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The following is a list of ongoing seminars. Click on the name of the convener to send an email. Click on the name of the seminar to get more information and notes from past meetings.

The Advent Project The Rev'd Dr. Elise A. Feyerherm 43 East Street Wrentham, MA 02093 efeyerherm@gmail.com www.theadventproject.org
Christian Initiation Diana Dudoit Raiche Assistant Professor of Theology University of Dallas 1845 East Northgate Drive Irving, Texas 75062-4736 ddraiche@udallas.edu	Ecology and Liturgy Ben Stewart Gordon A. Braatz Assistant Professor of Worship, Dean of the Chapel Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, IL bstewart@lstc.edu
Critical Theories and Liturgical Studies Kristine Suna-Koro Xavier University Cincinnati, OH sunakorok@xavier. edu	Environment and Art Martin V. Rambusch Rambusch Decorating Company 160 Cornelison Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07304 martinr@rambusch.com
Eucharistic Prayer and Theology Charles Pottie-Pâté, sj St. Mary’s Cathedral 219 18th Avenue S.W. Calgary, AB T2S 0C2 cpottie@jesuits.ca	Exploring Contemporary and Alternative Worship Taylor Burton-Edwards Director of Worship Resources Discipleship Ministries, The United Methodist Church Nashville, TN 37212 tburtonedwards@umcdiscipleship.org
Feminist Studies in Liturgy Dr. Marcia McFee The Worship Design Studio marcia@marciamcfee.com	Formation in Liturgical Prayer Anne C. McGuire Maria Stein Shrine 2291 St Johns Rd Maria Stein, OH 45860 a.mcguire@mariasteinshrine.org
Historical Research: 16th Century to the Present Katharine E. Harmon Marian Univeristy Indianapolis, IN 46222 kharmon@marian.edu	Issues in Medieval Liturgy James Hentges Via del Velabro 19 00186 Roma, Italia jameshentges@icloud.com
Liturgical Hermeneutics Ron Anderson 2121 Sheridan Rd Evanston, IL 60201 ron.anderson@garrett.edu	Liturgical Language J. Barrington Bates Church of the Annunciation Oradell, NJ 07649 revdocbates@gmail.com
Liturgical Music Kenneth Hull Associate Professor of Music Undergradute Officer of Music Director of Institute for Worship and the Arts, Conrad Grebel University College Waterloo, Ontario, Canada krhull@uwaterloo.ca	Liturgical Theology Timothy Brunk Villanova University 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 timothy.brunk@villanova.edu
Liturgy and Culture Nathaniel Marx, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sacramental and Liturgical Theology Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad, IN 47577 (812) 357-6839 nmarx@saintmeinrad.edu	Problems in the Early History of Liturgy Stefanos Alexopoulos Catholic University of America 620 Michigan Ave., N.E. Washington, DC 20064 alexopoulos@cua.edu
Queering Liturgy W. Scott Haldeman The Chicago Theological Seminary 5757 S. University Ave Chicago IL 60637 shaldeman@ctschicago.edu	Visual Arts and Liturgy (Meeting in 2017 with Environment and Art Seminar) Mark Wedig Barry University 5909 NW Seventh Street Miami, FL 33126 mwedig@barry.edu
The Word in Worship Brian Hartley Greenville College 315 East College Avenue Greenville, IL 62246 Brian.Hartley@greenville.edu NEW: Liturgy and Comparative Theology The Rev. James W. Farwell, Ph.D. Professor of Theology and Liturgy Virginia Theological Seminary Alexandria, VA 703-461-1727 jfarwell@vts.edu This new seminar will put existing forms of liturgical theology into dialogue with the “new comparative theology,” new theories of religion and religious plurality, and studies of multiple religious belonging and inter-rituality, in order to explore the questions: Is a comparative or inter-religious liturgical theology possible? If so, what forms would it take? And what might be gained by such a project?	NEW: Seminar on the Way: Liturgical Perspectives on the Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialog Gordon Lathrop and Thomas Schattauer, Organizers First Meeting: January 2018 gordonlathrop@verizon.net tschattauer@wartburgseminary.edu This new seminar will focus on the specific issues about Eucharist, church, and ministry identified in the ELCA/USCCB document "Declaration on the Way," issues that concern the potential achievement of Lutheran/Roman Catholic full communion. The seminar is open to all members of the Academy, and its work will proceed from the conviction that these issues, especially as they affect liturgical practice, rightly concern all Christians.