Our 2019 Annual Meeting Program

San Diego, California, November 22-24, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion


Friday, November 22
7:00-9:00pm, Convention Center 24A (Upper Level East)
AAR Program: P22-504

Theme: Violence: Its Justification and Role in the Spiritual Life

Michael T. McLaughlin, Old Dominion University, Presiding

Panelists:

Graham M. Schweig, Christopher Newport University & Graduate Theological Union
Ted Ulrich, University of Saint Thomas
Patrick Beldio, Reunion Studios
Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union

Responding: Michael Stoeber, Regis College and University of Toronto


Saturday, November 23
7:30-8:30am, Hilton Bayfront, Indigo E (Second Level)
AAR Program: P23-100

Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Board Meeting

Kerry San Chirico, Villanova University, Presiding


Saturday, November 23
9:00am-11:30am, Hilton Bayfront, Aqua E (Third Level)
AAR Program: M23-103

Joint Session with the Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM)

Theme: Book Review Panel on Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care: Chaplaincy in Theory and Practice, ed. Vineet Chander and Lucinda Mosher

Convener: Rita D. Sherma, Graduate Theological Union

Asha Shipman, Yale University, Presiding

Panelists:

Varun Khanna, University of Pennsylvania
Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown University
Ramdas Lamb, University of Hawai’i, Manoa
Kerry San Chirico, Villanova University

Responding: Vineet Chander, Princeton University, and Lucinda Mosher, Hartford Seminary


Sunday, November 24
9:00am-11:30am, Convention Center, 11A (Upper Level West)
AAR Program: P24-106

Theme: Intersection of Hindu-Christian Comparative Theology and Religious Pluralism

Anant Rambachan, Saint Olaf College, Presiding

Panelists:

Elaine Fisher, Stanford University
John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary
Reid Locklin, University of Toronto
Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Toronto

Responding: Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University

Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Business Meeting

Kerry San Chirico, Villanova University, Presiding