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Meeting Program Units

2010 Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Meeting Begins11/20/2010
Meeting Ends11/23/2010

Call for Papers Opens: 12/15/2009
Call for Papers Closes: 3/1/2010

Requirements for Participation

Adventist Society for Religious Studies


Program Unit Type: Affiliate
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The theme for the 2010 meeting of the Adventist Society for Religious Studies will be: “The Rest is Easy: The Sabbath in Adventist Theology and Practice.” This meeting will convene in Atlanta, Georgia on November 18-20, 2010. The Society invites proposals for brief scholarly papers which will be presented at the meeting. Priority will be given to those papers which discuss any aspect of Sabbath theology or observance in the Seventh-day Adventist context. Topic may include (but are not limited to) consideration of the historical development of Sabbath observance among Adventists, Adventist apologetics and polemics relative to the Sabbath, Adventist views on Sunday-keeping and eschatological views related to the Sabbath, as well as discussion of the varied practice of Sabbath observance in the Adventist community. Papers from all disciplines are elicited. The format allows for a 15-minute oral presentation with additional time for questions and discussion. A 200-word abstract should accompany the proposals. Proposals and abstracts should be submitted in WordPerfect or MS Word format to Donn Leatherman at by February 15, 2010. For further information, please contact Donn Leatherman at the email address given above, or at: The School of Religion Southern Adventist University Post Office Box 370 Collegedale, TN, 37315 423-236-2979 423-236-1976

Program Unit Chairs

Ernest F. Furness
Donn W. Leatherman

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