SATURDAY, October 30
Founders Room, Mead Hall
Time | Presentation |
9am-9:45 | Opening |
9:45am-10:45 | Daniel Boyarin, University of California
at Berkeley What Do We Talk About When We Talk About (Platonic) Love: The Symposium and Christian Erotics Respondent: Dale Martin, Yale University |
10:45 am-11:45 | Yvonne Sherwood, University of Glasgow Passion. Binding. Passion. Respondent: Danna Fewell, Drew University |
11:45-1:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30-2:30 pm | Tod Linafelt, Georgetown University Lyrical Theology: The Song of Songs and the Advantage of Poetry Respondent: Cheryl Anderson, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary |
2:30-3:30 pm | Grace Jantzen, University of Manchester Thantos and the Passion for Transformation Respondent: Catherine Keller, Drew University |
3:30-4:00 pm | Break |
4:00-5:00 pm | Robert Corrington, Drew University American Transcendentalism's Erotic Aqua-tecture Respondent: Elliot Wolfson, New York University |
5:00-6:00 pm | Richard Kearney, Boston College Divine Eros - Ascending and Descending Respondent: Chris Boesel, Drew University |
SUNDAY, October 31
Founders Room, Mead Hall
Time | Presentation |
9am-10:00am | Karmen MacKendrick, Le Moyne College Carthage Didn't Burn Hot Enough: St. Augustine's Divine Seduction Respondent: Mark Jordan, Emory University |
10:00am-11:00 am | Virginia Burrus, Drew University Praying is Joying: Musings on Love in Evagrius of Pontus's Chapters On Prayer Respondent: John Hoffmeyer, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia |
11:00am-12:00 | Amy Hollywood, University of Chicago Sexual Desire, Divine Desire; Or Queering the Beguines Respondent: Peter Savastano, Seton Hall University |
12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30-2:30 pm | Marcella Althaus-Reid, University
of Edinburgh Kissing Evita's Shoes: Feetishism -- The Scent of a Latin American Body Theology Respondent: Otto Maduro, Drew University |
2:30-3:30 pm | Sheila Briggs, University of Southern
California Digital Bodies and the Transformation of the Flesh Respondent: Terry Todd, Drew University |
3:30-4:00 pm | Break |
4:00-5:00 pm | Diana Swancutt, Yale Divinity School Making Sex Work: A Queer Proposal for a Christian Ethics of Sexual Service Respondent: Stephen Moore, Drew University |
MONDAY, November 1 – STUDENT SESSION
Mead Hall, Wendel Room
Time | Presentation |
10am-11:00 | Opening |
11:00am-12:00pm | Mario Costa, "For the Love of God: the Death of Desire and the Gift of Love." |
12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30-2:30 pm | Anna Mercedes, "Kenotic Desire, Becoming Self" |
2:45-3:45 pm | Mayra Rivera Rivera, "Memory of the Flesh: Divine Transcendence and Human Otherness" |
4:00-5:00 pm | Richard Patrick Whaite, "Desiring Anthropology: the Soul and Materiality" |