DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION
FACULTY ACTIVITIES REPORT
JULY 1, 1999-JUNE 30, 2000
I. Publications, Performances, Exhibits
Boyd, Stephen B.
"Theological
Roots of Gender Reconciliation in 16th Century Anabaptism: A Prolegomenon"
Journal of Mennonite Studies 17,
(1999).
"' I'll be
home for Christmas': Welcoming Everyone to the Holiday Table," Manifest: The Newsletter of Disciples Men, Vol.
5, No. 1, December 1999.
"Seeing
Beyond our Needs to Jesus", Manifest:
The Newsletter of Disciples Men Vol. 5, No. 2 May 2000.
Collins, John E.
(Editor)
"Thinking about Religion". A
publication of North Carolina Religious Studies Assoc.
Ford, James
Book review of Renegade Monk: Honen and Japanese Pure Land
Buddhism
by Machida Soho
(California University Press, 1999). To
appear in the Journal of the American
Academy of Religion, Summer 2000 (68/2).
Hoglund, Kenneth G.
Introduction and
running notes on Ezra-Nehemiah and 1&2 Chronicles, in The Access Bible (Oxford
University Press, 1999).
Horton, Fred L.
(with Jeffrey
A,. Blakely), "Behold Water!"
Tell el-Hesi ad the Baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26-40), Revue Biblique 107/1 (January 2000):
56-71.
"The Advent
of Islam at Sepphoris and at Caesarea Maritimia", Galilee through the Centuries: Confluence of Cultures, Eric Meyers,
ed. Duke Judaic Studies Series, Volume I.
Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1999, 377-390.
Ilesanmi, Simeon O.
"Just War
Theory in Comparative Perspective", Journal
of Religious Ethics 28.1
(Spring 2000),
139-55.
Kimball, Charles A.
"W.C.
Smith, 1917-2000: Reflections on his Life and Work", Religious Studies News (May, 2000) p.22.
Pleasants, Phyllis
R.
#42 Studies form
the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, "Justification and Sanctification
in the Traditions of the Reformation", A
Baptist Perspective, 223-232.
Review and
Expositor, Vol. 96, No.1, Winter 1999, "E.Y. Mullins: Diplomatic
Theological Leader", 43-60.
Collins, John E.
"Advantages
of Digital Publication of Graduate Thesis", North Carolina Religious
Studies, Wake Forest University, November 1999.
Foskett, Mary F.
Formal Response
to Panel of Papers, Asian and Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics Group,
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, November 1999.
"Like a
Virgin: Mary and Eve in Narrative Counterpoint", International Meeting of
the Society of Biblical Literature (Helsinki/Lahti, Finland) July 1999.
Ford, James L.
"Jokei and
Honen: Debating the Universal and Particular in Medieval Japanese
Buddhism" presented at the American Academy of Religion annual meeting,
Boston, November 23, 1999.
Hoglund, Kenneth G.
"Gideon the
Black Belt: Finding Harmony through Hermeneutics", North Carolina Religion
Studies Association, Wake Forest University, October 1, 1999.
"Giving
Mary a Home: Spatial Dimensions to Marian Traditions in the Byzantine
Period". Society of Biblical Literature Seventeenth International Meeting,
Lahti, Finland, July 20, 1999.
Horton, Fred L.
"What Was
the Name of Tell el-Hesi in the Biblical Period?" Biblical Archaeological
Society of Greater Atlanta, May 2, 2000.
Ilesanmi, Simeon O.
"The
Society of Christian Ethics and the Challenges of Globalization", The
Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Washington, DC, January 7,
2000.
"Ethnicity
and the Right to Self-determination", public lecture given at Princeton
University, March 1, 2000.
"Globalization,
Developmental Right and Transnational Duties", invited lecture, Bucknell
University, Lewisburg, PA, March 23, 2000.
"Right to
Self-Determination in Africa: A Liberal Democratic Approach, invited lecture at
the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, March 31, 2000.
"A Liberal
Democratic Argument for the Separation of Religion and the State in
Africa", invited plenary address at the annual meeting of the Dutch
Association for the Study of Religion, Amsterdam, June 2-3, 2000.
Kimball, Charles A.
"Embracing
the Challenges if Inter-religious Understanding and Cooperation in the Local Church",
Four, two hour presentations, Urban/Suburban Clergy Conference of the Episcopal
Church, Healdsburg, CA, May 1-3, 2000.
LaHurd, Carol J.
"Walking by
Faith: Witness and Dialogue in the Multi-faith Americas", Lutheran World
Federation Consultation on Christianity and Other Faiths in the Americas, Sao
Leopoldo, Brazil, November 28-December 3, 1999.
"What the
Hebrew Prophets and Jesus Might Say on Major Issues of 21st Century
Christianity and Judaism", "Higher Education Issues", and
"Turning Points" for Renaissance Women's Forum, Panel Presentations,
Renaissance Weekend XLII, Kiawah Island, SC March 22-26, 2000.
III. Editorships, Offices, and Consultancies
Boyd, Stephen B.
Member,
Editorial Board, Harvard Theological
Review
Associate
Editor, Journal of Men's Studies
President,
American Men's Studies Association
Member,
Steering Committee, History of Christianity Section, American Academy of
Religion.
Consultant,
Ph.D. Dissertation in anthropology at Binghamton University (SUNY) on the
"Debate in Christianity Over the Inclusion of Gay and Lesbian Believers in
the Life of the Church".
Collins, John E.
Editorial board
member: "Thinking About Religion".
President: North
Carolina Religious Studies Association.
Foskett, Mary F.
Member, Steering
Committee, Synoptic Gospels Section, Society of Biblical Literature (Spring
1998-present).
Member, Steering
Committee, Asian and Asian-American Biblical Hermeneutics
Section, Society
of Biblical Literature (Fall 1998-present).
Program Unit
Chair, International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Fall
1998-Summer 1999).
Ford, James L.
Executive
Secretary, Society for the Study of Japanese Religions.
Hoglund, Kenneth G.
Member, Old Testament Editorial Board,
Smyth-Helwys Commentary Series.
Member,
Editorial Board, Near East Archaeology.
Horton, Fred L.
Consultant:
Hospice of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Theologian-in-Residence,
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Ilesanmi, Simeon O.
Member,
Editorial Board, Journal of Religious
Ethics.
Referee, Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics.
Member, Board of
Governors and Executive Committee, Society of Christian Ethics.
Co-Chair,
African Religions Group, American Academy of Religion.
Member, Program
Committee, International Association for the History of Religions.
Member, Steering
Committee, Religious Consultation on Human Rights, American Academy of
Religions.
Member,
Executive Committee, African Association for the Study of Religions.
Member,
Executive Committee, Society for the Study of Black Religions.
Religious
Consultation on Reproductive Technology, Health and Ethics.
Kimball, Charles A.
Member,
Editorial Board for Perspectives in the
Study of Religion.
LaHurd, Carol J.
Member,
Editorial Board of Dialog: a Journal of
Theology.
Co-Chair,
Literary Aspects of the Gospels and Acts Group of the Society of Biblical
Literature.
Ilesanmi, Simeon O.
$754,155 "Humans in Research"
(co-applicant with six other faculty members)
National Institute of
Health.
$ 39,000 " Religion and Human Rights in
Africa: A Study in Comparative
Ethics" Center for
Human Values, Princeton University.