While there is much to lament about the fact that AAR is no longer meeting conterminously with SBL, there is still a lot of good stuff to look forward to for those who will be attending.Personally, I think that the highlight of the conference will be the twoo sessions on “Explorations in Theology and Apocalyptic.” Here is the list of presenters and meetings for those who are interested. I’d advise anyone coming to AAR next month to make sure to attend these sessions.
“Whither Apocalyptic? Critical Reflections in the Wake of Nathan R. Kerr’s Christ, History and Apocalyptic: The Politics of Christian Mission (SCM Press/Cascade Books, 2008)”
Saturday – 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Location: FQE-Hochelaga 5
Sponsored by Cascade Books/Wipf and Stock Publishers
Charlie Collier, Cascade Books, Presiding
Panelists:
Douglas Harink, King’s University College, Edmonton
Travis Kroeker, McMaster University
Cyril O’Regan, University of Notre Dame
Responding:
Nathan R. Kerr, Trevecca Nazarene University
“The Apocalyptic Gospel: Theological Responses to the Work of J. Louis Martyn”
Sunday – 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Location: FQE-Hochelaga 5
Sponsored by the University of Aberdeen
Douglas Harink, King’s University College, Edmonton, Presiding
Panelists:
Joshua Davis, Vanderbilt University
Walter Lowe, Emory University
Benjamin Myers, Charles Sturt University (paper to be read by Halden Doerge, Wipf and Stock Publishers)
Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen
I wish I could make it. Why are you reading Ben’s paper? Can he not make it?
Yeah, unfortunately.
Well, why don’t you just present your own paper?
They wanted Ben’s delivered by a proxy.
He was officially silenced by the CDF.
Its true. But unofficially I’m still very outspoken.
Just so you know Halden, Josh Davis will not be making it to the AAR; I am reading a paper in his stead for that panel.
Sounds like some strange AAR ghost sessions.
We’re all actually just fabrications of an apocalyptic super computer.
Just to avoid confusion: David Belcher is reading his own paper; he is not ghosting for Josh Davis.
Alas, I am the only ghost.
Just make sure you defend Ben’s paper as if it was your own. And you must do it in an Aussie accent.
I plan on busting out my Crocodile Dundee costume, in fact.
With Tom Waits soundtrack
very sad that I won’t be able to make it!