2018 SCJ SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, continued 8:00-8:50 Check-in, Registration, Coffee Plus 5:40-6:10 Shuttles back to Parking Lot K 8:50-9:10 Welcome 5:50-6:30 Guided Tour of Helsabeck Archives 9:10-10:10 PLENARY SESSION 1 Evertt Huffard 6:00 Shuttle to DoubleTree Hotel 10:10-10:20 Tribute to Henry Webb 6:30 Shuttles from ECS back to Gregory Center SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL 10:30-11:30 PLENARY SESSION 2 Ellen Charry 6:30 Shuttles from Gregory Center to Tupelo Honey 11:30-1:00 Lunch 7:00 Dinner at Tupelo Honey (advanced reservation required) APRIL 67, 2018 McCormick Dining Center SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL Grill, McMahan Student Center SATURDAY, APRIL 7 Women Scholars (Guest: Ellen Charry) 8:00-8:15 Devotions APRIL 67, 2018 ECS Graduate and D.Min. Interest 8:15-9:15 PLENARY SESSION 3 Richard Knopp THEOLOGY OF OTHERS SCJ Editors and Board 9:15-9:45 Refreshment Break (Pick up purchased books) 1:00-1:45 PARALLEL SESSION A 9:45-11:25 STUDY GROUP C Judaism, Islam, and “None-of-the-Aboves” 1:55-3:35 UNDERGRAD STUDENT PAPER FINALISTS History and Theology of the Stone-Campbell Movement STUDY GROUP A Old Testament in Ancient Near Eastern Context THEOLOGY OF OTHERS Synoptic Gospels Theological Anthropology Judaism, Islam, and “None-of-the-Aboves” Jewish Scripture as Christian Scripture Second Temple Judaism Peace and Social Justice 9:45-10:30 PARALLEL D 1:55-2:40 PARALLEL B 10:40-11:25 PARALLEL E 2:50-3:35 PARALLEL C 11:30-11:40 Presentation of Student Competition Awards 3:35-4:00 Refreshment Break 11:40-12:40 PLENARY SESSION 4 Ellen Charry 4:00-5:40 GRADUATE STUDENT PAPERS 12:40-12:50 Closing Comments, Next Year, Prayer STUDY GROUP B Ecclesiology and Social Ethics Patristics Christian Education Acts and the Early Church Philosophy CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GUEST SPEAKERS: Biblical Teaching on Women AND KEY DATES: Ellen Charry Open Call for Additional Papers: Margaret W. Harmon Theological Reflection Professor of Theology, Paper title: Due by January 20, 2018 Princeton Theological Seminary
Craig Keener 15 Study Groups welcome immediate inquiries “‘THE WALL OF HOSTILITY HAS COME DOWN’: SAVE THE DATE F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies Reconstructing the Theological Asbury Theological Seminary Multiple student paper competitions Relationship Between Judaism Acts and Paul: Another Look Interpreting Acts: The Value of Cultural Background Presented by Hostedand Christianity” by Interpreting Romans: The Mind of the Spirit with scholarships or cash prizes Competition papers: Due December 15, 2017 Evertt Huard Dean, Harding School of Theology Eighteenth Annual SCJ Conference Jerry L. Sumney Professor of Biblical Studies, Lexington Theological Seminary Online registration open: February 1 – March 23, 2018 “Allah is God: A Theological April 5-6, 2019 Interpreting First Corinthians: The Value of Tradition Challenge for Muslims and Christians” David Fiensy Details and registration at Hosted by: Professor of Biblical Studies, Kentucky Christian University www.stone-campbelljournal.com Interpreting Acts: The Value of Archaeology Richard Knopp Johnson University, Knoxville, Tennessee Professor of Philosophy & Questions? Email [email protected] Christian Apologetics, or call 513/284-5835 Lincoln Christian University “Understanding and Engaging the ‘Nones’ ”
Henry and Emerald Webb Lecture Series GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS: Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan and Stone-Campbell Journal GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS: extend a special thanks to the family of the late Dr. Henry Webb, whose Henry and Emerald Webb Lecture Series is underwriting a portion of this year’s conference. Dr. Webb, a leading Restoration Movement church historian, was Professor Emeritus of Church History at Milligan, SPONSORS: where he taught for more than 40 years. SPONSORS: D: Derthick Hall H: Hardin Hall fri G: Gregory Center for the Liberal Arts C: Clark Teacher Education Center schedule of events APR #SCJconf McGlothlin: McGlothlin - Street Theatre in Gregory Center
Henry Boyd D307 Chris Jones 6 Morgan McGaughy Miriam Perkins Theme: Race Relations and Christian 8:00-8:50 a.m. G Lobby 3:35-4:00 p.m. 9:45-10:30 a.m. Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Faulkner University Harding School of Theology Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Check In, Registration, Refreshment Break G Lobby Unity in Stone-Campbell History PARALLEL D Toward a Theology of Religions in Paul’s Use of the Book of Wisdom in The Presence of All: An Exploration Trinitarian Imagination and and Coffee Plus James L. Gorman Ephesians 6 Exegetical Methods Jordan C. Stanley Gregory Center for the Liberal Arts, Lobby the Theo-Drama of Hans Urs von 4:00-5:40 p.m. of the Need for Female Voices in Johnson University Tennessee D207 Balthasar Learning Environments Asbury Theological Seminary Peace and Social Justice D110 STUDY GROUP B AND Respondents: “This Revival Cut the Bonds of 8:50-9:10 a.m. Joseph Gordon Persuasion by Parable: Rhetorical GRADUATE STUDENT PAPERS Trevor Cox Many Poor Slaves”: Barton Stone, McGlothlin Shawn Smith D309 Presiders Johnson University Florida Theory and the Interpretation of Welcome Lincoln Christian University Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Evangelical Revivalism, and Slavery McGlothlin - Street Theatre, Gregory Center Paul Axton GRADUATE STUDENT Ronald Highfield Luke’s Parables Are Mark Twain’s Stories about Forging Ploughshares, Moberly, Missouri Learning from and for “the Other”: Pepperdine University in the Early National Era G Willis Bill Greer Alexander Campbell and Barton Jonathan Totty PAPERS Hospitality as a Teaching Strategy Christopher Shrock D209 President, Milligan College Lincoln Christian University 5:40-6:10 p.m. Loretta Hunnicutt Ohio Valley University Stone True? Kory Eastvold Pepperdine University D208 Shuttles back to Parking Lot K Richard Hughes Lincoln Christian University Acts and the Early Church Leibniz’s Law, the Great Cookie Thief, William Baker Presiders: Judith Odor Women, Race, and Unity in the Bob Milliken Lipscomb University Sponsor: Paul Kissling President, Stone-Campbell International G Willis Asbury Theological Seminary and Exclusivism in Churches of Christ Nebraska Christian College Stone-Campbell Movement Professor of New Testament, White Supremacy and the Gospel The Image of God in Old Testament Rob O’Lynn 5:50-6:30 p.m. Hope International University Embracing the Other: Judaism and Theology Kentucky Christian University Guided tour of Helsabeck Laura Locke Estes D208 of Grace Kamilah Hall Sharp Saint Louis University Islam in the Art of Rembrandt van Archives, Emmanuel Library Brite Divinity School 9:10-10:10 a.m. Respondents: Robert Ellis Kevin Burr (shuttle service provided) Repurposing Christian Contra-Jewish McGlothlin Rijn Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Asbury Theological Seminary These archives feature nearly 10,000 bound Initiatives to Overcome Racism in PLENARY SESSION 1 James Gorman Polemic in the Early Islamic Period Evertt Huffard Sponsor: Jason Bembry What’s History Got To Do, Got To volumes of Stone-Campbell Movement related the Christian Church (Disciples of Chauncey Lattimer, Jr. C101 Johnson University Tennessee Professor of Leadership and Missions Paul Axton Septuagint Citations in Hebrews 10 books, periodicals, paper collections, and other Christ): Case Study of a Mainline Harding School of Theology First Christian Church, Brook, Indiana Do With It? memorabilia. Mike Williams D108 Forging Ploughshares, Moberly, Missouri Denomination Lipscomb University “Allah is God”: A Theological A Pastoral Approach to Religious Erik Masci Garrett Best Abilene Christian University 6:00 p.m. Clinical Trials on the Efficacy of Challenge for Muslims and Diversity/Pluralism 1:55-2:40 p.m. Asbury Theological Seminary Old Testament in Ancient Sponsor: Douglas Foster Shuttle to DoubleTree Hotel for Prayer: A Scientific and Theological Christians PARALLEL SESSION B The Historical Gamaliel and the Virgil Warren C102 The Praise of Folly and Thoughts of those needing transport to hotel Near Eastern Context D202 Critique Vermillion Christian Church, Manhattan, Kansas Rhetorical Gamaliel: Reading Luke’s Presiders: Jason Bembry 10:10-10:20 a.m. Garrett Best D307 the Reformation Composition with Quintilian Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Christianity by Contrast Asbury Theological Seminary 6:30 p.m. Nathan Wheeler D210 Adam Bean Liberty University Tribute to Henry Webb STUDY GROUP B Shuttles from Emmanuel Library Johns Hopkins University C. Robert Wetzel, former president of Reading and Writing Gooder: Benjamin Snyder The Necessity of the Other According Emmanuel Christian Seminary 1:55-3:35 p.m. Solecisms In Revelation Asbury Theological Seminary back to Gregory Center UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Ecclesiology Bradley Haggard to Peircean Theological Semiotics The Setting of the Acts 2 6:30 p.m. Asbury Theological Seminary 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. PAPERS, STUDY GROUP A, Aaron Woods D108 and Social Ethics D202 Immersions: A Socio-Historical Presiders: Shaun Brown Shuttles from Gregory Center to The Temple at Arad: A Federal Cultic 10:30-10:40 a.m. McGlothlin PARALLEL B AND C Asbury Theological Seminary PLENARY SESSION 2 University of Toronto, Wycliffe College Investigation Tupelo Honey for dinner Installation Transition Break There shall be no poor among Kate Blakely (advanced reservation required) Ellen Charry UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT you?: Deuteronomic Economics in Great Lakes Christian College Philosophy D207 Joseph Mueller Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Theology Presiders: Justin Schwartz Fuller Theological Seminary 10:40-11:25 a.m. Princeton Theological Seminary PAPER FINALISTS G Willis Deuteronomy 15:1-11 7:00 p.m. John Mark Hicks University of Toronto PARALLEL E Paul Axton Dinner at Tupelo Honey, Planting Gardens: Reflections on “The Wall of Hostility Has Come Brian Cook Lipscomb University David Ford C101 Forging Ploughshares, Moberly, Missouri 300 Buffalo Street, Johnson City an Evocative Adjustment to the Down”: Reconstructing the Johnson University Florida Trinity Evangelical Divinity School “God has not kept [the Jews] these Rob O’Lynn D207 (advanced reservation required) “Building and Planting” Trope Kentucky Christian University Theological Relationship Between Sponsor: Les Hardin many years for nothing”: Alexander Dennis Durst The SCM as “Other”: Perceptions in Jeremiah 29 Jude as Early Christian Rhetoric Judaism and Christianity, Part One Divine Dissonance: of the SCM in American Religious Campbell on Israel, the Church, and Kentucky Christian University A Study of Psalm 22 in Matthew Othering, Disability, and Social Samuel Long Historiography Eschatology Michael Young D209 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Ethics: Reflections on the Rhetoric Great Lakes Christian College Faulkner University Ben Hull Shaun Brown Yahweh Loses a Mistress but Gains Lunch Johnson University Tennessee Russ Dudrey D309 of the Eugenics Movement Will Beauty Save the World - and Hastings Church of Christ, Hastings, Nebraska University of Toronto, Wycliffe College a Menorah McCormick Dining Center, Sponsor: Heather Gorman Our Ancestors were All Under the Derek Estes Education? (Shuttles provided as needed from Gregory) Victory Over Death in Hebrews “You will always have the poor Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis sat Theological Anthropology H103 with you”: Pastoral Problems in Cloud: Lindbeck on the Church (and John Young D208 Grill, McMahan Student Center Samuel Guy Epistemology in the Churches Presider: Dennis Durst The University of Alabama Ministering to the Poor the Jews) as Israel Kentucky Christian University Off-Campus, Guide in Conference Folder Kentucky Christian University of Christ: A Critique of Thomas Sponsor: Scott Caulley Standing at the Crossroads: 2:40-2:50 p.m. Patristics H103 B. Warren APR Historical Ecclesiology in the Women Scholars, (Guest: Ellen Charry) A Politeuma Worth Pursuing: A Presider: Mark Weedman Conversation about Eugenics and Stephens Annex, McCormick Dining Center Transition Break Johnson University Tennessee John C. Poirier 7 Protestant Social Reform: Hereditary International Churches of Christ, Rhetorical Analysis of Philippians [purchase lunch in line, take to Stephens Annex] Dave Kiger Kingswell Theological Seminary 8:00-8:15 a.m. Science and Religion in America, 1992-2003 3:20 in Light of Philippi’s Sociological Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Devotions McGlothlin ECS Graduate and D.Min. Interest, 2:50-3:35 p.m. Who’s Afraid of Realism? A Look 1860-1940, by Dennis Durst Emmanuel Christian Seminary (Shuttle provided) Composition PARALLEL SESSION C Jeff Miller David Fletcher D108 Theme: Augustine at James K. A. Smith’s Argument Professor of Bible Kingwood Church of Christ Milligan College Panel Respondents: SCJ Editors and Board, STUDY GROUP A Sychellus Njibwakale D307 in Who’s Afraid of Relativism? Murfreesboro, Tennessee Welshimer Room, Welshimer Library Taylor Ross James Estep Piedmont International University Lincoln Christian University “All of the Above”– Personal Duke University Presentation of Stone-Campbell Synoptic Gospels D202 Biblical Teaching on Women D307 David Mahfood Extra-Biblical Evidence of the Presiders: Jeff Miller Reflections on Ecumenical / Interfaith 1:00-1:45 p.m. Presiders: Barry Blackburn At the Limit of Image: An Augustinian Journal Lifetime Achievement Johnson University Florida Milligan College Point University Historical Jesus Award Justin Schwartz Ministry in Military Chaplaincy PARALLEL SESSION A Iconoclasm Dawn Gentry Danny Yencich William Baker University of Toronto Daryl Docterman D309 Milligan College, Nebraska Christian College President, Stone-Campbell International Ethan Laster D202 University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology Response: 11:30-11:40 a.m. Cincinnati Christian University Professor of New Testament, Hope International Abilene Christian University, Lee Blackburn Theme: Sexual Abuse and the Church University Second Temple Judaism D110 Presentation of Student Graduate School of Theology James Barker Ruth and Mary: Essentially Milligan College Presiders: Jon-Michael Carman Competition Awards McGlothlin Sponsor: Douglas Foster Western Kentucky University Marginal? Amy Smith Carman Baylor University Winner of the Isaac Errett Award, Sponsored by Doublets in the Synoptic Gospels in Mark Weedman Brite Divinity School 8:15-9:15 a.m. Amy Smith Carman Les Hardin the Disciples of Christ Historical Society PLENARY 3 McGlothlin Brite Divinity School Johnson University Florida Light of Ancient Rhetoric Alisha Paddock D108 Johnson University Tennessee The Abused Woman: A Feminist The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Manhattan Christian College Richard Knopp Converted to the Text: Rethinking the Stewart Penwell Gary D. Collier Interpretation of John 8 Professor of Philosophy and Christian Apologetics Thought of David Lipscomb Creating Sacred Space: Finding Context of Augustine’s Confessions Lincoln Christian University St. Mary’s University 11:40 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Director, Institute for the Art of Biblical Conversation Christian Identity in the Material Kathy Pulley Jewish Logos Theology: A Path PLENARY 4 McGlothlin David W. Hester D108 Simon Barjona (Matthew 16:17) and Culture of First Century Corinth Response: Missouri State University Understanding and Engaging the Towards Early Christology Faulkner University, the Shaping of a New Theology Craig Farmer “Me Too,” Feminist Theology, and Ellen Charry Kearley Graduate School of Theology Milligan College “Nones” Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Theology Danny Yencich J. Robert Ross C102 the Church Tommy D. Moehlman Princeton Theological Seminary Does Mark 16:9-20 Belong in the Central Counseling, St. Petersburg, Florida Lincoln Christian University University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology 9:15-9:45 a.m. New Testament? Spirituality and Christian Theism Christian Education D110 “The Wall of Hostility Has Come Presiders: James Estep Theological Reflection D308 Refreshment Break G Lobby From Heel-Grabber to Hero: An Echoes of the Gospels in the Presiders: Joseph Gordon Down”: Reconstructing the Jon-Michael Carman H103 Gospels: Supplementation or Heritage Christian Church/ Lincoln Christian Analysis of the Characterization of Nick Zola, Presiding C101 University Johnson University Florida Theological Relationship Between Baylor University Supplantation in the Early Jesus Stephen Lawson 9:45-11:25 a.m. Jacob and Esau in Jubilees Pepperdine University Tim Westbrook Judaism and Christianity, Part Two Scaling Gaius and Diotrephes: Tradition? Saint Louis University STUDY GROUP C Thinking of a Ph.D.? Harding University Benjamin Snyder A Socio-Economic Profile of 1 and AND PARALLEL D AND E A Panel of Predecessors: Ryan Shirck Asbury Theological Seminary 12:40-12:50 p.m. 3 John Jewish Scripture as Christian James Estep Heritage Christian Church/ Lincoln Christian Dallas Christian College Watering Down Ritual Purification Closing Comments, Scripture H103 Jon-Michael Carman, STUDY GROUP C Presiders: J. David Stark University To See God and Live: The Visio at Qumran: A Re-evaluation of the James E. Sedlacek D110 Baylor Ph.D. student in NT Next Year, Prayer McGlothlin Faulkner University and Rick Cherok University of Manchester Amy Smith Carman, Dei in the Works of Gregory of History and Theology G Willis Claims that Ritual Washing Effected Paul Kissling Cincinnati Christian University William Baker Brite Divinity Ph.D. student in NT Nyssa Analyzing 1 Peter and 2 Timothy Lincoln Christian University of the Stone-Campbell Movement Moral Cleansing President, Stone-Campbell International Kamilah Hall-Sharp, Theological Foundations of Alexander Presiders: Matthew Shears from a Corpus-Based Approach: Campbell’s Educational Agenda Brett Vanderzee Professor of New Testament, J. David Stark Brite Divinity Ph.D. student in OT Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan Hope International University Did the Same Person Write Both Stewart Penwell, Edmond, Oklahoma Faulkner University Letters? Completed Ph.D. in NT from St. Mary’s at Participatory Beauty: The Aesthetics Early Christian Reception of Burial Twickenham, London of Sarx in Barth’s Doctrine of Holy Washing Legislation in Leviticus Joseph Gordon, 21–22 and Numbers 6, 19 Completed Ph.D. in theology from Marquette Scripture D: Derthick Hall H: Hardin Hall fri G: Gregory Center for the Liberal Arts C: Clark Teacher Education Center schedule of events APR #SCJconf McGlothlin: McGlothlin - Street Theatre in Gregory Center
Henry Boyd D307 Chris Jones 6 Morgan McGaughy Miriam Perkins Theme: Race Relations and Christian 8:00-8:50 a.m. G Lobby 3:35-4:00 p.m. 9:45-10:30 a.m. Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Faulkner University Harding School of Theology Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Check In, Registration, Refreshment Break G Lobby Unity in Stone-Campbell History PARALLEL D Toward a Theology of Religions in Paul’s Use of the Book of Wisdom in The Presence of All: An Exploration Trinitarian Imagination and and Coffee Plus James L. Gorman Ephesians 6 Exegetical Methods Jordan C. Stanley Gregory Center for the Liberal Arts, Lobby the Theo-Drama of Hans Urs von 4:00-5:40 p.m. of the Need for Female Voices in Johnson University Tennessee D207 Balthasar Learning Environments Asbury Theological Seminary Peace and Social Justice D110 STUDY GROUP B AND Respondents: “This Revival Cut the Bonds of 8:50-9:10 a.m. Joseph Gordon Persuasion by Parable: Rhetorical GRADUATE STUDENT PAPERS Trevor Cox Many Poor Slaves”: Barton Stone, McGlothlin Shawn Smith D309 Presiders Johnson University Florida Theory and the Interpretation of Welcome Lincoln Christian University Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Evangelical Revivalism, and Slavery McGlothlin - Street Theatre, Gregory Center Paul Axton GRADUATE STUDENT Ronald Highfield Luke’s Parables Are Mark Twain’s Stories about Forging Ploughshares, Moberly, Missouri Learning from and for “the Other”: Pepperdine University in the Early National Era G Willis Bill Greer Alexander Campbell and Barton Jonathan Totty PAPERS Hospitality as a Teaching Strategy Christopher Shrock D209 President, Milligan College Lincoln Christian University 5:40-6:10 p.m. Loretta Hunnicutt Ohio Valley University Stone True? Kory Eastvold Pepperdine University D208 Shuttles back to Parking Lot K Richard Hughes Lincoln Christian University Acts and the Early Church Leibniz’s Law, the Great Cookie Thief, William Baker Presiders: Judith Odor Women, Race, and Unity in the Bob Milliken Lipscomb University Sponsor: Paul Kissling President, Stone-Campbell International G Willis Asbury Theological Seminary and Exclusivism in Churches of Christ Nebraska Christian College Stone-Campbell Movement Professor of New Testament, White Supremacy and the Gospel The Image of God in Old Testament Rob O’Lynn 5:50-6:30 p.m. Hope International University Embracing the Other: Judaism and Theology Kentucky Christian University Guided tour of Helsabeck Laura Locke Estes D208 of Grace Kamilah Hall Sharp Saint Louis University Islam in the Art of Rembrandt van Archives, Emmanuel Library Brite Divinity School 9:10-10:10 a.m. Respondents: Robert Ellis Kevin Burr (shuttle service provided) Repurposing Christian Contra-Jewish McGlothlin Rijn Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Asbury Theological Seminary These archives feature nearly 10,000 bound Initiatives to Overcome Racism in PLENARY SESSION 1 James Gorman Polemic in the Early Islamic Period Evertt Huffard Sponsor: Jason Bembry What’s History Got To Do, Got To volumes of Stone-Campbell Movement related the Christian Church (Disciples of Chauncey Lattimer, Jr. C101 Johnson University Tennessee Professor of Leadership and Missions Paul Axton Septuagint Citations in Hebrews 10 books, periodicals, paper collections, and other Christ): Case Study of a Mainline Harding School of Theology First Christian Church, Brook, Indiana Do With It? memorabilia. Mike Williams D108 Forging Ploughshares, Moberly, Missouri Denomination Lipscomb University “Allah is God”: A Theological A Pastoral Approach to Religious Erik Masci Garrett Best Abilene Christian University 6:00 p.m. Clinical Trials on the Efficacy of Challenge for Muslims and Diversity/Pluralism 1:55-2:40 p.m. Asbury Theological Seminary Old Testament in Ancient Sponsor: Douglas Foster Shuttle to DoubleTree Hotel for Prayer: A Scientific and Theological Christians PARALLEL SESSION B The Historical Gamaliel and the Virgil Warren C102 The Praise of Folly and Thoughts of those needing transport to hotel Near Eastern Context D202 Critique Vermillion Christian Church, Manhattan, Kansas Rhetorical Gamaliel: Reading Luke’s Presiders: Jason Bembry 10:10-10:20 a.m. Garrett Best D307 the Reformation Composition with Quintilian Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Christianity by Contrast Asbury Theological Seminary 6:30 p.m. Nathan Wheeler D210 Adam Bean Liberty University Tribute to Henry Webb STUDY GROUP B Shuttles from Emmanuel Library Johns Hopkins University C. Robert Wetzel, former president of Reading and Writing Gooder: Benjamin Snyder The Necessity of the Other According Emmanuel Christian Seminary 1:55-3:35 p.m. Solecisms In Revelation Asbury Theological Seminary back to Gregory Center UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Ecclesiology Bradley Haggard to Peircean Theological Semiotics The Setting of the Acts 2 6:30 p.m. Asbury Theological Seminary 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. PAPERS, STUDY GROUP A, Aaron Woods D108 and Social Ethics D202 Immersions: A Socio-Historical Presiders: Shaun Brown Shuttles from Gregory Center to The Temple at Arad: A Federal Cultic 10:30-10:40 a.m. McGlothlin PARALLEL B AND C Asbury Theological Seminary PLENARY SESSION 2 University of Toronto, Wycliffe College Investigation Tupelo Honey for dinner Installation Transition Break There shall be no poor among Kate Blakely (advanced reservation required) Ellen Charry UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT you?: Deuteronomic Economics in Great Lakes Christian College Philosophy D207 Joseph Mueller Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Theology Presiders: Justin Schwartz Fuller Theological Seminary 10:40-11:25 a.m. Princeton Theological Seminary PAPER FINALISTS G Willis Deuteronomy 15:1-11 7:00 p.m. John Mark Hicks University of Toronto PARALLEL E Paul Axton Dinner at Tupelo Honey, Planting Gardens: Reflections on “The Wall of Hostility Has Come Brian Cook Lipscomb University David Ford C101 Forging Ploughshares, Moberly, Missouri 300 Buffalo Street, Johnson City an Evocative Adjustment to the Down”: Reconstructing the Johnson University Florida Trinity Evangelical Divinity School “God has not kept [the Jews] these Rob O’Lynn D207 (advanced reservation required) “Building and Planting” Trope Kentucky Christian University Theological Relationship Between Sponsor: Les Hardin many years for nothing”: Alexander Dennis Durst The SCM as “Other”: Perceptions in Jeremiah 29 Jude as Early Christian Rhetoric Judaism and Christianity, Part One Divine Dissonance: of the SCM in American Religious Campbell on Israel, the Church, and Kentucky Christian University A Study of Psalm 22 in Matthew Othering, Disability, and Social Samuel Long Historiography Eschatology Michael Young D209 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Ethics: Reflections on the Rhetoric Great Lakes Christian College Faulkner University Ben Hull Shaun Brown Yahweh Loses a Mistress but Gains Lunch Johnson University Tennessee Russ Dudrey D309 of the Eugenics Movement Will Beauty Save the World - and Hastings Church of Christ, Hastings, Nebraska University of Toronto, Wycliffe College a Menorah McCormick Dining Center, Sponsor: Heather Gorman Our Ancestors were All Under the Derek Estes Education? (Shuttles provided as needed from Gregory) Victory Over Death in Hebrews “You will always have the poor Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis sat Theological Anthropology H103 with you”: Pastoral Problems in Cloud: Lindbeck on the Church (and John Young D208 Grill, McMahan Student Center Samuel Guy Epistemology in the Churches Presider: Dennis Durst The University of Alabama Ministering to the Poor the Jews) as Israel Kentucky Christian University Off-Campus, Guide in Conference Folder Kentucky Christian University of Christ: A Critique of Thomas Sponsor: Scott Caulley Standing at the Crossroads: 2:40-2:50 p.m. Patristics H103 B. Warren APR Historical Ecclesiology in the Women Scholars, (Guest: Ellen Charry) A Politeuma Worth Pursuing: A Presider: Mark Weedman Conversation about Eugenics and Stephens Annex, McCormick Dining Center Transition Break Johnson University Tennessee John C. Poirier 7 Protestant Social Reform: Hereditary International Churches of Christ, Rhetorical Analysis of Philippians [purchase lunch in line, take to Stephens Annex] Dave Kiger Kingswell Theological Seminary 8:00-8:15 a.m. Science and Religion in America, 1992-2003 3:20 in Light of Philippi’s Sociological Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College Devotions McGlothlin ECS Graduate and D.Min. Interest, 2:50-3:35 p.m. Who’s Afraid of Realism? A Look 1860-1940, by Dennis Durst Emmanuel Christian Seminary (Shuttle provided) Composition PARALLEL SESSION C Jeff Miller David Fletcher D108 Theme: Augustine at James K. A. Smith’s Argument Professor of Bible Kingwood Church of Christ Milligan College Panel Respondents: SCJ Editors and Board, STUDY GROUP A Sychellus Njibwakale D307 in Who’s Afraid of Relativism? Murfreesboro, Tennessee Welshimer Room, Welshimer Library Taylor Ross James Estep Piedmont International University Lincoln Christian University “All of the Above”– Personal Duke University Presentation of Stone-Campbell Synoptic Gospels D202 Biblical Teaching on Women D307 David Mahfood Extra-Biblical Evidence of the Presiders: Jeff Miller Reflections on Ecumenical / Interfaith 1:00-1:45 p.m. Presiders: Barry Blackburn At the Limit of Image: An Augustinian Journal Lifetime Achievement Johnson University Florida Milligan College Point University Historical Jesus Award Justin Schwartz Ministry in Military Chaplaincy PARALLEL SESSION A Iconoclasm Dawn Gentry Danny Yencich William Baker University of Toronto Daryl Docterman D309 Milligan College, Nebraska Christian College President, Stone-Campbell International Ethan Laster D202 University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology Response: 11:30-11:40 a.m. Cincinnati Christian University Professor of New Testament, Hope International Abilene Christian University, Lee Blackburn Theme: Sexual Abuse and the Church University Second Temple Judaism D110 Presentation of Student Graduate School of Theology James Barker Ruth and Mary: Essentially Milligan College Presiders: Jon-Michael Carman Competition Awards McGlothlin Sponsor: Douglas Foster Western Kentucky University Marginal? Amy Smith Carman Baylor University Winner of the Isaac Errett Award, Sponsored by Doublets in the Synoptic Gospels in Mark Weedman Brite Divinity School 8:15-9:15 a.m. Amy Smith Carman Les Hardin the Disciples of Christ Historical Society PLENARY 3 McGlothlin Brite Divinity School Johnson University Florida Light of Ancient Rhetoric Alisha Paddock D108 Johnson University Tennessee The Abused Woman: A Feminist The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Manhattan Christian College Richard Knopp Converted to the Text: Rethinking the Stewart Penwell Gary D. Collier Interpretation of John 8 Professor of Philosophy and Christian Apologetics Thought of David Lipscomb Creating Sacred Space: Finding Context of Augustine’s Confessions Lincoln Christian University St. Mary’s University 11:40 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Director, Institute for the Art of Biblical Conversation Christian Identity in the Material Kathy Pulley Jewish Logos Theology: A Path PLENARY 4 McGlothlin David W. Hester D108 Simon Barjona (Matthew 16:17) and Culture of First Century Corinth Response: Missouri State University Understanding and Engaging the Towards Early Christology Faulkner University, the Shaping of a New Theology Craig Farmer “Me Too,” Feminist Theology, and Ellen Charry Kearley Graduate School of Theology Milligan College “Nones” Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Theology Danny Yencich J. Robert Ross C102 the Church Tommy D. Moehlman Princeton Theological Seminary Does Mark 16:9-20 Belong in the Central Counseling, St. Petersburg, Florida Lincoln Christian University University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology 9:15-9:45 a.m. New Testament? Spirituality and Christian Theism Christian Education D110 “The Wall of Hostility Has Come Presiders: James Estep Theological Reflection D308 Refreshment Break G Lobby From Heel-Grabber to Hero: An Echoes of the Gospels in the Presiders: Joseph Gordon Down”: Reconstructing the Jon-Michael Carman H103 Gospels: Supplementation or Heritage Christian Church/ Lincoln Christian Analysis of the Characterization of Nick Zola, Presiding C101 University Johnson University Florida Theological Relationship Between Baylor University Supplantation in the Early Jesus Stephen Lawson 9:45-11:25 a.m. Jacob and Esau in Jubilees Pepperdine University Tim Westbrook Judaism and Christianity, Part Two Scaling Gaius and Diotrephes: Tradition? Saint Louis University STUDY GROUP C Thinking of a Ph.D.? Harding University Benjamin Snyder A Socio-Economic Profile of 1 and AND PARALLEL D AND E A Panel of Predecessors: Ryan Shirck Asbury Theological Seminary 12:40-12:50 p.m. 3 John Jewish Scripture as Christian James Estep Heritage Christian Church/ Lincoln Christian Dallas Christian College Watering Down Ritual Purification Closing Comments, Scripture H103 Jon-Michael Carman, STUDY GROUP C Presiders: J. David Stark University To See God and Live: The Visio at Qumran: A Re-evaluation of the James E. Sedlacek D110 Baylor Ph.D. student in NT Next Year, Prayer McGlothlin Faulkner University and Rick Cherok University of Manchester Amy Smith Carman, Dei in the Works of Gregory of History and Theology G Willis Claims that Ritual Washing Effected Paul Kissling Cincinnati Christian University William Baker Brite Divinity Ph.D. student in NT Nyssa Analyzing 1 Peter and 2 Timothy Lincoln Christian University of the Stone-Campbell Movement Moral Cleansing President, Stone-Campbell International Kamilah Hall-Sharp, Theological Foundations of Alexander Presiders: Matthew Shears from a Corpus-Based Approach: Campbell’s Educational Agenda Brett Vanderzee Professor of New Testament, J. David Stark Brite Divinity Ph.D. student in OT Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan Hope International University Did the Same Person Write Both Stewart Penwell, Edmond, Oklahoma Faulkner University Letters? Completed Ph.D. in NT from St. Mary’s at Participatory Beauty: The Aesthetics Early Christian Reception of Burial Twickenham, London of Sarx in Barth’s Doctrine of Holy Washing Legislation in Leviticus Joseph Gordon, 21–22 and Numbers 6, 19 Completed Ph.D. in theology from Marquette Scripture 2018 SCJ SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, continued 8:00-8:50 Check-in, Registration, Coffee Plus 5:40-6:10 Shuttles back to Parking Lot K 8:50-9:10 Welcome 5:50-6:30 Guided Tour of Helsabeck Archives 9:10-10:10 PLENARY SESSION 1 Evertt Huffard 6:00 Shuttle to DoubleTree Hotel 10:10-10:20 Tribute to Henry Webb 6:30 Shuttles from ECS back to Gregory Center SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL 10:30-11:30 PLENARY SESSION 2 Ellen Charry 6:30 Shuttles from Gregory Center to Tupelo Honey 11:30-1:00 Lunch 7:00 Dinner at Tupelo Honey (advanced reservation required) APRIL 67, 2018 McCormick Dining Center SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL Grill, McMahan Student Center SATURDAY, APRIL 7 Women Scholars (Guest: Ellen Charry) 8:00-8:15 Devotions APRIL 67, 2018 ECS Graduate and D.Min. Interest 8:15-9:15 PLENARY SESSION 3 Richard Knopp THEOLOGY OF OTHERS SCJ Editors and Board 9:15-9:45 Refreshment Break (Pick up purchased books) 1:00-1:45 PARALLEL SESSION A 9:45-11:25 STUDY GROUP C Judaism, Islam, and “None-of-the-Aboves” 1:55-3:35 UNDERGRAD STUDENT PAPER FINALISTS History and Theology of the Stone-Campbell Movement STUDY GROUP A Old Testament in Ancient Near Eastern Context THEOLOGY OF OTHERS Synoptic Gospels Theological Anthropology Judaism, Islam, and “None-of-the-Aboves” Jewish Scripture as Christian Scripture Second Temple Judaism Peace and Social Justice 9:45-10:30 PARALLEL D 1:55-2:40 PARALLEL B 10:40-11:25 PARALLEL E 2:50-3:35 PARALLEL C 11:30-11:40 Presentation of Student Competition Awards 3:35-4:00 Refreshment Break 11:40-12:40 PLENARY SESSION 4 Ellen Charry 4:00-5:40 GRADUATE STUDENT PAPERS 12:40-12:50 Closing Comments, Next Year, Prayer STUDY GROUP B Ecclesiology and Social Ethics Patristics Christian Education Acts and the Early Church Philosophy CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GUEST SPEAKERS: Biblical Teaching on Women AND KEY DATES: Ellen Charry Open Call for Additional Papers: Margaret W. Harmon Theological Reflection Professor of Theology, Paper title: Due by January 20, 2018 Princeton Theological Seminary
Craig Keener 15 Study Groups welcome immediate inquiries “‘THE WALL OF HOSTILITY HAS COME DOWN’: SAVE THE DATE F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies Reconstructing the Theological Asbury Theological Seminary Multiple student paper competitions Relationship Between Judaism Acts and Paul: Another Look Interpreting Acts: The Value of Cultural Background Presented by Hostedand Christianity” by Interpreting Romans: The Mind of the Spirit with scholarships or cash prizes Competition papers: Due December 15, 2017 Evertt Huard Dean, Harding School of Theology Eighteenth Annual SCJ Conference Jerry L. Sumney Professor of Biblical Studies, Lexington Theological Seminary Online registration open: February 1 – March 23, 2018 “Allah is God: A Theological April 5-6, 2019 Interpreting First Corinthians: The Value of Tradition Challenge for Muslims and Christians” David Fiensy Details and registration at Hosted by: Professor of Biblical Studies, Kentucky Christian University www.stone-campbelljournal.com Interpreting Acts: The Value of Archaeology Richard Knopp Johnson University, Knoxville, Tennessee Professor of Philosophy & Questions? Email [email protected] Christian Apologetics, or call 513/284-5835 Lincoln Christian University “Understanding and Engaging the ‘Nones’ ”
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