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AAR WR TENTATIVE PROGRAM WECSOR 2009 MARCH 21-23, 2009 Saturday March 21 PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES 11AM
– 1PM
Women's Caucus Lunch Roundtable (O'Connor 103)
Issues: Share what you see
as the compelling issues of the past year and how they have affected you
as a woman in the field of religion. Needs: Share your needs as a
woman in the field of religion and the ways in which Women's Caucus can help
you meet them. Insights: Share your insights into
the state of the field. 12:30 – 4:30PM AAR/WR
Board of Directors Meeting (Benson
CTR Mission Room)
4:00
– 6: 00 PM
Queer Parenting and Life in the Academy
(O'Connor 104)
This roundtable
discussion focuses on the challenges, opportunities, and intersecting
identities of queer
Michelle Mueller, Independent Scholar, Moorestown, NJ Issues of Queer Parenting
Trina Armstrong,
Claremont School of Theology Polly Pagenhart,
Independent Scholar, San Francisco, CA, Award-winning website author Sunday, March 22 8:00- 9:30 AM SESSION 1 1) HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY I: THE IDEOLOGY
OF PEACE AND THE REALITY OF WAR IN CHRISTIANITY
Russell Maddox, Claremont
Graduate University Randal Cummings,
California State University at Northridge Hyung
Shin Park, Santa Clara University Facilitator:
Rick Talbott 2) ETHICS I
Patrick
Emmett, University of California Riverside Sarah
Schwartzman, University of California, Riverside 3) BUDDHIST STUDIES I: THERAVADA PANEL Anne
Teich, California Institute of Integral Studies Jordan
Johnson, Arizona State
University Kelly
Meister, University of California, Riverside Danna
Cook, Arizona State University Respondents: Brooke
Schedneck, Graduate Associate, Arizona State University, Co-Chair, Buddhist
Studies, Kenneth
Lee, California State University, Northridge, Co-Chair, Buddhist Studies 4)
QUEER STUDIES I: QUEER PARENTING Moderator: Jennifer Rycenga, San Jose State Michelle
Mueller, Independent Scholar Raedorah Stewart, Independent Scholar Lesbian Mothering: In or Out of the Closet - Does Internal Homophobia Increase, Decrease, or Neutralize Once You Have Children?
5) RELIGION AND ECOLOGY (O'Connor 107) Elizabeth Kerr, Program Chair, University of California at Santa Barbara Sam Mickey, California Institute of Integral Studies Respecting Companion Species in Technoculture: From Tricks to Mundane Grace Jingjing Zhu, University of the West The Evolution of Buddhist Reincarnation
9:45 –
11 AM SESSION TWO AAR/WR WELCOME/PLENARY ADDRESSS (Benson CTR Williman) Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor of Sociology and Global Studies; Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies; Director, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara 11:15 – 12:45 PM SESSION THREE 6) JEWISH STUDIES I: CLAIMING JEWISH IDENTITIES Emily
Leah Silverman, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding Deborah Grenn, PhD,
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Saba
Soomekh, Loyola University, Los Angeles David Roseberg-Wohl, Graduate Theological Union and University of
California, Berkeley 7) EDUCATION AND WORKSHOPS: PEDAGOGICAL
TENSIONS IN TEACHING FOR JUSTICE Chair: Karen Crozier, Fresno Pacific
University Elizabeth McAnally,
California Institute of Integral Studies Bret Lewis, Arizona State
University 8) WOMEN AND RELIGION I: BORDERS OF GENDER
AND SEXUALITY Moderator: Sarah Robinson, Claremont Graduate
University Ayat Agah, Claremont Graduate University Melissa
James, Graduate Theological Union Beverly
Lucas, Arizona State University 9) LATINO/A AND LATIN AMERICAN RELIGIONS:
GENDER, POLITICS AND THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SQUARE: CATHOLIC AND PENTECOSTAL
CASE STUDIES Theresa A. Yugar,
Claremont Graduate University Christy M. Newton,
Graduate Theological Union Harold Morales,
University of California Riverside Respondent: Daniel
Ramrez, Arizona State University 10).
INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS STUDIES I Moderator: Bob Hurteau, Loyola Marymount University Cecilia Tolley, University
of California, Davis David Walsh, Doctoral Student, Arizona State University Babylon Inna Hopiland:
Articulations of Social Injustice by the Hopi Reggae Musician Casper
Loma-da-wa Seth Schermerhorn, Arizona State University Secularization by the 'Sacred': Discourses of 'Religion' and the San Francisco PeaksMutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha,
California State University, Northridge 12:45
– 2:15 PM
AAR Section Chairs Queer Studies in Religion Women's Caucus 2:15-3:45 PM SESSION
FOUR 11) JEWISH STUDIES/QUEER STUDIES JOINT SESSION Marie
Cartier, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding Emily
Leah Silverman, Graduate Theological Union Respondents:
Saba
Soomekh, Loyola University, Los Angeles Dirk
von der Horst, Claremont Graduate University 12) PHILOSPHY OF RELIGION I: RELIGIOUS TRUTH-CLAIMS
AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE Moderator:
Hester Oberman Raj Sampath, Graduate
Theological Union Stephen G. Shaw,
California State University, Long Beach Erin Brigham, Graduate
Theological Union, Berkeley 13) ISLAMIC STUDIES SECTION I: MUSLIM ISSUES:
IDENTITY AND ECSTASY Moderator: Scott Lucas,
University of Arizona Souad T. Ali, Arizona
State University Diana Coleman, Arizona
State University Jillian Schedneck,
Independent Scholar Sarah Robinson, Claremont
Graduate University 14) WOMANIST/PAN
AFRICAN: COUNTER-NARRATIVES AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY,
RACE AND GENDER Moderator: Paula L. McGee, Claremont
Graduate University Helen
E. Williams, Azusa Pacific University Karen D. Crozier, Fresno
Pacific University Respondent:
Richard Rose, University of La Verne
4:00-5:45 PM
SESSION FIVE 15) RELIGION IN AMERICA I: MORMONISM AT THE CROSSROADS: TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY CHALLENGES (2 HOUR SESSION) Moderator: Jon R. Stone Roy Whitaker, Claremont
Graduate University Deidre Green, Claremont
Graduate University Chuck Schofield, Claremont
Graduate University Richard Livingston,
Claremont Graduate University Loyd Ericson, Claremont
Graduate University 16) RELIGION AND THE ARTS I: IDENTITY AND
ACTION IN RELIGION AND ART John
Handley, Graduate Theological Union, presiding Charles
Townsend, University of California, Riverside Elise
Edwards, Claremont Graduate University Jennifer
Rycenga, San Jose State University 17) RELIGIONS OF ASIA I:
INTERSECTIONS AND ENCOUNTERS: WHAT GURUS AND YOGA HAVE TO DO WITH ECOLOGY
AND ENVIRONMENT Chair: Deepak Shimkhada, Claremont McKenna
College Paul Jackson, Arizona State University Laura Cornell, California Institute of Integral
Studies Toby B. Johnson, UC-Riverside David Gray, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious
Studies, Santa Clara University, Discussant 18) PSYCHOLOGY
AND RELIGION I: RELIGION AND THE MARGINALIZED:SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
RESOURCES Siroj
Sorajjakool, Loma Linda University, Presiding Jeffrey Thomas, Claremont School of Theology Jill Snodgrass, Claremont School of Theology Siroj
Sorajjakool, Loma Linda University 19)
WOMEN AND RELIGION II: VENERATION
OF WOMEN, VENERABLE WOMEN Moderator, Ann Wertman, Arizona State University Mary E. McGann, Graduate Theological Union Suat Yan Lai, Claremont Graduate University Colleen E. Windham, University of California,
Santa Barbara Ana Perez-Chisti, Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology, 5:45-7:15
PM SESSION SIX
WECSOR RECEPTION 7:30 – 8:30 PM SESSION
SEVEN AAR/WR PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Norris W. Palmer, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Mary's College of California Articulating Hindu Identity for Translocal Deployment
8:30 – 9: 45 PM SESSION EIGHT 20) JOINT SESSION: WOMANIST/PAN AFRICAN AND WOMEN
AND RELIGION Moderators: Arisika Razak, California
Institute of Integral Studies and Sarah Robinson, Claremont Graduate
University
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
One
hour film with discussion to follow
Monday,
March 23 7:00–8:00 AM SESSION NINE WECSOR BOARD MEETING (ARTS SCI 135) 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM SESSION TEN 21) NINETEENTH CENTURY SECTION: A CENTURY OF CROSSROADS:
EXPLORING DYNAMICS OF THEOLOGY, GENDER, PERFORMANCE AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY Jennifer Veninga, Chair Kristy Slominski, University of California, Santa Barbara Junghyung Kim, Graduate Theological Union Sheila Taylor, Graduate Theological Union Moderator: Emily Bennett,
Claremont Graduate University Eric Hall, Claremont
Graduate University Matthew S. Haar Farris,
Graduate Theological Union Jae-Yun Park, Claremont Graduate University 23) INDIGENOUS
RELIGIONS II Mutombo Nkulu-N-Sengha, California State University Northridge, Moderater Roberto Strongman,
University of California, Santa Barbara Kyrah Malika Daniels,
Stanford University 24) PSYCHOLOGY, CULTURE
AND RELIGION I: "MULTIPLICITY WITHIN/OUT: A SPOKEN WORD PANEL PRESENTATION Spoken Work Presenters:
10:00 – 11:45 AM SESSION
ELEVEN 25) GODDESS STUDIES I: DRAWING A BIG PICTURE
IN GODDESS RESEARCH – INTERDISCIPLINARY AND/OR CROSS-CULTURAL
APPROACHES (O'Connor 107) Marguerite Rigoglioso, California Institute of Integral Studies Marion Dumont, California Institute of
Integral Studies Dianne E. Jenett, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology Chandra Alexandre, Institute for Transpersonal Psychology 26) BUDDHIST STUDIES II:
MAHAYANA PANEL Benjamin Chicka, Claremont Graduate University A Constructive Comparison of Buddhist and
Christian Mysticism." Seth Clippard, Arizona State University "The Conversation Between Deep
Ecology and Buddhism" Jingjing Zhu, University of the West Peter M. Romaskiewicz, Independent Scholar Respondents: Kenneth Lee, California State University, Northridge,
Chair, Buddhist Studies, Mahayana Panel 27) QUEER STUDIES II: SKIRTING TO LISPING:
QUANDARY IN AFRICAN Moderator: Marie Cartier, Claremont Graduate University Trina Armstrong, Claremont School of Theology Goldman Jacobs, San Diego State
University 28) RELIGION IN AMERICA II: 21st CENTURY CHALLENGES TO CONVENTIONAL RELIGIONS Moderator: Rebecca Moore Ann Wertman,
Arizona State University David Walsh,
Arizona State University Patricia A.
Power, Arizona State University Philip Boo
Riley, Santa Clara University 29) JOINT PSYCHOLOGY, CULTURE AND RELIGION AND
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: USING PHILOSOPHY TO TRANSCEND CULTURE Moderator, Hester,
Oberman
Kristy Coleman, San Jose
State University Michelle Kate Weber, Graduate Theological Union
NOON – 1:00 PM LUNCH
BREAK AAR-WR BUSINESS MEETING
1:00 – 2:45 PM SESSION TWELVE 30) PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION II: DOMINATION
& VIOLENCE: CONTEXTUAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS Siroj Sorajjakool, Loma Linda University, Presiding George Dzimiri, Loma Linda University Hester Oberman, Independent Scholar, Arizona 31) ETHICS:
SESSION II Chair: Kelly Fitzsimmons, Arizona State University Brandon M. Crowe, Arizona State University Eli S. McCarthy, Graduate Theological Union Nicholas Hankins, Claremont Graduate University A. Elizabeth Lee, Graduate Theological Union 32) PAN
AFRICAN/ WOMANIST II: NEW
METHODS/NEW VISIONS: LIBERATION THEOLOGY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Moderator: Arisika Razak, California Institute of Integral Studies Ralph Watkins: Fuller Theological
Seminary Paula L. McGee, Claremont Graduate
University 33) HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY II: POWER RELATIONS
IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY: ISSUES OF RACE AND GENDER Moderator: Dr. Marianne
M. Delaporte, Notre Dame De Namur University Daniel
Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Gary Macy, Santa Clara University
Elissa McCormack,
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology,
Respondent - Christopher
Ocker. San Francisco Theological Seminary 34) RELIGIONS
OF ASIA II: RELIGIONS OF
ASIA FILM SCREENING Moderator—Toby B. Johnson (UC-Riverside) Jonathan H X Lee, UC-Santa Barbara 35 minute film to be shown with discussion to follow
3:00 – 5:00 PM SESSION THIRTEEN 35) GODDESS
STUDIES II: DELVING INTO
THE VAST REALM OF GODDESS RESEARCH RECONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION Laura
Truxler, California Institute of Integral Studies, Presiding Judy
Grahn, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology Constance
Chapman, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology Lucia
Birnbaum, California Institute of Integral Studies Dorothea
Kahena Viale, Claremont Graduate University 36) ISLAMIC STUDIES II: MUSLIM STUDENTS
IN AMERICA Moderator: Souad T. Ali
(Arizona State University) Elliot Bazzano, UC Santa
Barbara Keith
Atwater, American River College Discussants: Muslim
Students from Northern California: Naveen
Habib, UC Berkeley, Kamran Islam, UC Berkeley, Sabba Siddiqui, UC Berkeley, Mohamed Ali, American River
College, Ibrahim Fatouh, American River College 37) PSYCHOLOGY, CULTURE AND
RELIGION II: INTEGRATING ACTION, ART AND FAITH Franz Metcalf, The Forge
Institute, Presiding
Mark Banas, Mesa
Community College Stanford J. Searl, Jr., Union Institute and University 38) RELIGION AND THE ARTS II: ANXIETIES
AND TRAUMAS Jennifer
Rycenga, San Jose State University, Presiding Andrea
Sheaffer, Graduate Theological Union Hollis
Anne Mitchem, Graduate Theological Union |