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AAR – SBL – ASOR
Rocky Mountain – Great Plains Region
18 – 19 March 2011
Denver, Colorado
All Events on the Iliff School of Theology Campus

Friday, 18 March 2011
Registration (8:00 – 8:45) Iliff Lobby
Book Display Iliff Lobby
Session I (8:45 – 10:15)
A. Panel: Ethics, Law, and Identity Rm. I-­‐301
Robyn Henderson-­‐Espinoza (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Dislodging
Identity(ies): A Mestizaje Approach.”
R.J. Hernandez (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Latina/o Christian Political
Economic Ethics.”
Kenneth Richards (University of Colorado, Boulder), “The Religious Body in Law: Navajo Nation
v. USFS and the Enforcement of Religious Freedom.”
B. Panel: Theoretical Concerns Rm. I-­‐201
Zach Simpson (University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma), “On the Use of Game Theory in
Religion.”
Patrick Soch (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Theorizing is Worse than Lying: J.Z.
Smith, Bear Hunting, and Ritual Theory.”
Ted Vial (Iliff School of Theology), “Good Cop/Bad Cop: Friedrich Max Müller, Friedrich
Schleiermacher, and the Politics of Religious Studies.”
C. Panel: Diverse Topics in Biblical Studies Rm. S-­‐101
Nicolae Roddy (Creighton University) "A Zoomorphic Pouring Vessel from Bethsaida: Questions
of Form and Function."
Erik Yingling (Brigham Young University), “Seeking for the Lost: A Papyrological Search for Luke
Fifteen's Lost Economics.”
Eric Smith (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Privileging Family Against the
Empire.”

Friday, continued
D. Panel: New Testament Rm. Bartlett
Douglas Holm (Trinity College/University of Bristol), “What is so Good about Good Works? A
Comparative Analysis of Good Works and Related Terms in James and 1 Peter.”
James Murphy (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), "Kids and Kingdom: the
Precarious Presence of Children in Mark."
Kenneth Purscell (Newman Grove, NE), “Towards a Rural Inventory of the Gospel of Luke."
E. Panel: Space & Place Rm. BEC 218
Donnie Featherstone (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “The Gift of Site: A Critical
Examination of Sacred Space.”
Aaron Conley (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Theology, Architecture, and an
Ethics of Remembrance.”
Angela Maly (University of Colorado, Boulder), “Politics of Space: An Examination of the
Polemics Surrounding the Park 51 Mosque through its Situation within Manhattan.”
Session II (10:30 – Noon)
A. Panel: Emerging Media Rm. I-­‐301
Erik Hansen (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs), “Kierkegaard, Authenticity, and the
Vocation of Commanded Neighbor Love: Or Must I Love My Facebook ‘Friend’.”
Timothy Sakelos (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “The Postcolonial Temptation:
Iconographic Representations of Whiteness in Film.”
Theresa Snyder (Colorado College), “Popular Media, Yellow Journalism, and the Penitentes of
the Southwest.”
B. Panel: New Testament -­‐ Paul Rm. I-­‐201
Johann Kim (Colorado Christian University), “The Reason(s) for Paul’s ‘great sorrow’ and
‘unceasing anguish’ (Rom 9:2): A Proposal.”
Elizabeth Coody (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), "From Seed to Plant: Using
Aristotle to See Paul's Understanding of the Relationship Between the Living and the
Resurrected."
Ryan Lokkesmoe (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), "Prizing Provenance: The
Subscriptions to the Prison Letters."

Friday, continued
C. Panel: Diverse Issues in the Study of Islam Rm. S-­‐101
Linda Sanchez (Metro State College of Denver), “Feminine Disruptions into a Mutual Politics of
Terrorism in Shahzia Sikander’s The Many Faces of Islam.”
Patrick Bowen (University of Denver), “The First U.S. Muslim Proselytizers, Converts, and
Sympathizers.”
Kristian Petersen (University of Washington), “Illuminating the Light of the True Scripture Early
Chinese Translations of the Qur’an.”
D. Panel: Constituting Communities Rm. Bartlett
Ryan Murphy (King’s College London/ Colorado Christian University), “Christian Realism and the
Christian Community: An Examination of Reinhold Niebuhr and St. Augustine on the Saeculum.”
Talia Di Manno (University of Colorado, Boulder), “From Matter to Spirit: The Pagan Image and
Christianity in Renaissance Rome.”
Kajsa Berlin-­‐Kaufusi (University of Utah), “Functioning Faith: How Three Abrahamic Traditions
Are Benefiting from Their 'Living Text' and Rejecting Contemporary Waves of Fundamentalism.”
E. Panel: Land, Trade, and Temple Rm. BEC-­‐218
Matthew Coomber (Concordia College), “Land and Greed: Revisiting Ancient Prophets in the
Struggle for Modern Trade Justice.”
Amy Pfeister (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “The Economics of Intellect: Trade
and the Exchange of Ideas in the Ancient Near East.”
Melissa Pula (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “The Ritualization of Temple in the
Dead Sea Scrolls.”
Lunch and Plenary Address (12:15 – 1:45) The Great Hall
Ronald Simkins (Creighton University), “Biblical Studies as a Secular
Discipline: Reflections of a Protestant Scholar on a Catholic Theology
Faculty.”

Friday, continued
Session III (2:00 – 3:30)
A. Panel: Feminist Reflections Rm. I-­‐301
Barbara Allen Logan (University of Wyoming), “Stabat Mater: Julian of Norwich, Margery
Kempe, and Subversive Motherhood.”
Donna Ray (University of New Mexico), “The Whole Trinity Lives in You: Images of God, Self,
and Community among Medieval Women Visionaries.”
Danielle Lancellotti (University of Colorado, Boulder), “The Work of Feminism in Creating a
Definition of Religion.”
B. Panel: Thematic Issues in Biblical and Religious Studies Rm. I-­‐201
Mark Maxwell (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Why Hell in Early Christian
Thought?”
Peter Matthews Wright (Colorado College), “Echoes of Paul in Islamic Scripture.”
Samuel Haupt (Colorado Christian University), “Behold the Glory of Jesus: Character Responses
and the Climax of the Signs.”
C. Panel: Media & Popular Culture Rm. S-­‐101
Jeffrey Mahan (Iliff School of Theology), “New Media, Authority, and the Elusive Religious Self.”
Philip S. Meckley (Kansas Wesleyan University), “’That sounded way cooler out loud than it did
in my head’: Lying, Power and Self Identity in the Show ‘Psych’.”
Jeremy Garber (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Another Way: Communal
Interpretation of Media in an Anabaptist Experimental Community.”
D. Roundtable Discussion: Islam and the Public Square Rm. S-­‐101
Sophia Shafi (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology)
Roshan Kalantar (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology)
Kazerooni, Ibrahim (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology)
E. Panel: Indigenous Traditions Rm. BEC-­‐218
Thad Horrell (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Heathenry as a Postcolonial
Movement.”
Wendy Felese (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “News on the Wind: A
Transgressive Performance at Wounded Knee In Two Acts.”
Mary Keller (University of Wyoming), “The Sacred and Indigenous Studies, or Fielding the Bat:
The Meaning of Matter.”

Friday, continued
F. Roundtable Discussion: Technology and Pedagogy in Theological Education The Great Hall
Debbie Creamer (Iliff School of Theology)
Elizabeth Coody (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology)
Amy Erickson (Iliff School of Theology)
Ken Geter (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology)
Michael Hemenway (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology)
Katherine Turpin (Iliff School of Theology)
AAR Plenary Address (3:45 – 5:00) The Great Hall
José Cabezón (University of California at Santa Barbara), "Why To Eschew
Reductionism: Lessons from the Buddhist Vinaya."
Reception (5:00 – 6:00) The Great Hall

Saturday, March 19, 2011
Business Breakfast Meeting (7:00 – 8:30) The Great Hall
Session IV (8:45 – 10:15)
A. Panel: Topics in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Rm. I-­‐301
Richard Hess (Denver Seminary), “The Days of Genesis 1.”
Kyle Greenwood (Colorado Christian University), "The God of Heaven: Comparative Suggestions
from a Prayer to Anu."
Dan Belnap (Brigham Young University), “Word of the Tree, Murmur of Stone: The Political
Significance of Secrecy in the Baal Myth.”
B. Panel: New Documents from the BYU Papyrus Collection Rm. I-­‐201
Thomas Wayment (Brigham Young University), “A Coptic Account of the Crucifixion Mentioning
A Samaritan and Other Coptic Fragments in the BYU Collection.”
Lincoln Blumell (Brigham Young University), “Documents Relating to Egyptian Monasticism in
the BYU Collection: Ostraca from the Monastery of Apa Apollo and a 10th Century Coptic
Homily.”
John Gee (Brigham Young University), “Coptic Liturgies at BYU Both Pagan and Christian.”
Brian Hauglid (Brigham Young University), “Early Qur'an Fragments in the BYU Papyri
Collection.”
C. Panel: Theological Reflections Rm. S-­‐101
Sandy Ceas (University of Denver), “A ‘Disabled’ Capitalist Society Obsessed with Ideology is
Dehumanizing People with Disability and Ignoring the Tenets of 1 Corinthians 12, the Body of
Christ.”
Will Schanbacher (Claremont Graduate University) “Two takes on Liberation: A Theology of Life
or a Theology of Forgiveness and Death.”
Steven Harper (Brigham Young University), “William McLellin's Lost Manuscript and the
Dynamics of Apostasy in Mormonism.”

Saturday, continued
D. Panel: Religion, Art, and Literature Rm. Bartlett
Joshua Pederson (Boston University), “The Writer as Dervish: Sufism and Poetry in Orhan
Pamuk’s Snow.”
Galway Traynor (University of Colorado, Boulder), “Imagining Gods: Interconnections Between
Popular Literature and Popular Religion in the Song Dynasty.”
Sharon Adams (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Coming to Know the Mormon
Jesus Through Artistic Representation.”
E. Panel: Religion and South Asia Rm. BEC-­‐218
Loriliai Biernacki (University of Colorado, Boulder), “Rethinking the Religious Body: Tantric
Models of Embodied Divinity.”
John Kinsey (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Religious Identity, Social Justice,
and the Indian Constitution: Ambedkar and the Law.”
Ginni Ishimatsu (University of Denver), “The Chidambaram Nataraja Temple v. the State of
Tamil Nadu: An Unholy Row.”
Session V (10:30 – Noon)
A. Panel: Topics in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Rm. I-­‐301
John Fadden (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “What Does Doing Do? Practical
Considerations for the Testament of Isaac.”
April Favara (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology “Egyptian Solar Imagery in Judges 16.”
Scott Moore (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Moral Profiling: Locating Job in
Post-­‐Exilic Yehud.”
B. Panel: Textual and Ritual Traditions in Southern Asia Rm. I-­‐201
Lisa Brooks (University of Colorado, Boulder), “Sealing, Healing, and Revealing: Tantra and
Contemporary Western Āyurvedic Therapeutics”
Chip Horner (University of Colorado, Boulder), “Soteriology, Thaumaturgy, and Subversive
Didacticism in Tantric Siddha Literature: A Literary Analysis of Drukpa Kunley's ‘Ethical’
Geriatricide”
Claire Miller Skriletz (Univerisity of Colorado, Boulder), “Ethical Prescriptions and Gender in the
Mahā-­‐paduma Jātaka and the Bandhanamokkha Jātaka”

Saturday, continued
C. Panel: Monsters, Vampires, and Other Others Rm. S-­‐101
Catlyn Keenan (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Fangs and Crosses: Religion in
Vampire Fiction.”
Sophia Shafi (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “Race, Islam, and Three Gothic
Monsters: Vathek, Zofloya, and Dracula.”
Mary Ragan (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology), “’Powerfully’ Confounding
Motivation in the Discourse on Female Suicide Bombing.”
D. Panel: Pedagogical Concerns Rm. Bartlett
Taylor Halverson (Brigham Young University), “Omega and Alpha, Beginning at the End:
Backward Design in Course Preparation.”
Randolph Lump (Regis University), “Moodling the Intro Course.”
John W. Lay (Regis University), "Using Moodle as an ELM Tool for the Introductory Course in
'Religion'."
E. Roundtable Discussion: Epistemologies of the Body Rm. BEC-­‐218
Debbie Creamer (Iliff School of Theology)
Heike Peckruhn (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology)
Roshan Kalantar (University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology)
Lunch and SBL Plenary Address (12:15 – 1:45) The Great Hall
Dale Martin (Yale University), “Epistemologies of the Body in the New
Testament.”