{"id":7598,"date":"2015-11-24T11:06:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T18:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7598"},"modified":"2015-11-28T20:30:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T03:30:56","slug":"pagans-and-others-at-the-aar-sbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7598","title":{"rendered":"Pagans and Others at the AAR-SBL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday I arrived in Atlanta for the joint annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature.<\/p>\n

Attendees come from all over:
\n\"Mary's<\/p>\n

\"Kitty's<\/p>\n

They are focused on the presentations they must make:<\/p>\n

\"Ali

Alison Beyer, “Creating Sacred Space with Art Exhibitions: Another Approach to Interfaith Work”<\/p><\/div>\n

They attend a lot of receptions, especially those with a reputation for plentiful food and drink:<\/p>\n

\"NAASR

North American Association for the Study of Religion. Janet Joyce,
managing director of Equinox Publishing,\u00a0 center,\u00a0 in black.<\/p><\/div>\n

They go to more sessions:<\/p>\n

\"ritual

Ellen Randolph, “Gnosticism, Transformation, and the Role of the Feminine
in the Gnostic Mass of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica.” Grant Potts, session presider.<\/p><\/div>\n

They try to find a place to sit.<\/p>\n

\"Marriott<\/p>\n

They go to the book exhibit and make sure that their and their friends’ books are prominently displayed:<\/p>\n

\"Pagan

Yale University Press booth.<\/p><\/div>\n

They slip away to museums:<\/p>\n

\"GR

Gwendolyn Reece at the Carlos Museum, Emory University.<\/p><\/div>\n

They hang out in the various hotel bars and go out to dinner:<\/p>\n

\"shawn,

Shawn Arthur, Helen Berger (back to camera), Barbara McGraw, (unidentified), Doug Cowan.<\/p><\/div>\n

And then it’s back onto the escalator. Where is the “Dunwoody Room”?<\/p>\n

\"between<\/p>\n

Until they are exhausted and must go home, where they sort out their notes:<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0945\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Here is Thorn Mooney’s take on the same event, “Me, Pagan Studies, and the AAR<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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