Department of Religion Takes AAR by Storm
American Academy of Religion, 2006 Annual Meeting The Department of Religion is excited to boast a dominant presence at this year’s meeting of the American Academy of Religion, to be held November 18-21 in Washington, DC. The three-day extravaganza will feature no less than twenty of our graduate students and faculty, speaking across a wide range of topics and disciplines. See below for a complete list of Religion Dept. presenters; visit the American Academy of Religion’s website (www.aarweb.org) for presentation dates and times.
Boston University Department of Religion Faculty and Students participating in the American Academy of Religion & the Society of Biblical Literature’s 2006 Annual Meetings (November 18-21, 2006)
Kecia Ali, Assistant Professor of Religion. Women and Religion Section and Study of Islam Section (A20-109), “I Wanted One Thing and God Wanted Another:” Al-Shafi`i’s Attempt to Reconcile Qur’an and Sunnah on Subject of Striking Wives. Panelist: Sexual Ethics/Sexual Justice: Feminist/Womanist Perspectives in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (A21-6).
Linda L. Barnes, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, BUSM. Religions, Medicines, and Healing Group, Presiding over Business Meeting (A18-26) and Teaching Religion and Healing (A19-96). Responding: Religion, Health, and Social Justice: African Perspectives on a Global Issue (A20-52).
Gina Cogan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion. Buddhism Section (A20-104), Serving the Buddha through Serving the Emperor: Imperial Buddhist Monks and Nuns as Abbots, Abbesses, and Adoptees in Edo Japan.
Jonathan Cooney, PMPhD-History of Christianity. Christian Spirituality Group and Wesleyan Studies Group (A20-16), The Shout Heard ‘Round the World: Similarities and Differences between American and English Camp Meetings.
Katheryn Darr, Professor of Theology, STH. Panelist: Formation of the Book of Isaiah Group (S18-114). Theological Perspectives on the Book of Ezekiel Section (S19-35), Are Sayings Didactic?: Ezekiel and the Pedagogy of Proverbs.
Garth W. Green, Assistant Professor of Religion. Platonism and Neoplatonism Group (A20-73), Christian Neo-Platonism, Medieval and Modern.
Jonathan Klawans, Associate Professor of Religion. Responding: Hermeneutics of Jesus and the Prohibition of Oaths (S20-19).
Rodney Knowles, PBPhD-Religion and Society. History of Christianity Section and Death, Dying, and Beyond Consultation (A18-106), Nefarious Necromancy: Christian Critiques of Nineteenth-Century American Spiritualism.
Christine Kraemer, PBPhD-Religion and Literature. Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Group (A19-30), The Spectator, Gender Performance, and Gnosis in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Presiding: Arts Series/Films: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (A20-132).
Christopher Lehrich, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion. Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Group and Western Esotericism Group (A20-117), Discipline and Interdiscipline: On Magical Comparisons.
A. David Lewis, PmPhD-Religion and Literature, will be sitting on the SBL panel: “Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and the Bible”
Emily Merriman, PMPhD-Religion and Literature. Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Group (A18-122), Channeling, Trance, and Religion in What the Bleep Do We Know!?. Arts, Literature, and Religion Section (A19-9), “I Mean Great Poets”: William Blake and Geoffrey Hill.
David Montgomery, PBPhD-Religion and Society. Religion and the Social Sciences Section (A18-108), The Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Kyrgyzstan: How Learning Influences Practice, or Accounting for the Difference between Hizb ut-Tahrir and Ancestral Worshipers.
Robert C. Neville, Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology and Executive Director of the Danielsen Institute. Responding: The Comparative Religious Ideas Project: A Critical Retrospective Five Years Later (A20-116).
Martyn Oliver, PBPhD-Religion and Literature. Religion in Europe Consultation (A18-130), What to Be or Not to Be: Islam, Satire, and Identity in the European Union.
Steve Prothero, Chairman. Panelist: Library of Congress Forum: Writing the Story of America’s Religious Origins.
Josh Reeves, PMPhD-Science, Philosophy, and Religion. Evangelical Theology Group (A19-64), Evangelicals, Theological Method, and God’s Two Books.
Robert Smid, PMPhD-Philosophy of Religion. Panelist: The Comparative Religious Ideas Project: A Critical Retrospective Five Years Later (A20-116).
Sean Smith, PMPhD-New Testament and Christian Origins. Book of Acts Section (S20-57), Can We Learn about Community Rituals from Narratives?: Acts 2-5 as a Test Case (co-presenter, 2005 DRTS alum Jonathan Schwiebert, Washington University). Presiding: Organizing Session for New Program Unit: Ritual Studies Working Group (S20-134).
Bradford Verter, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion. Responding: Wrestling with Method: Case Studies in Religion, Media, and Culture (A18-31); Presiding: Freedom of Expression and Religious Sensibilities: The Danish Cartoon Controversy in a Global Media Environment.
Wesley Wildman, Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, STH. Panelist: Human Uniqueness: Dialogue on Evolution and Human Dignity (A20-28).