Religion and Politics in the American South

Moderator: Beth Barton Schweiger, History, Journal of Southern Religion

Barbara Savage, History, University of Pennsylvania

Dan Carter, History, Emory University

Eli N. Evans, Southern Jewish Historian, New York City

9:00-11:00 a.m. Christian Theology in the South: Formal and Vernacular

Moderator: Russell Richey, Theology, Duke University

Jacquelyn Grant, Theology, Interdenominational Theological Center

E. Brooks Holifield, Theology, Emory University

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, History, Emory University

Eugene D. Genovese, History, Atlanta

12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch

Religion in the South and Electronic Media: Religion in the Valley of the Shadow Project

Moderator: Briane K. Turley, History, West Virginia University and Journal of Southern Religion

Edward L. Ayers, History, University of Virginia

Janet Ray Edwards, National Endowment of the Humanities

1:30-3:30 p.m.   Beyond the Bible Belt

Moderator: Gary Laderman, Religion, Emory University

Michael Gomez, History, University of Georgia

Mark K. Bauman, Editor, Southern Jewish History

Vasudha Narayanan, Religion, University of Florida

Luis Leon, Religion, Arizona State University

4:00-6:00 p.m.   Southern Religion and American Popular Culture

Moderator: Joel Martin, Religion, Franklin & Marshall College

Judith Weisenfeld, Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University

Gregory Salyer, Religion, Huntingdon College, AL

Colleen McDannell, Religion, University of Utah

Lisa Olenik, Human Performance and Kinesiology, Huntingdon College, AL

9:30-11:30 a.m. "Religion in the South and Electronic Media in Global Perspective"

Moderator: Rodger M. Payne, Religion, Louisiana State University

Lew Lancaster, East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley

James Peacock, Anthropology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

James Adair, American Theological Library Association, Center for Electronic Texts in Religion

12:00-2:00 p.m. Luncheon

Ambassador Andrew Young

Responding: Robert Franklin, Theology, Interdenominational Theological Center

Gary S. Hauk, Ethics, Emory University

2:30-4:30 p.m.   Racial Violence, Capital Punishment, and Religion in the South

Moderator: Donald G. Mathews, History, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Karen E. Fields, Sociology, Rochester, NY

Theophus Smith, Religion, Emory University

James J. Megivern, Religion, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Conference Directors

Gary M. Laderman, Assistant Professor, Emory University Department of Religion

Beth Barton Schweiger, Associate Editor, Journal of Southern Religion

For further information about the conference, please contact Jennifer Saunders at jbsaund@learnlink.emory.edu

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