Theme: Sadhana: Hindu Contemplative Practice Across Traditions Friday - 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Marriott-International 2 (International Level) James Madaio, University of Oxford The Saṃnyāsin’s Path to Liberation: Sādhanā in Medieval Advaita Vedānta Gopal Gupta, University of North Carolina Kṛṣṇa-smaraṇa: Canon, Charisma and Contemplative Spiritual Practice in the Gaudiya Vaisnava Tradition Kusumita P. Pedersen, Saint Francis College Sri Chinmoy's Teachings on the Methods of Goals of Spiritual Practice Neelima Shukal-Bhatt, Wellesley College Musical Maps to Samādhi: Sādhanā Steps in the Songs of Mahāpanth Satīs of Gujarat Loriliai Biernacki, University of Colorado Contemplative Studies and Hindu Sādhanā P20-103 North American Association for the Study of Religion Theme: Theory in a Time of Excess: On the Restraint of Theory Friday - 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Hilton-311 (Level 3) Panelists: Jason N. Blum, American University in Cairo Responding: Michael Altman, University of Alabama Richard Newton, Elizabethtown College Tara Baldrick-Morrone, Florida State University Friday - 11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Gwendolyn Reece, American University Pagan Clergy and Leaders: A Quantitative Snapshot Daniela Cordovil, Pará State University Political Engagement of Feminist and Ecological Pagans: A Comparison between Brazil and Portugal Clara Schoonmaker, Syracuse University The Fight for the Pentacle: Pagans, Veterans, and the Limitations of American Religious Pluralism Paul B. Rucker, Minneapolis, MN Alison Beyer, Cherry Hill Seminary Creating Sacred Space with Art Exhibitions: Another Approach to Interfaith Work Responding: Shawn Arthur, Wake Forest University Business Meeting: Chas Clifton, Colorado State University, Pueblo A21-122 Full Papers Available Cultural History of the Study of Religion Group and Religion, Affect, and Emotion Group Tam Parker, University of the South, Presiding Theme: Genealogies of Religion and Affect Saturday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hyatt-Edgewood (Atlanta Conference Level) Randall Styers, University of North Carolina David Hume on the Passions, Affect, and Religion Kent Brintnall, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Heterogeneity and/as Affect in Georges Bataille’s Sacred Sociology Joseph Winters, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Adorno, Aesthetic Experience, and The Shuddering Subject Christine Libby, Indiana University Melancholic Lovesickness in Pre-Modern Religious Literature
Theme: Discussion of The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion (2014) Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hilton-309 (Level 3) Panelists: Lewis R. Rambo, San Rafael, CA Charles E. Farhadian, Westmont College Eliza Kent, Skidmore College Reid Locklin, University of Toronto Esra Ozyurek, London School of Economics Anne Spencer, College of Idaho Business Meeting: Charles J. Scalise, Fuller Theological Seminary A22-141 Focus on Atlanta Sacred Texts and Ethics Group Reggie Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary, Presiding Theme: Activism, Exegesis, and Prison Theology: Religion and Biblical Interpretation in the Campaign for a Georgia Death Row Inmate Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hilton-211 (Level 2) Jennifer McBride, Wartburg College Freedom and Hope on the Inside: The Transformative Power of Prison Theology Letitia M. Campbell, Emory University Motives, Messaging and Messengers: Religious Rhetoric and Persuasion in the #KellyOnMyMind Campaign Jeania Ree Moore, University of Cambridge Scripture as Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary: A Substantial and Shifting Resource in Political Engagement Kimberly Jackson, Absalom Jones Episcopal Center Preaching Justice and the Bible: A Case Study and Pastoral Reflection Melissa Browning, Mercer University
Theme: Alumni/ae Reception Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM Sheraton-Georgia 3-4 (Level 1) M22-417 Receptions/Breakfasts/Luncheons University of California, Santa Barbara Theme: Religious Studies Reception Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM Sheraton-Savannah 1-3 (Level 2) M22-418 Receptions/Breakfasts/Luncheons University of Chicago Divinity School Theme: Reception for Alumni and Friends Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM Westin-Peachtree C (Level 8) M22-428 Receptions/Breakfasts/Luncheons Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Theme: PhD Annual Reception Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM Sheraton-Atlanta 3-4 (Level 1) M22-430 Receptions/Breakfasts/Luncheons Boston University Theme: Reception Sunday - 9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Tours Theme: Pitts Theology Library Special Collections Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hyatt-Meet at corner of Baker Street and Peachtree Street P23-100 Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies and Society for Hindu-Christian Studies George Kilcourse, Bellarmine College, Presiding Theme: Thomas Merton at 100: His Influence on the Study of Hinduism and Buddhism Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Marriott-M104 (Marquis Level) Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University 'All the Way from India:' Merton in the Mirror of Hinduism Thomas Forsthoefel, Mercyhurst University Merton and the Axes of Dialogue Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University Communicating In Depth: Merton’s Practice Dialogue with Tibetan Buddhism John P. Keenan, Middlebury College Thomas Merton's Unfinished Journey: From Encounter to Sharing P23-143 Society for Pentecostal Studies Theme: Pentecostal Readings of New Testament Texts Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hilton-405 (Level 4) Blaine Charette, Northwest University The Whence and Whither of Those Born of the Spirit: John 3.8 and the Correlation between Son of God and Children of God Adam White, Alphacrucis College Spirit-filled, Educated Morons: The Calling of the Twenty-first Century Pentecostal in Light of
Business Meeting: Timothy Dobe, Grinnell College Amanda Lucia, University of California, Riverside A23-323 Islamic Mysticism Group Elizabeth R. Alexandrin, University of Manitoba, Presiding Theme: The Sufi Tradition in Formation Monday - 4:00 PM-6:30 PM Marriott-L508 (Lobby Level) Jeremy Farrell, Emory University Canon and Counter-Canon in Early Sufi History Jason Welle, Georgetown University Clarifying Companionship: How Ādāb al-Ṣuḥba Function for al-Sulamī Nicholas Boylston, Georgetown University Islam from the Inside Out: ‘Ayn al-Qudat on the Nature and Significance of Islamic Doctrine and Practice Arjun Nair, Harvard University From Mystical Poetry to Sufi Path: Understanding Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s Naẓm al-sulūk as a Work of Theoretical Sufism Shifa Noor, University of Virginia Tawhid as Thirdness: Ibn Arabi’s Phenomenology of Tanzih and Tashbih Responding: Cyrus Zargar, Augustana College Business Meeting: Martin Nguyen, Fairfield University Omid Safi, Duke University A23-324 Jain Studies Group Lisa Owen, University of North Texas, Presiding