Day 2: Thursday, 8 June 2023

09:00–10:40  Paper Session 1

Rooms at the Commons

A-1  Economic and Political Concerns of the Anthropocene (B110)

Moderator: Bernd Schröder (University of Göttingen)

• Boram Lee (University of Toronto), When the Anthropocene Challenge Strikes People Living in Banjiha, “Parasite”-Style Semi-Underground Housing

• Nadine Bowers Du Toit (University of Stellenbosch), Climate Apartheid: A Prophetic Call for an Olive Agenda 

• Simon Linder (University of Tübingen), Overcoming the Dichotomy of Individual and Collective 

C-1  Technology, Environment, and Youth (B146)

Moderator: Jennifer Ayres (Emory University)

• T. T. J. (Theo) Pleizier (Protestant Theological University), Digitalization in Practical Theology: The Turn to the Computational and the Turn to the Digital

• Jacques Beukes (University of Pretoria), South African Youth and Environmental Consciousness: Inspired by Faith and Religion?

• Sarah Bixler (Eastern Mennonite University),  Friendliness without Belonging? The Paradox of Youth Attachment in American Religion

D-1  Eschatological Practical Theology on Disaster and Hope (G. Ballroom A, B125)

Moderator: Joyce Mercer (Yale University)

• Danielle Tumminio Hansen (Emory University), Hope, Meaning, and the Goodness of Life on the Whole: A Trauma-Informed Eschatological Practical Theology

• Hans-Ulrich Probst (University of Tübingen), Apocalyptic Interpretation of Crisis: Theological Reading in the German Far/Extreme Right

• Eunjin Jeon (Iliff School of Theology), Toward Decolonial Praxis: The Reimagination of the Human Vocation as a Farmer

E-1  Practical Theology Reconsidered: Practical Wisdom from Diverse Traditions Addressing the Challenges of the Anthropocene (B147)

Moderator: Heejin Choi (University of Toronto)

• Taehoon Kim (University of Toronto), A Christian Eco-Spiritual Response to the Anthropocene Epoch: The Teaching and Legacy of St. Francis of Assisi

• Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen (University of Oslo), Enacting Yoga in Norway. Religion, Non-religion and Secularity as a Nexus of Hybrid Social Practices

• Birgit Weyel (University of Tübingen), Intertextuality as a Powerful Technique of Religious Meaning Formation. The Reconstruction of the Berlin City Palace

F-1  Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene (G. Ballroom B, B126)

Moderator: Beth Corrie (Emory University)

• Edward Foley (Catholic Theological Union), Preaching in an Anthropocene age: Befriending Sciences in the Pulpit

• Malan Nel (University of Pretoria) & Victor Kim (East Asia Theological Seminary), Contextual Prophetic Preaching in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene

• Kristin Merle (University of Hamburg), "We Believe that We are Part of a Larger Story": Images of Agency and Relationality in Worship Services

F-2  Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene (B111)

Moderator: David Eunil Cho (Boston University)

• Jeffrey Braff (University of Toronto), Fortifying the Front Lines: Incorporating the Buddhadharma of Suffering and Compassion into the Provision of Spiritual Care and Emotional Support to Front-Line Hospital Staff

• Fahimah Ulfat (University of Tübingen), Muslim Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene

• Shaun Joynt (University of the Free State), Psychological Entitlement and the Anthropocene: Clergy and Faith Community Responses

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Day 2: Thursday, 8 June 2023

14:00–15:40  Paper Session 2

Rooms at the Commons

A-2  Economic and Political Concerns of the Anthropocene (B146)

Moderator: Keun-joo Christine Pae (Denison University)

• Sarah Piketh (North-West University) & Stuart Piketh (North-West University), The Indignity of the Anthropocene

• John Mohan Razu (ACTS Academy of Higher Education), Future of Our Planet and Anthropocene are Interconnected: Towards a Planetary Theology

D-2  Eschatological Practical theology on Disaster and Hope (G. Ballroom A, B125)

Moderator: Sabrina Müller (University of Zurich)

• Bryan Stone (Boston University) & Rebekah Neuberger (Boston University), Cinematic Nature Horror as a Resource for Practical Theology in the Anthropocene

• Manuel Stetter (Universität Rostock), Lived Eschatologies. The Materiality of the Beyond

• Hye Ran Kim-Cragg (University of Toronto) & Pamela McCarroll (University of Toronto), Practical Theology amid Environmental Crises

E-2  Practical Theology Reconsidered: Practical Wisdom from Diverse Traditions Addressing the Challenges of the Anthropocene (B147)

Moderator: Carolyn J. Sharp (Yale University)

• Ferdi P. Kruger (North-West University), The Weltanschauung of the Anthropos with Emphasis on the Homeless Mind of People Living in the Anthropocene

• Eunjin Jeon (Iliff School of Theology) & Byung Ho Choi (Princeton Theological Seminary), Camping out with God: Praxis of Pungnyu as Ecological Faith

• Havva Sinem Ugurlu (Ankara University), Re-Understanding Practical Wisdom in terms of Islamic Religious Education from a Koran-Centered Interpretive Perspective

E-3  Practical Theology Reconsidered: Practical Wisdom from Diverse Traditions Addressing the Challenges of the Anthropocene (G. Ballroom B, B126)

Moderator: Moritz Emmelmann (University of Göttingen)

• Collins Nwafor (KU Leuven), Applying the Socratic Dialogue in Pastoral Care for Suicide Prevention

• Han Garam (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary):  Re-imagining and Re-member Cosmic Wisdom in Korean Indigenous Religious Movement, Donghak

• Michael Schüßler (University of Tübingen), Ruptures and Connections: Exploring Christian Resources of Climate Activism in a German Context

F-3  Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene (B110)

Moderator: Amy Valdez Barker (Emory University)

• Moon Jung Choi (University of St. Michael's College), Awakening Agency: A Christian Ecofeminist and Poststructural Education 

• Ana Thea Filipovic (University of Zagreb), Religiosity as a Recourse of Socio-Emotional Resilience and Personal Growth during the Covid-19 Pandemic? A Research on a Sample of Croatian Adolescents

• Jeane C. Peracullo (De La Salle University), Ecological Care as Practical Wisdom: Lessons from a Faith-Based Environmental Organization in the Philippines

F-4  Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene (B111)

Moderator: Eser Kim (Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary)

• Lea Sophie Stolz (University of Tübingen), Making Sense of Online Connections with the Network Paradigm: Insights from Twitter’s #interfaith Network 

• Raphael Yabut (Boston College), Learning with One Another in the Anthropocene

• Felix Roleder (University of Tübingen), Loneliness, Individual Religiosity and Religious Community in Empirical Perspective. Towards a Practical-Theological Response to the Global Challenge of Social Isolation

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Day 4: Saturday, 10 June 2023

09:00–10:40  Paper Session 3

Rooms at the Underwood Theology Hall

A-3  Economic and Political Concerns of the Anthropocene (101)

Moderator: Mohan Razu (ACTS Academy of Higher Education)

• Roger Nam (Emory University), Ecological Readings from the Unlikeliest of Sources: Ezra 2:20-35 and the Environmental Crisis

• Jin-Sook Kwon (Methodist Theological University), A Public Practical Theology of Relational Cultural Pastoral Care and Counseling: The Reality of the “Parasite” Story for South Koreans Living Semi-Underground During a Climate Crisis

B-1  Peace/War/Unity and the Anthropocene (104)

Moderator: Eunjin Jeon (Iliff School of Theology)

• Alexander C. Schulze (Friedensau Adventist University), “Peace Must be Dared” - Bonhoeffer on a Peaceful Coexistence in the Anthropocene

• Geneviève Souillac (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) & Douglas P. Fry (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Towards a Theoanthropological Approach to Planetary Ethics: The Role of Existential Cosmologies of Peace for Inclusive Theologies

C-2  Technology and Environment (AI) (B110) 

Moderator: Heesung Hwang (Chicago Theological Seminary)

"On the Relationship between Digitality and Neoliberality in Church Communication: Insights and Perspectives from the CONTOC Study" (panel discussion) 

• Ilona Nord (University of  Würzburg)

• Hee-Kyu Heidi Park (Ewha Womans University)

• Thomas Schlag (University of Zurich)

D-3  Eschatological Practical theology on Disaster and Hope (B103)

Moderator: Marko Jesske (University of Erlangen–Nuremberg)

• Heilim Choi (Ewha Womans University), Mutual Care Based on Earth-Centric Empathy in the Living Ecological Web

• Jennifer Ayres (Emory University), Telling a Different Story

E-4  Practical Theology Reconsidered: Practical Wisdom from Diverse Traditions Addressing the Challenges of the Anthropocene (B104)

Moderator: Danielle Tumminio Hansen (Emory University)

• Jaco Dreyer (University of South Africa), Practical Wisdom: A Narrative Approach

• Eunil David Cho (Emory University), Eco-Anxiety is Racial Anxiety: Taking Racism Seriously in Practical Theology in the Era of Eco-Anxiety

F-5  Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene (102)

Moderator: Nancy Ramsay (Texas Christian University)

• Fides Del Castillo (De La Salle University), Voices and Lived Religion from the Faith Communities of Select Filipino Christian Domestic Workers (FCDWs) in Hong Kong

• Constanze Thierfelder (Philipps University of Marburg), Practical Wisdom of a Health Care Institution

• Ma. Adeinev (Nev) Reyes-Espiritu (KU Leuven), Fighting!(화이팅!): Finding Encouragement from Migrant Faith Communities as Communities of Care

F-7  Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene (B101)

Moderator: Almeda Wright (Yale University)

• Eser Kim (Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary), Earth-Honoring Youth Ministry: Making-with (sympoiesis) and Heung

• Katherine Douglass (Seattle Pacific University), Lions or Cheetahs? A Historic Account of Who is Responsible for Raising Kids in Faith 

• Jonas Ideström (MF Norwegian School of Theology) and Tone Stangeland Kaufman (MF Norwegian School of Theology), Reassembling Church – Pastoral Learning in the Anthropocene

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Day 5: Sunday, 11 June 2023

14:00–15:40  Paper Session 4

Rooms at the Underwood Theology Hall

B-2  Peace/War/Unity and the Anthropocene (B101)

Moderator: Jingu Kwon (Mokwon University)

• Letovaltseva Tatiana (KU Leuven), How Military Chaplaincies Can Address the Current Security, Ecological and Moral Challenges from the Perspective of the Practical Theology/Humanism?

• Tulimelli Srinivasa Rao (KU Leuven), Do the Consequences of War in an Anthropocene Era Lead to a Positive Change for Women in South Sudan?

• Rudy Denton (North-West University), Practical Theological Perspectives on Forgiveness and Essential Pastoral Care Responses in Transforming and Restoring Social Justice and “Biocultural” Relations within the Anthropocene

D-4  Eschatological Practical Theology on Disaster and Hope (B103)

Moderator: Mai-Ahn Tran (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary)

• Eliana Ah-Rum Ku (Supsoksamteo Church), A Call for Communal Lament of the Whole Creation in the Anthropocene

• Moritz Emmelmann (University of Göttingen), Growing into a Ruptured Future: The Eschatological Task of Practical Theology vis-à-vis Young People

• Alfred R Brunsdon (North-West University), Pastoral Care during the Anthropocene: Seeking phronesis from a Conversation between the Christian Tradition and African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS)

D-5  Eschatological Practical theology on Disaster and Hope (B114)

Moderator: Birgit Weyel (University of Tübingen)

• Sabrina Müller (University of Zurich), Beyond the Pulpit. Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics of Polyphony and Hope

• WonJong (Horace) Lee (Yonsei University), Pain as a Profound Mystery: Proposing Hopeful Anthropocene Pastoral Care and Counseling through Eschatological Self

• Eunjoo Mary Kim (Vanderbilt University), Preaching Jesus as a Postcolonial Song in the Anthropocene

F-8  Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene (B104)

Moderator: Ilona Nord (University of Würzburg)

• Tom Beaudoin (Fordham University), A More-Than-Christian Church? Learning from Pantheon Visitors About Spirituality in an Ancient Space

• Dave Csinos (Atlantic School of Theology), “There Must Be Something Bigger”: The Ministry of Unexpected Enchantment in a Disenchanted World

• Ian Nell (Stellenbosch University), Leadership and Spiritual Resources in the Anthropocene: Some Practical Theological Reflection

F-9  Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene (B110)

Moderator: Lea Sophia Stolz (University of Tübingen)

• Heesung Hwang (Chicago Theological Seminary), Meaning, Purpose, and Faith: Spiritual Formation for Emerging Adults in the 21st Century

• Julius Porqueriño (KU Leuven), Educating for Harmony

• Amy Valdez Barker (Emory University), Space, Place, and Journey