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**PRELIMINARY!! SUBJECT TO CHANGE!!** PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION

AAR, SBL & ASOR Annual Meeting

March 27-29, 2015

Marylhurst University Portland, Oregon

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 27

12:00-2:00 Registration – 12:00-5:00 Book Exhibit –

First Session (2:00-5:30 p.m.)

Arts and Religion Presider: Louise M. Paré, Center for Women in the Global Community, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Richard H. Tietjen, Independent Scholar, [email protected]; Joel Nickel, Independent

Scholar, [email protected]; Roger Sylwester, Independent Scholar, [email protected] "Liturgical Art of Ernst Schwidder (+1998)"

2:30-3:00 Sheila O'Connell-Roussell, Marylhurst University, [email protected], and Jerry Roussell, Jr., Marylhurst University, [email protected] "Be Guardians of the Future"

3:00-3:30 Seth J. Pierce, Independent Scholar, [email protected] "Curing Sadventism: Is Laughter the Best Medicine for SDA Theology"

3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:30 Drakar Druella, Marylhurst University, [email protected]

"Divine Intimacy through the Arts" Joint Session: Hebrew Bible, History of Christianity and North American Religions, Asian and Comparative Studies, New Testament and the World of Early Christianity & Mormon Studies

Conflicting Truths in the Classroom

Presider: Scott Starbuck, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) 2:00-2:30 Michelle Mueller, Graduate Theological Union ([email protected]) “Teaching and Learning Mormon Women and Power” 2:30-3:00 Andrew J. Riley, University of Oregon ([email protected]) “Debating Divine Goodness in the Classroom” 3:00-3:30 Erik Hammerstrom, Pacific Lutheran University ([email protected])

“Assembled in Sukhāvatī: Orientalism as Cultural Memory in the Teaching of Pure Land Buddhism in the Undergraduate Classroom”

3:30-4:00 BREAK

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Asian and Comparative Studies: The Hazaras of Afghanistan Presider: Stephan N. Kory, Reed College ([email protected]) 4:00-4:45 Nick Gier, University of Idaho ([email protected])

“The Hazaras of Afghanistan: Origin, History, and Religious Persecution” Hebrew Bible Presider: Scott Starbuck, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) 4:00-4:30 Loren F. Bliese, Retired UBS Translation Consultant, and OT professor Mekane Yesus

Seminary, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ([email protected]) “Symbolic Numbers, Literary Structure and Theology in the Song of Songs “ 4:30-5:00 Steve Delamarter and Jarod Jacobs, George Fox University ([email protected]

and [email protected]) “The Four-Fold Textual History of the Ethiopic Song of Songs” 5:00-5:30 Garry Jost, Marylhurst University ([email protected])

“Telling the Story of the Textual History of the Ethiopic Old Testament: Computer Tools for Analysis and Visualization”

Joint Panel: Religion and Society and History of Christianity and North American Religions

Patristic Texts Engaging Contemporary Issues

Presider: Jon Kershner, Earlham School of Religion, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Kevin J. O’Brien, Pacific Lutheran University, [email protected]

“‘A Part Within the Whole and the Small With The Large’: An Ethics for the Anthropocene in Maximus the Confessor’s Theological Anthropology”

2:30-3:00 Jacob Brock, Pacific Lutheran University, [email protected] “‘Thinking Yourself the Master of the Image of God?’: Coerced and Forced Labor in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homily 4 on Ecclesiastes”

3:00-3:30 Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Pacific Lutheran University, [email protected] “‘Waiting to see and know’: Disgust, Fear and Indifference in The Miracles of St. Artemios”

3:30-4:00 BREAK Ancient Texts and Cultural Transformations

Presider: Kevin J. O’Brien, Pacific Lutheran University, [email protected] (Tentative) 4:00-4:30 Sarah Stewart-Kroeker, University of British Columbia [email protected]

“Augustine’s Otherworldly Political Imagination” 4:30-5:00 Mari Kim, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

“Her Oracles: Utterances and Utterer at Delphi in Theological Perspective” 5:00-5:30 Carl Levenson, Idaho State University

“Delphi and the Role of Ambiguity”

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Religion and Society Religion & Cultural Imagination (Part 1)

Presider: Bruce Hiebert, University Canada West, [email protected] 2:30-3:00 Seth J. Pierce, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

“Curing Sadventism: Is Laughter the Best Medicine for SDA Theology” 3:00-3:30 Sarah Marie Gallant, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

“Ethics and Space Exploration in Contemporary Speculative Fiction” 3:30-4:00 BREAK

Religion and Emotional Resources & Transformations (Part 1) 4:00-4:30 Shannon Frediani, Claremont School of Theology, [email protected]

“Moral Exclusion and Grief” 4:30-5:00 Terri Daniel, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

“A Study on the title, "Mary Queen of Heaven" 5:00-5:30 Stephanie Arel, Boston University, [email protected]

“Shame and the Haptic: Affective and Reparative Dimensions of Touch in the Christian Tradition”

Theology and Philosophy of Religion Presider: Norman Metzler, Concordia University, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 William A. Rottschaefer, Lewis and Clark College, [email protected]

‘Schellenber’s Evolutionary Religion: How Evolutionary and How Religious?” 2:30-3:00 David Arinder, Fuller Seminary, [email protected]

“Theistic Evolution and Gregory Boyd’s Trinitarian Warfare Theodicy: Is the Devil in the Details?”

3:00-3:30 Eric D. Meyer, Independent Scholar, [email protected] “Sacrifice as Psychotherapy and Sacred Ecology: The Sublimation of Sacrificial Primal Trauma in Western Indo European Cultures”

3:30-4:00 BREAK Women and Religion Presider: Elizabeth Goldstein, Gonzaga University, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Elizabeth Durant, M.Div., [email protected]

“It’s Complicated: Power and Complicity in the Stories of Hagar and Sara” 2:30-3:00 Joshua Joel Spoelstra, University of Stellenbosch, [email protected]

“The Bethula Loophole: Mary’s Journey (Luke 2*) in Light of Deuteronomy 22*” 3:00-3:30 Marion G. Dumont, [email protected]

“Kau’xuma’nupika – Native American Dreamer-Prophet of the Columbia Plateau” 3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:30 Rhea Wolf, Marylhurst University, [email protected]

“The Legacy of Brigit: Goddess and Saint”

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Presider: Anne Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary ([email protected])

4:30-4:50 Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy, Assistant Professor in Latin and Roman Social/Religious

History, Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary, [email protected] “Review of A Cultural History of Women Volume 1: 500 BCE -1000 CE, edited by Janet Tulloch”

4:50-5:10 Anne Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary, [email protected] “Review of A Cultural History of Women Volume 1: 500 BCE -1000 CE, edited by Janet Tulloch”

5:10-5:30 Steven Muir, Concordia University College of Alberta, [email protected] Response

FRIDAY EVENING

6:30-7:30 Buffet Meal - Hawthorn 8:00-9:00 Presidential Address – 9:00-10:00 Reception -

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PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY FRIDAY EVENING, 8:00 pm

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SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 28

8:00-10:00 Registration – 8:00-5:00 Book Exhibit –

Second Session (8:30-10:30 a.m.)

Arts and Religion Presider: Susan G. Carter, Marylhurst University & CIIS, [email protected] 9:00-9:30 Molly Claire Benjamin, Marylhurst University, [email protected]

"Women Storytellers & Creating Sacred Stories" 9:30-10:00 Rhea Wolf, Marylhurst University, [email protected]

"Medusa: Sex, Gender, and the Body's Wisdom" 10:00-10:30 Louise M. Paré, Center for Women in the Global Community, [email protected]

“Life Burgeoning/Healing: The Magic of Woman’s Body Dancing" 10:30-11:00 BREAK Asian and Comparative Studies: Yoga and Vedic Sacrifice Presider: Nick Gier, University of Idaho ([email protected]) 8:30-9:15 Campbell Peat, University of Calgary ([email protected]) “Vāsanās and Pralaya” 9:15-10:00 Eric D. Meyer, Independent Scholar ([email protected])

“Sacrificing Sacrifice to Self-Sacrifice: The Sublimation of Sacrificial Violence in the Brahmanic Texts”

10:30-11:00 BREAK Hebrew Bible - Research Group on Clothing – Year 1 Presider: Antonios Finitsis, Pacific Lutheran University ([email protected]) 8:30-9:00 Carmen Imes, Multnomah University, ([email protected])

“A People “Holy to YHWH”: High Priestly Regalia and the Israelite Vocation” 9:00-9:30 Joshua Joel Spoelstra, University of Stellenbosch ([email protected]) “Garments Fringed and Tasseled” 9:30-10:00 Sean E. Cook, Mount Royal University ([email protected])

“The Role of Clothing within the Saul and David Narratives from 1 Samuel 16-2 Samuel 8”

10:00-10:30 Ian D. Wilson, University of Alberta ([email protected]) “The Emperor and His Clothing: David Robed and Unrobed before the Ark and Michal”

10:30-11:00 BREAK History of Christianity and North American Religions

Christian Participation: The Quick and the Dead

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Presider: Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Pacific Lutheran University, [email protected] 8:30-9:00 Ross Hastings, Regent College, [email protected]

“The Life of God in Jonathan Edwards: Towards an Evangelical Theology of Participation”

9:00-9:30 Roger Revell, Vancouver School of Theology, [email protected] “The Living Dead: Venerating Relics with Gregory of Nyssa”

Fifteen minute coffee break 9:45-10:15 Madeline Duntley, Bowling Green State University, [email protected] “Soulism” in the State of Jefferson: Past Life Regression, Trauma Healing and

Esoteric Ascension” 10:15-10:45 Jon England, Arizona State University, [email protected]

“The Great Basin as a Sacred Space: Conflict in the Mormon Culture”** (**Joint Paper with Mormon Studies)

New Testament and the World of Early Christianity Presider: Ron Clark, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, [email protected] 8:30-9:00 Steven Marquardt, Western Seminary, [email protected]

“The Peculiar Use of ἐκκλησία in 1 Corinthians 14:34–35 as Evidence against Pauline Authorship”

9:00-9:30 David J. Sigrist, Trinity Western University, [email protected] “Which Simon Says?: Preliminary Thoughts on the Contextual Arguments and Early Versional Reception of the Referent(s) of Συμεών in Acts 15:14 for Multi-vocal Theological Readings”

9:30-10:00 Nijay Gupta, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, [email protected] “Covenantal Pistism: Faith and Human Agency in Galatians.” 10:00-10:30 Kent Yinger, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, [email protected]

“‘Saved by grace’ (Eph 2:8): New readings of a Pauline axiom” 10:30-11:00 BREAK Religion and Society: Social Transformation through Religious Perception Presider: Bruce Hiebert, University Canada West, [email protected] 8:30-9:00 Irene DeMaris, Seattle University School of Theology, [email protected]

“Eve & Adam, a Serpent, and Sacred Choice” 9:00-9:30 Geraldine O’Mahony, Central Washington University, [email protected]

“From Warlords to Christian Ministers: Conversion and Transformation in post-conflict Liberia”

9:30-10:00 Saul Tobias, California State University, Fullerton, [email protected] “The Trilaksana (“Three Marks of Existence”) as Resources for Conflict Mediation”

10:00-10:30 Michael Reid Trice, Ph.D, Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry, [email protected] “The Future of Interreligious Engagement: A Spirit of Generosity”

10:30-11:00 BREAK

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Special Topics: Mormon Studies - Scriptural and Theological Approaches Presider: Kirk Caudle, Marylhurst University, [email protected] 8:30-9:00 Nicholas J. Frederick, Brigham Young University, [email protected]

“D&C 93 and the Hermeneutics of Theological Innovation” 9:00-9:30 Amanda Colleen Brown, Brigham Young University, [email protected]

“Fair as the Moon, Clear as the Sun: The Development of the Song of Songs within the Mormon Viewpoint”

9:30-10:00 Joshua M. Matson, Trinity Western University, [email protected] “Rewritten Scripture? Analysis of Scriptural Quotations in the Development of Restoration Scripture”

10:00-10:30 Robert Couch, Willamette University, [email protected] “Scripture and Authority in the Mormon Tradition”

Study of Islam Presider: Josie Hendrickson, University of Alberta, [email protected] 8:30-8:50 Pema McLaughlin, Reed College, [email protected]

“Al-Afghani and the Nature of Humanness in Modernity”

8:50-9:10 Katie Schmitz, Reed College, [email protected] “Muhammad Iqbal’s Poetic Reality”

9:10-9:20 Salima Versi, University of Alberta, [email protected] “The Aga Khan and the Canadian Government”

9:20-9:40 Lauren Osborne, Whitman College, [email protected] “Iqra’!: Revealing, Reciting, and Listening in the Qur’an”

9:40-10:30 Discussion 10:30-11:00 BREAK Theology and Philosophy of Religion Presider: Sarah Gallant, Everett Community College, [email protected] 8:30-9:00 Joe Paxton, Claremont School of Theology, [email protected]

“The process of knowledge and knowing: A new look at the story of Job” 9:00-9:30 Finney Premkumar, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

“Ways of Knowing in Religious Communities: Conceptual Limit and the Problem of Privileged Access”

9:30-10:00 Aaron Arinder, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, [email protected] “The Constraints of Rationality and their Impact on Religious Attitudes”

10:00-10:30 Anne-Marie Ellithorpe, University of Queensland, Brisbane, [email protected] “The Iconic and the Sacramental in Friendship: A Practical Theology Approach”

10:30-11:00 BREAK Women and Religion


Presider: Elizabeth Goldstein, Gonzaga University, [email protected] 8:30-9:00 Julie Hommes, Marylhurst University [email protected]

“Healing the Shame: Exegetical Research Paper on the Samaritan Woman by the Well”

9:00-9:30 Karen Lynch, Marylhurst University, [email protected] “The Baha’I System of Translation Helping to Bridge the Gender Gap in Scriptural Translation”

9:30-10:00 Morgan D. Michel, University of Arkansas, [email protected] “But God Said She is Free: A Critique of the Methods Used in Islam to Restrict Women’s Rights and Space”

10:00-10:30 Bonnie Anne McAnnis, [email protected] “Recovering the Sacred in the Journeys of Birth and Becoming: A Paradigm of Spiritual Care for Birth Practitioners and Families”

10:30-11:00 BREAK SATURDAY NOON

12:00 p.m. Boxed Lunch – 12:30-1:45 Business Meeting –

SATURDAY AFTERNOON Third Session (2:00-5:30 p.m.)

Arts and Religion Presider: Louise M. Paré, Center for Women in the Global Community, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Amy Livingstone, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

"Contemporary Sacred Art and Spiritual Ecology" 2:30-3:00 Marion Dumont, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

“Bones, Stones, Feathers and Flora: L’objets Trouvé—in ritual, art and spiritual practice”

3:00-3:30 Mary Beth Moser, Independent Scholar, [email protected] "Upon This Rock: Sacred Stones and the Immanence of Life in the Alpine Folk Traditions"

3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:30 Margaret Merisante, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

"Aloft into the Shining Skies: The Mythic Intersections of Celestial Mare Goddesses and Swan Maidens"

4:30-5:00 Marlana Stoddard Hayes, Marylhurst University, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, [email protected] "Reimagining Hildegard of Bingen’s Visions in the Context of Contemporary Painting"

5:00-5:30 Business Meeting and/or Discussion of future directions Asian and Comparative Studies

Buddhist Art, Zen and Catholic Meditation, Buddhist College Pedagogy


Presider: Nick Gier, University of Idaho ([email protected]) 2:00-2:45 Cristina Atanasiu, University of Calgary ([email protected])

“The Young Prince Seated under the Jambu Tree: Avatars of the Early Bodhisattva Image”

2:45-3:30 Jonathan Homrighausen, Santa Clara University([email protected]) “When Herakles Went to India: The Transformation of a Greco-Roman Hero-God in Buddhist Art”

3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:45 Jin S. Kim, The Catholic University of America ([email protected]) “Meditation: Zen and Catholic” 4:45-5:30 Namdrol Miranda Adams, Maitripa College ([email protected])

“New Kind of Religious Studies in the West? The Pilot Project of Maitripa College” Hebrew Bible – Research Group on Clothing – Year 2 Presider: Antonios Finitsis, Pacific Lutheran University ([email protected]) 2:00-2:20 Shawn W. Flynn, St. Mark’s College ([email protected])

“The Power of YHWH’s Clothing: Origins and Vestiges in Comparative Ancient Near Eastern Context”

2:20-2:40 Sara Koenig, Seattle Pacific University ([email protected]) “Tamar and Tamar: The Garments of Widowhood, Prostitution and Virginity”

2:40-3:00 Scott Starbuck, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) “Un-robing an Isaianic Metaphor: A Study of the Function of Robe References in the Book of Isaiah”

3:00-3:30 Business Meeting and/or Discussion of future directions 3:30-4:00 BREAK Presider: Sara Koenig, Seattle Pacific University ([email protected]) 4:00-4:30 Shawn Flynn, St. Mark’s College ([email protected]) “A Child’s Life: Ancient Israelite Children in Comparative Perspective” 4:30-5:00 E. Allen Jones III, Corban University ([email protected]) “Prison and the Bible: Current Practices and Reflections from Isaiah” 5:00-5:30 Timothy Hyun, Faith Evangelical College & Seminary ([email protected])

“Reading Job’s Different Bodies in the Book of Job” History of Christianity and North American Religions

Christianity and Response to Regional Requirement Presider: Jon Kershner, Earlham School of Religion, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Norman Knowles, St. Mary’s University, [email protected]

“Our Native Church”: Henry Budd, James Settee, Charles Pratt, the Church Missionary Society and the Creation of a Native Church in Rupert’s Land, 1840-1900”

2:30-3:00 Jin S. Kim, Catholic University of America, [email protected]

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“Religious Practice of the Catholic Community in Colonial Maryland” 3:00-3:30 Nell Becker Sweeden, George Fox Evangelical Seminary,

[email protected] “Holiness Activism: Social Engagement among Nineteenth Century Wesleyan-

Holiness Groups” Fifteen minute coffee break 3:45:-4:15 Peter E. Baltutis, St. Mary's University, [email protected]

“Catholic Approaches to Urban Poverty: The Founding of the Door Is Open in Vancouver”

4:15-4:45 Section Business Meeting New Testament and the World of Early Christianity Presider: Kent Yinger, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, [email protected] 2:00-2:20 Samuel R Aldridge; George Fox Evangelical Seminary; [email protected]

“Finding Matthew's Meaning: Redactional Structure and Textual issues in the Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Mt 21:33-46”

2:20-2:40 Peter E. Lorenz, Fuller Theological Seminary, [email protected] “Analyzing Textual Stratification in the Greek Gospel Text of Codex Bezae: Comparing Three Approaches to Layer Extraction in Mark 1”

2:40-3:00 Leah Payne, Assistant Professor of Theology/Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, George Fox University, [email protected] “Recovering the Lucan Jesus in Luke 8:36”

3:00-3:20 Kyle Parsons, Trinity Western University; [email protected] “She is Jesus: John 1:1-18 and the Function of Jesus as Logos”

3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:20 Ron Clark, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, [email protected]

Summary and Review of From Crisis to Christ: A Contextual Introduction to the New Testament, by Paul Anderson

4:20-4:30 Respondent #2 Robert Wall, Seattle Pacific University, [email protected] 4:30-4:40 Paul Anderson, George Fox University, [email protected], Author response 4:40-4:55 Audience response 4:55-5:00 Break and prepare for Business meeting 5:00-5:30 Business Meeting and/or Discussion of future directions Religion and Society

Religion and Emotional Resources & Transformations (Part 2)

Presider: Bruce Hiebert, University Canada West, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Sydnie Ross, University of Arkansas, [email protected]

“Religion: What’s the Point?” 2:30-3:00 John N. Sheveland, Gonzaga University, [email protected]

“Seeing into the Radicalized?: Lessons from the Psychology of Hate” 3:00-3:30 Joe Paxton, The Claremont School of Theology, [email protected]

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“A New Look at Venting in Spiritual Struggle: Exit and Expression of Anger Toward God”

3:30-4:00 BREAK

Neuropsychology and Religious Revisioning Presider: Mari Kim, Independent Scholar, [email protected] 4:00-4:30 Lorin Friesen, Independent Researcher, [email protected]

“A Cognitive Meta-theory of Christianity” 4:30-5:00 Bruce Hiebert, University Canada West, [email protected]

“Why is Go(o)d Up? Investigations of the Innate Neurogeometry of Morality” 5:00-5:30 Business Meeting and/or Discussion of future directions Special Topics: Mormon Studies

Historical and Cultural Approaches to Gender Presider: Susanna Morrill, Lewis & Clark College, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Amanda Hendrix-Komoto, University of Michigan, [email protected]

“Polygamy and the Management of Sexual Crime in Nineteenth-Century Utah” 2:30-3:00 Andrea G. Radke-Moss, Brigham Young University-Idaho, [email protected]

“Mormon Monogamy and the Gendered Politics of Woman Suffrage, 1885-1896” 3:00-3:30 Benjamin E. Park, University of Missouri, [email protected]

“The Political Remains of Eden: The Possibilities of Mormon Female Theology” 3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:30 Russell Stevenson, Michigan State University, [email protected]

“‘We Have Prophetesses’: Making Mormonism in Ghana, 1964-1979” 4:30-5:00 Ian Blair, Lewis & Clark College, [email protected]

“Cooking Up Family: The Nature and Function of Cookbooks in Modern Mormonism” 5:00-5:30 Business Meeting and/or Discussion of future directions Study of Islam Presider: Paul Powers, Lewis & Clark College, [email protected] 2:00-3:30 Book Discussion: Ayesha Chaudhry’s Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition

(Oxford University Press, 2014) Panelists: Ayesha Chaudhry, University of British Columbia, [email protected] Shannon Dunn, Gonzaga University, [email protected] Sarah Eltantawi, The Evergreen State College, [email protected] 3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-5:15 Annual Pedagogy Roundtable: Teaching about Women, Gender, and Islam Panelists: Hamza Zafer, University of Washington, [email protected] Michael Vicente Perez, University of Washington, [email protected]

Paul Powers, Lewis & Clark College, [email protected] 5:15-5:30 Business Meeting

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Theology and Philosophy of Religion Presider: Norman Metzler, Concordia University, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Kevin Davison, Northwest University, [email protected] “’But be ye transformed…:’ Theosis in the writings of Kierkegaard” 2:30-3:00 John H. Mazaheri, Auburn University, [email protected]

“Some Basic Principles of Prayer According to J. Calvin” 3:00-3:30 Lance Green, Luther Seminary, [email protected] “Removing the Brackets: Trinitarian Theology's Resuscitation of Pneumatology” 3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:30 Rachel Toombs, Baylor University, [email protected] “From Precept to Testimony: Augustine, Faustus the Manichee and the Testimony of

the Hebrews” 4:30-5:00 Business Meeting and/or Discussion of future directions Joint Session: Women and Religion and Mormon Studies Presider: Elizabeth Goldstein, Gonzaga University, [email protected] 2:00-2:30 Jo Anne Long Walker, Marylhurst University, [email protected]

“Public Behavior and Private Beliefs: A Critical Ethnographic Study of a Community of Midlife and Older LDS Women”

2:30-3:00 Ashley Whitham, Community of Christ, Garden Grove Congregation, Vancouver, WA, [email protected] “Emma Smith as Living Exemplar of Community of Christ Theology’s Enduring Principle, 'The Worth of All People'”

3:00-3:30 Laura Jurgens, University of Calgary, [email protected] “Martin Luther's Theology and Relationship With Katharina von Bora”

3:30-4:00 BREAK 4:00-4:30 Joe Paxton, Claremont School of Theology, [email protected]

“Aggression and liberation for women in mainline church ministry: Clinical cases of shame, liberation, and new creation”

4:30-5:00 Anne-Marie Ellithorpe, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, [email protected] “Teresa of Avila and Authentic Friendship: A Practical Theological Exploration”

5:00-5:30 Business Meeting and/or Discussion of future directions

SATURDAY EVENING

6:30-7:45 Banquet – 8:00-9:00 Plenary Address – 9:00-10:00 Reception -

SATURDAY EVENING BANQUET SPEAKER

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SATURDAY EVENING BANQUET SPEAKER

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9:00-10:00 pm Reception –

Mary Clark Moschella

Sparkling in the Darkness: Joy and Justice in Pauli Murray’s Story

What is joy and why does it matter? How does joy work in real human lives and stories? This presentation draws upon a study of joy through a pastoral-theological lens. Caregivers’ lives are often weighted down by stress and vicarious suffering. This project explores narratives of care that “make room for joy” (Peggy Way). The research discovers glimpses and glimmers of joy-in-action, found in the narrative accounts of five particular Christian caregivers. The practices, beliefs, and values identified in these narratives are analyzed so that they might inform a practical, pastoral theology of joy. This presentation highlights one of these figures—Pauli Murray—a noted attorney, poet, and early civil rights activist who later became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. Murray’s autobiography, seen in its historical context, offers clues illuminating the ways in which joy undergirded the struggle for justice that was her lifelong quest.

Mary Clark Moschella Roger J. Squire Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling,

Yale Divinity School

Prior to joining the faculty of YDS in 2010, Professor Moschella taught at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. for ten years. Before that, she was a pastor in United Church of Christ congregations in Massachusetts for thirteen years. Her publications include Ethnography as a Pastoral Practice: An Introduction and Living Devotions: Reflections on Immigration, Identity, and Religious Imagination. She has edited, with Jane F. Maynard and Leonard Hummel, Pastoral Bearings: Lived Religion and Pastoral Theology. One of her current research projects, supported by a Henry Luce III Fellowship in Theology, is a pastoral theological study of joy. Professor Moschella serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Pastoral Theology and the Journal of Childhood and Religion. She is a 2012-13 Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellow at Yale, and a fellow of Calhoun College.

SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29 Fourth Session (8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)

9:00-11:00 Book Exhibit - Arts and Religion Presider: Louise M. Paré, Center for Women in the Global Community, [email protected] 9:00-9:30 Ira Halpern, University of Toronto, [email protected]

"Grace in Flannery O’Connor’s 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'" 9:30-10:00 Susan G. Carter, Marylhurst University & CIIS, [email protected]

"Poetry, Prose, and Spirit: A Glimpse of Women's Spiritual Lives in Women's Writings of Heian Japan"

10:00-10:30 BREAK 10:30-11:00 Leigh Miller, Maitripa College, [email protected]

“'Having the Look of Tibet': Buddhist Imagery in Contemporary Tibetan Art" Asian and Comparative Studies

Chinese Oracle Women Celestial Roads, A Thai Buddhist Sect, and Caesar Chevaz’s Gandhian Ethics

Presider: Nick Gier, University of Idaho ([email protected]) 8:30-9:15 Stephan N. Kory, Reed College ([email protected]) “Female Diviners in Medieval China” 9:15-10:00 Carol Ferris, Independent Scholar ([email protected])

“The Celestial Roads of Early China and the Ancient Near East” 10:00-10:30 BREAK 10:30-11:15 Sean Ashley, Capilano University ([email protected]) “Subversive Religion and Distinct Identities in Southeast Asia” 11:15-12:00 Veena Howard, California State University ([email protected]) “Pilgrimage, Penitence, and Revolution: Caesar Chavez’s Transformation of Gandhian

Ascetic Vows into Ethical Expressions for Social Change” Hebrew Bible Presider: Shawn Flynn, St. Mark’s College ([email protected]) 8:30-9:00 Gregory L. Doudna. Independent Scholar ([email protected]) “Herod in the Qumran Commentary on Nahum (4Q Pesher Nahum)?” 9:00-9:30 Russell Gmirkin, Independent Scholar ([email protected]) “Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible” 9:30-10:00 Mark A. Almquist, Undergraduate, George Fox University

([email protected]) “Four Faces in Lamentations: Navigating Images of Suffering with a Levinasian Phenomenology”

10:00-10:30 BREAK


10:30-11:00 David J. Sigrist, Trinity Western University ([email protected]) “Tracking Changes: A Tentative Proposal for a Linguistically Sensitive Schema for Categorizing Textual Variation of Hebrew Bible Texts”

11:00-11:20 Ryan Schroeder, Graduate Student, Trinity Western University ([email protected]) “Remembering Balaam: Translatability of a Religious Specialist in the Memories of Ancient Israel”

11:20-11:40 Kyle Parsons, Graduate Student, Trinity Western University ([email protected]) “A Bridge too Far: The Problem of Historiography and the Necessity for a more Sophisticated Historical Critical Method (or a more Tenable Postmodern Method)”

11:40-12:00 Spencer Jones, Graduate Student, Trinity Western University ([email protected])

“On the Syntactical Development of the ב + Infinitive Construct in Biblical Hebrew” New Testament and the World of Early Christianity Presider: Anne Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Religion, University

of Calgary, [email protected] 8:30-9:00 Mark S. Wheller, University of Alberta, [email protected]

“The Ritual Context of 1 Corinthians 15:29 (Baptism on behalf of the Dead): Using Catherine Bell’s Ritual Theory to Understand Vicariousness in Roman Corinth Funerary Practices”

9:00-9:30 Steven Muir, Concordia University College of Alberta, [email protected] “Vivid Imagery in Gal 3:1—Roman Rhetoric, Street Announcing, Graffiti, and Crucifixions”

9:30-10:00 Matthew Moravec, Fuller Theological Seminary, ??email?? “Honor, Shame, and Salvation in 1 Timothy 2”

10:00-10:30 BREAK 10:30-11:00 Anne Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Religion, University of

Calgary, [email protected] “Soap Opera in the Christian Apocrypha”

11:00-11:30 Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy, Assistant Professor in Latin and Roman Social/Religious History, Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary, [email protected] “Unnatural Gods: Pagan and Christian Theological Debate during the Third Century”

11:30-12:00 Melanie Bockmann, Fuller Theological Seminary, [email protected] “Damning and Defending the Dead: An Examination of the Competing Rhetoric of Libanius and Gregory of Nazianzus after the Death of Emperor Julian”

Religion and Society Religion & Cultural Imagination (Part 2)

Presider: Bruce Hiebert, University Canada West, [email protected]

9:00-9:30 Linda Ceriello, Rice University, [email protected]

“A (Meta)modern Day Shiva: Russell Brand and the Transgressive Shape-shifting of the Spiritual But Not Religious”

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9:30-10:00 W. E. Chapin, University of Washington, [email protected] “’Almost’ ‘More Than’ or ‘Truly’ Human?: Examining Sci-fi TV Through the Lenses of Digital and Theological Anthropologies”

10:00-10:30 BREAK

Joint Session: Religion and Society and Theology and Philosophy of Religion

The Ethics of Charles Taylor Presider: Sarah Gallant, Everett Community College, [email protected] 10:30-11:00 Emily Kotow, University of Calgary, [email protected]

“Uncovering the History: An exploration of the historical progression of secularization in Charles Taylor”

11:00-11:30 Tinu Ruparell, University of Calgary, [email protected] “The Secular Void: Religious Nones and the Spirituality of the Age”

11:30-12:00 Jenna Ferrey, University of Calgary, [email protected] “An Authentic Imaginary: Evaluating Charles Taylor’s Secular Ethic”

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ABSTRACTS MARYLHURST UNIVERSITY

ALL INFORMATION DISPLAYED AS SUBMITTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 27, 2015

Arts and Religion Asian and Comparative Studies Hebrew Bible History of Christianity and North American Religions New Testament and the World of Early Christianity Religion and Society Theology and Philosophy of Religion Women and Religion Study of Islam Presidential Address:

SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 2015

American Schools of Oriental Research Asian and Comparative Studies Hebrew Bible – Research Group on Clothing History of Christianity and North American Religions New Testament and the World of Early Christianity Religion and Society Special Topics: Mormon Studies Study of Islam Theology and Philosophy of Religion

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28, 2015

Asian and Comparative Studies

Hebrew Bible History of Christianity and North American Religions New Testament and the World of Early Christianity Religion and Society Special Topics: Mormon Studies Study of Islam Theology and Philosophy of Religion Women and Religion (82) Plenary Address

SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 2015

Asian and Comparative Studies Hebrew Bible

Pacific Northwest AAR/SBL and ASOR Annual Business Meeting

Marylhurst University March 28, 2015

Agenda

I. Welcome and Announcements – Susan Carter II. Old Business a.Minutes from the 2014 Business Meeting – Amy Donaldson b.Financial Report – Amy Donaldson c.Report on the Student Paper Competition – Timothy Hyun d.Report on SBL Regional Scholar Award – Ardy Bass e.AAR Report (Academy-Wide) – Amy Donaldson f.SBL Report (Society-Wide) – Ardy Bass g.Report from committee to revise job descriptions and responsibilities of Executive Committee and

PU chairs (waiting to hear) h.AAR Regional Student Director – Rupa Pillai i.SBL Regional Student Representative - Joshua Matson j.Reports from Program Units? Brenda (shortening name of PU) and Mormon Studies k.Other Old Business?

III.New Business a.Election of Officers – Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen b.Meeting venue 2016 – University of Idaho, May 6-8 Contact Person: Nick Gier c.Other New Business? Financial support for ASOR from both SBL and AAR; add chair of nominating

committee to Executive Committee

Future Meetings 2017 – St. Mary’s University, Calgary, Alberta (May 5-7) 2018 – Pacific Lutheran University (tentative) 2019 - ??

PNW REGIONAL OFFICERS 2014-2015

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Susan Carter, Marylhurst University ([email protected]) (AAR) Vice-President: Charlie Scalise, Fuller Theological Seminary NW ([email protected] (SBL) Past President: Jack Levison, Seattle Pacific University ([email protected]) (SBL) – 1-year term; serves

on Nominating Committee Executive Secretary/Regionally Elected Director: Ardy Bass, Gonzaga University ([email protected])

(SBL) – 3-year term; one-term renewal (second term) Secretary-Treasurer: Amy Donaldson, Portland, Oregon ([email protected]) (AAR) – 3-

year term; one-term renewal (first term) ASOR Representative: AAR Regional Student Director (RSD): Rupa Pillai, University of Oregon ([email protected]) (first

term 2014) SBL Regional Student Representative: Joshua Matson, Trinity Western University ([email protected]) (first term 2015)

NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chair: Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Pacific Lutheran University ([email protected]) (2011–14) – first term Eric Cunningham, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) (2013–2016) – second term John Harding, University of Lethbridge ([email protected]) (2012–2015) – second term Michael S. Heiser, Logos Bible Software ([email protected]) (2012–2015) – first term Antonios Finitsis, Pacific Lutheran University ([email protected]) (2013–2016) – first term Gloria London, Tall al-‘Umayri Teachers’ Institute ([email protected]) (2013–2016) – first term Jack Levison, Seattle Pacific University ([email protected]) (past President serves one year)

STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION Coordinator: Timothy Hyun, Faith Evangelical Seminary ([email protected])

REGIONAL SCHOLARS COMMITTEE (SBL) Chair: Ardy Bass, Gonzaga University ([email protected]) (SBL, Executive Officer) Kent Yinger, George Fox Evangelical Seminary ([email protected]) (Program Unit Co-Chair, New

Testament and the World of Early Christianity) Antonios Finitsis (Pacific Lutheran University ([email protected]) Elizabeth R. Hayes, Fuller Theological Seminary ([email protected]) (Hebrew Bible)

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PROGRAM UNITS AND CHAIRS

AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH (ASOR) Description of the goals and rationale The Program Unit is affiliated with the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) whose mission is to initiate, encourage and support research into, and public Understanding of, the

peoples and cultures of the Near East from the earliest times. As such, the Unit is concerned with:

Fostering original research, archaeological excavations, and explorations

Encouraging scholarship in basic languages, cultural histories and traditions of the ANE

Offering opportunities for all levels of scholarship, especially students, to share their Research

Chair

ARTS AND RELIGION Description of the goals and rationale The Arts and Religion section provides a space for interdisciplinary exploration of religion through the

arts (in broad contexts). We invite multiple perspectives, embodied passionate scholarship, and rich discussion of the vital role arts have played and continue to play in attempts to create meaning of the human condition, and to address the enduring questions posed by the world's religions and spiritual traditions.

Co-Chairs Susan G. Carter (Marylhurst University and The California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS);

[email protected] ) and Louise M. Pare (Center for Women in Global Community, Independent Scholar; [email protected] ) (second term; 2013-2016)

ASIAN AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES Description of the goals and rationale To promote scholarship in non-Western areas of religion and theology and to assess various

comparative methods of investigation. Chair Nick Gier, University of Idaho, [email protected]

HEBREW BIBLE Description of the Goals and Rationale Since the Biblical Hebrew texts are part of the larger category of ‘biblical texts’, the rationale for the

Hebrew Bible session falls naturally within the mandate of the SBL, the central purpose of which is “...advancing the academic study of biblical texts and their contexts as well as of the traditions and contexts of biblical interpretation.”

The primary goal of the Hebrew Bible session is to foster study and interaction in the field, more

specifically:

To promote academic dialogue between scholars in the Pacific Northwest Region.

To showcase and promote research in the Hebrew Bible.

To advance the quality of research and writing in the area of Hebrew Bible by mentoring and recommending work for publication.

To provide mentoring and opportunities for graduate students to present their work to the Hebrew Bible session, thus incorporating new scholars into the greater goals of the SBL.

Chair Antonios Finitsis ([email protected]) (second term: 2013-2016)

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY AND NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIONS Description of the goals and rationale This program unit invites both historians of Christianity and scholars studying North American

religions to present their research and engage in collegial discussion of their work. Review panels of selected new works in these fields are also included in the sessions. The section seeks to develop an ongoing dialog and network among participants.

Co-Chairs Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Pacific Lutheran University, [email protected] Jon Kershner, [email protected]

NEW TESTAMENT AND THE WORLD OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY

Description of the goals and rationale This program unit provides an opportunity to discuss topics in New Testament and related

interdisciplinary studies, such as Hebrew Bible and Early Christianity, as well as topics relating to Hellenistic Religions and related literature. While the name of the program unit has recently changed (from New Testament and Hellenistic Religions), the focus of the unit has not, as we strive to be inclusive of a wide range of topics of interest to the study of early Christian writings and the world in which they developed.

Co-Chairs Ron Clark, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, [email protected], and Kent L. Yinger (ret.), George

Fox Evangelical Seminary, [email protected]

RELIGION AND SOCIETY Description of the goals and rationale

The Religion and Society section creates a space for the interdisciplinary analysis of religion, ethics, social science, and current events in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. Our goal is to make space for academic presentations and for significant dialogue about them.

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Chair Bruce Hiebert, University Canada West, [email protected]

Mari Kim, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

SPECIAL TOPICS: MORMON STUDIES Description of the goals and rationale This special topic of Mormon Studies promotes the exploration of a wide range of topics relating to

Mormonism. This section seeks to provide scholarly inquiry into Mormon history, culture, belief and practice, theology, scripture, and the role of Mormonism in contemporary politics. This section encourages the study of Mormonism from multiple disciplines and methodologies. This section will better equip those in the academy to teach on the subject of Mormonism and actively promotes opportunities for interfaith dialogue.

Co-Chairs Kirk Caudle (Independent Scholar, [email protected]) and Susanna Morrill (Lewis & Clark College;

[email protected]) (third term; 2012-2015)

STUDY OF ISLAM Description of the goals and rationale The Study of Islam Program Unit fosters intellectual exchange and collaboration among regional

scholars working in any area of Islamic Studies. In addition to research panels, we host an annual roundtable devoted to a topic of current pedagogical concern, and we have launched an annual film series. We welcome papers from academics at any career stage.

Co-Chairs Josie Hendrickson, University of Alberta, [email protected] Paul Powers, Lewis & Clark College, [email protected]

THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Description of the goals and rationale The Theology and Philosophy of Religion Section exists to provide a forum for scholars to critically

examine politics, scriptures, ethics, history, art, literature and/or culture from explicitly philosophical and theological perspectives. We welcome diverse perspectives, and encourage the collegiality of frank and open dialogue between and among disciplinary areas.

Co-Chairs Norman Metzler, Prof Emeritus of Theology, Concordia University, ([email protected]) and

Sarah Gallant, Independent Scholar, ([email protected]) (first term 2014-2017)

WOMEN AND RELIGION Description of the goals and rationale

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This section explores the lives of women in religion from antiquity to the modern era. It is a forum for the inquiry into literary and material culture of the activity and presence of women in religion and the history of interpretation. It is also a forum for how female and gender related issues are portrayed in sacred texts.

Co-Chairs Elizabeth Goldstein, Gonzaga University, [email protected] Valarie Ziegler, DePauw University, [email protected]
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