The TWW sessions are now posted. It is a strong, substantive program. And it will be inspiring to meet in person! Spread the word!
TWW co-chairs Jerry Martin, John Thatamanil, Jeffery Long
Registration: HERE
Online Program : HERE
Note: All Times are Listed in Central Standard Time (CST)
Theology Without Walls
Theme: Dualisms and Nondualisms
Friday, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM (In Person)
Sheraton Downtown-Director’s Row E (Plaza Tower – Lobby Level)
Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding
Nondualism is a source of persistent fascination and import among those who are drawn to the idea of a theology without walls. It is far, however, from being the only alternative for conceptualizing reality in the world’s religions and philosophies. This panel will explore the varieties of dualisms and nondualisms and the question of their relevance to the development of a theology without walls.
Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College “The Many Shades of Vedanta: The Spectrum of Dualism and Nondualism amongst the Vedantic Sampradayas”
Jon Paul Sydnor, Emmanuel College, Boston “Where Is Home When You’re on a Pilgrimage? An Epistemology without Walls Based on Agapic Nondualism”
Michelle Voss Roberts, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto; “Learning from Saivism: Difference within Nondualism”
Graham Schweig, Christopher Newport University “Achintya Bhedabheda in Chaitanya Vedanta: Otherness and Non-Otherness Experiences of the Divine Beloved in Traditions of Divine Love”
Patrick Beldio, Catholic University of America “Beyond Dualism and Nondualism: Meher Baba’s Exhaustivist Theology of Religions”
Perry Schmidt-Leukel, University of Muenster “Non-Dualism as the Foundation Dualism: The Case of Shinran Shonin”
Panelists
Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College
Jon Paul Sydnor, Emmanuel College, Boston
Michelle Voss Roberts, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto
Graham M. Schweig, Christopher Newport University
Patrick Beldio, Marymount University
Perry Schmidt-Leukel, University of Muenster
Theology Without Walls
Theme: Rising Scholars Discussion
Friday, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (In Person)
Sheraton Downtown-Director’s Row I (Plaza Tower – Lobby Level)
John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding
Panelists
Joyce Konigsburg, DePaul University
Hans Le Grand, Free University Amsterdam
Bin Song, Washington College
Theology Without Walls
Theme: Planning Meeting
Friday, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (In Person)
Sheraton Downtown-Director’s Row I (Plaza Tower – Lobby Level)
Jerry L. Martin, University of Colorado, Boulder, Presiding
Panelists
John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary
Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College
Jeanine Diller, University of Toledo
Kurt Anders Richardson, University of Toronto
Linda Mercadante, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Hans Le Grand, Free University Amsterdam
Bin Song, Washington College
A20-114
Comparative Theology Unit and Theology Without Walls
Theme: The Concept of Home in Comparative Theology and Theology Without Walls
Sunday, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (In Person)
Convention Center-Mile High 4D (Lower Level)
Jeanine Diller, University of Toledo, Presiding
One of the critical issues apparently distinguishing confessional comparative theology from theology without walls is the place and role of a “home” tradition in engaging religious diversity. This roundtable brings together theologians who identify with each of these theological approaches to reflect on their respective relationship to a home tradition, and the relative role it plays in their theological reflection.
Panelists
Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University
Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University
John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary
Catherine Cornille, Boston College
S. Mark Heim, Yale University
Wilhelmus Valkenberg, Catholic University of America
