Friday, October 12th
Friday, October 12th
8:00-8:15 AM
MORNING COFFEE
Room: Opus II Foyer
8:30-10:00 AM
SESSION III
GENRES OF THE SERMON, PART I
Room: Opus II
Chair: John Saillant, Western Michigan University
“Friday Sermons as a Channel to Resolve Contemporary Moral Issues in Muslim Societies”
Syed Abdul Ghaffar Bukhari, Chairman, Department of Islamic Studies National University of
Modern Languages Islamabad
“From Prescriptive to Reflexive Sermon: The Insertion of Philosophy in the Mosque”
Youssef Yacoubi, Seton Hall University
10:00-10:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK
Room: Opus II Foyer
10:30 AM-12:00 PM
SESSION IV
THE INFLUENCE OF THE SERMON ON PAGEANTRY AND ROYALTY
Room: Opus II
Chair: Barry Levis, Rollins College
“From Pageantry to Piety: Heraldic Art as a Preaching Tool in Early Modern England
Hannah Yip, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
“The Death of Death: Political Preaching at the Funeral of Anne of Denmark”
Nathan Perry, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
12:00-1:00 PM
LUNCH
Room: Aroma
1:00-2:30 PM
SESSION V
THE SERMON AND PLACE: VISIT TO NOTRE-DAME BASILICA OF MONTREAL
Meet in the Opus II Foyer
2:30-4:00 PM
SESSION VI
RHETORICAL STRATEGIES IN SERMONS
Room: Opus II
Chair: Nathan Perry, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
“The Sermons of Sayyadna Ali as a Model of Wisdom and Eloquence”
Muhammad Iqbal, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
“Of Birds and Bees: A Sermon by Caesarius of Arles”
Bernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes College
4:00-4:30 PM
COFFEE BREAK
Room: Opus II Foyer
4:30-6:00 PM
SESSION VII
Room: Opus II
CHANGING VIEWS OF THE SERMON FROM THE 18TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY
Chair: Keith A. Francis, Arete Events Services
“Ebenezer Parkman’s World of Sermons: An Eighteenth-Century Minister’s Experience”
Ross W. Beales, Jr., College of the Holy Cross
Comment
Frances Knight, University of Nottingham
Keith A. Francis, Arete Events Services
