Lutheranism & the Classics

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Lutheranism & the Classics VI: Beauty Plenary Speakers This 6th biennial conference celebrates Lutheranism’s preoccupation with beauty in the past while contemplating its value for the propagation of Mark Mattes serves as chair of the Department of Theology at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. Prior to this call, the faith to present and future generations. he served parishes in Gardner, Illinois, and Antigo, Wisconsin. From the onward, Lutherans have not only held the He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago, a MDiv from languages and literatures of the ancient Greeks and Romans in high regard, Luther Seminary, and earned his BA from St. Olaf College, but also respected their theories of aesthetics and artistic sensibilities. While where he was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He has authored several books, including Luther’s Theology of Beauty: A Reappraisal Martin Luther came to believe that beauty is found not in an Aristotelian (Baker Academic, 2017), The Role of Justification in Contemporary golden mean but rather in God’s own self-giving in Jesus under forms Theology, Imaging the Journey, and Law and Gospel in Action: that may seem ugly to unbelief, he valued proportionality, aesthetics, music, Foundations, Ethics, (New Reformation Press, 2019). He and the visual arts as precious gifts of a generous Creator. has also co-edited Gerhard Forde’s theological essays, A More Radical Gospel and The Preached God and has co-translated works of Oswald Bayer, Theology The conference will feature three plenary papers, a banquet address, the Lutheran Way and A Contemporary in Dissent, and Klaus Schwarzwäller, Cross and and as many as 15 sectional presenters on such themes as Reformation-era Resurrection. He also edited Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians (Vandenhoeck & perspectives on beauty in Plato and Aristotle; the role of images in the Early Ruprecht, 2013). Additionally, he has authored numerous essays and reviews for peer- Church; the strange beauty of the cross; beauty in Orthodoxy, Pietism, and reviewed journals and serves as an associate editor for Lutheran Quarterly. He also serves on Rationalism; how Christian children might learn aesthetics; and iconolatry the Continuation Committee of the International Luther Congress. and . Latin will be used in three settings, with three Christian Preus has served as pastor at Mount Hope Lutheran pedagogical papers in the final session designed especially for Lutheran Church since 2016. He is the son of Rolf and Dorothy Preus. teachers, classical educators, and homeschoolers. Pastor Christian Preus received a BA in classics from the University of North Dakota (2006) and an MA and PhD in classics from the University of Iowa (2008, 2012). He studied at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, graduating with his MDiv in 2016. Dr. Preus’ scholarly works include his translation of Philip Melanchthon’s Loci Communes 1521 (CPH) Banquet Speaker and a translation of Luther’s Labors on the Psalms to be included in an upcoming edition of Luther’s Works (LW 64). He writes a E. Christian Kopff holds a BA from Haverford College (summa regular column in LOGIA and has published numerous articles on cum laude, 1968) and received his doctorate in Classics from the the Lutheran exegetical tradition. He and his wife, Lisa, have seven children. They live University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 1973 he has happily at the foot of Casper Mountain, in Casper, Wyoming. Dr. Preus enjoys skiing and taught at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Classics running on the mountain, playing Lutheran chorales on the piano, playing football with his Department and the Honors Program. From Fall 2004 to 2011 boys at the park, and talking theology, politics, and history with his wife and children. he served as founding director of the Center for Western Civilization. In June 2019 he retired as Professor Emeritus. A Alden Smith was educated at Dickinson College where he fellow of the American Academy in Rome, he has edited a majored in Greek and Latin. He then studied for his MA in critical edition of the Greek text of Euripides’ Bacchae (Teubner, classical studies at the University of Vermont and did his 1982) and written articles and reviews on scholarly, pedagogical, doctorate in the same field at the University of Pennsylvania. and popular topics. For ISIBooks he wrote The Devil Knows Smith has spent most of his career at Baylor University where his Latin: Why America Needs the Classical Tradition (1999) and scholarly focus has been on Augustan poetry, with particular translated Josef Pieper, Tradition: Concept and Claim (2008). In attention to the poets Ovid and Virgil. Smith has been awarded 2018 the Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education named the American Philological Association’s Award for Excellence in him Magister Magnus, CCLE’s highest honor. He studies texts Teaching, received a laudatio from the Classical Association of and traditions, from science to Sophocles, that arose in the the Middle West and South, and recently with Jeff Hunt and ancient world and remain important, including democracy and Fabio Stok, jointly garnered the 2018 PROSE award for the the religion of the . most significant new book in the field of classics (Classics from Papyrus to the Internet, University of Texas, 2017). Smith continues to work on collaborative projects ranging from Ovidian exile poetry to Renaissance art to Martin Luther. Schedule Registration Form Thursday, September 30 To register online, visit www.ctsfw.edu/Classics. 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Registration—Sihler Auditorium Deadline for registration is September 18, 2021. Full payment must accompany all registration forms to guarantee your registration. A discount shall be 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own (available for $9 in the Dining Hall) given to the first 10 registrants who belong to the Consortium of Classical Lutheran Educators (CCLE). 1:00–1:10 p.m. Welcome—Sihler Auditorium Should you have questions, please email [email protected] or phone (260) 452-2204. Please circle if applicable: Dr. Rev. Dcs. Mr. Mrs. Ms. Miss 1:10–2:00 p.m. Luther and Beauty (Please type or print your name below as you would like it to appear on your nametag.) Dr. Mark Mattes, Chair of the Department of Theology at

Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa Name 2:10–3:25 p.m. Sectional Papers 1—Sihler Auditorium Spouse’s name (if attending) 3:25–3:35 p.m. Break 3:35–4:25 p.m. Sectional Papers 2—Sihler Auditorium and Loehe 7 Address

4:35–5:25 p.m. Beauty and the Incarnation: John Brenz on the Personal City State Zip Union Dr. Christian Preus, Pastor, Mount Hope Lutheran Church, Phone ( ) Caspar, Wyoming

5:35–5:55 p.m. Vespers—Kramer Chapel Email 6:00–6:40 p.m. Gemütlichkeit (Fellowship)—Outside Student Commons Registration (All include Friday lunch*) Amount 6:45 p.m. Banquet—Dining Hall c Adult (includes Thursday banquet) ...... $120.00 ______

Beauty and the Wittenberg Option c Adult (does not include Thursday banquet) ...... $90.00 ______Dr. E. Christian Kopff, Associate Professor of Classics, Honors Program, The University of Colorado, Boulder, c CCLE Registrant (name appears in the CCLE roster) ...... $60.00 ______Colorado c University student ...... $45.00 ______Friday, October 1 c CTSFW or CSL Seminary student ...... FREE ______

7:00–8:00 a.m. Breakfast on your own (available for $7 in the Dining Hall) c High school student ...... $30.00 ______

8:00–8:50 a.m. Sectional Papers 3—Sihler Auditorium and Loehe 7 c Banquet ticket ...... $30.00 ______

9:00–9:50 a.m. Martin Luther and the Beauty of the Banquet GRAND TOTAL ______Dr. Alden Smith, Department of Classics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas * Thursday lunch ($9.00) and/or Friday breakfast ($7.00) may be purchased onsite in the campus dining hall. 10:00–10:30 a.m. Matins—Kramer Chapel Ways to Register Please pay in US funds. Fees are subject to change. 10:30 – 10:50 a.m. Coffee—Commons To Register Online: 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Sectional Papers 4—Sihler Auditorium Scan the QR Code on the right or go to www.ctsfw.edu/Classics. 12:00–1:30 p.m. Campus Bookstore open To Register by Phone with Credit Card:

12:20–1:30 p.m. Lunch (included; served until 1:00 p.m.)—Dining Hall Contact LeeAnna Rondot at (260) 452-2204. To Send in a Check: 1:40–2:50 p.m. Sectional Papers 5—Sihler Auditorium Fill out this form and return it along with a check made out to CTSFW. Mail the form and check to: 3:00–4:00 p.m. Itinerarium—Kramer Chapel, Dr. Benjamin Mayes presiding Concordia Theological Seminary, ATTN: Lutheranism & the Classics, 6600 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne, IN 46825. 4:10–5:30 p.m. Board Meeting c I have enclosed my check. Check #______Sectional Papers 3 Friday, October 1, 8:00–8:50 a.m. A. Iconoclasm and Teaching the Faith (Sihler Auditorium) 1 Thursday, September 30, 2:10–3:25 p.m. n The Reformation of Images in the Sixteenth Century: Zwingli, Calvin, Beauty in Ugliness (Sihler Auditorium) Puritans, and the Reformed Dr. Martin R. Noland, Senior Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church and School, n Luther and Thersites, “The Ugliest Man Who Came to Troy” (Homer Iliad 2.216) San Mateo, California Dr. John G. Nordling, Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana n Using Beauty to Teach the Faith: Rabanus Maurus and His Use of Images Dr. David Coles, Guest Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, n The Pagan Argument for Beauty Against Fort Wayne, Indiana Dr. Adam Koontz, Assistant Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana B. Beauty and Ordination (Loehe 7) n Dulcissimum spectaculum: The Beauty of the Exchange in Luther’s Lectures on the n “For Glory and for Beauty” (Exod. 28:2): The Beautiful Self-Giving of Our On the Freedom of a Christian Psalms and Lord for His People—Dr. Geoffrey R. Boyle, Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church Rev. Brandon W. Koble, Pastor, Lutheran Church, West Allis, Wisconsin, and Trinity Lutheran Church, Wichita, Kansas and PhD student, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin n Luther and the Ordination of a Lutheran Bishop for Naumberg in 1542 2 Thursday, September 30, 3:35–4:25 p.m. Dr. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, Assistant Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana A. Pattern Poems, Ekphrasis, and Ancient Conceptions of Beauty (Sihler Auditorium) 4 Friday, October 1, 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. n Herbert’s Pattern Poetry: Ekphrastic Monuments of the Reformation Beauty in Music and Harmony (Sihler Auditorium) Dr. C. J. Armstrong, Associate Professor, Concordia University, Irvine, California n Luther and the Visual Arts n The Beauty of the Ancients: Martin Luther and Greek Conceptions of Dr. Carl P.E. Springer, Professor, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee Beauty—Dr. Jeffrey Hunt, Senior Lecturer in Classics, Baylor University, n Waco, Texas The Holiness in Beauty: Mozart Among the Theologians Dr. Jane S. Hettrick, Professor Emerita of Music, Rider University, Lawrenceville, B. Chrysostom and Augustine (Loehe 7) New Jersey n Compassionate Beauty in John Chrysostom’s Homily on Eutropius n Creation in Harmony: Cicero, Confucius, and the Limits of Natural Theology Dr. Margret Schatkin, Associate Professor, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Dr. James A. Kellerman, Pastor, First Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois Massachusetts n Reformare deformia mea: The Role of Forma in Augustine’s Confessions 5 Friday, October 1, 1:40–2:55 p.m. Rev. Carl Roth, Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church, Elgin, Texas Beauty and Pedagogy (Sihler Auditorium) n Wisdom Is the Foundation of Eloquence: Cicero in David Chytraeus’ Praecepta Rhetoricae Inventionis—Rev. Phillip Fischaber, Pastor, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Walnut, Illinois n Beauty in the School: The Place of Art in the Classical School Curriculum Rev. Robert Paul, Associate Pastor and Headmaster, Memorial Lutheran Church and School, Houston, Texas n Teaching Koine Greek as a Living Language—Dr. David Maxwell, Louis A. Fincke and Anna B. Shine Professor of Systematic Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri