A30-311 A30-314 S

Bible in Racial, Ethnic, and Indigenous Communities Chinese Religions Group

Group; Bible, Theology, and Postmodernity Group; and
Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Group
Marriott Marquis, M108
Fernando F. Segovia, Vanderbilt University, Presiding
Theme: Latino/a Theology and the Bible
Panelists:
Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu, Loyola Marymount University
Jorge A. Aquino, University of San Francisco
Loida Martell-Otero, Palmer Theological Seminary
Luis R. Rivera, McCormick Theological Seminary
Michael E. Lee, Fordham University
Nora O. Lozano, Baptist University of the Americas
A30-312 S the Reign of Emperor Wu of Liang, or a Religious Propagandist Story
Black Theology Group
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B
Dianne Diakité, Emory University, Presiding
Theme: African-Centered Thought and African Religions in Black Theology
Marriott Marquis, M102
James A. Benn, McMaster University, Presiding
Theme: Crossing Boundaries in Chinese Religions
Joshua Capitanio, University of the West
“Un Taoisme Tantrique” Revisited: Tantric Elements and Paradigms in
Daoist Ritual
Megan Bryson, Stanford University
The Transformations of Baijie Shengfei and Mahakala: Religion and
Ethnicity in Dali, Yunnan
Wu Hongyu, University of Pittsburgh
The Nonregressing Path to the Rebirth in the Pure Land: The Pure
Land Thought of Peng Shaosheng
Frederick Shih-Chung Chen, University of Oxford
The Great God of the Five Paths: A Blood-sacrifice Pagan Cult During
Fabricated by the Song Buddhist Vegetarian Reformists?
Business Meeting:
James A. Benn, McMaster University, and Mark Halperin,
University of California, Davis, Presiding

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30
Ralph Watkins, Fuller Theological Seminary
From Black Theology to Africana Theology: A Methodological Shift in
the Construction of an African-centered Theology
A30-315 S
Christian Spirituality Group
Jawanza Eric Clark, Spelman College
Reconceiving the Doctrine of Jesus as Savior in Terms of the African Marriott Marquis, M103-104
Understanding of an Ancestor: A Model for the Black Church David Johns, Earlham School of Religion, Presiding
Adam Clark, Xavier University Theme: The Digital Spirit? Spirituality and the New Social Media
Black Theology, Afrocentricity, and the Womanist Challenge Theo Zijderveld, Utrecht University
Bryson White, Fuller Theological Seminary Prayer 2.0: Online Prayer and the Transformation of Religion in a
Africana Theology, Ancestor Veneration, and George Washington Media Age
Business Meeting: Elizabeth Drescher, Santa Clara University
Tweet if U Ƈ Jesus: Spiritual Authority, Identity, and Community in
Monica A. Coleman, Claremont School of Theology, and Stephen the Digital Reformation
G. Ray Jr., Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Presiding
Mary Hess, Luther Seminary
New Media, Ministry, and Mission: Teaching in the Global Classroom
A30-313 S J Alyssa Ninan Nickell, Graduate Theological Union
Real Friendships in Virtual Reality: Embodying Spirituality in the
Buddhist Philosophy Group Digital Age
Hyatt Regency, Hanover FG Business Meeting:
Robert Sharf, University of California, Berkeley, Presiding Tim Hessel-Robinson, Brite Divinity School, Presiding
Theme: Cognitive-Scientific Studies of Buddhist Thought and Practice:
Philosophical Interrogations of the Issues
David McMahan, Franklin and Marshall College
Buddhist Meditation as Scientific Practice? Sorting Out the
Implications of the Neuroscientific Study of Meditation
William S. Waldron, Middlebury College
Buddhism and Cognitive Science: Convergent Methods, Divergent Aims
Jay Garfield, Smith College
Ask Not What Buddhism Can Do for Cognitive Science; Ask What
Cognitive Science Can Do for Buddhism
Georges Dreyfus, Williams College
On the Very Idea of a Buddhism Science Dialogue
Business Meeting:
Daniel A. Arnold, University of Chicago, Presiding

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