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A panel discussion featuring Ralph Korner's commentary Reading Revelation after Supersessionism (Cascade Books, 2020). 

Inspired by the conference theme of Violence, Nonviolence, and the Margin, this workshop will support theological researchers to assess risk in their research methods and to engage in constructive practices of nonviolence, consent, collaboration, and accountability as researchers, writers, and teachers. Even as scholars follow necessary institutional processes designed to protect human subjects, these protocols often do not sufficiently address potential harms of ethnographic and qualitative research, nor do they require expansive forms of accountability both within and beyond the research context. Moreover, protocols required by an institutional review process can be experienced as barriers to consent in some cultural contexts. Workshop leaders will share brief presentations on one or more practices in research methods and lead table groups in further engagement with this topic in an interactive session. Participants will have the opportunity to select a workshop focus that is most relevant for their current research, writing, and/or teaching.

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This year the forum will focus on the curricula and community needs of those using a Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach. A main purpose of the merger of the Biblical Language Center with the Whole Word Institute is to facilitate and energize curriculum development. With efforts already under way but still in their initial stages, we invite instructors and students to help shape the process by sharing their insights into what makes CLT curriculum most effective. How can a curriculum foster a better out-of-classroom community, be it for instructors at various stages of making the transition from Grammar-Translation to CLT, or for students looking for more engagement opportunities outside of the classroom? Finally, there will also be the opportunity to hear about new developments, including the prospects of an intensive one-year immersion program for Koine Greek.

This roundtable will engage with questions and topics related but not limited to: infrastructure studies, animal studies, theories of nationalism and social conservatism, neo-liberalism and deregulated markets, formalism and literary theory, fiscal/monetary studies, and theories of the “gimmick.”

Facilitated by long-time PCR members Kelly Bulkeley, Kirk Bingaman, and Jaco Hamman, this workshop aims to stimulate greater critical awareness of practical issues in psychology and religion prompted by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Initially framed by three different perspectives on the practical use and future potentials of AI, the workshop will center on small-group discussions of several key questions: What cultural values and norms are being built into AI systems? How does human agency and subjectivity change when engaging with AI? What kind of transference relationship is formed when people seek answers, guidance, or companionship from AI? What role can/will AI play in practices of therapy and counseling? As we enter another era of social disruption driven by rapid, seemingly irreversible technological advances, is it possible to balance the creative use of these tools with a forceful critique of their dangers?

The Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network, an open and participatory group, will share research, teaching, and strategies in light of current political and social struggles. All are welcome to attend. Speakers to be announced. RSVP to waterstaff@hers.com.