SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL: To submit a proposal to one of the AAR or SBL sessions, please send a proposal of 250 words or less to AARSBLProposals@gmail.com. Indicate in the email the session for which you are proposing a paper, your name, institution and role (if applicable), email address, any AV needs, and include the proposal within the body of the email. The deadline for submission is December 15, 2008.
JOINT AAR/SBL SESSIONS:
MULTICULTURAL
PERSPECTIVES ON THEOLOGY, RELIGION, AND BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
This section seeks papers that
address theology, religion, or the Bible from diverse racial, ethnic, and
demographic perspectives in conversation with analysis of other forms of
difference.
Priscilla Eppinger, Graceland
University,
Lamoni, Iowa
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TEACHING THE BIBLE AND RELIGION
This session
welcomes proposals on topics that explore pedagogical issues specific to the
teaching of the Bible or religion in undergraduate, graduate, or seminary
settings. Analyses of educational
theory, teaching practices, and the ways values affect teaching and learning
are encouraged. In addition to papers,
presentations may include opportunities to engage participants in activities
or discussion.
Matthew Skinner, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
The Upper
Midwest regional meeting includes undergraduate papers,
reflecting the preponderance of undergraduate institutions in the region.
Members nominate outstanding papers. Each institution is allowed up to two
submissions.
Lori Brandt Hale, Augsburg
College, Minneapolis, MN
Bruce Forbes, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA
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AAR
SESSIONS:
NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS
Our region has received a
regional development grant for "Native American Religions in the Upper Midwest: Making Connections." We therefore
extend a new call for proposals from Native American presenters as well as
from others with an interest in/commitment to Native American traditions.
Dennis Kelley, Iowa State
ETHICS
This section welcomes papers from both practical and
analytical perspectives on the effect of faith in the lives of individuals
(agent ethics) and the impact of religion on the common good (social ethics).
Mary Gaebler, Gustavus
Adolphus College, St.
Peter, MN
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION
This section seeks papers
dealing with the social, cultural, intellectual, and institutional history of
all religious traditions. Submissions
using traditional historical or interdisciplinary methods are equally welcome.
Jim Kroemer, Marquette
University, Milwaukee, WI
RELIGIONS IN NORTH
AMERICA
This section seeks proposals
analyzing religious traditions, practices, and communities in North America from a wide range of disciplinary
perspectives.
Murphy Pizza, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
RELIGION AND SCIENCE
This section welcomes papers
that analyze the various ways that science and religion intersect; topics may
include (but are not limited to) historical analyses, theological/religious
reflection on the implications of scientific theories and methods, scientific
theories of religion, and examinations of social and political forces that
shape the intersection of science and religion in contemporary culture.
Greg Peterson, South Dakota
State University, Brookings, SD
RELIGION AND
ECOLOGY
Submissions are welcome on any aspect of religion and ecology study,
including the role of politics, globalization, war, or legal decisions in the
creation of and/or resistance to environmental degradation. Other topics within the field are
encouraged.
Nancy Vitorin-Vangerud, United
Theological Seminary, Minneapolis,
MN
RELIGION, ART AND CULTURE
Submissions are welcome on all topics that examine the
relationships between religion and cultural ideas, including, but not limited
to, music, literature, and all forms of art, as well as the ways in which
religion shapes and is shaped by culture.
Phil Stoltzfus, University of St. Thomas,
St. Paul, MN
RELIGION, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
Submissions are welcome on all topics that explore the
intersections between religious ideas and constructions of gender and/or
sexuality.This section consolidates
the Women & Religion and Religion & Sexuality sections.
C. Neal Keye,
College of St. Scholastica,
Duluth, MN
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
This section invites papers
that examine the interface between philosophy and religion, including both
philosophical positions within religion and philosophy of religion more
generally, as well as constructive theological work in dialogue with both
historical traditions and aspects of the contemporary context.
Paul Capetz, United
Theological Seminary, Saint Paul, MN
WORLD RELIGIONS
Submissions are welcomed on
any topics related to religious traditions other than Judaism and
Christianity, or topics that involve comparative reflection on more than one
religious tradition. This year, we
particularly encourage papers that address pedagogical issues in world religions
or comparative religion courses; approaches to ritual, sacred texts and/or
mysticism in Asian religions and/or Islam; and the relationship between
globalization, politics and world religions.
Mark Berkson,
Hamline University,
St. Paul, MN
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SBL SESSIONS:
OLD TESTAMENT/HEBREW BIBLE
Exegetical studies of specific
texts, theological or thematic examinations, and methodological proposals are
welcome.
Paul Niskanen, University of
St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
NEW TESTAMENT
Exegetical studies of specific
texts, theological or thematic examinations, and methodological proposals are
welcome.
Daniel Scholz, Cardinal Stritch
University, Wauwatosa, WI
Juan Hernandez
, Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN
CHRISTIAN APOCRYPHA
Welcomes papers on extra-canonical
texts, as subjects of literary and philological investigation; as evidence
for the history of religion, theology, and cult practice; and as documents of
the socio-symbolic construction of religious communities.
Casey Elledge,
Gustavus Adolphus
College, St. Peter, MN
RELIGION IN THE
ANCIENT WORLD
General or specific studies of the practice of religion in the Levant from Canaanite through the Byzantine periods.
Glen Menzies, North Central University,
Minneapolis, MN
GREEK AND ROMAN
RELIGIONS
Proposals for papers on any aspect of the history of
religions in Greek and Roman antiquity are welcome.
Philip Sellew, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
EARLY JUDAISM AND JUDAIC STUDIES
The Early Judaism and Judaic
Studies section concerns itself with the literatures, histories and cultures
of ancient Judaism. The breadth of the section's desciption
is intentional, an invitation to those in collateral fields to join in
interdisciplinary interaction and scholarship regarding virtually any aspect
of ancient Judaism.
Michael Wise, Northwestern
College, Saint Paul, MN
ARCHAEOLOGY AND EXCAVATION REPORTS
(sessions co-sponsored by ASOR)
All topics pertaining to the archaeology of the ancient
Near East including excavation updates and summaries of work in progress.
Mark Schuler, Concordia University,
St. Paul, MN
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