March 8-10, 2024
Fuller Seminary
Pasadena, CA
& the Bible
& the Bible
Conversations in Pop Culture, Gender, and Theology
Schedule
Fuller Seminary, March 8-10, 2024
135 N. Oakland Ave. Pasadena, CA 91182
(This event is live and in-person; no livestream is available.)
Friday
Friday, 6:00 pm
Travis Auditorium
Barbie Movie Screening (open to all conference guests and Fuller students)
Optional: Opening gathering for participants (location TBD)
Saturday
Saturday 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Payton 101
How is Barbie a Jezebel?
Tammi J. Schneider, Claremont Graduate University
Barbie’s Otherworldly Journey:
From Plastic Possibilities to Toxic Positivity and Back
Meghan Henning, University of Dayton
It's Hard to be Fragile When You're Made of Plastic:
How a Doll with No Genitalia Exposes the Absent Center of Masculinity in a Patriarchal Society
Kutter Callaway, Fuller Theological Seminary
Saturday 1:30 am-4:30 pm
Payton 101
‘Do You Ever Think About Dying?’:
Death and Rebirth in Barbie, Breaking Bad, and the Bible
Christopher B. Hays, Fuller Seminary
Sex and the Barbie City:
Plastic, Passion, Purpose and the Journey to Aliveness
Melissa F. Symington, Fuller Seminary
Come Play With Me!:
Barbie, JPFs, and the Economics of Reuse
Kristine Garroway, Hebrew Union College-Los Angeles
Sunday
Sunday 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Payton 101
‘What Was I Made For?’ ‘For Such a Time As This’:
Diaspora, Identity, and Purpose in Barbie and Esther
Alexiana Fry, University of Copenhagen
Innerbiblical Barbie: Teraphim and Image of God in Genesis
Collin Cornell, Fuller Seminary
‘That Power Looks So Good On You’: Esther/Ishtar in Pink
Esther Brownsmith, University of Dayton
Am-Bar-Be-Valence and a Hermeneutic of Generosity
Neomi De Anda, Executive Director International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton
Sunday 4:00 pm-
255 S. Marengo
Pasadena, CA 91101
Oscars Watch Party for Participants and Guests
(not a public event)
Fuller Theological Seminary
135 North Oakland Ave
Pasadena, CA 91182
