54th Annual Convention:  Catholic Identity and the Laity College Theology Society National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion May 29-June 1, 2008 Salve Regina University Newport, RI

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PROGRAM: May 29, May 30, May 31, June 1

Thursday 29 May

9:30a.m. - 4:00p.m. Board of Directors Meeting
4:30p.m. - 5:30p.m. Women's Caucus
5:15p.m. - 6:45p.m. Dinner

9:00 - Reception

Friday 30 May

9:00-10:30- Special Session – CTS Committee on Race, Ethnicity and Pedagogy
Co-conveners: Laurie Cassidy, Trinity College, CT
Tim Muldoon, Boston College, MA,
Laurie Wright Garry, Mt. St. Mary’s College, CA
Presenters: Laurie Wright Garry, Mt. St. Mary’s College, CA
Robert Masson, Marquette University, WI
Alexander Mikulich, St Joseph College, CT

9:00-10:30 – Art, Literature, and Religion
Convener: Christopher Denny, St. John’s University, NY
“Tobit in Art: the Book of Tobit in Painting and Music from Rembrandt to Modern Opera”
--Stephen Werner, Werner Institute, St. Louis, MO
“Is There a Light Under that Bushel Basket? Hidden Christian Identity in Wise Blood and The Moviegoer”
--Jonathan Malesic, King's College, PA

9:00-10:30 – CTS-NABPR Consultation: “Evangelical Catholics and Catholic Evangelicals”
Co-conveners: Christopher McMahon, St. Vincent College, PA
Mark Medley, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, KY
Panel discussion of Steven Harmon's Towards Baptist Catholicity: Essays on Tradition and Baptist Vision
--Richard Crane, Messiah College, PA
--Beth Newman, Baptist School of Theology, VA
--Maureen O'Connell, Fordham University, NY
--Nicholas Healy, University of San Diego, CA

9:00-10:30 – Contemporary Theologies
Convener: Colleen Carpenter Cullinan, College of St. Catherine, MN
“Teaching Vatican II: Challenges, Possibilities, Methods” (panel)
--Elena Procario-Foley, Iona College, NY
--Maryanne Confoy, Jesuit Theological College, Australia
--Christopher Bellitto, Kean University, NJ
--Dolores Leckey, Woodstock Theological Center, DC

9:00-10:30 – Ethics
Co-conveners: Stephen Casey, University of Scranton, PA
Margaret Pfeil, University of Notre Dame, IN
“Authentically Catholic? Decisions of the Laity Regarding PVS in Light of Their Catholic Identity”
--Anne Rivera, Gannon University, PA
--Andrew W. Getz, St. Mary's University, TX

9:00-10:30 – Marriage and Family Life
Convener: Mary M. Doyle Roche, College of the Holy Cross
“The middle-class American family and the option for the poor: revisiting Parenting for Peace and Justice (K. and J. McGinnis) Twenty-Seven Years Later”
--Maria Teresa Davila, Andover Newton Theological School, MA
“Sex and Love as a Pathway to God? Toward a New Vision of the Catholic Vocation of Marriage”
--Ann M. Michaud, Fordham University, NY

9:00-10:30 – NABPR
Co-Conveners: Brad Kallenberg, University of Dayton, OH
Adam English, Campbell University, NC
“The Underside of Religious Liberty: Baptists, Catholics, and Moral Formation in America”
-- Coleman Fannin, University of Dayton, OH
“A Baptist Theology of Mary? John Broadus, the Mother of God, and the Practice of Ordination”
--Jacob Goodson, University of Virginia, VA
“Transforming Views of Baptist Ecclesiology: Baptists and the New Christendom Model of Political Engagement”
--Jason Whitt, Baylor University, TX

9:00-10:30 – Scripture
Co-conveners: Regina Boisclair, Alaska Pacific University, AK
Mary Kate Birge, SSJ, Mount St Mary’s University, MD
“All in the Family: Qur'anic Variations of Biblical Stories”
--Regina Boisclair, Alaska Pacific University, AK
“Catholic Post-Modernity: Implications for Biblical Stories”
--Alice Laffey, College of the Holy Cross, MA

9:00-10:30 – Theology of the Church
Convener: Michael T. Dempsey, St. John’s University, NY
“Empowered as Priest and Prophet: The Identity of the Laity in the People of God”
--Anastasia Wendlinder, Gonzaga University, WA
“They’re Stealing Our Church! Resistance to Parish Closures as Praxis Ecclesiology”
--William A. Clark, S.J., College of the Holy Cross, MA
“The Inclusivity of Christ: Christian Identity and Action in the Christocentric Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar”
--Todd Walatka, University of Notre Dame, IN

9:00-10:30 – World Religions
Convener: John Sheveland, Gonzaga University, WA
“Engagement and Detachment: The Dynamic of Hindu Dharma for the Contemporary Non-renunciant (Lay) Public”
--Gerald T. Carney, Hampden-Sydney College, VA
“Boat, Barrier, and Bridge: Adi Shankaracharya and the Emergence of “Lay Vedanta”
--Reid B. Locklin, Saint Michael's College of the University of Toronto, Canada

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 - American Catholic Life and Thought
Co-conveners: Patrick Hayes, St. John’s University, NY
Nicholas Rademacher, Cabrini College, PA
Panel Discussion of James O'Toole's The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America
Moderator and Panelist: David O'Brien, The College of the Holy Cross. MA
Panelists: Joseph Chinnici, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
--James McCartin, Seton Hall University, NJ
--Paula Kane, University of Pittsburgh. PA
Respondent: James O'Toole, Boston College, MA

11:00-12:30 – Justice and Peace
Convener: Patrick Lynch, SJ, Canisius College, NY
“Lay Participation in Church Teaching on War and Peace: Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of 'The Challenge of Peace'”
--Mark Allman, Merrimack College, MA
--Margaret Pfeil, University of Notre Dame, IN
--Brian Stiltner, Sacred Heart University, CT
--Tobias Winright, St. Louis University, MO

11:00-12:30 – Mysticism and Politics
Co-conveners: Bill Clark, SJ, College of the Holy Cross, MA
Maureen O’Connell, Fordham University, NY
Theme: Mysticism, Theology, and Practice in the Contemporary World
“Prophetic Apophasis: The Critique of Theodicy in Lévinas and Metz”
--Matthew Eggemeier, University of Notre Dame, IN
“Mystical Elements of Lonergan's Method”
--Cyril Orji, University of Dayton, OH

11:00-12:30 – NABPR
Co-Conveners: Brad Kallenberg, University of Dayton, OH
Adam English, Campbell University, NC
“Life in the Scriptures: Why Baptists Need Catholic Moral Theology”
--Matt Archer, Duke University, NC
“Holiness or Holy War? The Use of Violence to Create Social Identity in Two Second Temple Period Traditions”
--Kathryn Lopez, Campbell University, NC
“The Priesthood of All Believers, but the Ordination of a Few: Issues in Ecclesiology and Identity”
--Ryan Neal, Anderson University, SC

11:00-12:30 – The New Pedagogies (Technological and Experiential) and the Spirituality of Learning
Co-Conveners: Gerald Vigna, Alvernia College, PA
David Robinson, SJ, Nestucca Sanctuary, OR
“CTS Presidents on Catholic Higher Education: Diversity and Other Opportunities”
--Loretta Devoy, St. John's University, NY
--William Loewe, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
--Mary Theresa Moser, University of San Francisco, CA

11:00-12:30 – Psychology & Religion
Convener: Lynn Bridgers, College of Santa Fe, NM
Theme: Lay Identity in Dialogue
“Understanding Christian Identity: A Dialogue Between Theology and Psychology”
--Mona Abbondanza, Université du Québec a Montréal, Canada
“Loneliness and Lay Identity: A Psycho-social Consideration of the Effect of Loneliness on the Formation of Lay Identity”
--Andrew McCarthy, St. Leo University, FL
“The Other in Confession: Silence, Shame, and Subjectivity”
--Denise Starkey, The College of St. Scholastica, MN

11:00-12:30 - Religion and Society
Co-Conveners: KC Choi, Seton Hall University, NJ
Stephen Martin, Seton Hall University, NJ
Theme: Secular Society in Crisis: Re-thinking the Role of Religion in Public Life
Book Discussion:
Mark Lilla, The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West (Knopf, 2007)
Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Belknap Press, 2007)
Joseph Ratzinger and Jürgen Habermas, The Dialectics of Secularization: On Reason and Religion (Ignatius Press, 2007)
Talal Assad, Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity (Stanford University Press, 2003)
--Matthew Ashley, University of Notre Dame, IN
--Tom Beaudoin, Santa Clara Univeristy, CA
--Mary Doak, University of San Diego, CA
--Maureen O'Connell, Fordham University, NY

11:00-12:30 – Spirituality
Co-conveners: Tom McElligott, St Mary’s College of California, CA
Tim Hessel-Robinson, Brite Divinity School, TX
“'Surely the Woods Are God's Tabernacle': Considering Emily Carr's Ecospirituality Today”
--Colleen Carpenter Cullinan, College of St. Catherine, MN
“Learning How to See: The Covenant Between Viewer and Image in Teilhard de Chardin's 'Mass on the World'”
--Chad Thralls, Wilson College, PA

11:00-12:30 – Symbol, Ritual, and Sacrament
Convener: Jim Cross, Carroll College, MT
“Baptism and Marriage in Christian Identity: Sacraments, Gender, and the Laity”
--Rhodora Beaton, University of Notre Dame, IN
“Justice, Peace, and Catholic Identity in Archbishop Hunthausen's Letter on Matrimony”
--Jim Cross, Carroll College, MT
“The Call of the Laity to Serve the Sick and Dying”
--James Donohue, Mount St. Mary's University, MD

11:00-12:30 – Special Session
Theology in Dialogue: Update on a Collaborative Publication Series
Russell A. Butkus and Carol J. Dempsey, University of Portland, OR
Ann Clifford, Duquesne University

12:30 – 1:30– Lunch

2:00-3:30 – American Catholic Life and Thought/History of Christian Thought
Co-conveners: Patrick Hayes, St. John’s University, NY
Nicholas Rademacher, Cabrini College, PA
Co-conveners: Joseph Dougherty, La Salle University, PA
Jeremy Wilkins, University of St. Thomas, TX
Pluralism and Tradition: Honoring the Work of William Shea
Moderator: Peter Huff, Centenary College
--Jim Fisher, Fordham University, NY
--Ken Parker, St. Louis University, MO
--Terry Tilley, Fordham University, NY
--Sandra Yocum-Mize, University of Dayton, OH
Respondent: William Shea, College of the Holy Cross, MA

2:00-3:30 -- Contemporary Theologies/Mysticism and Politics
Convener: Colleen Carpenter Cullinan, College of St. Catherine, MN
Co-conveners: Bill Clark, SJ, College of the Holy Cross, MA
Maureen O’Connell, Fordham University, NY
Theme: Contemporary Theologies and the Spirituality of Lay Movements
“Jean Vanier and the Spirituality of L'Arche”
--Catherine R. Michaud, CSJ, The College of St. Catherine, MN
“The Saint Joseph of Arimathea Society: Extending Theological Reflection on a Practice of Remembering”
--Steven Rodenborn, St. Edward's University, TX
“The Influence of Yves Congar on the Spirituality and Practice of the Community of Sant'Egidio”
--Laurie Johnston, Emmanuel College, MA

2:00-3:30 – NABPR
Co-Conveners: Brad Kallenberg, University of Dayton, OH
Adam English, Campbell University, NC
“The Baptist Identity and the Question of the Magisterium”
--Cameron Jorgenson, Baylor University, TX
“Nature and Grace: Why Baptists Need de Lubac”
--Derek Hatch, University of Dayton, OH

2:00-3:30 – Religion and Society
Co-Conveners: KC Choi, Seton Hall University, NJ
Stephen Martin, Seton Hall University, NJ
“From Eliot Street to Campion Hall: Solidarity, the Common Good and School Vouchers – A Test Case for the Catholic Imagination”
--Fred Herron, St. John’s University, NY
“Catholic Universities, Solidarity, and the Right to Education in the American Context”
--Gerald J. Beyer, Saint Joseph’s University, PA

2:00-3:30 – Scripture
Co-conveners: Regina Boisclair, Alaska Pacific University, AK
Mary Kate Birge, SSJ, Mount St Mary’s University, MD
“James Barr’s View of Biblical Faith and Natural Theology: Its Hermeneutic and Implications”
--Francis Holland, St. John’s University, NY
“Hermeneutical Assumptions in Crafting a Process Theological Biblical Commentary”
--Robert Gnuse, Loyola University, LA

2:00-3:30 – Symbol, Ritual, and Sacrament
Convener: Jim Cross, Carroll College, MT
Theme: Theology of Louis-Marie Chauvet
“Christian Ecclesial Identity in Sacramental Celebrations: The Approach of Louis-Marie Chauvet”
--Timothy Brunk, Villanova University, PA
“Sacramental Faith in the Digital Culture: Body, Identity and Dialogue”
--Daniella Zsupan, Boston College, MA
“Teaching Augustine’s Confessions as a Sacramental Event: A Model for Theological Education within a Parish Community”
--Tim O’Malley, Boston College, MA

2:00-3:30 – Theology, Ecology and Natural Science
Co-Conveners: Gloria Schaab, Barry University, FL
Virginia Ryan, Rivier College, NH
“The Brazilian Way of the Cross: Reflections of Roman Catholic Thought on Social Justice and Sustainability Issues in this Devotion”
--Mona Abbondanza, Université du Québec à Montréal and Concordia University, Canada
“Taking a Lead: Evaluating John F. Haught’s Work as a Layperson in the Dialogue between Science and Religion”
--Daniel E. Martin, University of Dayton, OH

2:00-3:30 – Theology of the Church
Convener: Michael T. Dempsey, St. John’s University, NY
“Christian Ministry without the Distinction of Clergy and Laity”
--Donald Maldari, S.J., Le Moyne College, NY
“From ‘Pay, Pray, and Obey’ to Lay Ecclesial Ministry: The Role of the Laity since Vatican II”
--Aurelie A. Hagstrom, Providence College, RI

2:00-3:30 – Women and Religion
Co-Conveners: Harriet Luckman, College of Mount St. Joseph, OH
Susie Paulik Babka, University of San Diego, CA
Theme: Contemporary Catholicism and the Lay Woman
“Pain, Piety, and Practice; Lay Women’s Religious Interpretations of Trauma and Recovery”
--Johann M. Vento, Georgian Court University, NJ
“From the Back Pews: Young Women and Catholicism”
--Jen Owen, Harvard Divinity School, MA
--Kate Dugan, Harvard Divinity School, MA

3:30-4:00 - Coffee Break

5:30-6:00 - Joint Prayer Service

6:00-7:00 - Dinner

Evening Free

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Saturday 31 May

7:30-8:30 - Breakfast

9:00-10:30 – American Catholic Life and Thought
Co-conveners: Patrick Hayes, St. John’s University, NY
Nicholas Rademacher, Cabrini College, PA
“Lay Ecclesial Ministers in Theological and Relational Context.”
--William H. Johnston, University of Dayton, OH
“Towards a Practical Ecclesiology: Catholic Laity and the Housework of the Church.”
--Mary Ann Zimmer, Marywood University, PA

9:00-10:30 – Justice and Peace
Convener: Patrick Lynch, SJ, Canisius College, NY
“The Social Teaching of Benedict XVI”
--John Sniegocki, Xavier University, OH
“Thinking with Murray about the ‘War on Terror’”
--Thomas O’Brien, DePaul University, IL
“The Liturgy as a Basis for Catholic Teaching on War & Peace”
--Tobias Winright, St. Louis University, MO

9:00-10:30 – Mysticism and Politics
Co-conveners: Bill Clark, SJ, College of the Holy Cross, MA
Maureen O’Connell, Fordham University, NY
Theme: The Mystic and the Church
“Embracing Darkness: Prophetic Witness and Mysticism”
--Phyllis Zagano, Hofstra University, NY
--C. Kevin Gillespie, Loyola College, MD
“Toward a Catholic Understanding of Mysticism: Insights from the Catholic Tübingen School”
--Christian Krokus, Boston College, MA

9:00-10:30 – NABPR
Co-Conveners: Brad Kallenberg, University of Dayton, OH
Adam English, Campbell University, NC
“The Gospel of Matthew and Resisting Imperial Theology”
--Michael Cox, University of Dayton, OH
“Hall and Segundo on Liberation”
--Matthew Tennant, Regents Park College, Oxford University, UK

9:00-10:30 – The New Pedagogies (Technological and Experiential) and the Spirituality of Learning
Co-Conveners: Gerald Vigna, Alvernia College, PA
David Robinson, SJ, Nestucca Sanctuary, OR
“Dispatches from the Front: Engaging Students in the Introductory Theology Course.”
--J.A. Wayne Hellman, O.F.M. Conv., St. Louis University, MO
--Brian D. Robinette, St. Louis University, MO
--Daniel J. Finucane, St. Louis University, MO
--Ronald Crown, Saint Louis University, MO

9:00-10:30 – Philosophy of Religion
Convener: Gerald McCarthy, Assumption College, MA
“The Catholic Kerouac? Verifying Jack Kerouac’s Catholic Identity and Place within the Catholic Intellectual Tradition”
--Louis Albarran, University of Dayton, OH
“Is the Pope Catholic? Reflections on Identity, Continuity, and Boundaries”
--John V. Apczynski, St. Bonaventure University, NY

9:00-10:30 – Religion and Society
Co-Conveners: KC Choi, Seton Hall University, NJ
Stephen Martin, Seton Hall University, NJ
“The English Medieval Catholic Roots of American Plural Democracy: Why John Courtney Murray Was Right”
--Ramón Luzárraga, University of Dayton, OH
“Saving Soteriology in a Market-Driven Culture”
--Christopher McMahon, St. Vincent College, PA

9:00-10:30 – Scripture
Co-conveners: Regina Boisclair, Alaska Pacific University, AK
Mary Kate Birge, SSJ, Mount St Mary’s University, MD
“Be Holy for I am Holy: Clothing Ourselves in Our Biblical Identity”
--Carol Dempsey, University of Portland, OR
“‘Tolle, lege; tolle, lege’: Reading for Gospel Spirituality”
--Sue Calef, Creighton University, NE

9:00-10:30 – Spirituality
Co-conveners: Tom McElligott, St Mary’s College of California, CA
Tim Hessel-Robinson, Brite Divinity School, TX
“Beyond the Default Vocation: The Spirituality of the Single Life”
--Anita Houck, St. Mary’s College, IN
“A Spiritual Decision-Making Model for Catholic Laity”
--Gary J. Boelhower, College of St. Scholastica, MN
“Withdrawal from or Engagement with the World? Lay Spirituality and Contemporary Christian Contemplation”
--Glenn Young, Rockhurst University, MO

9:00-10:30 – Theology of the Church
Convener: Michael T. Dempsey, St. John’s University, NY
“Trinity, Authenticity, and Communion: Some Trinitarian Foundations of Ecclesiology”
--Jeremy D. Wilkins, University of St. Thomas, TX
“Ecclesial Identity in a Democratic Society: Augustine, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Benedict XVI on Love and Justice in the Two Cities”
--Elizabeth Agnew Cochran, Duquesne University, PA

9:00 -10:30 -- Women and Religion
Co-Conveners: Harriet Luckman, College of Mount St. Joseph, OH
Susie Paulik Babka, University of San Diego, CA
Theme: Women of the Past/Women of the Present
“Mary as a Laywoman: The Spirit-Mary Relationship and Catholic Identity”
--Joyce A. Bautch, Marian College of Fond du Lac, WI
“Examining the Liberative Texts of Nican Mopohua and the Tilma Image of our Lady of Guadalupe in a Mexican-American College Context.”
--Darlene Kawulok, CSJ, Mount Saint Mary’s College, CA
“An Inspiring Laywoman in the Tradition of Catholic Lay Women: Mechtild von Magdeburg”
--lla Johnson, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, Canada

10:30-11:00 - Coffee Break

Saturday 31 May

12:30-1:30 - Lunch
There will be a meeting for all section conveners to discuss next year's meeting.

2:00-3:00 – Art, Literature, and Religion
Convener: Christopher Denny, St. John’s University, NY
“The Catholic Worldview of ‘The Sopranos’”
--Michael O’Keefe and Kathleen Waller, Saint Xavier University, IL

2:00-3:00 – Ethics
Co-conveners: Stephen Casey, University of Scranton, PA
Margaret Pfeil, University of Notre Dame, IN
“Baptismal Ethics as the Transformation of the Person’s Fundamental Relationships”
--Jaime Vidaurrazaga, Emmanuel College, MA

2:00-3:00 – Marriage and Family Life
Convener: Mary M. Doyle Roche, College of the Holy Cross
“Gay Marriage and Catholic Identity in Massachusetts”
--James Nickoloff, College of the Holy Cross, MA

2:00-3:00 – NABPR
Co-Conveners: Brad Kallenberg, University of Dayton, OH
Adam English, Campbell University, NC
“Power in the Blood (and Body): Baptist Laity and the Eucharist”
--Scott Bullard, Baylor University, TX

2:00-3:00 – The New Pedagogies (Technological and Experiential) and the Spirituality of Learning
Co-Conveners: Gerald Vigna, Alvernia College, PA
David Robinson, SJ, Nestucca Sanctuary, OR
“Experience into Wholeness: Exploring the Significance of Immersion Experiences with the Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx.”
--Virginia Winter McCarthy, Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus, Spain

2:00-3:00 – Philosophy of Religion
Convener: Gerald McCarthy, Assumption College, MA
Book Discussion: A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Moderator: Philip J. Rossi, SJ, Marquette University, WI

2:00-3:00 – Symbol, Ritual, and Sacrament
Convener: Jim Cross, Carroll College, MT
Open discussion of the ideas behind Joseph Martos’ manuscript Spiritual Realities and Symbolic Rituals: Understanding Sacraments Today. All CTS members are invited to read this manuscript and attend this discussion. A copy of the manuscript will be emailed to those who request one from Jim Cross at jcross@carroll.edu. The author will be present at the discussion.

2:00-3:00 – World Religions
Convener: John Sheveland, Gonzaga University, WA
“Islamic Women and Modern Society”
--Winifred Whelan, Chicago, IL

3:00 - 3:30 CTS Forum (if needed for resolutions)

3:15 – 4:15 NABPR Presidential Address
“Confessing Whiteness? The Normativity of Black Theologies”
--Mikael Broadway, Shaw University

3:30-4:30 - CTS Business Meeting

4:15 – 5:00 NABPR Business Meeting

5:15 - Eucharistic Liturgy

6:30-7:30 - Social - Annual Awards

7:30 - Banquet and CTS Presidential Address

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Sunday 1 June

7:30-8:30 - Breakfast

9-10:30 - Graduate Student Award Winning Essay

9:00-10:30 – Contemporary Theology
Theme: Catholic Identity and Ignatian Spirituality
“Catholic Identity through Reality: the Theological Method of Ignatio Ellacuria”
--Michael P. McCarthy, St. Louis University (Madrid Campus)
“How We Hold One Another: Contemplative Practices, Accountability, and the Recovery of Lay Identity”
--Thomas F. Burke, Boston College, MA

9:00-10:30 – History of Christian Life and Thought
Co-conveners: Joseph Dougherty, La Salle University, PA
Jeremy Wilkins, University of St. Thomas, TX
“Dissension in the Ranks or ‘Carification of Thought’ at the Catholic Worker?”
--Nicholas Rademacher, Cabrini College, PA
“Tracing Beauty. Exploring Connections between the Work of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695) and On the Beauty of God as Object of Love by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, S.J. (1595-1658)”
--Pamela Kirk Rappaport, St. John’s University, NY

9:00-10:30 – Justice and Peace
Convener: Patrick Lynch, SJ, Canisius College, NY
“Farmingville: A Catholic Social Thought Case Study on Immigration.”
--Peter Beisheim, Stonehill College, MA.
“‘Like a Bridge over Troubled Waters:’ A Lay Woman’s Collaboration with the Church in Cuba.”
--Mary Teresa Morgan, St. John Vianney College Seminary, FL

9:00-10:30 – Mysticism and Politics
Co-conveners: Bill Clark, SJ, College of the Holy Cross, MA
Maureen O’Connell, Fordham University, NY
Theme: Spirit, Identity, and Catholic Lay Movements
“The Sensus Fidei and Lay Authority in the Catholic Church”
--Carolyn Weir Herman, Boston College. MA
“An Identity Crisis in the Church: A Challenge for Catholic Individuals and Institutions in U.S. Public Life”
--Angela Senander, Washington Theological Union, DC

9:00-10:30 – NABPR
Co-Conveners: Brad Kallenberg, University of Dayton, OH
Adam English, Campbell University, NC
“Browson, Baptists, and the ‘Mediatorial Life of Jesus’”
--Andrew Black, University of Dayton, OH
“The Buddhists and the Baptists of Burma: An Alliance of Conscience”
--Graham Walker, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, GA

9:00-10:30 – The New Pedagogies (Technological and Experiential) and the Spirituality of Learning
Co-Conveners: Gerald Vigna, Alvernia College, PA
David Robinson, SJ, Nestucca Sanctuary, OR
“Designing an Online Masters in Catholic Pastoral Theology for Lay Ecclesial Ministers.”
--Daniel P. Sheridan, St. Joseph’s College of Maine, ME
“Creating Community in the Classroom: Using John T. Ford’s Method of Ecumenical Dialogue as a Pedagogical Practice"
--Erin Brigham, Graduate Theological Union, CA.

9:00-10:30 – Philosophy of Religion
Convener: Gerald McCarthy, Assumption College,
“The Religious Imagination and Structures of Human Knowledge”
--Ann Riggs, Rivier College, NH
Respondent: Terrence Tilley, Fordham University, NY

9:00-10:30 – Spirituality
Co-conveners: Tom McElligott, St Mary’s College of California, CA
Tim Hessel-Robinson, Brite Divinity School, TX
“Christic Heart: Toward a Spiritual Pedagogy of the Philippians Hymn”
--Duane Bidwell, Phillips Theological Seminary, OK
“Christian Doctrine and Biblical Spirituality”
--Michael T. Dempsey, St. John’s University, NY
“Adrienne von Speyr’s Scriptural Exegesis: A Spiritual Resource for Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Biblical Theology”
--Danielle Nussberger, Marquette University, WI

DEPARTURE

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