Pre-Colloquium Event - Wednesday March 29, 2006
Colloquium Schedule - Thursday March 30, 2006
Sessions 1A through IXA will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Morris University Center, Upper Floor and at the Religious Center. Sessions may be presented concurrently. Coffee and water are provided. The Plenary Session will be held from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in the Meridian Ballroom.
Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Session IA MUC, Missouri Room
Political Islam Chair: Steve Tamari
Lucian Stone, Philosophy
Children of Heaven: Islam and Politics in Iranian Cinema
Robert Ware, Philosophy
Centuries of Conflict: Prospects for Political Islam in the Russian Sphere of Influence
Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Session IB MUC, Hickory-Hackberry Room
Comparative Religion Chair: Wendy Shaw
Bin Zhou, Geography
Interpreting Chinese Ancestor Worship: A Personal Perspective
Akram Khalifa, Modern Languages & Literature (Emporia State)
Islam and Muslims: Myth and Realities
Jon Durrett, English Language & Literature
Hinduism American Style: A Participation Observation of
Sri Sathya Sai
Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Session IIA MUC, Redbud Room
Goddess Worship Chair: Allison Thomason
Chris Proctor, Economics and Finance
Neo-Paganism in the 21st Century – How Goddess Worship has Evolved
Karen Stoeber, University Museum
Goddess: Cross-Cultural Images of Women
Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Session IIB MUC, Missouri Room
Indigenous American Religious Traditions
Rowena McClinton, Historical Studies
Disparate Mysteries of Blood: Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee and Moravian Spiritual World Views
George Linden, Philosophy (Emeritus)
Lakota Myths of the Winds
Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Session IIC MUC, Maple Room
Ethics and Morality Chair: Kent Neely
Roger Boyd, Social Work
What is Ethics?
Anthony M. Denkyirah, Special Education/Communications
Treatment of Women, Children, the Elderly, and Individuals with Disabilities under Akan Indigenous Religion in Ghana
Chris Lynch and Jessica Kerr, Pharmacy
Morality and Pharmaceutical Care
Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session IIIA Religious Center
Divine Design: Presentation and Museum Exhibit
Chair: Tom Lavallee
Cory Willmott, Anthropology; Cary Harvengt, Museum Studies;
Laura Rhoades Stovall, Museum Studies; Jeff Forster, Art and Design; Jiyun Nam, Art Therapy; Don Crumley, Psychology
And International Student Team Leaders
Sacred Arts of Africa and Asia
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Divine Design: Sacred Arts of Africa and Asia
Museum Exhibit Opening in the Religious Center
Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
Host: Greg Fields Curator: Cory Willmott
Presentations: Anushiya Sivanarayanan, Associate Professor of English Rudy Wilson, Assistant Provost for Social and Cultural Diversity
(Refreshments Served)
Thursday 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Open Forum Goshen Lounge
Cartoons and Conflict: Respect for Religion and Freedom of Speech Chair: Steve Tamari
Participants: Abdallah Ahmed, Anthony Dietz, Ayse Evrensel, Michaela Hoenicke-Moore, Nabil Kaali, Prof. Kimberly Voss
Audience participation encouraged in the discussion of the controversy and violence following the recent publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Thursday 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Session IVA MUC, Hickory-Hackberry Room
Athens and Jerusalem Chair: Chad Verbais
Carl Springer, CAS
Moses, Socrates, and Leo Strauss
Sang-Ki Kim, Philosophy (Emeritus)
Monotheism as a Political Problem
Eric Ruckh, History
The Hidden Legacy of Jesus: Friendship, Politics, and Nietzsche
J.M. Van Der Laan, Foreign Languages (Illinois State)
The American Wedding of Church and State
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Thursday 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Session IVB Religious Center
Interpretation of the Gospel Chair: Greg Fields
Daniel Rachell, Speech Communications
Is There More? An Introduction to Non-canonical Gospels and other Judeo-Christian Writing
Gary Wallace
The (Gospel) of Jesus According to Hematology
Thursday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Session VA MUC, Maple Room
Stand-up Religion
Denise DeGarmo, Political Science
Duff Wrobbel, Speech Communication
Are you there, God? It’s me George.
Thursday 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Session VB MUC, Missouri Room
Religion in German Literature
Chair: Belinda Carstens-Wickham
Belinda Carstens-Wickham, Foreign Languages & Literature
Ödön von Horväth and Religion
Richard Chamberlin, Foreign Languages & Literature
Tyrannicide and Martyrdom: Christian Resistance to the Nazis in Alfred Andersch and Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Doug Simms, Foreign Languages & Literature
Reflections of the Donation of Constantine and Papal Auctoritas in the Old Saxon Heliand
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Thursday 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Session VC Religious Center
Religion and Morality Chair: Greg Fields
Jennifer Duncan, Political Science
Sex and Religion: Is “Living in Sin” Really a Sin?
Bill Demsar, Philosophy
Against Materialistic Moral Realism
Thursday 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session VIA MUC, Redbud Room
The Economics of Religion Chair: Lynn Maurer
Garett Jones, Economics and Finance
Is God Good for Growth? Religion and National Economic Performance
Richard Wolfel, Geography
A Tale of Two Frauenkirches: The Use of Religious Landscapes in East and West German National Development
Thursday 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Session VIB MUC, Mississippi-Illinois Room
Religion and Philosophy Chair: Ellen Nore
Tom Paxson, Philosophy
Religion and Politics within a Religious Perspective: Oikonomia
Andrew Weeks, Foreign Languages (Illinois State)
Thinking about the Separation of the Sacred and Secular
Michael Moore, Historical Studies
The Sublime Stoicism of Leibniz
Robert Ware, Philosophy
Hegel’s Politics of Spiritual Expression
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Thursday 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Session VIIA MUC, Dogwood Room
Roundtable Discussion
Larry LaFond, Joel Hardman, English Language & Literature
Faith and Language: The Role of Religion in Applied Linguistics
Session VIIB MUC, Missouri Room
Literary Religion Chair: John Savoie
Joe Aaron Sellers, English Language & Literature
The Epistles of Saint Rufus to the Churches in Illinois
John Savoie, English Language & Literature
Literary Responses to Biblical Creation: Johnson, Lewis, Milton and Jesus
Thursday 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Session VIIIA MUC, Maple Room
Poetry and Art as Religious Expression
Chair: Steve Brown
Ivy Cooper, Art and Design
“Be a Professional”: L. Ron Hubbard’s Philosophy of Art and the Church of Scientology
Janella Moy, English Language & Literature
Wordsworth’s Non-human Storytellers and the Speaking Face of Nature
Notes
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Thursday 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Session VIIIB MUC, Hickory-Hackberry Room
The Black Church Chair: Reggie Thomas
Venessa Brown, Social Work; Maruice Mangum, Political Science; Thomas Regulus, Social Work; Andrew Theising, Political Science
Historical, Cultural, Social, and Political Perspectives
Thursday 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Session IXA MUC, Mississippi-Illinois Room
Performance
Tim Huffman and Meredith Bell, Philosophy
Nihilism to Enlightment: But if There is No Spoon, How Do
I Eat My Soup?
Notes
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Plenary Session Meridian Ballroom
Thursday, March 30, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
Welcome: Dean Kent Neely
Introduction: Associate Dean Carl Springer
Stanley Fish
Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of
Humanities and Law, Florida International University
“Is It Good for the Jews?”
*For ticket information please contact 650-5044 CAS Dean's Office.
Notes
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Presentation Schedule-Friday March 31, 2006
Sessions XA through XIIB offered from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Morris University Center, Upper Floor and the Religious Center. Sessions may be presented concurrently. Coffee/water is made available.
Friday 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Session XA MUC, Hickory-Hackberry Room
Science and Religion
Chair: Greg Fields
Greg Fields, Philosophy
Themes in Current National and International Dialogue on Science and Religion: Introduction of the WoRKS Group (World Religions, Knowledge, and Science), Edwardsville
Abdullatif Hamad, Physics
Islam and Science
Carlee Hawkins, Psychology
The Role of Religiosity and Need for Cognition in the Acceptance of Evolution
Session XB MUC, Mississippi-Illinois Room
Religious Perspectives Effects on Justice
Chair: Brian Harward
Lynn Maurer, Political Science
Karla Armbruster, English Language (Webster U.)
Thinking about Dogs and Gods
Gerry O’Brien, Social Work
Before the Genome: Religion and Eugenics from 1900-1945
Connie Frey, Sociology and Criminal Justice
The Influence of Quakerism on Peacemaking Criminology
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Friday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Session XIA MUC, Maple Room
Religion and Power Chair: Brian Harward
Anthony Cheeseboro, Historical Studies
Secularism and the Freedom Movements in South Africa and
the United States
Jared Larsen, Modern Languages & Literature (Emporia State)
Evangelical Fundamentalism, Executive Power, and US
Foreign Policy
Rick Maurer, Political Science (Alumnus)
Between God and Lenin: Politics, Religion, and Nationalism in the former Soviet Union
Session XIB MUC, Oak Room
Panel Presentation Chair: Chad Verbais
(Dis) Empowering the Divine
Kelly Schmickle, Erin Barber, Erin Vonnahme, Jessi Wilson
English Language & Literature
Friday 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Session XIC Religious Center
Chair: Greg Fields
Yoga, Meditation, and Health: An Applied and Interactive Presentation
Leonard Perlmutter, Founding Director, American Meditation Institute, Albany, New York
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Friday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Session XIIA MUC, Maple Room
Making a Good Faith Effort Chair: Charles Berger
Paul Pitts, Office of Institutional Compliance
Religion in the Workplace and Classroom: Making a Good Faith Effort to Accommodate
Ann Riley, Library
Religion and the Library: Toward Pluralism and Historical Perspective
Friday 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Session XIIB MUC, Hickory-Hackberry Room
Sacrifice: A Dialogue with the Ancient World
Chair: Eric Ruckh
Robert Hahn, Philosophy (SIUC)
Violence, Anxiety, and the Origins of Greek Sacrifice
Nancy Ruff, English Language & Literature
Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece
Carl Springer, CAS
Religio and Religion
This concludes the 2006 CAS Colloquium.
Thank you for your participation and attendance.
Please see page 12 for details of a Saturday event that you may also be interested in attending:
Celebration of World Faiths: Science and Religion
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Celebration of World Faiths: Science and Religion*
Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
Held at the Religious Center- Southern Illinois University Campus, Edwardsville, call 618-650-3246 for information
Teilhard, Evolutionary Theory and Christian Theology
Rev. Joseph Fortier SJ, Dept. of Biology, Saint Louis University
Islam and the History of Science and Optics
Abdullatif Hamad, Department of Physics, SIUE
Philosophy of Health in Hinduism and Ayurvedic Medicine
Leonard Perlmutter, Director of the American Meditation Institute, Albany, New York
Complementary Ethnic Appetizers will be served.
Open to the Public and no charge for campus parking.
* Sponsored by: World Religions, Knowledge, and Science
(WoRKS) Group, Edwardsville
An initiative of the Metanexus Institute of Science and Religion
Notes
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