Program Corrections

SBL: New Testament Panel on Galen's "On the Avoidance of Distress," Sun., 8:30 session
 
Anne M. O’Leary, St. Mary’s University, Sat., 10:30 session – previously omitted

Bart Dredge, Austin College, Sat., 10:30 session – cancelled presentation

Rachel Schneider Vlachos, Rice University, Sat., 1:30 session -- title change
Carol Holcomb, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Sat., 6:30 session – title correction

Karen Baker-Fletcher, Perkins School of Theology, Sun., 8:30 session – cancelled presentation

Tonya Burton, Perkins School of Theology, Sun., 8:30 session – cancelled presentation

Keri Day, Brite Divinity School, Sun., 8:30 session – title change

Melanie L. Harris, Texas Christian University, Sun., 8:30 session – title change
John Freese, Sun., 12:00 -- speaking in place of Mark Dennis

 

Saturday Morning, March 5 (10:30-12:00)

SBL: New Testament II

 

10:55     Sharon Betsworth, Oklahoma City University

                Jesus’ Passion Predictions and Children in the Gospel of Mark

 

11:20     Michael R. Whitenton, Bayor University

                “David Himself Calls Him Lord?”: The Function of Kyrios Christology in the Gospel of Mark

 

11:45     Anne M. O’Leary, St. Mary’s University

“To Go to Samaria, or Not? That Is the Question”: An Intertextual Study of Matthew 10:1-46 and John 4:1-46

               

AAR: History of Christianity

The presentation by Bart Dredge, Austin College, has been cancelled. The session times will adjust accordingly.

 

Saturday Afternoon, March 5 (1:30-3:30)
AAR: Ethics, Society, and Cultural Analysis
 
2:45        Rachel Schneider Vlachos, Rice University
                The Body and Postcolonial Ethics of Transformation: Levinas, Butler, and Coetzee
 
Saturday Evening, March 5 (6:30-8:30)

AAR: History of Christianity

 

7:10        Carol Holcomb, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

                “This Damascus Blade”: Gender and Southern Baptist Women in the Progressive Era

 

Sunday Morning, March 6 (8:30-10:30)

 
SBL: New Testament
 

Theme: Panel Discussion of Galen's Newly Discovered "On the Avoidance of Distress"
Presiding Jeffrey Peterson, Austin Graduate School of Theology

8:30 Clare K. Rothschild, Lewis University & Trevor W. Thompson, Abilene Christian University
Introduction: Text, Discovery, and State of Research

8:45 L. Michael White, University of Texas at Austin
The Pathology and Cure of Grief:  Galen’s Peri Alupias in Context


9:15 Ken Cukrowski, Abilene Christian University

The Significance of Galen's 'On the Avoidance of Distress' for the Interpretation of the New Testament?

9:45 L. Curt Niccum, Abilene Christian University

The Significance of Galen's 'On the Avoidance of Distress' for New Testament Textual Criticism.

10:15 Questions & Discussion

AAR: Ethics, Society, and Cultural Analysis

 

The presentations by Karen Baker-Fletcher and Tonya Burton, Perkins Theological Seminary, have been cancelled.

 

8:30        Keri Day, Brite Divinity School

                Womanist Pedagogy and Practice: Engaging Womanism in Community

 

9:00        Belva Brown Jordan, Phillips Theological Seminary

                Administration in Theological Education in the 21st Century

 

9:30        Melanie L. Harris, Texas Christian University

                Teaching Womanist Ethics: Meeting the Challenges Face to Face
 
AAR: Comparative and Asian Studies in Religion
 
12:00    John Freese
            Dukkha and Dukkha Nirodha in the Dhammaccakkappavattana Sutta: A Critical Comparison of the Understanding of the First and Third Noble Truths in
            the Theravada, Tibetan, and Advaita Vedanta Traditions