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2025 Conference Program

Friday, May 2nd. All Events in Stuart Hall, Princeton Theological Seminary.

8:30am - 9:30am: Check in, coffee

Morning Sessions

9:30am - 11:00am

"Decolonial Theologies and Digital Horizons: Subaltern Christologies from the Global South" (Paper Panel, Stewart 1)

  • “Dalit Border thinking as a decolonial subaltern praxis”
    Binu Varghese, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • “The Filipino Christ and the Continuing Relevance of the Nicene Creed”
    Jerome David, Columbia International University
  • “Digitality as ‘Kapwa’: A Filipino Digital Spirituality”
    John Paul Arceno, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

“Liberation Theology's Role in Eliminating Poverty in the Face of a Rising Oligarchy in the United States Government” (Undergraduate Student Paper Roundtable, Stewart 2)

  • Kim Paffenroth and Sharon Williams, Iona University, Presiding

“Patristic theology and Psychology” (Roundtable, Stewart 3)

  • Conrad Fischer, Institute for Studies in Eastern Christianities
  • Julia Ji, St Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary
  • Judith Scott, Institute for Studies in Eastern Christianity, Union Theological Seminary
  • Sergey Trostyansky, Columbia University

“Expanding Religious Literacy: Themes, Applications, and Conversations” (New Publication Discussion, Stewart 4)

  • Kate Soules, Religion and Education Collaborative
  • Sabrina MisirHiralall, Montclair State University

11:00am - 11:15am
Coffee Break

Midday Sessions

11:15am - 12:45pm

“Sacred Struggles and Fragmented Faiths: Religion, Resistance, and Renewal in Climate, Colonial, and Ecclesial Crises” (Paper Panel, Stewart 1)

  • “Ecowomanist Mysticism: The Wisdom of Rebecca Cox Jackson Regarding Intersectionality and the Climate Crisis”
    David von Sclichten, Seton Hill University
  • “On Prutehi Litekyan: Religion’s Fragmented Conditions and the Secular Inertia”
    Nathan Samayo, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • “A Lay Delegate’s Guide to Understanding What Happened at the 2020/24 UMC General Conference”
    Odell Horne, Jr., Evangelical Seminary - Kairos University

“A Workshop Panel on Atheism vs. Theism in Ludwig Feuerbach's Critiques of Religion” (Workshop, Stewart 2)

  • Jacob Goodson, Southwestern College
  • David Dault, Loyola University Chicago
  • Christy Flanagan-Feddon, University of Central Florida

"Teaching the Unfamiliar: Pedagogies of Religion, Spirituality, and the Secular in the Classroom" (Pedagogy Coworking Unit Panel, Stewart 3)

  • “Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and ‘Brainwashed Cults’ in the Classroom”
    Douglas Jones, Binghamton University
  • “Secularizing spirituality: Exploring religion with a student audience”
    Jon Brammer, Connecticut State Community College
  • "Current Trends in Academic Biblical Studies"
    Ilona Rashkow, Stonybrook University (in absentia)
  • Kate Soules, Presiding

“Faculty and Students Engaged in Ethnographic Research Across Faith Traditions and Regions” (Research Unit Panel, Stewart 4)

  • Judith Pajo, Pace University
  • Justin Doran, Middlebury College, Discussant

LUNCH

12:45 - 2:00pm

Afternoon Sessions

2:00pm - 3:30pm

“Theology Without Walls: the Transreligious Imperative” (Special Paper Session, Stewart 1)

  • “A Brief History of A Theology Without Walls” Jerry L. Martin, PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder

  • “Remarks on Founding Essays”, Christopher Denny, PhD, St. John’s University (NYC):

  • “A ‘No’ at the Core of Life: Doing Transreligious Theology with William James”, Jon Weidenbaum, PhD, Berkeley College (NYC)

  • “The Impossible Position of the Jews”, Abigail Martin Rosenthal, PhD, Brooklyn College

  • “John Gottman, Emanuel Swedenborg, and the Commandment, “You Shall Not Steal”, Ray Silverman, PhD

“What's Next for Prophetic Pragmatism?” (Roundtable, Stewart 2)

  • Jacob Goodson, Southwestern College
  • David Dault, Loyola University Chicago
  • Brad Elliott Stone, Loyola Marymount University

“The Longue durée and Acute Crises of Violence in Biblical and Religious Studies” (New Work and Pressing Issues, Stewart 3)

  • “Jesusviolence: Racism, Speciesism, and Other Violences in and after the Gospels.”
    Stephen Moore, Drew University
  • “God and Warfare in the 21st Century”
    Ronald Brown, Touro University
  • Synthesis & Response
    Justin Doran, Middlebury College

New Units Meet & Greet (Networking Event, Stewart 4)

Join other regional members and learn how to participate in our new Research, Coworking, and Community units at the AAR-Northeast.

3:30pm - 3:15pm
Coffee Break

Concluding Session

3:45pm - 4:45pm

State of the Region (All Conference Discussion, Stewart 5)

> All participants welcome and encouraged to participate!
  • Justin Doran, Incoming Chief Regional Officer, AAR Northeast
  • Ron Bernier, Outgoing Chief Regional Officer, AAR Northeast
  • Claudia Schippert, AAR Executive Director
  • Matthew Vaughan, AAR Regions Director

5:00 - END

Professional Registration ($50)
Student Registration ($30)

2025 Regional Meeting Details

  • The Northeast region (AAR-NE) will be hosting a regional meeting at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey on Friday, May 2nd. Registration for the conference will open on April 1st.

  • Because of our ongoing restructuring of the region, we're using this meeting to reimagine how and why we get together once a year in our region. This means that, in addition to a handful of traditional paper panels, our meeting sessions will take on different formats. You can take the time to read about these details throughout our website, or you can jump straight to proposing a session below. Our proposal forms are structured to give you the information you need as you go along.

  • We’re so grateful for your interest in our upcoming regional meeting! We invite anyone who wants to be involved in the new region to submit proposals for sessions. We encourage you to think in terms of our new structure and submit a proposal around our three new types of units using the “New Style Proposal” button below. However, if you're struggling to imagine what this could entail, you're welcome to submit a traditional proposal using the other button, and we'll try to fit you into the program.

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