Conferences and Conference Papers
Past Events
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION: SCRIPTURAL REASONING GROUP 2006 - Washington, DC, USA
• A19-33 Land, Messianism, and the Other
ABSTRACT: Scriptural reasoning is a valuable tool in addressing contemporary points of theo-political significance. Currently, there are few issues more outstanding in importance than that of the relation between religion, land and the relation to others. This panel hosts representatives of Islam, Judaism and Christianity in the effort to excavate a conversation around the topic from out of the sources of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Qu'ran and the New Testament. Emphasis will be on prior paper exchanges and close textual study within the session.
Sunday, Nov. 19, 9:00 am-11:30 am
David F. Ford, University of Cambridge, Presiding
Panelists:
Aryeh Cohen, University of Judaism - "Land and Messianism"
Maria Dakake, George Mason University
Responding:
Ahmed Afzaal, Connecticut College
• A19-122: Holiness and Practice
ABSTRACT: Scriptural Reasoning brings together Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars for the shared study of scriptural texts. This session gives all who attend an opportunity to participate in scriptural reasoning. Speakers will introduce scriptural passages, focusing on the theme of "holiness and practice", and most of the session will be spent in study groups working further on these texts together.
Sunday, Nov. 19, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Rachel Muers, University of Exeter, Presiding
Texts: 1 Samuel 1-2:1-11, Luke 1:39-55, Qur'an Sura 40:26-45
Panelists:
Diana Lipton, University of Cambridge - On I Samuel 1:1-2:11
Ben Quash, University of Cambridge - Unexpected Holiness (Luke 1:39-55)
Umeyye Isra Yazicioglu, University of Virginia - Marks of Holiness (Sura 40:26-45)
• Business Meeting:
Rachel Muers, University of Exeter, Presiding
SCRIPTURAL REASONING GROUP AND BIBLICAL/CONTEXTUAL ETHICS CONSULTATION
•A20-124: Resident Aliens and the Ethics of Immigration: Biblical Ethics and Scriptural Reasoning
ABSTRACT: The session is a joint effort between Biblical/Contextual Ethics and Scriptural Reasoning to integrate study of biblical teachings in their social/ethical context with critical study of present social/ethical contexts. The panel will deal with the topic of resident aliens and the ethics of immigration.
Monday, Nov. 20, 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Robert Gibbs, University of Toronto, Presiding
Panelists:
Tisha Rajendra, Boston College
Michael Budde, DePaul University
Zeki Saritoprak, John Carroll University
Responding:
Steven D. Kepnes, Colgate University
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION: SCRIPTURAL REASONING GROUP 2005
• A21-29: Scripture, Democracy, and Traditions
Monday, November 21, 2005
9:00 am-11:30 am
Peter Ochs (University of Virginia), Presiding
Panelists:
Randi Rashkover (York College of Pennsylvania)
C.C. Pecknold (University of Cambridge)
Mohammad Azadpur (San Francisco State University)
Responding:
Nicholas Adams, University of Edinburgh
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University
Essays and Responses from this session are available in the Journal of Scriptural Reasoning, vol. 6.1 (May 2006).
• A21-122a: Prophecy Heard and Not Heard (Interactive session)
Monday, November 21, 2005
4:00 pm-6:30 pm
W. Stacy Johnson (Princeton Theological Seminary), Presiding
Panelists:
Laurie Zoloth (Northwestern University)
Willie Young (Endicott College)—"Transmissions of Prophecy in the Acts of the Apostles"
Umeyye Yazicioglu (University of Virginia)—"The Logic of Hearing the Word: Abraham (p) in the Qur’an"
• Business Meeting:
Time TBA
Peter Ochs (University of Virginia), Presiding
SOCIETY FOR SCRIPTURAL REASONING—QURANIC REASONING
FACILITY: Pennsylvania Convention Center
ROOM: 106B
DATE: Sunday, 11/20/2005
TIME: 8:00:00 PM - 10:00:00 PM
Presenter: Basit Bilal Koshul—"Bridging the Reason/Revelation Divide: A Qur’anic-Peircian Perspective"
PATRISTIC, MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE
Villanova University
October 14-16, 2005
"Reading, Community, Identity"
Featuring Brian Stock, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto; and Michael A. Signer, Abrams Professor and Senior Fellow of the Medieval Institue, University of Notre Dame
BIBLE & QURAN AUTHORITY II
Society for Scriptural Reasoning, Toronto
Emmanuel College, University of Toronto
October 18, 2005
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"STUDYING THE "OTHER," UNDERSTANDING THE "SELF"
Scripture, Reason, and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter
Hartford Seminary, Hartford CT
Saturday, April 2, 2005 / Safar 22, 1426
Papers for this conference are published in Iqbal Review 46 2,4 (2005). Read Table of Contents (PDF file, 132K)
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The "clash of civilization" thesis posits that "Islam" and the "West" are two alien entities destined to be at odds with each other into the indefinite future. But an argument can be made that the philosophical, cultural and historical affinity between "Islam" and the "West" is so intimate that neither can adequately appreciate its own contemporary problems and potentialities without an emphatic understanding of the other. This conference will be a scripturally reasoned exploration of the ways in which an emphatic understanding of the alien "other" can lead to a deeper understanding of the alienated "self" on the part of contemporary "Islam" and the "West."
• Session I: 2:00 pm — 4:30 pm
Studying the Western "Other"
Understanding the Islamic "Self"
Presenter:
Basit Koshul, Concordia College
Respondents:
Vincent Cornell, University of Arkansas
Yamine Mermer, Indiana University
Suheyl Umar, Iqbal Academy (Lahore, Pakistan)
• Session II: 7:00 pm — 9:30 pm
Studying the Islamic "Other"
Understanding the Western "Self"
Presenter:
Steve Kepnes, Colgate University
Respondents:
Nick Adams, University of Edinburgh
Martin Kavka, Florida State University
Ian Markham, Hartford Seminary
Sessions Moderated by Kelton Cobb, Hartford Seminary
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION: SCRIPTURAL REASONING GROUP 2004
Poverty and Debt-Release: Scriptural and Social-Scientific Reasonings
Sunday, November 21, 2004
9:00 am-11:30 am
Rachel Muers (University of Exeter), Presiding
Panelists:
Robert Gibbs (University of Toronto)
Basit B. Koshul (Concordia College, Moorhead)
Daniel Hardy (University of Cambridge)Respondents:
Stanley M. Hauerwas (Duke University)
Laurie Zoloth (Northwestern University)
Essays and Responses from this session are available in the Journal of Scriptural Reasoning, vol. 5.2 (August 2005).
Learning and Teaching in the Abrahamic Traditions
Sunday, November 21, 2004
1:00 pm-3:30 pm
Peter Ochs (University of Virginia), Presiding
Panelists:
Vincent J. Cornell (University of Arkansas)
Steven D. Kepnes (Colgate University)
Michael Higton (University of Exeter)
Essays and Responses from this session are available in the Journal of Scriptural Reasoning, vol. 5.3 (October 2005).
