American Academy of Religion
2004
Annual Meeting
2004 ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM
Sessions of the Religion in South Asia Section of
the AAR
A20-108
Religion in South Asia Section
November 20, Saturday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm - CC-215
Theme: Teaching Inside-Out: Demographic Changes
and Methodological Challenges in Teaching the Religions of South Asia
Presiding:
Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
Panelists:
Eliza Kent, Colgate University
Anne Vallely, University of Ottawa
Amir Hussain, California State University,
Northridge
Stuart R. Sarbacker, DePaul University
Arti Dhand, University of Toronto
Responding:
Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University
A21-13
Religion in South Asia Section
November 21, Sunday - 9:00 am-11:30 am - CC-213B
Theme: South Asian Religious Expression and the
Secular State
Presiding:
Richard H. Davis, Bard College
Presenters:
Cassie Adcock, University of Chicago
Sacred Cow? Freedom of Religion and the Cow Protection Movement
Laura Jenkins, University of Cincinnati
Political and Religious Apostasy: Lower Caste Religious Conversions
from Hinduism
Steven W. Ramey, University of North Carolina,
Pembroke
"We are Hindu!" Secularism, Tolerance, and the
Marginalization of Sindhi Hindus
Valerie Stoker, Wright State University
Harming the Common Good? A Kirpan Case in Québec
A21-107
Religion in South Asia Section and Feminist
Theory and Religious Reflection Group
November 21, Sunday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm - CC-206A
Theme: Feminist Theory in the Study of South
Asian Religions
Presiding:
Rita Sherma, Binghamton University
Presenters:
Karen Pechilis, Drew University
Feminist and Religious Readings of a Hindu Woman Saint’s Story
Susan Landesman, Columbia University
Goddess Tara and the "Great Secret”
Carla Bellamy, Columbia University
Who Died and Left You
in Charge? Or, Possession, Power, and Religious Identity in Contemporary
Northwestern India
Loriliai Biernacki, University of Colorado,
Boulder
Feminine Speech: The Tantric Mantra and Its Gendered Implications
Responding:
Carol S. Anderson, Kalamazoo College
A22-58
Religion in South Asia Section
November 22, Monday - 1:00 pm-3:30 pm - CC-212B
Theme: Can Muslims Talk to Hindus? An
Exploration of Islamic Categories for Hindu-Muslim Dialogue
Presiding:
Phyllis Herman, California State University,
Northridge
Panelists:
Irfan A. Omar, Marquette University
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University
Mahmoud Ayoub, Temple University
Arvind Sharma, McGill University
Responding:
Douglas L. Berger, Oakton Community College
A22-108
Religion in South Asia Section and Hinduism
Group
November 22, Monday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm - CC-217B
Theme: Unwritten Hinduism
Presiding:
Leslie C. Orr, Concordia University
Panelists:
Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, Emory University
Charles Hallisey, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Velcheru Narayana Rao, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Responding:
Ann Grodzins Gold, Syracuse University
RISA Business Meeting:
Philip Lutgendorf, University of Iowa, and
Leslie C. Orr, Concordia University, Presiding
A23-2
Comparative Studies in Religion Section and
Religion in South Asia Section
November 23, Tuesday - 9:00 am-11:30 am -
CC-214A
Theme: Revealing and Creating through Miracles:
Ethnographic Encounters with the Wonderous in South Asian Traditions
Presiding: Bradley S. Clough, American
University, Cairo
Panelists:
Ann Grodzins Gold, Syracuse University
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, Emory University
Selva Raj, Albion College
Jonathan S. Walters, Whitman College
Corinne Dempsey, University of Wisconsin,
Stevens Point
Responding:
Velcheru Narayana Rao, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Jonathan Z. Smith, University of Chicago
Revised: November 23, 2004
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