SBCS November Conference in conjunction with the American Academy of Religion

Friday, November 18, 2011, AAR Additional Meeting, San Francisco, California

Society for Buddhist Christian Studies
FRI 9-11:30p P18-102 InterContinental - Stockton

Theme:  Board Meeting
Miriam Levering, Rissho Kosei-kai and University of Tennessee, presiding

Friday, November 18, 2011, AAR Additional Meeting, San Francisco, California

Society for Buddhist Christian Studies
FRI 1-2:30p P18-292 InterContinental - Stockton

Theme:  Board Meeting
Miriam Levering, Rissho Kosei-kai and University of Tennessee, presiding

Friday, November 18, 2011   San Francisco, California

Society for Buddhist Christian Studies
FRI 4-6p P18-392 InterContinental - Cathedral Hill

Terry C. Muck, Asbury Seminary, Presiding
            terry.muck@asburyseminary.edu

Theme:  Constructing Buddhist Identities in the West
            This panel provides a critical look at the complex set of factors that come into play when Westerners of varying ethnicity, culture, and religion choose to adopt some sort of Buddhist identity.

Panelists:
James Coleman, California Polytechnic State University
            Who Is a Buddhist?  The Problem of Identity in Western Buddhism
            jcoleman@calpoly.edu

Jan Willis, Wesleyan University
            Some African Americans Are Buddhists, Too
            jwillis@wesleyan.edu

Paul Knitter, Union Theological Seminary
            Christian and Buddhist
            paulknitter@gmail.com

David Gilner, Hebrew Union College
            Jewish and Buddhist
            dgilner@huc.edu

Saturday, November 19, 2011   San Francisco, California

Society for Buddhist Christian Studies
SAT 9-11:30a P19-108 InterContiinental - Union Square

Miriam Levering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Presiding
            miriam.levering@gmail.com

Theme:  Christian Readings of Buddhist Texts
            This panel provides a critical look at the theological and buddhaological issues raised when Christians and Buddhists read one another’s religious texts.

Panelists:

Catherine Cornille, Boston College
            Reading the Religious Other
            catherine.cornille@bc.edu

Leo Lefebure, Georgetown University
            Reading the Dhammapada
            ll253@georgetown.edu

Francis X. Clooney
            Reading (Inter)religiously as a Theologically Necessary Act
            fclooney@hds.harvard.edu

Business Meeting:  11:00 – 11:30