SCRIPT panels at the online
AAR/SBL meeting:
Panel 1: Performing Iconic
Texts -- December 3, 11:00-13:00 EST
- "Reenacting ritual contract: a Tibetan text between
Buddhist enlightenment and local cosmology," Maria
Turek, University of Toronto
- "Mobile Applications and Religious Subjectivities in
the Swaminarayan Sampraday," Bhakti Mamtora, The
College of Wooster
- "A Magical Book That Nobody Reads: Expanding
Discussions of Iconic Scripture to Include the
Dimension of ‘Charismatic Technology’ ," David Dault,
Loyola Chicago
Panel 2: Seeing Iconic
Texts -- December 9, 17:00-19:00 EST
- "Scribing an Iconic Text: An Experiential,
Performative Approach to Writing Mezuzot," Jonathan
Homrighausen, Duke University
- "Talismanic Significance of the Qur'an in the
Mansions of Ottoman Cairo," Juan E. Campo, UCSB
- "The Bible as my Witness: Digital Bibles, Visual
Anonymity, and Performative Iconicity," Dorina Miller
Parmenter, Spalding University
- "A Knot in the Rosary: Rilke's *Letters on Cézanne*
as Liturgical Text," Dan Siedell, Drew University
