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B u l l e t i n The North American Paul Tillich Society Volume XXXVI, Number 1 Winter 2010 Editor: Frederick J. Parrella, Secretary-Treasurer Religious Studies Department Santa Clara University Kenna Hall, Suite 300, Room H, Santa Clara, California 95053 Associate Editor: Jonathan Rothchild Production Associate: Benjamin Petrick Telephone: 408.554.4714 FAX: 408.554.2387 Email: [email protected] Website: www.NAPTS.org Webmeister: Michael Burch _________________________________________________________________________ In this issue: New Officers of the Society, et al. Call for Papers for the NAPTS, the AAR Group, and the DPTG The 2009-2010 Paul Tillich Lecture at Harvard In Memoriam: John E. Smith an F. Forrester Church “Joan Ryerson Brewster, 1916 – 2009: A Reflection” by William R. Crout New Publications: Tillich in Estonian The Annual NAPTS Banquet Address: Raymond F. Bulman “Tillich, Augustine, and Pauline Hermeneutics” by Courtney Wilder “Weakness of Being: A Tactical Encounter between Paul Tillich’s Doctrine of God and Michel de Certeau” by Carl-Eric Gentes “The Experience of Grace Revealed to the Church: Tillich and Rahner on Method and Sacrament” by Kyle K. Schiefelbein “‘In Hope He Believed against Hope’ (Rom. 4:18): Towards an Understanding of Hope in the Theology of Paul Tillich – Foundations, Tillichian approaches and Con- temporary Perspectives” by Sven Ensminger _____________________________________________________________________ New Officers President Elect he annual meeting of the Society took place on Russell Manning, University of Cambridge T November 6–10, 2009, in Montreal, Québec, Vice President Canada. New officers of the Society were elected: Courtney Wilder, Midland Lutheran College Secretary Treasurer President Frederick J. Parrella, Santa Clara University David Nikkel, University of North Carolina, Past President Pembroke Sharon P Peebles Burch, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society, vol. 36, 1, Winter 2010 2 New Members of the Board (Term expires 2012) (1886-1965) and the application of his works to —Robison James, University of Richmond other areas of human knowledge. The Society fosters —Matthew Tennant, Oxford University scholarship and scholarly exchanges that analyze, —Gregory Walter, St. Olaf College criticize, and interpret the impact of Paul Tillich’s The Society wishes to extend its most sincere ideas. It seeks to employ and adapt his thought to thanks to Terry Cooper, Saint Louis Community deal with contemporary issues in theology, religion, College, Ron MacLennan, Bethany College, and ethics, and the political, social, psychological, scien- Russell Manning, Cambridge University, for their tific, and artistic spheres of culture. service on the board for the last three years. The North American Paul Tillich Society is The annual banquet was held this year at the linked to the German and French-speaking societies Holiday Inn Select, Montréal Centre Ville. The as well as Tillich societies in other nations. It pub- speaker was Raymond F. Bulman, Professor, De- lishes a quarterly bulletin that contains papers deliv- partment of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint ered at its annual meeting and at the “Tillich: Issues John’s University, New York City. The title of Prof. in Theology, Religion, and Culture” sessions at the Bulman’s outstanding address was “The Power of American Academy of Religion. Tillich’s Thought: A Nostalgic Retrospect.” It is Proposals should be sent by email (preferably as printed in this Bulletin. attachments) to the President-Elect of the NAPTS, Dr. Russell Re Manning, University of Cambridge Please Mark Your Calendars ([email protected]). Proposals should be of no more The 2010 Annual Meeting of the North Ameri- than 1000 words and be accompanied by a 150-word can Paul Tillich Society takes place on Friday, Oc- abstract. Please indicate if eligible for the student tober 29, and Saturday, October 30, 2010 in Atlanta, prize. Georgia. The American Academy of Religion and Proposals must be received by 30 April 2010. the “Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Cul- For further details, please see: http://www.napts.org/ ture Group” will meet October 30 to November 2. Please circulate this Call for Papers to other poten- (See Call for Papers below.) tially interested parties. NAPTS: Call for Papers AAR Group: Call for Papers he North American Paul Tillich Society he American Academy of Religion Group “Til- T (NAPTS) welcomes proposals for its annual T lich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture” meeting which will take place on October 29-30 welcomes proposals for its sessions at the Annual 2010 in connection with the Annual Meeting of the Meeting of the AAR in Atlanta, Georgia, October 30 American Academy of Religion (AAR) in Atlanta, to November 1, 2010. Georgia, October 30-November 1 2010. We welcome proposals for individual papers and We welcome proposals for individual papers and panels on the following issues in theology, religion, panels on the following issues: (1) Tillich’s theology and culture that engage with Tillich or post- and philosophy of history; (2) Tillich and Barth; (3) Tillichian thought: (1) Cognitive science approaches Tillich and Bonhoeffer; (4) Tillich and sexuality; 5) to religion; (2) New trends in theological anthropol- Tillich and class; (6) Tillich and black theology (es- ogy; (3) The turn to (Neo) Platonism in recent theol- pecially after Martin Luther King); (7) Tillich, em- ogy; (4) Emergence, Pan(en)theism and Theologies pire, and post-colonialism; 8) Tillich and Eastern of Nature; (5) Globalization, migration and theolo- religious thought; (9) Tillich and American tran- gies of the boundary; (6) War and peace; (7) The- scendentalism; (10) Tillich and the experience of ologies of culture as resources for inter-religious German expatriates in the US; (11) Tillich and theo- encounters; (8) Tillich as a resource for feminist the- logical reflections on death; (12) Tillich and the ology. politics and ethics of war and peace. Other Tillich-related proposals will be seriously Other Tillich-related proposals will be seriously considered. Unless otherwise requested, proposals considered. A winning student paper receives the not scheduled are automatically passed onto the $300 Annual Tillich Prize. North American Paul Tillich Society for possible The North American Paul Tillich Society is inclusion in their Annual Meeting. A winning stu- dedicated to the study of the thought of Paul Tillich dent paper receives the $300 Annual Tillich Prize. Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society, vol. 36, 1, Winter 2010 3 The AAR Group fosters scholarship and schol- Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät der Universität arly exchanges that analyze, criticize, and interpret Wien, Schenkenstr. 8-10, A-1010 Wien the thought or impact of Paul Tillich (1886-1965), Email: [email protected] and that use his thought—or use revisions of, or re- •Prof. Dr. Dr. Werner Schüßler actions against his thought—to deal with contempo- Vice-President of the DPTG rary issues in theology, religion, ethics, or the politi- Lehrstuhl für Philosophie II, Theologische Fakultät cal, social, psychotherapeutic, scientific, or artistic Trier, Universitätsring 19, D-54296 Trier spheres of human culture. The group cooperates with Email: [email protected] the North American Paul Tillich Society (a Related Notice of the acceptance of proposals will be Scholarly Organization of the AAR), which is linked sent no later than 30 June 2010. The languages of with the German, French-speaking, and other Tillich the congress are English and German. societies. Papers at Group sessions are published in the Society’s quarterly Bulletin without prejudice to 2009-2010 their also appearing elsewhere. Paul Tillich Lecture Proposals should be sent by email (preferably as attachments) to the group’s co-chairs, Dr. Russell Re Monday, 26 April 2010, 5:30 p.m. Manning, Program Director of the AAR Group, Harvard University University of Cambridge ([email protected]) and The Memorial Church Dr Sharon Peebles Burch, Interfaith Counseling One Harvard Yard Centre ([email protected]). Proposals should be of no Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 more than 1000 words and be accompanied by a Roger Haight, S.J. 150-word abstract. Please indicate if eligible for the Scholar in Residence student prize. Former Visiting Professor of Theology Proposals must be received by March 8, 2010. Union Theological Seminary For further details, please see: New York http://www.aarweb.org/Meetings/Annual_Meeting/C “Religious Self-Understanding in the 21st Century: urrent_Meeting Paul Tillich and Ignatius Loyola” Please circulate this Call for Papers to other potentially interested parties. The new century extends an era of evolving plu- ralism and declining influence of mainline Protestant DPTG: Call for Papers and Euro-American Catholic churches in North America. Professor Haight will address how corre- Paul Tillich’s Theology of Culture lating Paul Tillich’s theology and Ignatius Loyola’s Aspects – Problems – Perspectives spirituality offers insight into ways Christian and, Second International Congress more broadly, religious self-understanding might of the DPTG in Vienna promote spiritual nurture and practical engagement Vienna, October 7-10, 2010 in society. Professor Haight received his doctorate in theol- The German Paul Tillich Society (DPTG, Deutsche ogy at the Divinity School of the University of Chi- Paul-Tillich-Gesellscaft e.V.) is conducting an inter-