Brunswick Theological SeminaryChanequa Walker-Barnes, McAfee School of TheologyP21-300North American Association for the Study of ReligionTheme: Revitalizing the Comparative Enterprise: A BuildingBlock Approach to Complex Cultural ConceptsFriday, 4:00 PM–5:20 PMHilton Bayfront-303Panelist:Ann Taves, University of California, Santa BarbaraP21-316Polanyi SocietyTheme: Charles Taylor and Michael PolanyiFriday, 4:00 PM–6:00 PMMarriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 2Walter B. Gulick, Montana State University, Billings, PresidingRichard Haney, Richmond, VAPolanyi and Taylor on How the Modern Social Imaginary Might BestBe ReshapedMatthew Sandwisch, Baylor UniversityPolanyi, MacIntyre and Taylor on Authentic and Inauthentic MoralTraditionsJosee Boldoc, Carleton UniversityDisclosing the Unspoken as a Locus of Meaning: Taylor and Polanyion the Political Role of the TacitDavid Stewart, Luther SeminaryElements of an Enchanted Naturalism: Towards a PostmetaphysicalChristian Theology from Polanyi to HegelSymbol Key:E6AAR Award WinnersF Especially for StudentsMArts SeriesNABooks Under DiscussionLFilmsCBusiness MeetingJFocus on Climate ChangeExploratory SessionsPBSFocus on EmploymentFocus on San DiegoR New Program UnitKFull Papers Available onAAR WebsiteInteractive SessionOReceptions and BreakfastsProfessional Practicesand InstitutionalHSustainability and ReligionLocation SessionsQToursQuadsponsorshipDWildcard Sessions See the full Annual Meetings program online at www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId 25 and papers.aarweb.org/program book

GP21-312A21-300Theme: Liberation Theology and Engaged Buddhism: ChallengingEach Other, Learning from Each OtherFriday, 4:00 PM–6:30 PMOmni-Gallery 3BKristin Largen, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Presiding“Liberation Theology” includes any form of interpreting the Christianmessage that addresses the needs of the world by seeking to transformthe structures of the world. “Engaged Buddhism” seeks non-violentlyto address social problems and needs on the basis of Buddhist thoughtand practice. Everyone on this panel is acquainted, to a reasonabledegree, with both perspectives, and is exploring ways that Christianand Buddhist social analyses pose challenges to each other, whilealso providing new opportunities to learn from each other. Does eachtradition have limitations that it does not see clearly enough untilviewed from the point of view of the other tradition? Does each havestrengths from which the other should learn? Panel presenters willeach speak to a selection of topics under that rubric.Panelists:Karen Enriquez, Xavier UniversitySallie B. King, James Madison UniversityPaul Knitter, Union Theological SeminaryJohn Makransky, Boston CollegeResponding:Ruben L. F. Habito, Perkins School of Theology and SouthernMethodist UniversityFriday, 5:30 PM–7:00 PMMarriott Marquis-AAR SuiteChairs of Religious Studies Departments are invited to this receptionto mingle with and ask questions of other chairs and members of theAAR’s Academic Relations Committee.P21-315North American Paul Tillich Society and Reinhold NiebuhrSocietyTheme: A Review of Politics and Faith: Niebuhr and Tillich at UnionSeminary in New YorkFriday, 4:00 PM–6:30 PMOmni-Gaslamp 5This session will review the recent volume by long-time TillichSociety member, Ron Stone, dedicated to the interactive relationof Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr during their time together atUnion Theological Seminary.P21-317Psychology, Culture, and Religion GroupTheme: Honoring the Work of Ann Belford UlanovFriday, 5:00 PM–6:30 PMMarriott Marquis-Marriott Hall 2Felicity Brock Kelcourse, Christian Theological Seminary, PresidingPanelists:Lisa M. Cataldo, Fordham UniversityJames W. Jones, Rutgers UniversityStorm Swain, Lutheran Theological Seminary, PhiladelphiaResponding:Ann Ulanov, Union Theological Seminary7:00 PM PCR dinner at local restaurant.Department Chairs’ ReceptionFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21Society for Buddhist-Christian StudiesP21-318Society of Christian PhilosophersTheme: Author-Meets-Critics Session: Shannon Craigo-Snell’sThe Empty Church: Theater, Theology, and Bodily Hope (Oxford,2014)Friday, 6:00 PM–8:30 PMMarriott Marquis-Torrey Pines 3Andrew Chignell, Cornell University, PresidingPanelists:M. Shawn Copeland, Boston CollegeAndrew Dole, Amherst CollegeChristine Helmer, Northwestern UniversityTodd Johnson, Fuller Theological SeminaryResponding:Shannon Craigo-Snell, Louisville Presbyterian TheologicalSeminaryP21-405Adventist Society for Religious StudiesTheme: Dinner Meeting and Presidential Addresses with theAdventist Theological SocietyFriday, 6:00 PM–9:30 PMParadise Valley SDA Church, 2701 East 8th St, National CityTeresa Reeve, Andrews University, PresidingThomas Shepherd, Andrews University“We Give Thanks to God”: Why Gratitude in Essential in TheologicalDisputes ASRSRanko Stefanovic, Andrews UniversityAmong the LampstandsP21-404GSociety for the Arts in Religious and Theological StudiesReceptionFriday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PMOmni-Gaslamp 1Everyone who is interested in the intersections between the arts andreligious studies and theology is invited to our annual reception. See the full Annual Meetings program online at www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId 25 and papers.aarweb.org/program book 7

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21GP21-400FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21AP21-403Society for Hindu-Christian StudiesTheme: Discussion of The Saint and the Banyan Tree, Winner of theSHCS Book AwardFriday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PMMarriott Marquis-Santa RosaChad Bauman, Butler University, PresidingPanelists:Amy L. Allocco, Elon UniversityKristin Bloomer, Carleton CollegeCorinne Dempsey, Nazareth CollegeRoselle M. Gonsalves, University of CalgaryResponding:David Mosse, University of LondonP21-407Society for the Study of Christian SpiritualityTheme: Contemplation in the World: The Socially TransformativeEffects of PracticeFriday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PMUniversity of San Diego, Warren Auditorium, Mother Rosalie HillHall, 5998 Alcalá ParkElisabeth K. J. Koenig, General Theological Seminary, and JanetRuffing, Yale University, Presiding7:00–8:20 PM - Panel8:20–8:40 PM - Small group discussion8:40–9:00 PM - Large group discussion9:00–10:00 PM - Light receptionAll are invited to an exploration across religious traditions of thelinks between contemplation and social transformation. For moreinformation on transportation to USD, the Society dinner beforethis session, and our afternoon session, “A Contemplative View ofEcology” (3:00–5:00 PM, USD’s Maher Hall), please visit http://sscs.press.jhu.edu/annual meeting/annual meeting.html. Shuttles, sessions,and reception are free; tax-deductible contributions are welcome.Panelists:Bahar Davary, University of San DiegoMary Frohlich, Catholic Theological UnionAaron Gross, University of San DiegoRuben L. F. Habito, Perkins School of Theology and SouthernMethodist UniversityLouis Komjathy, University of San DiegoLa Comunidad of Hispanic Scholars of Religion 25Anniversary Celebration ReceptionthFriday, 7:00 PM–9:30 PMMarriott Marquis-Del MarCome join us and celebrate our 25th anniversary! We will haveappetizers and drinks with a program to honor PedagogyLatinamente! The program will include a panel and an awardsceremony.GP21-406Søren Kierkegaard Society BanquetFriday, 7:00 PM–10:00 PMAthens Market Taverna, 109 West F St.For more information or to register, please contact Mark Tietjen atmtietjen@westga.edu.Robert Roberts, Baylor UniversityCosmic GratitudeLA21-401Film: The New BlackFriday, 8:00 PM–10:00 PMHilton Bayfront-305Horace Griffin, Pacific School of Religion, PresidingSponsored by the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee, AfroAmerican Religious History Group, Black Theology Group, andWomanist Approaches to Religion and Society Group.The award-winning documentary film The New Black tells the story ofhow the African-American community is addressing LGBTIQ rights

Lerone Martin, Washington University, Saint Louis, Presiding A21-104 Status of Women in the Profession Committee Meeting Friday, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Convention Center-24B Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding A21-105 International Connections Committee Meeting Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM Hilton Bayfront-411B Amy L. Allocco, Elon .