Our 2005 Annual Meeting Program

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 18-19

Friday, Nov. 18
7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Program Book: AM18-127

Theme: Missions to India—A Mixed Legacy: Revisiting de Nobili at 400, Ziegenbalg at 300

Corinne G. Dempsey, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Presiding

Panelists:

Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University
Three Ways of Reading Roberto de Nobili’s Interpretation of Caste and Religion

Paul Collins, University College Chichester
De Nobili’s Sannyasi Tradition in India Today

Will Sweetman, University of Otago
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, the Tranquebar Mission, and the “Roman Horror”

Daniel Jeyaraj, Andover-Newton Theological School
Ziegenbalg’s Cross-Cultural and Inter-Religious Approach: An Indian Perspective

Respondent:

Eliza Kent, Colgate University

Saturday, Nov. 19
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Program Book: AM19-6

Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Board Meeting

Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding

Saturday, Nov. 19
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Program Book: AM19-34

Theme: Loving God in Light of Hindu and Christian Perspectives

Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding

Panelists:

Archana Venkatesan, St. Lawrence University
How to Love God Like a Woman: Some Thoughts on Loving God in the Srivaisnava Sampradaya

Martin Robindra Ganeri, University of Edinburgh
Ramanuja on Loving God—Aquinas on Loving God: A Hindu-Christian Encounter

Tinu Ruparell, University of Calgary
Love of God and Unity of Wisdom in Ramanuja, Plato, and Leibniz

Respondent:

John Carman, Harvard University

Business Meeting

Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University, Presiding