4-0940 CONFESSIONS' TIDEMARKS, TRACES, AND LEGACIES: CONFESSION, THE CONFESSIONAL, AND THE CONFESSION OF FAITH IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF CHRISTIANITY AND BEYOND.

Friday, November 18, 2011: 13:45-17:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

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Organizers: Andreas Bandak (University of Copenhagen) and Jon Bialecki (University of California, San Diego)

Chairs: Jon Bialecki (University of California, San Diego) and Andreas Bandak (University of Copenhagen)

Discussants: Webb Keane (University of Michigan), James D Faubion (Rice University) and Matthew E Engelke (London School of Economics)

13:45

The Truth Shall Set You Free: Confession and the Born-Again State

Rebecca Charity Bartel (University of Toronto) and Kevin L O'Neill (University of Toronto)

14:00

Venerating the Coptic Martyrs of Alexandria 2011: The Ethics of Remembering Pain

Angie D Heo (Barnard College, Columbia University)

14:15

“I'm Sorry Lord for the Thing I've Made it”: The Worship-Commodity and the Metastases of the Confessional

Jon Bialecki (University of California, San Diego)

14:30

Christian Confession Among the Wari' (Amazonia, Brazil) and the Constitution of An Inner-Self

Aparecida Maria Neiva Vila�a (Museu Nacional/UFRJ)

14:45

Confessing the Faith: Coptic Christian Witnessing to Christ In An Islamic Public Sphere

Anthony Shenoda (Scripps College)

15:00

Teaching and Translating Confession: Notes From a Pentecostal Crusade In Fiji

Matt Tomlinson (Monash)

15:15

Discussant

Webb Keane (University of Michigan)

15:30

Mid session break

15:45

Confession/Anti-Confession: Catching Culture In the Act

Pamela E Klassen (University of Toronto)

16:00

Confessing Faith/Confessing Sin – Models, Creedal Forms, and Testimony

Andreas Bandak (University of Copenhagen)

16:15

Confess, Forget, Remember: The Tainted Past As a Moral Resource In Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism

Sonja Luehrmann (Simon Fraser University)

16:30

Cheap Grace: Confession and Problems of Publicity In Colonial Lutheran New Guinea

Courtney J Handman (Reed College)

16:45

Confession and the Restoration of Self

Thomas J Csordas (UCSD)

17:00

Discussant

Matthew E Engelke (London School of Economics)

17:15

Discussant

James D Faubion (Rice University)

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