Our 2018 Annual Meeting Program
Denver, Colorado, November 16-18
Friday, November 16
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Hilton City Center, Penrose II (Lower Level 1)
AAR Program Book: P16-501
Theme: Discussion of To Be Cared For: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum by Nathaniel Roberts, Winner of the 2013-17 Best Book in Hindu Christian Studies (History/Ethnography) Award
Kerry San Chirico, Villanova University, Presiding
Panelists:
Amy L. Allocco, Elon University
Sarbeswar Sahoo, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Eliza Kent, Skidmore College
Shana Sippy, Centre College, Carleton College
Respondent:
Nathaniel Roberts, University of Göttingen
Saturday, November 17
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Hilton City Center, Independence (Lower Level 1)
AAR Program: P17-6
Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Board Meeting
Michelle Voss Roberts, Emmanuel College, Toronto, Presiding
Sunday, November 18
12:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Hilton City Center, Penrose II (Lower Level 1)
AAR Program: P18-104
Theme: An Invitation to Comparative Theology: Francis X. Clooney’s Argument for the Future of Hindu-Christian Studies
Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College, Presiding
Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Toronto
A Hindu-Christian “Third Space”: Integrating Comparative Theology with the Anthropology of Religion
Michelle Voss Roberts, Emmanuel College, Toronto
‘Study’ is a Verb: Toward a Not-(Only)-Elite Future of Hindu-Christian Studies
Daniel Soars, University of Cambridge
Hindu-Christian Studies: Theology and Interreligious Dialogue
Jonathan Edelmann, University of Florida
An Answer to the Call: Exploring the Risks and Rewards of Hindu-Christian Studies for Hindu Theology
Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union
Francis X. Clooney’s Timely Theological Imperative: Constructive Theology & the Lacuna in Religious Studies Methodology
Respondent:
Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University
Business Meeting
Michelle Voss Roberts, Emmanuel College, Toronto, Presiding