SSCS at the AAR Annual Meeting
Denver, CO
November 18-22, 2022
AAR meeting registration and information
SSCS Pre-AAR Opportunities for Gathering:
All Members are invited to register for Spirituality and Chaos: A Creative Experience at the Auraria Higher Education Center.
Friday, November 18, 3:00-6:00 PM (In Person only)
A dinner for all SSCS Members will be scheduled for November 19, Friday near the Conference Center. Please email Rachel Wheeler for more details.
AAR EVENTS AT A GLANCE:
Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
November 19, Saturday, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time (In Person & Virtual)
Presidential Address and Annual Meeting
Douglas Hardy, Nazarene Theological Seminary
Toward a Christian Spirituality of Anger
Bo Karen Lee, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding
A19-210
November 19, Saturday, 12:30-2:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time (In Person)
Christian Spirituality Unit and Contemplative Studies Unit
Engaging The Soul of Higher Education: Contemplative Pedagogy, Research, and Institutional Life for the Twenty-First Century (Information Age Publishing, 2019)
Panelists:
Margaret Benefiel, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
Mary Frohlich, Catholic Theological Union
Stephanie Paulsell, Harvard University
Daniel Barbezat, Amherst College
Responding:
Bo Karen Lee, Princeton Theological Seminary
Leonard McMahon, Graduate Theological Union
Anita Houck, Saint Mary’s College, Presiding
P19-302
November 19, Saturday, 3:30-4:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time (In Person)
Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Founders’ Circle Prize Essay Presentation
Trevor Williams, Villanova University
Ignis Fatuus or Illumination: A Theological Reflection on Le Mythe de Sisyphe and the Eternal Return of the Liturgy
Emerging Scholar Coordinators:
Paul Houston Blankenship, Graduate Theological Union, Presiding
August Higgins, Oblate School of Theology, Presiding
Followed by Emerging Scholars Happy Hour at Woods Boss Brewing. Please contact Paul Houston Blankenship (at paul.houston.blankenship@gmail.com) or Augustin Higgins (jhiggins@ost.edu) for more information.
A20-206
November 20, Sunday, 12:30-2:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time (In Person)
Christian Spirituality Unit
Situating Spirituality: Articulating the Edges of the Known
Presenters:
David De La Fuente, Fordham University
“The Soul of Theology” and the “Bodies” of Christ: Scripture, St. Paul, and M. Shawn Copeland’s Spirituality of Racial Justice
Melisa Ortiz Berry, Bushnell University
Gender, Diversity, and Evangelical Spirituality
Kristen Daley Mosier, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Divided Waters: How a via aquatica Encourages Ecological Conversion
Aizaiah Yong, Pacific School of Religion
Can We Be What We Are Looking For? A Call to Embracing and Recreating Multiple Worlds through the Practice of Radical Inter-in-dependence
David B. Perrin, University of Waterloo, Presiding
A21-210
November 21, Monday, 12:30-2:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time (In Person)
Christian Spirituality Unit
Pandemic, Pilgrimage and Practice: Contemporary Spiritual Journeys
Presenters:
Rafael Luevano, Chapman University
Pandemic and Pilgrimage: Exodus of the Central American Caravans
Lisa M. Hess, United Theological Seminary
Bradley H. Hirschfield, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
It’s More Complicated Than We Know: A Longitudinal Study of Pilgrimages in Emergent Future Leadership
Samantha Miller, Whitworth University
Off-Campus Courses as Immersive Contemplative Education: Optimal Conditions for Lasting Growth
Kathryn Barush, Santa Clara University
Art as Pilgrimage in a Time of Pandemic
André Brouillette, Boston College, Presiding
Christian Spirituality Unit Business Meeting
Beringia Zen, Saint Agnes Medical Center, Presiding
David B. Perrin, University of Waterloo, Presiding
Previous meetings: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
11/4/22