2006 CAS Spring Colloquium
Thinking about … Religion
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
Session IA
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
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
Session IB
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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
Session IIA
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
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
2006 CAS Spring Colloquium
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Thursday
Session IIB
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
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
Session IIC
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
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
Session IIIA
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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
Session IVA
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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
Session IVB
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
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
Session VA
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
MUC, Maple Room
Stand-up Religion
Denise DeGarmo, Political Science
Duff Wrobbel, Speech Communication
Are you there, God? It’s me George.
Thursday
Session VB
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
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
Session VC
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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
Session VIA
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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
Session VIB
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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
Session VIIA
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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
Session VIIIA
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
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
Session VIIIB
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
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
Session IXA
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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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Thinking about … Religion
Plenary Session
Meridian Ballroom
Thursday, March 30, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
Welcome:
Introduction:
Dean Kent Neely
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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Thinking about … Religion
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
Session XA
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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
Session XIA
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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
Session XIC
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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
Session XIIA
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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
Session XIIB
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
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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Thinking about … Religion
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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