Master of Arts in Religion Conference

Seminary of the Southwest is hosting an event for those considering the Master of Arts in Religion degree.  The Central Texas Colloquium on Religious Research Conference is being held on our campus, and we will be holding an admissions information session prior to the conference.  

Our MAR students are involved in the planning process each year, and we host several presenters and attendees.  Original research is presented and critical feedback within a creative and academic atmosphere is provided.  Presenters include students from Seminary of the Southwest, University of Texas at Austin, St. Mary's University, St. Edward's University and Baylor University. 

The event takes place on Saturday, February 18th, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on the campus at 501 East 32nd Street in Austin.  The Southwest admissions information session begins at 8:15 a.m., and the conference begins at 9:15 a.m.  Click to view the conference schedule. Lunch will be provided.  

There is no charge to attend the Conference.  Register online or by calling the Enrollment Office at 512.472.4133 ext. 357.

Titles of the presentations follow: 

Like Abraham and Sarah: Religion in Lives of Couples Dealing with Infertility

Applying Paul Ricoeur’s Hermeneutic of Imagination to Jürgen Moltmann’s Theology of Hope

“A True Servant of the Master”: Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, and the Perfect Race in the Writings of Charles Loring Brace

Catholic?  Ecumenism, John Henry Newman, and Anglicanorum Coetibus

Muslim Televangelists and the Construction of Religious Authority in the Modern World: The Case of Zakir Naik

The Gospel According to Harry Potter

The Mode of State Power Operations and Violence against Coptic Protesters in Egypt

Retreating Inward:  Self, Other and The Ethical-Religious In Kierkegaard And The Desert Fathers

Bringing God and Finding Gold: Examining Missiology in Gold Rush Colorado

Development of the Term ‘Biblical Worldview’ Within the Southern Baptist Convention, 1970 – 2010

Every Day a Sunday: How America’s Largest Congregation Becomes Small

“Probability is the Very Guide to Life”: William E. Gladstone on Faith and Reason

A Community of Individual Believers: Elias Hicks and Quaker Religious Experience

Mavericks & Virgins: Religious Pluralism in San Antonio, 1821-1860

Writing a Martyrdom: Epistolarity and Rhetoric in the Martyrdom of Polycarp

When the Non-elect are Not the Anti-elect: Election at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History in the Book of Ben Sira

Somos Musulmánes! Contributing Factors to the Growth of Islam in Latino Communities

St. Symeon’s Religious Epistemology