"Politics, Political Thought, and Political Theology in the Abrahamic Traditions"
October 3-4, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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All Sessions take place in 335 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison
OCTOBER 3
9:00-11:30
Session One: Perspectives on the field of the Abrahamic Religions
Chair: Charles Cohen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Guy Stroumsa, Oxford University
Ulrich Rosenhagen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bruce Chilton, Bard College
2:00-4:30
Session Two: Political Thought and Political Theology in the Modern Era
Chair: Leonard Kaplan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rabbi David Novak, University of Toronto - Judaism
William Schweiker, University of Chicago - Christianity
Ali Ansari, St. Andrews University - Islam
OCTOBER 4
9:00-11:30
Session Three: Political Thought and Political Theology in the Antique Period
Chair: Asifa Quraishi-Landes, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hayim Lapin, University of Maryland, College Park - Judaism
Harold Drake, UC Santa Barbara - Christianity
Ebrahim Moosa, Duke University - Islam
2:00-4:30
Session Four: Political Thought and Political Theology in the Medieval Period
Chair: David Morgan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Emeritus
Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Vanderbilt - Judaism
Gyorgy Geréby, Central European University - Christianity
Ovamir Anjum, University of Toledo - Islam