Join SKSM at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion

Join Starr King School for the Ministry at the following events at the 2016 American Academy of Religion meeting in San Antonio, TX:

M19-418 Saturday, November 19
Unitarian Universalist Scholars and Friends
Theme: Discussion and Reception: Queering UUism: Celebrating the Legacy of Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé

Gabriella Lettini, Starr King School for the Ministry, Presiding
Saturday – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Grand Hyatt-Republic B (4th Level)

6:30-8:00 PM – Panel Discussion
8:00-9:30 PM – Reception
Free to public

Our annual gathering honors the legacy of Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé, who died prematurely in February of 2016. Dr. Farajajé was a transformational figure in theological education, an organic intellectual and a self-defined “scholartivist”. He taught for twenty-one years at Starr King School for the Ministry and has formed generations of ministers, denominational leaders, scholars, and activists. This panel will honor his intersectional scholarship in the areas of organic multireligiosity, Islamic and Jewish studies, queer studies, anti-racism, multireligious education, disability studies, eco-justice, and transformative pedagogies.

Josh Snyder of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio will open the event with a chalice lighting. A reception will follow immediately after the discussion. Co-sponsored by Harvard Divinity School, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Starr King School for the Ministry, Beacon Press, and the Unitarian Universalist Panel on Theological Education.

Panelists:
Ghazala Anwar, Starr King School for the Ministry
Sofia Betancourt, Starr King School for the Ministry
Hugo Córdova Quero, Starr King School for the Ministry
Rosemary Bray McNatt, Starr King School for the Ministry
Rebecca Parker, Starr King School for the Ministry
Julia Watts Belser, Georgetown University
Emily Silverman, San José State University

A19-113 Saturday, 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Teaching Religion Section and Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Group
Theme: Teaching Challenging Subjects: The Role of Pedagogies of Moral Injury
Gabriella Lettini, Starr King School for the Ministry, Presiding

A20-137 Sunday 9:00-11:30 AM
Religions, Medicines, and Healing Group
Theme: PTSD and Healing of Veterans and Victims of Violence
Responding:
Gabriella Lettini, Starr King School for the Ministry

P20-403
European Society of Women in Theological Research
Theme: Refugees in Europe and Feminist Theological Responses
Sunday 6:30 PM-8:30PM
Hilton Palacio del Rio-La Princesa (Mezzanine Level)
Gabriella Lettini, Starr King School for the Ministry
Mediterranean Hope? Welcoming Migrants in Lampedusa as a Feminist Theological Justice Issue

A21-232 Religion and Disability Studies Group
Theme: Grappling with Disability and Violence: Theology, Ethics, and Activism
Heike Peckruhn, Daemen College, Presiding
Monday – 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Convention Center-224 (2nd Level – East)
Devorah Greenstein, Starr King School for the Ministry
Bonhoeffer for Our Time

MASC GRAD:

A19-216
Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Group
Theme: T.H.U.G. Luv: After 400 Years of Death, What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Jon Gill, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding
Saturday – 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Grand Hyatt-Bonham E (3rd Level)
Octavio Carrasco, Union Theological Seminary, SKSM MASC GRADUATE
“I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto”: Tupac and the Religious Praxis of Hip-Hop

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