Join Us in Nashville, Tennessee April 1-3, 2022
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The Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion
Fifth Biennial Meeting
Vanderbilt Divinity School
April 1-3, 2022
What’s The Big IDEA?
Religion and the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Agenda
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Friday, April 1, 2022
2:00-3:30 Institutional Greeting and Discussion (Reading Room)
From Moment to Movement: The Theology and Ethics of Black Lives Matter 10 Years Later
Emilie Townes, Moderator (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
Frederick D. Haynes, III (Friendship West Baptist Church)
Michael Eric Dyson (Vanderbilt University)
4:00-5:30 Discussion Panel
White Supremacy as Pre-Existing Condition: Reflections on Religion, Racial-Ethnic Identities, and Resiliency in the COVID-19 Era
Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Moderator (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
Christopher M. Driscoll (Lehigh University)
Blanche Bong Cook (Univ. of Kentucky Law School)
Miguel De La Torre (Iliff School of Theology)
Juan M. Floyd-Thomas (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
6:00-7:00 Plenary Address
Religion in a “Big Rich Town” and the “Poorest Parts”: Barriers, Bigotry, and the Bible Belt
Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III (Friendship West Baptist Church)
7:00-8:30 Meet-and-Greet Reception (Reading Room)
Saturday, April 2, 2022
10:00-11:30 Paper Panel
Prison as the Soul of the Nation: Reflections on the Religious Implications and Racial Impact of Mass Incarceration in the United States
Aaron K. Stauffer, Moderator (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
Alexandra E. Chambers (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
“Mamas in the Wilderness: Mamamisogyny in the Punishing of Mother-Survivors”
Scott Mitchell (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
“Towards the Ethical Treatment of Prisoners: Ending Penal Slavery in the United States”
Andrew Krinks (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
“Measuring Salvation in Chains and Corpses: The Religion of Carcerality”
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Presidential Plenary Panel (Reading Room)
Interrogating Whiteness as Minoritized/ Marginalized Scholars of Religion
Christopher M. Driscoll, Moderator (Lehigh University)
W. David Nelson (President, SRER)
Alice Hunt (American Academy of Religion)
Rebecca Alpert (Temple University)
3:30-6:00 CRT SPA – Critical Race Theory Scholars-Practitioners-Activists
Blanche Bong Cook (Univ. of Kentucky Law School)
Sunday, April 3, 2022
10:00-11:00 Plenary Address (Reading Room)
DEI Work and a Decolonial Feminist: Reflections at the Intersections of Latina/o/x Studies, Religion, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Jacqueline M. Hidalgo (Williams College)
11:00-1:00 Ad-Ministry: Administration as Advocacy
Miguel De La Torre, Moderator (Iliff School of Theology)
Graham Reside (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
“Ad-ministering the Sacrament of Justice: Institutional Leadership as a Profession and Confession of the Faithful”
Aundrea Matthews (Buffalo Soldiers Association of West Point)
“It Takes a Village and Vision: Leadership and Legacy Building as the Administration of Arts and Advocacy”
Joerg Rieger (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
“The (Im)possibility of Solidarity in the Force Fields of Privilege and Power: Rethinking Leadership and Administration”
1:00-1:30 Business Meeting (Room 122)