Annual Meeting 2024 Program Book

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This year the forum will focus on the curricula and community needs of those using a Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach. A main purpose of the merger of the Biblical Language Center with the Whole Word Institute is to facilitate and energize curriculum development. With efforts already under way but still in their initial stages, we invite instructors and students to help shape the process by sharing their insights into what makes CLT curriculum most effective. How can a curriculum foster a better out-of-classroom community, be it for instructors at various stages of making the transition from Grammar-Translation to CLT, or for students looking for more engagement opportunities outside of the classroom? Finally, there will also be the opportunity to hear about new developments, including the prospects of an intensive one-year immersion program for Koine Greek.

Join our Annual Meeting (3-5pm) and Dinner Gathering (6-8pm). The meeting includes a panel conversation with Marianne Moyaert on her book "Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other" and the challenges and opportunities raised for interreligious educators. Time will also be devoted to open conversations about our roles navigating contentious campus conversations. Registration and more details at www.aiistudies.org

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This roundtable will engage with questions and topics related but not limited to: affect theory, cognitive studies (including cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and analytic philosophy of mind), structuring dynamics of belief and social groups, and critical methodologies in studies of history and text.

Paul and the Incarnation Keynote: Amy Peeler (Wheaton College) Please join us for discussion of Dr. Peeler's current research on Paul and the Incarnation hosted by the Society of Christian Philosophers. Information regarding respondents can be found at http://societyofchristianphilosophers.com.

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Facilitated by long-time PCR members Kelly Bulkeley, Kirk Bingaman, and Jaco Hamman, this workshop aims to stimulate greater critical awareness of practical issues in psychology and religion prompted by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Initially framed by three different perspectives on the practical use and future potentials of AI, the workshop will center on small-group discussions of several key questions: What cultural values and norms are being built into AI systems? How does human agency and subjectivity change when engaging with AI? What kind of transference relationship is formed when people seek answers, guidance, or companionship from AI? What role can/will AI play in practices of therapy and counseling? As we enter another era of social disruption driven by rapid, seemingly irreversible technological advances, is it possible to balance the creative use of these tools with a forceful critique of their dangers?

Sectional Meetings by Discipline

• Christian Theology and History
• New Testament
• Old Testament
• Philosophy and Ethics
• Practical Theology 
• World Religions/Missiology

Additional Sectional Meetings:

• Black Theology Group
• Women in Theology Group