LETTER FROM THE PROGRAM CHAIR

Welcome to the 66th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society

The theme for this year’s conference “,” reminds us of the primary reason for what we do, whether we are in academic, parachurch or pastoral work—to serve the church. Whether we are equip- ping the next generation of pastors, are pastoring ourselves or are serving on the mission field or with a parachurch/non-profit organization, we are about serving Christ by serving the church. This focus is particularly important for those of us who are professors, lest we get caught up in our academic work and forget that our work ultimately serves the church.

Admittedly, our topic for this year is very broad. Our three plenary speakers are ideally suited to speak to us on these matters, and they scarcely need an introduction since they are all well-known and well-published scholars. Dr. Gregg Allison from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Joe Hellerman from Talbot School of , Biola University, and Dr. Miroslav Volf, from , will be addressing the plenary sessions. We will also have a panel discussion on our topic with the three plenary speakers.

Our program also includes hundreds of fascinating and learned papers on ecclesiology and other top- ics, and thus we anticipate being both stimulated and edified while we are in San Diego. Special thanks to the executive committee of ETS and the others who reviewed the myriad of paper proposals that were submitted. Thanks for your time and expertise in evaluating the proposals. Thanks also to the program unit committees who did their own evaluation of many paper proposals that were submitted to their respective program units. I regret that we could not accommodate all of the papers proposed.

Finally—special gratitude to Mike and Bonnie Thigpen and their excellent team who have done out- standing work in putting the program together. As our society has grown, stitching together the de- tails of the annual meeting and keeping the society running has become increasingly complex. Mike and Bonnie keep the wheels turning both at our meeting and year-round, and thus they deserve our kudos for their exceptional work year after year. The administrative side of ETS is in very good hands. I look forward to seeing you in San Diego and trust that our meetings will be a rich and fruitful time for us all!

Scott B. Rae ETS President-Elect and Program Chair 7 Dean of Faculty, Professor of Christian Ethics Talbot School of Theology, Biola University La Mirada,

EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 66TH ANNUAL MEETING ECCLESIOLOGY ETS EXECUTIVE PLENARY SPEAKERS COMMITTEE Gregg R. Allison President (The Southern Baptist Thomas R. Schreiner Theological Seminary) The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Holy God and Holy People: and Ecclesiology in President-Elect Intersection Scott B. Rae Talbot School of Theology

Vice-President Daniel B. Wallace Dallas Theological Seminary Joseph H. Hellerman (Talbot School of Theology, Biola Secretary/Treasurer University) Gregg R. Allison When the Church Was a Family: The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Christian Communities as Surrogate Kin Groups Past Presidents Eugene H. Merrill (2010) Dallas Theological Seminary

Clinton E. Arnold (2011) Talbot School of Theology

Miroslav Volf Paul R. House (2012) (Yale Divinity School) Beeson Divinity School The Measure of the Church Robert W. Yarbrough (2013) Covenant Theological Seminary

Executive Director J. Michael Thigpen

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OVERVIEW OF SCHEDULE Plenary Session 2 2:00-2:50pm Joseph H. Hellerman

Wednesday, November 19 Parallel Sessions D 7:45-8:15am Morning Prayer 3:00-3:40pm Parallel Session 13 3:50-4:30pm Parallel Session 14 Parallel Sessions A 4:40-5:20pm Parallel Session 15 8:30-9:10am Parallel Session 1 5:30-6:10pm Parallel Session 16 9:20-10:00am Parallel Session 2 10:10-10:50am Parallel Session 3 7:00-8:00pm Banquet 11:00-11:40am Parallel Session 4 8:00-9:00pm Presidential Address

11:45-1:00pm Lunch 1:15-1:45pm Business Meeting 1 Friday, November 21 7:45-8:15am Morning Prayer Parallel Sessions B 8:30-9:30am Business Session 2 2:00-2:40pm Parallel Session 5 2:50-3:30pm Parallel Session 6 Plenary Session 3 3:40-4:20pm Parallel Session 7 9:40-10:30am Miroslav Volf 4:40-5:10pm Parallel Session 8 Plenary Panel Discussion Plenary Session 1 10:30-11:30am Gregg R. Allison 5:25-6:15pm Gregg R. Allison Joseph H. Hellerman Miroslav Volf

Thursday, November 20 11:45-12:45pm Lunch 7:45-8:15am Morning Prayer Parallel Sessions E Parallel Sessions C 1:00-1:40pm Parallel Session 17 8:30-9:10am Parallel Session 9 1:50-2:30pm Parallel Session 18 9:20-10:00am Parallel Session 10 2:40-3:20pm Parallel Session 19 10:10-10:50am Parallel Session 11 3:30-4:10pm Parallel Session 20 11:00-11:40am Parallel Session 12 9 11:45-1:15pm Lunch 1:20-1:50pm Worship

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PARALLEL SESSIONS the meeting. Study Groups are narrowly focused The parallel sessions are composed of five differ- groups which require active, collaborative partic- ent session types. ipation by the group members. ETS encourages study groups to publish the results of their work. A Affiliated Society sessions feature presen- Study groups are responsible for one session of tations that were selected and arranged by one of invited papers at the annual meeting. Sections are the three societies which join ETS each year: the broadly defined groups that represent general Adventist Theological Society, the Evangelical areas of interest. Responsible for one session of Philosophical Society, and the Near Eastern invited papers and one session of papers drawn Archaeological Society. from member submissions, the sections offer the most access for unsolicited papers D Discipline specific sessions are composed of presentations that were submitted by ETS T Theme sessions are composed of presenta- members and rated by a panel of scholars who tions submitted by members, which address the served under the direction of the program chair. topic of Ecclesiology. These presentations were These presentations have been grouped into ba- evaluated by a panel of scholars under the direc- sic disciplines: Old Testament, New Testament, tion of the program chair. The theme presenta- Systematic Theology, and Church History/ tions have been arranged into cohesive sessions Historical Theology. based on texts, topics, and methods.

P Program Unit sessions are a combination C Career sessions are special sessions that are of invited papers and proposed presentations designed to help ETS members in their careers. which were selected by the program unit steer- These sessions include discussions of the aca- ing committees. ETS has three types of program demic job market, publishing, interviewing and units. Consultations are new program units which other significant career development topics. are responsible for 1 session of invited papers at

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EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 66TH ANNUAL MEETING ECCLESIOLOGY PARALLEL SESSION A OVERVIEW Location Pacific Salon Four Pacific Salon One Royal Palm Salon Five Pacific Salon Six Sunset Towne Royal Palm Salon One Pacific Salon Seven Stratford Pacific Salon Five Ascot Clarendon Brittany Windsor Terrace Salon One Garden Salon One Sunrise Hampton Garden Salon Two Eaton Sheffield Esquire Terrace Salon Two Royal Palm Salon Four Royal Palm Salon Two Royal Palm Salon Three Royal Palm Salon Six Dover Crescent Pacific Salon Three Terrace Salon Three Pacific Salon Two Session Theme The History of Park Street Church Baptists and the Church Gender, Identity, and Sexuality The NT: Its Language, People, and Society The Arts, Aesthetics, and Ecclesiology The Wesleyan Movement General Session Biblical Theology Church Tradition and Doctrine Gospels Reformed Theology Theologians 1 Theologians 2 Festschrift in Honor of John Feinberg General Studies 1 Gospels 1 Gospels 2 Poetic Literature Prophetic Books Scripture and Hermeneutics Session Title

Parallel Session A Overview // Wednesday, November 19 8:30 AM to 11:40 13 American Christianity Baptist Studies Biblical Theology Christian Ethics Evangelicals and Gender New Testament Greek Language and Exegesis Old Testament Narrative Literature Pentateuch Theological Aesthetics Wesleyan Studies Evangelical Philosophical Society A1 Evangelical Philosophical Society A2 Evangelical Philosophical Society A3 Evangelical Philosophical Society A4 Near East Archaeological Society A Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Building on the Foundations of Evangelical Theology Church History 1 New Testament New Testament New Testament Old Testament Old Testament Perspectives on Believer Baptism Today Practical Theology 1 Systematic Theology Systematic Theology Session Type Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Theme Theme Theme Theme Theme Theme Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline

EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 66TH ANNUAL MEETING ECCLESIOLOGY PARALLEL SESSION B OVERVIEW Location Chanticleer Garden Salon Two Sunset Pacific Salon Four Pacific Salon Two Pacific Salon Five Dover Sunrise Esquire Pacific Salon Three Stratford Towne Pacific Salon One Royal Palm Salon Six Royal Palm Salon Two Sheffield Ascot Clarendon Windsor Garden Salon One Terrace Salon One Crescent Brittany Eaton Windsor Rose Royal Palm Salon Five Hampton Pacific Salon Six Pacific Salon Seven Royal Palm Salon One Royal Palm Salon Three Terrace Salon Three Terrace Salon Two Le Royal Palm Salon Four Session Theme Evangelical Theology Was the Early Church Primarily Pacifist or Not? Old and New in Conversation The Apostolicity of the Church God and the Future New Testament Apocryphal Literature Approaches to Teaching and Preaching Competing Views of Puritan Ecclesiology Michael Bird's Honoring the Memory of Gerhard F. Hasel A Conversation on Origins From Conquest to Spreading the Gospel General Studies 1 General Studies 2 1 18th Century Studies General Studies 2 Pauline Epistles 1 Pauline Epistles 2 General Studies 1 Psalms 1 Ethics 1 Ethics 2 Session Title Parallel Session B Overview // Wednesday, November 19 2:00 PM to 5:10

14 Christian Ethics Christian History and Thought since 1700 Ecclesiology God and Incarnate Hermeneutics Luke / Acts NT Canon, Textual Criticism, & Apocryphal Literature Old Princeton Old Testament Narrative Literature Pastoral Theology Puritan Studies Reformed Theology Spiritual Formation / Sanctification Synoptic Gospels Adventist Theological Society 1 Evangelical Philosophical Society B1 Evangelical Philosophical Society B2 Evangelical Philosophical Society B3 Evangelical Philosophical Society B4 Near East Archaeological Society B Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Career Connection Church History Issues in Sexuality & Gender New Testament New Testament New Testament Old Testament Old Testament Practical Theology 2 Systematic Theology Systematic Theology Session Type Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Theme Theme Theme Career Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline

EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 66TH ANNUAL MEETING ECCLESIOLOGY PARALLEL SESSION C OVERVIEW Location Royal Palm Salon Four Pacific Salon Four Royal Palm Salon Three Towne Royal Palm Salon One Pacific Salon Five Garden Salon One Brittany Pacific Salon Three Stratford Royal Palm Salon Five Royal Palm Salon Two Pacific Salon Seven Sunset Ascot Royal Palm Salon Six Terrace Salon Three Garden Salon Two Clarendon Dover Sunrise Pacific Salon Six Hampton Crescent Eaton Sheffield Terrace Salon One Esquire Pacific Salon Two Windsor Terrace Salon Two Pacific Salon One Literature of the Bible Session Theme For the Glory of God Etymology, Semantics, Discourse & Greek Perfect Daniel Block, Reproductive Technologies, the Church, & Society Death and Hope in the Writings of C. S. Lewis Creation, Fall & the Problem of Natural Moral Evil Expository Preaching in the Local Church History & Interpretation Legacy of Leland Ryken & Grenz's Contribution to Evangelical Theology The Jealousy of God Ecclesiology in the Pastoral Epistles Martyrdom, Mission, and Historiography Tabernacle, Congregation, and Community Theodramatic Anthropology The Nature of the Authority Church From Conquest to Spreading the Gospel Pauline Epistles 2 Interactions with Wendell Berry History of Christian Political Thought General Studies 1 Downplaying Ecclesiology, Destabilizing Orthodoxy Session Title Parallel Session C Overview // Thursday, November 20 8:30 AM to 11:40

15 Applied Linguistics and Biblical Languages Asian/Asian-American Theology Biblical Worship Bioethics C. S. Lewis Christian History and Thought since 1700 Creation Evangelicals and Gender Expository Preaching and Hermeneutics General Epistles Literature of the Bible Method in Systematic Theology Models of God NT Canon, Textual Criticism, & Apocryphal Literature Other Voices in Biblical Interpretation Pastoral Epistles Patristic and Medieval History Pentateuch Psalms and Hebrew Poetry Reformation Studies Synoptic Gospels Theology for Counseling and Pastoral Care Adventist Theological Society 2 Evangelical Philosophical Society C1 Evangelical Philosophical Society C2 Evangelical Philosophical Society C3 Near East Archaeological Society C Ecclesiology Friendship as Long Conversation Society and Ekklesia Systematic Theology The Dark Side of Evangelical Ecumenism Session Type Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Theme Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline

EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 66TH ANNUAL MEETING ECCLESIOLOGY PARALLEL SESSION D OVERVIEW Location Towne Royal Palm Salon Five Pacific Salon Two Terrace Salon Two Crescent Sunset Pacific Salon Three Garden Salon One Pacific Salon Seven Pacific Salon Six Pacific Salon Five Royal Palm Salon Four Pacific Salon One Garden Salon Two Clarendon Pacific Salon Four Ascot Esquire Royal Palm Salon One Terrace Salon Three Royal Palm Salon Two Royal Palm Salon Three Golden Ballroom Terrace Salon One Windsor Hampton Eaton Brittany Sheffield Stratford Dover Royal Palm Salon Six Sunrise Tiki Pavilion Session Theme Kingdom Through Covenant American Evangelical Ecclesiology & Soteriology Divine Hiddenness Defining Biblical Theology Theological Engagement with California's Culture Review of Hermeneutics and the Historicity of Adam Milestones in Johannine Studies: Great Scholars Theology of Acts Third Article Theology Temple, Tabernacle, & Community in the OT/ANE Interpretive Issues in the Book of Job Paul and Scripture Studies in Hebrew Poetry The Holy Spirit: Pneumatology in Global Context Spiritual Formation Reading Revelation Responsibly Theodramatic Anthropology The Doctrine of Eternal Generation , Theology and the Kingdom Churches, Temples, Synagogues & Worship Baptism, Lord's Supper, and Church Discipline General Studies 3 General Studies 4 General Studies 6 General Studies 3 Grammatical and Text Critical Studies Language and Literary Studies Session Title Parallel Session D Overview // Thursday, November 20 3:00 PM to 6:10

16 American Christianity Analytic Theology Biblical Theology Biblical Worship Bioethics Christianity and Culture Dispensational Study Group Hermeneutics Johannine Literature Letter to the Hebrews Luke / Acts Method in Systematic Theology Molinism Old Testament Backgrounds / Ancient Near East Old Testament Wisdom Literature Pauline Studies Psalms and Hebrew Poetry Scripture and Theology in Global Context Spiritual Formation / Sanctification The Book of Revelation Theology for Counseling and Pastoral Care Trinitarian Theology Evangelical Philosophical Society Plenary Near East Archaeological Society D Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology and Ethics Church History 3 New Testament New Testament Old Testament Practical Theology 3 Session Type Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Affiliate Affiliate Theme Theme Theme Theme Theme Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline

EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 66TH ANNUAL MEETING ECCLESIOLOGY PARALLEL SESSION E OVERVIEW Location Royal Palm Salon Three Royal Palm Salon Five Sunset Dover Royal Palm Salon One Royal Palm Salon Two Terrace Salon Three Pacific Salon Three Royal Palm Salon Six Pacific Salon Four Pacific Salon Seven Ascot Clarendon Crescent Garden Salon Two Terrace Salon One Windsor Eaton Brittany Hampton Sheffield Sunrise Terrace Salon Two Stratford Esquire Royal Palm Salon Four Towne Pacific Salon Two Pacific Salon Five Pacific Salon Six Tiki Pavilion Garden Salon One Golden Ballroom Session Theme Inspiration and Inerrancy Introduction to Messianic Daniel 9:24-27 Old Testament Theology and Worship Paul and the Law Jesus and Empire: Caesar's Coin Saying The Economics of the Theological Vocation OT /NT Archaeology and Even Some Beer Gender Issues General Studies 5 Historical Studies 1 Historical Studies 2 New Movements and Tensions General Studies 4 General Studies 5 Pauline Epistles 3 General Studies 2 Doctrine of God and Pneumatology General Studies 2 General Studies 3 Soteriology and Hamartiology Session Title Parallel Session E Overview // Friday, November 21 1:00 PM to 4:10

17 Inerrancy Letter to the Hebrews New Testament Backgrounds Old Testament Backgrounds / Ancient Near East Old Testament Prophetic and Apocalyptic Books Old Testament Theology Patristic and Medieval History Pauline Studies Sayings of Jesus The Theology of Theology of Work Evangelical Philosophical Society E1 Evangelical Philosophical Society E2 Evangelical Philosophical Society E3 Evangelical Philosophical Society E4 Near East Archaeological Society E Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology Ecclesiology and Discipleship Church History 2 New Testament New Testament New Testament Old Testament Practical Theology 4 Systematic Theology Systematic Theology Systematic Theology Systematic Theology The Local Church: It's Message, Marks, and Mission Session Type Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Program Unit Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Affiliate Theme Theme Theme Theme Theme Theme Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline

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