SSCS at the AAR Annual Meeting
November 20 - 23, 2021
Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
November 20, Saturday, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Central Standard Time (In Person & Virtual)
Theme: Presidential Address and Annual Meeting
Douglas Hardy, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Presiding
Barbara Quinn, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Leading to the Edge of Mystery: The Challenge of Teaching Spirituality
SSCS Pre-AAR Opportunities for Gathering:
All Members are invited to register for Shared Spaces and Shifting Contexts: A Conference on the Study of Spirituality and Spiritual Formation at the Oblate School of Theology.
November 18-19, Thursday 2:00 PM-Friday 4:00 PM, Central Standard Time (In Person & Virtual)
A dinner for all SSCS Members will be scheduled for November 19, Friday near the San Antonio Conference Center.
AAR EVENTS AT A GLANCE (please remember to register here, if you plan to attend these):
A20-312
November 20, Saturday, 3:00-4:30 PM, Central Standard Time (In Person)
Christian Spirituality Unit
Theme: 2020: The Year of the Hermit
Rachel Wheeler, University of Portland
Desert Spirituality: Challenge and Consolation in a Time of Loneliness
Jordan Conley, Boston College
Home is Where the Hermit Is: What Ancient Female Recluses Can Teach Us about Pandemic Life
Samantha Miller, Whitworth University
Not for Everyone: The Challenges of Forced Hermit Spirituality in COVID
Business Meeting:
Beringia Zen, Saint Agnes Medical Center, Presiding
A21-112
November 21, Sunday, 9:00-11:00 AM, Central Standard Time (In Person)
Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Unit and Christian Spirituality Unit
Theme: Ecologies of Gracious Encounter
Lori Brandt Hale, Augsburg University, Presiding
Jacob Cook, Wake Forest University School of Divinity A Free, Responsible Approach to Actively Identifying (with) Jesus in Interreligious and Other Complex Contexts
Jean-Pierre Fortin, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto
Mercy as Conversion in Dialogue: Theological Encounter between Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Pope Francis
Lisa E. Dahill, California Lutheran University
Weirding Life Together: Bonhoeffer, Interspecies Community, and the Wilds of Southern California
A22-309
November 22, Monday, 3:00-4:30 PM, Central Standard Time (In Person)
Christian Spirituality Unit
Theme: Joining Together: Racial Justice and the Lived Christian Experience
Jim Robinson, Fordham University
Eco-Spirituality & Eco-Justice: Embodying Inner and Outer Transformation at Agape Community
David De La Fuente, Fordham University
Pentecostal Spirituality and Racial Justice: Interpreting Azusa Street Pentecostalism through Paul Ricoeur, and Willie James Jennings
Daniel Horan, Catholic Theological Union
'Sine Proprio' and Systemic Racism: Franciscan Spirituality in Response to White Supremacy
Justin Klassen, Bellarmine University
Spiritual Identity and National Myth: An Existential Reading of the White Christian Backlash against Critical Race Theory
Previous meetings: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
8/16/2021