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The Open and Relational Theologies group will sponsor two sessions at the November American Academy of Religion meeting. The first session is Sunday morning, 9:00 am-11:30 am. We will have 4 presenters and two respondents:
Theme: Theologies of Mission in a Pluralistic Age
Donna Bowman, University of Central Arkansas
Reversing Mission: Relational Resources for Bearing Witness to the Other
Steven Sherman, Winebrenner Theological Seminary
A Paragon for Relational Theological Apologetics in a Pluralist Society:
Newbigin's Approach as a Way Forward for Evangelical Theological Epistemology
Michelle Voss Roberts, Emory University
Rethinking Dualisms: An Interreligious Approach
Jay McDaniel, Hendrix College
Process Theology and Religious Pluralism: Evangelism as Deep Listening
Responding:
John Sanders, Huntington College
Nancy Howell, Saint Paul School of Theology
Business Meeting:
Lynne Faber Lorenzen, Augsburg College, Presiding
Thomas Jay Oord, Northwest Nazarene University, Presiding
On Monday afternoon, 1:00 pm-3:30 pm, we will cosponsor a session on religion and American Empire. Here are the presenters and respondent:
James K.A. Smith, Calvin College
The Gospel of Freedom or Another Gospel? Theology, Empire, and American Foreign Policy
Laurie A. Cozad, University of Mississippi
The United States' Imposition of Religious Freedom: The International
Religious Freedom Act
Michael York, London, United Kingodm
An "Ex-Pat's" View on the American Empire and Its Religious Divide with
Europe
C. Neal Keye, College of St. Scholastica
Unknown Knowns: What Americans Don't Know They Know about the History of American Empire and Religion in the Age of the ''Photo Wars'' and ''Torture Memos''
Responding:
Lynne Faber Lorenzen, Augsburg College
We invite you to attend these potentially stimulating sessions!
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Thomas Jay Oord
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