Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

Christian Systematic Theology Unit, Reformed Theology and History Unit, and Schleiermacher Unit

Call for Proposals

Though freedom has long been a focus of Christian theological reflection, it has gained urgency in contemporary theologies such as liberationist, emancipatory, and other perspectives. Reflecting on the AAR’s 2025 presidential theme of freedom, we invite proposals that engage its theological developments broadly, as well as proposals that address concept of freedom in Friedrich Schleiermacher’s work. Subtopics may include:

  • sin, individual and social, as bondage/un-freedom
  • redemption (Erlösung) as freedom or liberation from bondage
  • human freedom as communal and individual
  • religious freedom and pluralistic society
  • freedom and religious communication in Schleiermacher’s Speeches and Soliloquies
  • freedom/dependence, activity/receptivity, and redemption in Schleiermacher’s Glaubenslehre
  • human freedom and divine election; are human beings free to say no to God?
Chair Mail Dates
Arnold Huijgen a.huijgen@gmail.com -
Calli Micale, Palmer Theological Seminary calli.micale@eastern.edu -
Hanna Reichel hanna.reichel@ptsem.edu -
Natalia Marandiuc nmarandiuc@uls.edu -
Kevin Vander Schel vanderschel@gonzaga.edu -
Christina Larsen larsen.cn@gmail.com -
Steering Member Mail Dates
Kevin Hector khector@uchicago.edu -
Christian Danz christian.danz@univie.ac… -
Enoch Kuo, Princeton University enoch.kuo@shu.edu -
Nathaniel Gray Sutanto gsutanto@rts.edu -
Joseph Flipper jsflipper@gmail.com -
Andrew Davison, University of Oxford andrew.davison@theology… -
Sara Mannen, University of Aberdeen sara.mannen1@abdn.ac.uk -
Andrew Packman apackman@unitedseminary… -
Sameer Yadav, Baylor University sameer.s.yadav@gmail.com -
Cambria Kaltwasser, Northwestern College,… cambria.kaltwasser… -
Philip G. Ziegler p.ziegler@abdn.ac.uk -
Shelli Poe, Iliff School of Theology spoe@iliff.edu -
Judith Wolfe judith.wolfe@exeter.oxon… -
David Chao davchao@gmail.com -
Andrea C. White awhite@uts.columbia.edu -
Michelle Sanchez msanchez@hds.harvard.edu -
Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection