Call for Papers

The 2009 Call for Papers is available. To submit a proposal, please email an abstract of no more than 250 words to Chris Conway before December 1, 2008. Click here for more details.

Registration Information

• Registration Fee $10
• For information and registration contact Chris Conway
• When registering, please provide name and email address.
• Make checks payable to BOSTON COLLEGE and mail them to:

  Matt Sherman
  Treasurer of EP Conference
  BC Theology Department
  21 Campanella Way, 3rd Floor
  Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

• Dinners on Friday and Saturday, and Lunches on Saturday and Sunday, are provided for registrants

Schedule 2009:

March 27 (Friday), Barat House, Newton Campus

Opening Dinner and Keynote Address (5:00-9:00pm)

1. "Words to the Rookies" Bede Bidlack (Boston College)
   Respondent: Meg Gatza (Boston University)
2. Dinner and Opening Remarks (6pm)
3. Keynote Address (7:30pm):
   "Living Witness: Making a Confession of Faith in a Pluralistic World."
   Prof. Christiaan Jacobs-Vandegeer (Salve Regina University)

March 28 (Saturday), 024 Peterson, School of Theology and Ministry

Comparative Theology I: Sexuality and the Family in Christianity and Hinduism: (9:30am - 11:30am)

1. "A Solemn and Sacred Commitment: An Examination of the Nature of Marriage and the Family in the Roman Catholic and Hindu Traditions"
   Marita A. Hunchuk (Duquesne University)
   Respondent: Andrew Salzmann (Boston College)
2. "Christ as Grand Marshal of the Queer America"
   Anne Marie Russo (Loyola Marymount University)
   Respondent: Kieran Conroy (Harvard Divinity School)

(11:30-12:30) Lunch

"Contested Spaces for Lived Religion" : Panel Presentation (12:30 - 2:30pm)

1. "Comparative Views of Divine Union in Kabbalah and Tantra "
   Jake Jacobs (Loyola Marymount University)
2. "A Methodological Approach to Religious Pluralism: Interreligious Dialogue Rooted in Shared Experience of the Religious Practices of the 'Other'"
   Leah Weiss Eckstrom (Boston College)
3. "Nice Little Things: Oom the Omnipotent and the Marketing of Yoga to the American Public"
   Joe Laycock (Boston University)
4. "Pleading 'No Contest:' Catholic Moral Education in Bangladesh."
   Ray Ward (Boston College)
   Respondent: Jen Wade (Boston College)

Muslim-Christian Dialogue: (3:30-5:30pm)

1. "Women in Dialogue: A Case Study."
   Rhonda Miska(Boston College)
   Respondent: Ashley Loetscher (Santa Clara)
2. "A Common Word: How Common Have Christians Found It?"
   Jason Welle, OFM (Catholic Theological Union)
   Respondent: Chris Hadley, SJ (Boston College School of Theology and Ministry)

March 29 (Sunday), 024 Peterson, School of Theology and Ministry

Comparative Theology II: (9:30 - 12:00 noon)

1. "Koans and the Eucharist: A Comparative Analysis of the Power of Language."
   Andrew Prevot (University of Notre Dame)
   Respondent: Carolyn Chau (Regis College)
2. "The Notions of Mediation in African Ancestral Religions."
   Bienvenu Mayemba, SJ (Boston College)
   Respondent: Mara Brecht (Fordham University)
3. "Sankara and St. John of the Cross: Non-Confessional Learning across Religious Boundaries."
   Ben Williams (Harvard Divinity School)
   Respondent: Deepti Shenoy (Santa Clara)
   

(12 noon) Lunch

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