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This event highlights biographies to be included in a volume about women who (1) figure prominently as founders, leaders, activists, participants and supporters in the AAR/SBL Women’s Caucus; (2) reflect the diverse nature of such participants and the traditions they represent; (3) do not have a biographical entry on Wikipedia.
Panel Review of Yii-Jan Lin's Immigration and Apocalypse (Oxford, 2024).
"Parallelism as Conceptual Blending: A Theoretical Foundation"
Elizabeth Robar, Scriptura (30min)
"Parallelism as Conceptual Blending: Case Study in Select Psalms"
Ryan Sikes & Ian Atkinson, Scriptura (1hr)
Workshop in Parallelism as Conceptual Blending
(1h)
"Parallelism as Conceptual Blending: A Theoretical Foundation"
Elizabeth Robar, Scriptura (30min)
"Parallelism as Conceptual Blending: Case Study in Select Psalms"
Ryan Sikes & Ian Atkinson, Scriptura (1hr)
Workshop in Parallelism as Conceptual Blending
(1h)
The philosopher of religion and interreligious theologian John B. Cobb Jr. passed away in December 2024. Cobb was, among other roles, also the first president of the Society of Buddhist-Christian Studies. His passing prompts us to reflect on the journey of the society thus far as it approaches its 40th anniversary.
This session will highlight some milestones of the society’s history. It will gather some members who have been firsthand witnesses of this history. They will reflect on what for them are highlights and milestones of the society’s journey thus far. Based on that, they will also offer insights on how the society can impact Buddhist-Christian studies now and in the future.
The next topic for a systematic TWW is the human predicament -- the key to religious, spiritual, and philosophical visions. Relevant evidence can be found in the religious traditions, various disciplines and cultural expressions, and personal experience. What are the salient questions, insights, and articulations?
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Interested in publishing your first or second book with us? Join us for an informal coffee hour with our editors, socialize and network with our attendees, series editors, and editorial board members while enjoying a hot drink and light refreshments.
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Meet your tour guide in front of the Boylston Street entrance to the Hynes Convention Center. The tour will depart promptly at 3:00 p.m. Remember to wear comfortable shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. This tour will take place rain or shine.
If your schedule no longer allows you to participate in this tour, please email reg@aarweb.org. There are no refunds for tours; however, we’d like to accommodate as many participants as possible.
While “purity culture” is most associated with the evangelical abstinence teachings and rituals of the 1990s-2000s, featuring purity rings, purity balls, and abstinence pledges, scholars of the movement have recognized how purity culture(s) transcend(s) white evangelicalism, infiltrating broader U.S. culture and policymaking. This Feminist Studies in Religion roundtable convenes interdisciplinary feminist scholars to discuss how purity ideology operates as a dangerous and often invisible force driving the current wave of transgender healthcare bans, DEI rollbacks, ICE deportations, proposed pronatalist policies, U.S. foreign relations, and other current events. This diverse group of panelists will be invited to engage the following questions: where do purity culture logics show up in specific policies or ideologies of the Trump Administration 2.0? How can understanding these policies/ideologies as rooted in purity logics help us better challenge and dismantle them?
