Wednesday 23 March 2016

Extended Session in AAR Annual Meeting in Atlanta

A team of our Centre of Excellence's researchers got an extended session into the programme of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Atlanta, 21-24 November 2015.



The overall title of our session was 'From Tolerance to Recognition: Recognition and the Acceptance of Otherness'. The session included eight presentations with the contributions of Olli-Pekka Vainio & Aku Visala, Panu-Matti Pöykkö, Minna Hietamäki, Elina Hellqvist, Ritva Palmén & Heikki J. Koskinen, Anna-Liisa Tolonen, Joona Salminen, and Tim Riggs.



 
Cornel West in Atlanta


The session was presided by our CoE leader Risto Saarinen. We also had the honour and pleasure of having Robert Orsi and Vitor Westhelle as our distinguished commentators.



Risto Saarinen presiding



Robert Orsi giving his comments (photo by Elina Hellqvist)


While in Atlanta, we also took time to visit The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.

At the King Center



The struggle (for recognition) continues!



Anna-Liisa & Panu-Matti at the Centennial Olympic Park




The Georgia Aquarium