CST students, faculty, administration, and staff are active in a variety of conferences, panels, and lectures each year. Check this page for upcoming events.
American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2025
The AAR/SBL Annual meeting takes place in Boston, MA, from November 22 to November 25. Registration is required. All times are Eastern. Times and dates are subject to change. Download the conference app or check the societies' websites for the most current schedule.
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Presentation Title
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Section/Unit
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Day
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Time
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Other Information
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Grant Gates
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Toward a Non-Representational Approach to Disability and the Bible
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Healthcare and Disability in the Ancient World
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Saturday, November 22
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9 AM
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Grant Gates
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Gouged Out Eyes and Lost Land: Samson, Zedekiah, and Exile
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Institute for Biblical Research - Early Historical Books
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Friday, November 21
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3:30 PM
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Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook
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Convener/Presider
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Anglican Studies Seminar
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Sunday, November 23
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3 PM
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Soo Kim Sweeney
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A Man Caught Between Two Traumas and the Laughter He Creates: King Saul in 1 Samuel 14:18–19
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Book of Samuel: Narrative, Theology, and Interpretation Section
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Sunday, November 23
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9:30 AM
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Soo Kim Sweeney
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"Are You Keniyim?" A Diasporic Reading of the Joseph Narrative for the Contemporary Diasporas
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Diaspora and the Hebrew Bible in Exile Unit
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Saturday, November 22
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4 PM
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Soo Kim Sweeney
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Moderator/Presider
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Intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible Section
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Sunday, November 23
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1 PM
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Christopher Miller
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Arhum ‘Jain’ Yoga: Acharya Sushil Kumar's Assemblage of Pan-South Asian Contemplative Practices in Song of the Soul”
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Contemplative Studies Unit
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Monday, November 24
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3 PM
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Christopher Miller
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“‘Puruṣa bound from within / without looking on’: Gurani Anjali’s Sāṃkhya-Yoga Music on Long Island, New York”
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Yogic Traditions and Sacred Sound Practices
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Saturday, November 22
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3 PM
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Christopher Miller
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Moderator/Presider
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Dharma Academy of North America
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Friday, November 21
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2 PM
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Grace Kao
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Panelist, "(Re)Assessing Asian American Racialization and the Future of Asian American Theology"
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Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit
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Saturday, November 22
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12:30 PM
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Grace Kao
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Panelist, "At This Time: Exploring Racial/Ethnic Models of Theological Education"
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Transformative Scholarship & Pedagogy Unit
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Saturday, November 22
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5 PM
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Grace Kao
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Moderator/Presider
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Religion and Sexuality Unit
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Monday, November 24
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9 AM
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Maggie Froelich
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Negotiations of Belief and Practice in Corinthian Jesus Worship: Many Gods and Many Lords
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Greco-Roman Religions Section
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Monday, November 24
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5:05 PM
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Sharon Jacob
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Empire's Impacts on Maternal Bodies
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Paul and Politics Seminar
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Monday, November 24
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4 PM
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Sharon Jacob
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Panelist, Book Panel on Sarojini Nadar, Gender Genocide, Gaza, and the Book of Esther
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Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Section; Islands, Islanders, and Scriptures Seminar; Minoritized Criticism and Biblical Interpretation Section; Postcolonial Studies and Biblical Studies
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Tuesday, November 25
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9 AM
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Sharon Jacob
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Panelist, "Jesus in Asia"
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Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics Seminar and Historical Jesus Section
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Monday, November 24
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9 AM
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Sharon Jacob
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Panelist, "Womanist-Feminist Dialogical Interpretation"
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Contextual Biblical Interpretation Section and Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Section
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Sunday, November 23
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1 PM
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Jack Morgan
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Moderator/Presider
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Trans Joy and Liberation in a Time of Apocalypse (Special Session)
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Saturday, November 22
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3 PM
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Chelsea Gregoire
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Panelist
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Trans Joy and Liberation in a Time of Apocalypse (Special Session)
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Saturday, November 22
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3 PM
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Marshall Johns
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Over the Waves and Over the Opps: An Intertextual Freestyle on the Reception of Noah in Hip Hop and the Psalter
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Intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible Section
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Sunday, November 23
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9 AM
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Ashleigh Gibb and Marshall Johns
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Restoring Daughter Zion's Autonomy: A Trauma-Informed Study of Sexually Violent Texts
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Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures Section
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Monday, November 24
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1 PM
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Hyunghee Kim
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Destabilizing Imperial Identity: Indirect Speech and Power Reversals in MT Esther 4
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Postcolonial Studies and Biblical Studies Section
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Saturday, November 22
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9 AM
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Hyunghee Kim
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Declaration Before Independence? A Cross-Textual Reading of Nehemiah 8 with the Korean March First Declaration of Independence (1919)
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Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics Seminar
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Saturday, November 22
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4 PM
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Adriana Tunliu
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A Decolonial Reading of Obadiah 1 in Indonesia
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Asian and Asian American Hermeneutics Seminar
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Saturday, November 22
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4 PM
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Miseon Choi
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Sacred Meals, Shared Tables: A Postcolonial Dialogue Between Ancient Christian Meals and Korean Food Culture
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Ancient Jewish and Christian Meals and Their Afterlives Consultation and Korean Biblical Colloquium
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Sunday, November 23
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4 PM
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Marvin Sweeney
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Panelist, Book Review Panel on Jon D. Levenson, Israel's Day of Light and Joy: The Origin, Development, and Enduring Meaning of the Jewish Sabbath
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Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures Section
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Sunday, November 23
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9 AM
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Marvin Sweeney
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The Book of Isaiah as Liturgical Text
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Book of Isaiah Section and Book of Psalms Section
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Sunday, November 23
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1 PM
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Yuki Schwartz
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Overcoming Shame: Confession and Discipleship in Bonhoeffer's Theology
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Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Unit
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Monday, November 24
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12:30 PM
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Yuki Schwartz
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Panelist, "Transnational Asian/American Feminist Theologies: History, Challenges, and Future Possibilities"
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Women and Religion Unit
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Saturday, November 22
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3 PM
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Cogen Bohanec
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A Critical Examination of Śrīmad Rājcandra's Teachings on Contemplative Practices
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Contemplative Studies Unit
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Monday, November 24
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3 PM
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Content
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Venu Mehta
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Winning a Kingdom with Seven ‘koḍīs’: Emotions, Ethics, Freedom, and Gender in the Jain Narrative of Surasundarīno Rās
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Dharma Academy of North America
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Friday, November 21
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11 AM
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Name
Grant Gates
Presentation Title
Toward a Non-Representational Approach to Disability and the Bible
Section/Unit
Healthcare and Disability in the Ancient World
Other Information
Name
Grant Gates
Presentation Title
Gouged Out Eyes and Lost Land: Samson, Zedekiah, and Exile
Section/Unit
Institute for Biblical Research - Early Historical Books
Other Information
Name
Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook
Presentation Title
Convener/Presider
Section/Unit
Anglican Studies Seminar
Other Information
Name
Soo Kim Sweeney
Presentation Title
A Man Caught Between Two Traumas and the Laughter He Creates: King Saul in 1 Samuel 14:18–19
Section/Unit
Book of Samuel: Narrative, Theology, and Interpretation Section
Other Information
Name
Soo Kim Sweeney
Presentation Title
"Are You Keniyim?" A Diasporic Reading of the Joseph Narrative for the Contemporary Diasporas
Section/Unit
Diaspora and the Hebrew Bible in Exile Unit
Other Information
Name
Soo Kim Sweeney
Presentation Title
Moderator/Presider
Section/Unit
Intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible Section
Other Information
Name
Christopher Miller
Presentation Title
Arhum ‘Jain’ Yoga: Acharya Sushil Kumar's Assemblage of Pan-South Asian Contemplative Practices in Song of the Soul”
Section/Unit
Contemplative Studies Unit
Other Information
Name
Christopher Miller
Presentation Title
“‘Puruṣa bound from within / without looking on’: Gurani Anjali’s Sāṃkhya-Yoga Music on Long Island, New York”
Section/Unit
Yogic Traditions and Sacred Sound Practices
Other Information
Name
Christopher Miller
Presentation Title
Moderator/Presider
Section/Unit
Dharma Academy of North America
Other Information
Name
Grace Kao
Presentation Title
Panelist, "(Re)Assessing Asian American Racialization and the Future of Asian American Theology"
Section/Unit
Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit
Other Information
Name
Grace Kao
Presentation Title
Panelist, "At This Time: Exploring Racial/Ethnic Models of Theological Education"
Section/Unit
Transformative Scholarship & Pedagogy Unit
Other Information
Name
Grace Kao
Presentation Title
Moderator/Presider
Section/Unit
Religion and Sexuality Unit
Other Information
Name
Maggie Froelich
Presentation Title
Negotiations of Belief and Practice in Corinthian Jesus Worship: Many Gods and Many Lords
Section/Unit
Greco-Roman Religions Section
Other Information
Name
Sharon Jacob
Presentation Title
Empire's Impacts on Maternal Bodies
Section/Unit
Paul and Politics Seminar
Other Information
Name
Sharon Jacob
Presentation Title
Panelist, Book Panel on Sarojini Nadar, Gender Genocide, Gaza, and the Book of Esther
Section/Unit
Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Section; Islands, Islanders, and Scriptures Seminar; Minoritized Criticism and Biblical Interpretation Section; Postcolonial Studies and Biblical Studies
Other Information
Name
Sharon Jacob
Presentation Title
Panelist, "Jesus in Asia"
Section/Unit
Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics Seminar and Historical Jesus Section
Other Information
Name
Sharon Jacob
Presentation Title
Panelist, "Womanist-Feminist Dialogical Interpretation"
Section/Unit
Contextual Biblical Interpretation Section and Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Section
Other Information
Name
Jack Morgan
Presentation Title
Moderator/Presider
Section/Unit
Trans Joy and Liberation in a Time of Apocalypse (Special Session)
Other Information
Name
Chelsea Gregoire
Presentation Title
Panelist
Section/Unit
Trans Joy and Liberation in a Time of Apocalypse (Special Session)
Other Information
Name
Marshall Johns
Presentation Title
Over the Waves and Over the Opps: An Intertextual Freestyle on the Reception of Noah in Hip Hop and the Psalter
Section/Unit
Intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible Section
Other Information
Name
Ashleigh Gibb and Marshall Johns
Presentation Title
Restoring Daughter Zion's Autonomy: A Trauma-Informed Study of Sexually Violent Texts
Section/Unit
Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures Section
Other Information
Name
Hyunghee Kim
Presentation Title
Destabilizing Imperial Identity: Indirect Speech and Power Reversals in MT Esther 4
Section/Unit
Postcolonial Studies and Biblical Studies Section
Other Information
Name
Hyunghee Kim
Presentation Title
Declaration Before Independence? A Cross-Textual Reading of Nehemiah 8 with the Korean March First Declaration of Independence (1919)
Section/Unit
Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics Seminar
Other Information
Name
Adriana Tunliu
Presentation Title
A Decolonial Reading of Obadiah 1 in Indonesia
Section/Unit
Asian and Asian American Hermeneutics Seminar
Other Information
Name
Miseon Choi
Presentation Title
Sacred Meals, Shared Tables: A Postcolonial Dialogue Between Ancient Christian Meals and Korean Food Culture
Section/Unit
Ancient Jewish and Christian Meals and Their Afterlives Consultation and Korean Biblical Colloquium
Other Information
Name
Marvin Sweeney
Presentation Title
Panelist, Book Review Panel on Jon D. Levenson, Israel's Day of Light and Joy: The Origin, Development, and Enduring Meaning of the Jewish Sabbath
Section/Unit
Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures Section
Other Information
Name
Marvin Sweeney
Presentation Title
The Book of Isaiah as Liturgical Text
Section/Unit
Book of Isaiah Section and Book of Psalms Section
Other Information
Name
Yuki Schwartz
Presentation Title
Overcoming Shame: Confession and Discipleship in Bonhoeffer's Theology
Section/Unit
Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Unit
Other Information
Name
Yuki Schwartz
Presentation Title
Panelist, "Transnational Asian/American Feminist Theologies: History, Challenges, and Future Possibilities"
Section/Unit
Women and Religion Unit
Other Information
Name
Cogen Bohanec
Presentation Title
A Critical Examination of Śrīmad Rājcandra's Teachings on Contemplative Practices
Section/Unit
Contemplative Studies Unit
Other Information
Content
Name
Venu Mehta
Presentation Title
Winning a Kingdom with Seven ‘koḍīs’: Emotions, Ethics, Freedom, and Gender in the Jain Narrative of Surasundarīno Rās
Section/Unit
Dharma Academy of North America
Other Information
December 2025
Academy of Homiletics 2025 Annual Meeting: Preaching and Place
(open to members only)
Namjoong Kim, presiding. “Communities of Worship and the Word: Reimagining Korean Immigrant Church Identity”
December 5th, 6:30 PM
The Academy of Homiletics is North America’s leading scholarly organization for preaching and the Word in worship, uniting researchers and practitioners worldwide. As the Korean Caucus representative and organizer, I contribute to advancing intercultural and global perspectives within the field. This year, I am convening a seminar and panel with local Korean immigrant church leaders in Richmond to foster dialogue on strengthening Word-in-worship-centered communities. These activities underscore both the Academy’s significance and the impact of my work within it.