Our 1998 Annual Meeting Program

Orlando, Florida, November 20-21

Friday, November 20
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
AAR Program: AM37

Theme: The Ritual Life of Indian Christians

Corinne Dempsey, Syracuse University, Presiding

Eliza F. Kent, University of Chicago
The Golden Cord of Marriage: Protestant Christian Wedding Ritual in Tamil Nadu

Matthew N. Schmalz, The College of the Holy Cross,
A Space for Redemption: Dalit Christian Identity and the Rituals of Charismatic Healing

Margaret L. Meibohm, University of Pennsylvania
Imitation, Innovation, and Replication in the South Asian Catholic Diaspora: The Oratory of Our Lady of Good Health

Selva J. Raj, Albion College
Adapting Hindu Imagery: A Critical Look at Ritual Experimentations in Indian Catholic Ashrams

Respondents:

Harold Coward, University of Victoria
Rachel Fell McDermott, Barnard College.

Saturday, November 20
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
AAR Program: SM75

Panel Discussion: Reading through Hindu and Christian Lenses: The Sivajnanabodham, Chapter 8

Francis X. Clooney, Boston College, Presiding

Panelists:

Laurie Patton, Emory University

Deepak Sharma, University of Chicago

M. Thomas Thangaraj, Emory University

Respondent:

Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University

We intend this to be an exercise in collective reading of a text from a number of different points of view, none of them “specializing” in Saiva Siddhanta. We hope members will come having read the text and be willing to contribute their ideas.

Business Meeting

Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida, Presiding