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This episode features Kimberly Carfore, PhD, co-chair of the religion and ecology unit at the American Academy of Religion (AAR). We discuss the religion and ecology events at this year's annual meeting of the AAR, including some of the panel presentations, receptions, overarching themes, and future directions for this unique unit. Hope, happiness, Indigenous values, and feminist theology are among the topics we cover. Many previous podcast guests are mentioned in the process, underscoring how much the field of religion and ecology is a community built on shared concerns and solidarity.

Episode 62. Esteemed scholar Dr. Amir Hussain, Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles), author of five books, and immediate past President of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) joins me for a lively discussion of the contemporary Muslim experience in North America. Despite the presence of Muslims arrived in the US in the first slave ships, the long history of participation in American society has gone unnoticed and unappreciated. Certainly, since the September 11 terrorist attack and now again with the war in Gaza, Muslims have been subject to harassment and Islamophobia. Many such acts of hate are motivated by inaccurate and misguided assumptions about Muslims, who they are and what they believe. The day-to-day life is not all bad nor is it the same in every place. Amir and I cover these and other topic in this engaging conversation. Highlights: ·       Diversity within American Islam, including ethnic and sectarian differences·       Cooperation and understanding between different religious groups in the U.S.·       Stereotypes within the Muslim and Jewish communities·       Coexistence, integration, and blending into society for minority communities·       Misperceptions about Islam and Muslims·       Importance of education in changing perceptions and the need for diverse Muslim representationSocial Media links for Amir:  Loyola Marymount University – http://faculty.lmu.edu/amirhussain/American Academy of Religion (AAR), Immediate Past President – American Academy of ReligionSocial Media links for Méli:Talking with God Project – https://www.talkingwithgodproject.orgLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/melisolomon/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066435622271Transcript:  Follow the podcast!The Living Our Beliefs podcast offers a place to learn about other religions and faith practices. When you hear about how observant Christians, Jews and Muslims live their faith, new ideas and questions arise:  Is your way similar or different?  Is there an idea or practice that you want to explore?  Understanding how other people live opens your mind and heart to new people you meet. Comments?  Questions? Email  Méli at – info@talkingwithgodproject.org The Living Our Beliefs podcast is part of the Talking with God Project – https://www.talkingwithgodproject.org/

Tis the season for reflecting on the past year and the year to come. Kimberly Carfore, PhD, came on the podcast to do just that, particularly in light of her role as the co-chair of the Religion and Ecology unit for the American Academy of Religion (AAR). We talk about some of the main topics and trends covered by the unit in this past year's AAR, and we discuss what's coming for this year's AAR, including more focus on decolonization and environmental justice, more consideration of questions about violence and nonviolence, more attention to activism and advocacy, and more research into the varieties of sentience in animals, plants, fungi, and more. Drawing on the field and force of religion and ecology, the Religion and Ecology unit is helping connect all areas of religious studies to the urgent and inspiring work of engaging with ecological issues.

This unique episode includes recordings from a special session on Palestinian Christianity at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) 2023 Annual Meeting. This session was organized by the Middle Eastern Christianity Unit in order to discuss the open letter from Palestinian Christians to Western church leaders and theologians, which was written shortly after the war on Gaza began. Speakers in this session include three co-authors of the letter: Munther Isaac, Yousef AlKhouri, and Daniel Bannoura. The respondents in the session include Logan Williams, Judith Norman, and Atalia Omer. This episode features an important conversation that addresses the missteps and the potential role of the Western church in ending the war on Gaza and seeking justice and peace in Palestine-Israel. You can support Across the Divide Podcast with a monthly or one-time donation at ⁠ko-fi.com/acrossthedividepodcast Show Notes An Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to Western Church Leaders and Theologians (Petition still accepting signatures as of December 8, 2023) Palestinian Christian Books: The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope, Munther Isaac Through My Enemy's Eyes: Envisioning Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine, Salim J Munayer and Lisa Loden Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, the Bible, Mitri Raheb Occupied with Nonviolence: A Palestinian Woman Speaks, Jean Zaru A Palestinian Theology of Liberation: The Bible, Justice and the Palestine-Israel Conflict, Naim Ateek Yet in the Dark Streets Shining: A Palestinian Story of Hope and Resilience in Bethlehem, Bishara Awad and Mercy Aiken Organizations for Education & Action: Christ at the Checkpoint Sabeel, Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) US Campaign for Palestinian Human Rights B'tselem⁠ Community Peacemakers Team (CPT) Challenging Christian Zionism Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East (NEME) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acrossthedivide/message

We prepare to engage in the yearly ritual of scholars in our field: the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), abbreviated AAR-SBL…or is it SBL-AAR? The order makes all the difference. Quality tips are shared to survive an academic conference of this type. Brian shares the tale of his first panic attack, and leaks crucial details from one of his conference presentations—about the Puritan leader Cotton Mather and his belief that the bones of biblical giants had been uncovered in America. The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL): https://www.sbl-site.org/ The American Academy of Religion (AAR): https://aarweb.org/The annual meeting online program book (you can search presentations by last name and keyword): https://sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=43 Cotton Mather: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather Bozeman, To Live Ancient Lives: https://uncpress.org/book/9780807896273/to-live-ancient-lives Bryce Traister: https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/bryce-traister/ The text of Cotton Mather's first letter to the Royal Society about the giant bones: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2936986?origin=crossref&seq=1

In this episode Dr. Oord shares some exciting news about Open and Relational Theology papers to be presented at the upcoming American Academy of Religion (AAR) annual gathering in San Antonio, TX (Nov. 18-21)

This episode of Spotlights features Kimberly Carfore, PhD, co-chair of the Religion and Ecology unit of the American Academy of Religion (AAR). The annual meeting of the AAR happened at the end of November. Dr. Carfore talks about the various panels hosted by the Religion and Ecology unit this year, including a panel on Dr. Christopher Carter's book The Spirit of Soul Food, which was featured on this podcast earlier in the year. Dr. Carfore also gives a preview of what the Religion and Ecology unit is putting together for the 2023 meeting of the AAR. Overall, they are continuing their efforts toward a more decolonial, international, and multicultural approach to studying the intersection of religion and ecology.

This week we are joined by Ted Campbell. Dr. Campbell is a member of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and currently serves as co-chair of the AAR's Wesleyan Studies Group. He also belongs to the American Society of Church History, and the Wesleyan Theological Society. He is currently the Albert C. Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at SMU Perkins School Of Theology. Today we continue to discuss the United Methodist Church and Ted gives insight into how the church can move forward.

Join me with Dr. Alisha L. Jones-Skinner, associate professor in the music department of the University of Cambridge, board member of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), American Musicological Society (AMS), and a co-chair of the Music and Religion Section of the American Academy of Religion (AAR). As a performer-scholar, Dr. Alisha consults museums, conservatories, seminaries, and arts organizations on curriculum, live and virtual event programming, and content development. Listen as Dr. Alisha talks to us about the discipline of deep listening and the role of music in overcoming trauma and mental health challenges. Dr. Alisha encourages us to develop a playlist of music that speaks to the essence of who we and including music in our health, ​wellness, and self-care.

What can the faith of the migrant teach us about a living theology? The resilience and communal outlook of immigrants offers a way of seeing human relationships—political, social, religious—as porous and permeable, meant to encounter God in the other, welcoming each other in love and hospitality. Francisco Lozada (Brite Divinity School) joins Evan Rosa to reflect on his experiences at U.S.-Mexico borderlands, leading travel seminars and teaching about immigration and justice from a theological framework—they discuss the influence of liberation theology's guiding principle of the preferential option for the poor, the centrality of history in understanding immigration, the problem of American xenophobia, and the racialization of U.S. immigration policy.This episode was made possible in part by the generous support of the Tyndale House Foundation. For more information, visit tyndale.foundation."Building bridges, not walls.""God doesn't see borders. In my theological thinking, I don't imagine a God or theologize a God asking, "show me your papers." God's asking different questions: Did you feed me, did you give me something to drink, did you clothe me?During this trip to Nogales, we came across a group of students and they were celebrating mass. We were walking right by them. We were on the U.S. side, they were on the Mexican side, and they asked, do we want to celebrate mass there? And what I see that moment is, that mass, that prayer was a form or expression of resistance, of pushing back there. There are no borders between us.Prayer doesn't see borders. Faith doesn't see borders. That's the power religion. I think the power of theology, the power of prayer, is that it works—not always, but in its true sense—it works to build bridges, not walls." (Francisco Lozada, from the interview)Introduction (Evan Rosa)Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries sheWith silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”"The New Colossus" Emma Lazarus, 1883The generous spirit, the welcome for the wandering, taking in the homeless stranger, the refugee—these words that inscribe the Statue of Liberty offer a hopeful image of an America with open arms, a beacon of hospitality and safety in a dangerous world. How do we square this symbol of welcoming freedom with the reality of immigration policy today? Detention centers crowded with young children separated from their families, exploitation of undocumented migrants for agricultural labor, billions of dollars spent on "the wall," the false nativism of fair-skinned European-American immigrants.Alongside the ideals of The New Colossus embracing the "tired, poor, huddled masses," a history of racial purity, exclusion, xenophobia, and fear can be seen in immigration policy, from the Chinese Exclusion Act just four years before the dedication of Lady Liberty, to the discriminatory immigration quotas of the Johnson-Reed Act in 1924, all the way up to the Muslim Travel Ban of 2017.In the spring of 2018, approximately 5,500 children were separated from their families by Trump's zero tolerance policy. 1,700 children still live in detention centers, 3 years later.But how does this balance with the rights of a nation to enforce and manage its political borders? How should those borders be enforced justly? How should we prioritize national security and cultural integrity with the call to welcome the tempest-tost stranger through our "golden doors"?Well, beyond the dizzying political and moral questions that we have with us always, Francisco Lozada is thinking theologically about immigration and the migrant experience. He is the Charles Fischer Catholic Professor of New Testament and Latinx Studies at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas.Lozada draws on his experiences at U.S.-Mexico borderlands, leading travel seminars and teaching about immigration and justice from a theological framework. In this episode we discuss the influence of liberation theology's guiding principle of the preferential option for the poor, the centrality of history in understanding immigration, the problem of American xenophobia, the racialization of U.S. immigration policy, and the ways Jesus, himself a migrant and refugee, crosses borders and boundaries throughout the Gospel narrative.Thanks for listening.AboutFrancisco Lozada, Jr. is the Charles Fischer Catholic Professor of New Testament and Latinx Studies at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. He holds a doctorate in New Testament and Early Christianity from Vanderbilt University. He is a past co-chair of the Johannine Literature Section (SBL), past chair of the Program Committee of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), and a past member of SBL Council. He is a past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, a past steering committee member of the Bible, Indigenous Group of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), and past co-chair of the Latino/a and Latin American Biblical Interpretation Consultation (SBL). He also serves on the board of directors for the Hispanic Summer Program, and mentored several doctoral students with the Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI). Dr. Lozada's most recent publications concern cultural and ideological interpretation while exploring how the Bible is employed and deployed in ethnic/racial communities. As a teacher, he co-led immersion travel seminars to Guatemala to explore colonial/postcolonial issues and, most recently, to El Paso, TX, and Nogales, AZ, to study life and society in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Click here to check out his personal website.Show NotesIntroduction (Evan Rosa)"The New Colossus," Emma Lazarus, 1883 (see above)Relationality, borderlands, and solidarityLife shared togetherWhat does solidarity mean in the context of immigration?Paolo Freire, Pedagogy of the OppressedJon Sobrino, SJ"How do you bring us churches in solidarity with the plight of the poor in Latin America?"The guiding principles of liberation theology and their influence on immigration theologyPreferential option for the poorJesus as someone with usResilience and the migrant's journeyReframing the narrative of why migration occurs.Common misconceptions (narratives) about why people migrate"How you understand migration will influence how you respond to immigration."Nationalism, nativism, and scarce resourcesResponsibility comes from our relatedness and living off the benefits of oppressive history"Immigration is historical. You can't construct an immigration response that's ahistorical."Oscar Martinez, Troublesome Border"The border is not fixed."Jesus crossing borders in the Gospel of JohnRelationships that break through bordersSamaritan womanCenturionAre borders meant to be crossed?Why migrants cross, how migrants cross, and how borders are maintained.The narrative is the encounter itself.XenophobiaA reckoning with our complicity with the construction of whitenessNationality Act of 1790Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965Whiteness and the history of U.S. Immigration Policy"The New Colossus" (Inscription  on the Statue of Liberty): "Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”How do we interpret human mobility?How do we understand our past?"It can't begin out of an abstract reality, it has to begin with a lived reality. That's liberation."The faith of the migrantResilience Production NotesThis podcast featured biblical scholar Francisco LozadaEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Martin Chan, Nathan Jowers, Natalie Lam, and Logan LedmanA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

I wanted to ramble with Mr. Levenda for a long time, and I was delighted when he finally got back to me. Still, I was not prepared for the sheer amount of information we went through in the hour we spent together: from discussing his upcoming book with Jeffrey D. Evans and a new possible solution to the Riddle of AL (something for the Thelemites out there), to his extensive involvement with the ongoing disclosure project related to the UFO/UAP phenomena, and much more. We also got a surprise appearance by Nathan Isaac of Penny Royal Podcast, and we might have gotten the final answer on who wrote Simon's Necronomicon. _ Find Peter: http://www.peterlevenda.com Find Marco: http://www.marcovisconti.org Join us on Patreon to participate live to the next episode: http://www.patreon.com/marcovisconti _ WHO'S OUR GUEST TONIGHT? Peter Levenda is a native of the Bronx who has lived and traveled all over the world during the course of his career. A writer, researcher, investigator, and historian he has authored more than a dozen books and appeared as an expert on Nazi ideology and history on television documentaries aired on the History Channel, National Geographic, Discovery, and TNT, as well as on numerous radio programs and podcasts. His first book - Unholy Alliance (1995) - boasts a foreword by Norman Mailer. He is currently working with Tom DeLonge (of Blink-182 fame) on the To The Stars project, co-authoring with Tom the three volume non-fiction series Sekret Machines: Gods, Man, and War, about a new approach to the UFO Phenomenon based on unprecedented access to US government and industry sources. To The Stars was instrumental in obtaining verified US Navy UFO videos to the public in 2017, as well as getting Congress to agree to a non-classified report to the American people on what the government knows about the UFO Phenomenon. The Mao of Business was published in the United States in 2007, and in a Chinese-language translation in Beijing the following year. He has published on Tantra (Tantric Temples: Eros and Magic in Java; The Tantric Alchemist); on the darker side of American history (Sinister Forces); on Nazism (Unholy Alliance; Ratline; The Hitler Legacy); Freemasonry (The Secret Temple); Mormonism (The Angel and the Sorcerer); and on magic (The Dark Lord), as well as a trilogy of novels based on the Lovecraft oeuvre (The Lovecraft Codex; Dunwich; Starry Wisdom). His UFO trilogy, co-authored with Tom DeLonge, includes Sekret Machines: Gods, Sekret Machines: Man, and the upcoming Sekret Machines: War. In addition, he has worked with Jeffrey Evans on bringing the discoveries of the Typhonian Order's K'rla Cell to light in the upcoming Rites of the Mummy. Levenda holds an MA in Religious Studies and Certificate in Asian Studies (FIU 2007), is a member of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marcovisconti/message

Social ethicist Stacey Floyd-Thomas offers a womanist perspective on how humility can go terribly wrong, when it's hung over the heads of the humiliated, marginalized, and oppressed. This criticism of the traditional Christian virtue helps clarify the role of joy as the ultimate virtue of Black life, the centrality of black folk wisdom, and the beauty of black sisterhood. Interview by Ryan McAnnally-Linz.LinksThe Womanist Salon Podcast, featuring Stacey Floyd-ThomasThe Joy of Humility: The Beginning & End of the Virtues (edited by Drew Collins, Ryan McAnnally-Linz, and Evan Rosa)About Stacey Floyd-ThomasStacey Floyd-Thomas is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair and Associate Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University, and is a nationally recognized scholar and leading voice in social ethics who provides leadership to several national and international organizations that educate, advocate, support and shape the strategic work of individuals, initiatives, and institutions in their organizing efforts of championing and cultivating equity, diversity, and inclusion via organizations such as Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG), Society for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Religion (SRER), Strategic Effective Ethical Solutions (SEES), Society of Christian Ethics (SCE) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR). She holds a PhD in Ethics, a MBA in organizational behavior and two Masters in Comparative religion and Theological Studies with certification in women's studies, cultural studies, and counseling. Not only has she published seven books and numerous articles, she is also as an expert in leadership development, an executive coach and ordained clergy equipped with business management. As a result, Floyd-Thomas has been a lead architect in helping corporations, colleges, universities, religious congregations, and community organizations with their audit, assessment, and action plans in accordance with evolving both the mission and strategic plans. Without question, she is one of the nation's leading voices in ethical leadership  in the United States and is globally recognized for her scholarly specializations in liberation theology and ethics, critical race theory, critical pedagogy, and postcolonial studies.  Additionally, leaving podium and pulpit, she hosts her own podcast to popularize and make her profession and vocation intergenerationally and intracommunally accessible through The Womanist Salon Podcast.

This week's episode of Spotlights is all about the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), which is taking place virtually this year, from November 30 to December 10. Our host (Sam Mickey) discusses the importance of the AAR for scholars of theology and religion, with specific attention to the AAR groups that focus on issues related to ecology, including the Religion and Ecology group as well as groups on Animals and Religion, Religion and Food, and Space, Place, and Religion.Spotlights will return with reports on the event in our next couple of episodes.A searchable version of the Program Book for this year's meeting can be found HERE.Go HERE for a list of the main panels on religion and ecology this year.You can watch the video of this episode HERE.

For this episode of our podcast, we've turned it over to our MA students--Emma Gibson, Sarah Griswold, and Sierra Lawson. This Fall these students were all part of our MA foundations course REL 502: Religious Studies and Public Humanities. In the course the students learned to use digital tools and our field's main professional organization, the American Academy of Religion (AAR) served all semester as the example on which they applied these tools So to end the semester we invited them to talk a bit about the last four AAR Presidential Addresses (2013-2016)--giving us their take on how the field is shaped and where it all might be going. A transcript of the show is available at: religion.ua.edu/about-us/podcasts/ Study Religion is a production of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama.

Every year Mike attends the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR), the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR). This year Mike recorded short conversations with scholars, pastors, and other folks who were also attending. This episode is the second of two […]

Every year Mike attends the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR), the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR). This year Mike recorded short conversations with scholars, pastors, and other folks who were also attending. This episode is the first of two […]

Jacques Derrida - On Religion Part Two Recorded 2002 at the joint annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). From http://www.ubu.com/ Happy New Year Everybody!

Jacques Derrida - On Religion Part One Recorded 2002 at the joint annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). From http://www.ubu.com/