Interesting.

Did some SBL units permanently transfer to AAR? Or just temporarily during the Divorce?

Others now gone: Polanyi, Pannenberg, Marx. Definitely a story to be told about the history of the field tracking the rise and fall of units focused on individuals.

I'd heard about the Polanyi people at AAR but didn't realize how far back they went--already setting up shop in the 1960s.

Luggage scooter in the background gives it extra poignancy.

Ooh that would be worth going back to

Good point

Having looked at several AAR program books that had this format, it seems it was the standard template. An AAR president is an administrative role that happens to come along with the chance to give an address, right? So less prestigious than an invited plenary speaker. Or do I misunderstand that?

Interesting! What was the shift it marked?

Calling something a "lie" in print also exposes a publication to costly libel litigation. The rich can well afford to keep up a constant front of litigious but journalism outlets rarely can. Who wins and who loses is secondary; the goal is just to bleed targets of time and lawyer fees

Interesting. Bellwether moment.

Who is he? I was starry-eyed over Smith and Wyschogrod but don't know Wilken

(STR seems to start in 1988 with a unit called "Theology and Science" run by Philip Hefner. Name change to "Science and Religion" comes in late 1990s.)

As part of the Future/s theme next year we're asking for proposals on the history of the Science, Technology, and Religion unit as a lens on the field of science and religion studies and encouraging proposers to explore this resource.