Program

NCRSA 2023, Carolina Hall, UNC Chapel Hill

8:30-9:20: Registration

9:30-10:45: Session IA: Contemporary Issues in Religion, Culture and Politics (Carolina 104)

• “American College and Professional Sport as Televangelism,. Stefanie Heinrich, University of Oklahoma/Appalachian State University .

• “The Case in Favor of Covid- 19 Mandatory Vaccination: A Christian Perspective." Paul Boaheng, Fayetteville State University.

• “Mediating Religion: A Short History of Media and Religion.” Conrad Ostwalt, Appalachian State University 

• Presiding: Richard Hall, Fayetteville State University. 

9:30-10:45: Session IB: Religion, AI, and Creationism (Carolina 204)

• “Zoology vs. young-Earth creationist dinosaur literature: Investigations of alleged evidence of the historicity of Genesis", Philip Senter, Fayetteville State University.

• “The Power of Metaphors and Artificial Intelligence.” Randall Reed, Appalachian State University.

• “Religion, AI and Art.” Kaitlyn Whisnant, Appalachian State University.

• Presiding: Paul Wilson, Shaw University.

11:00-12:15: Session IIA: Reassessment of Some Religious Beliefs and Arts (Carolina 104)

• “Reassessing the Theological Value of Supersessionism.” Paul Wilson, Shaw University.

• “King Saul of Israel: An Objective Reappraisal.” Ray Sutherland, UNC-Pembroke

• Presiding: Paul Boaheng, Fayetteville State University.

11:00-12:15: Session IIB. Morality, Religion, Media, and Resistance

• “Infinity and Openness: Levinas’s Reading of Bergson’s Two Sources of Morality and Religion.” James McLachlan, Western Carolina State University. 

• “Ruth Blau: A Life of Paradox and Purpose.” Mordechai (Motti) Inbari, UNC-Pembroke.

• “Science into art: Church’s the Heart of the Andes as Illustration of Humboldt’s Cosmos.” Richard Hall, Fayetteville State University

• Presiding: Randall Reed, Appalachian State University.

12:30-1:00: Business Meeting and Awards (Carolina 204)

1:00-2:15: Lunch (on your own)

2:30-3:45: Session IIIA: Religion Across the Globe (Carolina 104)

• "Religion and Crime Control: The Case of Deities in Traditional Igbo Society in Nigeria." Ngozi Kamalu, Fayetteville State University

• “The Evolution of Buddhist Grieving Rites Due to Mass Casualty Events in Japan.” Tani Blankenship, Appalachian State University

• “Confucian Cosmology & Reciprocity.” Han Lheem, Fayetteville State University.

• Presiding: John Brooks, Fayetteville State University. 

2:30-3:45: Session IIIB: Religion Across the Globe (Carolina 204)

• “The Shifting Roles of the Japanese Bodhisattva Jizō’.” Claire Crane, Appalachian State University

• “Orisha: The God’s of the Yoruba and Worships.” Kofi Johnson & Adegoke Ademiluyi, Fayetteville State University

• Presiding: Randall Reed, Appalachian State University.