Postcolonial Theology Network
Postcolonial Theology Networks (PTN) Guide to the November 2009 AAR
This guide is intended to complement not replace the AARs Program Planner featuring 30+ sessions with postcolonial foci. It is a subjective decision to decide which sessions should be categorized as postcolonial. Not all the speakers associated with these sessions are listed in this document. Only PTN members are highlighted below. Many PTN members are also participating in other ways in the AAR meeting as noted at the end of this document. I hope you will find this guide to be of some service to you as you plan your visit to Montreal in November. If you know of other PTN members giving a paper or responding at the AAR please send their names to me at nyclaman@gmail.com. Share this guide with your friends and encourage them to join us on the PTN on Facebook. Finally, I accept responsibility for any errors or omissions.
Thursday November 5
Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians (additional fee to AAR registration)
M5-200 ~ Page 21 in AAR Program Planner
Thursday, 2:00-7:00pm
Hybridity and Colonization in Revolutionary America
Pre registration required Cheryl Peterson at cpeterson@trinitylutheranseminary.edu (PTN member)
Saturday November 7 9:00-11:30am
A7-120 ~ Page 31 in the AAR Program Planner
Native Traditions in the Americas Group
The Impact of Church and State on Indigenous Lands, Traditions, Practices, and Languages
M7-102 ~ Page 34
African Association for the Study of Religions
African Religions: Resources for Hope and Impetus for Restorative Justice and Healing
Continuing last years conversation on Tapping African Wisdom To Heal The Wounds of Colonialism
M7-110 ~ Page 35
North American Association for the Study of Religion
Postcoloniality, Secular Critique, and Democratic Futures
Saturday, November 7 1:00-3:30pm
A7-211 ~ Page 38
Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Group
Negotiating Diasporic Spaces: Practices of Religion, Aesthetics, and Pedagogy
Min-Ah Cho (Emory University)
A7-301 ~ Page 43
Special Topics Forum
Our Home and Native Land: Colonial Encounters and the History of Religion, Spirituality, and the Secular
A7-302 ~ Page 43
Special Topics Forum
Diasporas of Religion and Religions of Diaspora
Saturday, November 7 4:40-6:30pm
A7-307 ~ Page 44
Religion in South Asia Section
New Directions in the Study of Religion in South Asia
A7-310 ~ Page 44
Bible in Racial, Ethnic, and Indigenous Communities Group
They Were All Together In One Place? Toward Minority Biblical Criticism
Anne Joh (Garrett Theological Seminary); Kwok Pui Lan (Episcopal Divinity School)
A7-328 ~ Page 47
World Christianity Group
Global and Local Perspectives and Patterns in World Christianity
Jane Carol Redmont (Guilford College)
Sunday, November 8 9:00-11:30am
A8-118 ~ Page 55
Hinduism Group
Srivaisnava Modernities and The Rhetoric of Reform
A8-132 ~ Page 57
Open and Relational Theologies Consultation
Relations and Freedom for God and Creation
A8-133 ~ Page 57
Queer Theory and LGBT Studies in Religious Consultation
Queer Religious Bodies
Margaret Robinson (University of Toronto); Mark Jordan - (Harvard University)
Sunday, November 8 1:00-2:30pm
A8-229 ~ Page 64
Religion and Colonialism Consultation
Colonialism and Empire
Mark Elmore - (University of California Davis)
A8-254 ~ Page 65
Comparative Studies in Religion
Trees, Goddesses, and Conflict in Myth and Theology
Sunday, November 8 3:00-4:30pm
A8-273 ~ Page 67
Religion in Latin America and the Caribbean Group and Liberation Theologies Consultation
Despedida: Futures of Sexual Theology after Marcella Althaus-Reid
Kwok Pui Lan - (Episcopal Divinity School); Mary Hunt - (Womens Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual)
Sunday, November 8 5:00-6:30pm
A8-300 ~ Page 70
Special Topics Forum
Conversation with Kwok Pui Lan, the 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award Winner
Kwok Pui Lan - (Episcopal Divinity School)
A8-318 ~ Page 72
Black Theology Group
Black Theology Across Borders
Anthony G. Reddie - (Queens Theological Foundation)
A8-322 ~ Page 73
Indigenous Religious Traditions Group
Matters of Method: How Do We Study Indigenous Traditions Today
A8-324 ~ Page 73
Law, Religion, and Culture Group
Colonialism, Law, and the Construction of Religion
Rupa Viswanath - (University of Pennsylvania)
Monday, November 9 9:00-11:30am
A9-107 ~ Page 79
North American Religions Section and Native Traditions in the Americas Group
The Doctrine of Discovery and Indigenous Peoples
A9-113 ~ Page 80
Theology and Religious Reflection Section
Rethinking Identity Politics
Susan Abraham - (Harvard University)
A9-132 ~ Page 83
Comparative Philosophy and religion Seminar
Beyond Incorporation: Alternative Approaches to Non-Western Philosophical Systems, Categories, and Ideas
Monday, November 9 1:00-3:30pm
A9-203 ~ Page 85
Arts, Literature, and religions Section and Christian Systematic Theology
Creation and Destruction
A9-205 ~ Page 85
History of Christianity Section and Religion in Europe Consultation
Local Identities: Trans-Atlantic Christianities: European and American Perspectives on Christianity and Society. 1880-1930
A9-223 ~ Page 88
Religion and Ecology Group
Exploring Ecological Discourse in Global Contexts: Tensions and tropes Rooted in Local Soils
A9-230 ~ Page 90
Latina/o Critical and Comparative Studies Consultation
Latina/o Religious Traversals: Sexual and Cultural Travesuras
Mayra Rivera (Pacific School of Religion)
A9-232 ~ Page 90
Religious Conversions Consultation
Religious Conversion: Social Sites, Cultural Contexts, and Critical Reflections
Monday, November 9 4:00-6:30pm
A9-303 ~ Page 91
Ethics Section
Ethical Contributions of Marginalized Communities in the United States: New Ethical Methodologies, Critiques, and Approaches to Moral Reason
Tammerie Day - (Meredith College)
A9-304 ~ Page 91
History of Christianity Section
LHistorire du Christianisme: Francophone Christianity in a Global Age
A9-318 ~ Page 94
Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Group
Religion and Transnationalism: Migrating Identities
Carmen Marie-Nanko Fernandez - (Catholic Theological Union); Jonathan Tan - (Xavier University); Jean-Pierre Ruiz - (St. Johns University)
A9-327 ~ Page 96
Tillich: issues in Theology, Religion and Culture Group
Tillich in Dialogue and New Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture
Peter Heltzel - (New York Theological Seminary)
Tuesday, November 10 9:00-11:30am
A10-105 ~ Page 99
History of Christianity Section
Us and Them: Inclusions and Exclusions in the History of Christianity
Horace E. Six-Means - (Hood Theological Seminary); Jason Larson - (Syracuse University)
A10-114 ~ Page 101
Theology and Religious Reflection Group
Living on the Margins of Empire
Mayra Rivera - (Pacific School of Religion); Marion Grau (Graduate Theological Union)
Postcolonial Theological Network Members participating in other sessions:
Page 21- Luce Seminars John Thatamanil - (Vanderbilt University)
Page 30 Bible, Theology and Postmodernity Jon Berquist - (Westminster John Knox Press)
Page 32 Body and Religion Andrea Dickens - (United Theological Seminary)
Page 37 North American Religions Rudy V. Busto - (UC Santa Barbara)
Page 39 Ecclesiological Investigations Group Mark Chapman - (Ripon College, Cuddeson UK)
Page 40 Theology and Continental Philosophy Ellen T. Armour - (Vanderbilt University)
Page 58 Special Topics Jane Naomi Iwamura - (University of Southern California); Monica Coleman - (Claremont School of Theology)
Page 78 Special Topics Amos Yong (Regent University)
Page 96 Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements Michael Wilkinson - (Trinity Western University)
Page 100 Study of Judaism Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski - (Church Divinity School of the Pacific)
Prepared by: Joseph F. Duggan Postcolonial Theology Network (PTN) Watch the PTN for live updating during the AAR