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Session Information and Indicies PARALLEL SESSION A OVERVIEW Session Title Location Baptist Studies – Pastor-Theologians Among Baptists in America Hyatt – Travis B C. S. Lewis – The Trinity in C. S. Lewis M-RC – Room 12 Hermeneutics – The Contributions of E. D. Hirsch to Biblical Hermeneutics M-RC – Salon D Old Testament Backgrounds / Ancient Near East Hyatt – Travis D Patristics & Medieval History – Reflections on the Divine in the Patristic Period Hyatt – Independence Synoptic Gospels M-RC – Room 17 Textual Strategies in the Hebrew Bible – Textual Strategies of the Writings Hyatt – Mission A Theology for Counseling and Pastoral Care – Technology and Relationality M-RC – Room 18 Wesleyan Studies Hyatt – Mission B Evangelical Philosophical Society A1 – Trinity Hyatt – Bonham C Evangelical Philosophical Society A2 Hyatt – Travis C Evangelical Philosophical Society A3 Hyatt – Presidio B Near East Archaeological Society A – Old Testament Archaeology M-RC – Room 11 A Review of Michael Licona’s, Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? Hyatt – Bowie B An Evangelical Appraisal of Transgenderism and Gender Dysphoria Hyatt – Lone Star Salon A Church History – 15th - 17th Century Hyatt – Travis A New Testament – Gospels Hyatt – Bowie C New Testament – NT Theology & Backgrounds Hyatt – Bonham B Old Testament – General M-RC – Room 14 Old Testament – Holy War and Death M-RC – Room 8 Old Testament – Textual Criticism and Masoretics Hyatt – Presidio C Practical Theology – Homiletics M-RC – Room 1 Systematic Theology – Christology M-RC – Room 2 Systematic Theology – General Studies 1 Hyatt – Lone Star Salon B The Church, the Seminary, and the Future of Formal Theological Education M-RC – Salon C Trinitarian Thought and Development in Second Century Literature Hyatt – Bonham D The Trinity – Aesthetics, Ethics, and Language Hyatt – Presidio A The Trinity – Church History - 18th - 19th Century M-RC – Room 3 The Trinity – General Church History 1 M-RC – Room 4 The Trinity – Pneumatology M-RC – Room 7 The Trinity – Practical Theology Hyatt – Bowie A The Trinity – Systematic Theology Hyatt – Bonham E Academic Career Session M-RC – Room 13 *M-RC = Marriott Rivercenter **M-RW = Marriott Riverwalk 8 68th Annual Meeting // The Trinity PARALLEL SESSION B OVERVIEW Session Title Location Christian Ethics Hyatt – Mission B Christian History and Thought since 1700 – Billy Graham in His Relationships M-RC – Rooms 17 & 18 Ecclesiology – Sacraments and Ecclesiology M-RC – Room 13 Hermeneutics Hyatt – Presidio A Luke / Acts M-RC – Room 2 Method in Systematic Theology – Explorations in Theological Method Hyatt – Mission A New Testament Canon, Textual Criticism, & Apocryphal Literature M-RC – Room 12 Old Testament Prophetic and Apocalyptic Books M-RC – Room 7 Pentateuch M-RC – Room 14 Psalms and Hebrew Poetry M-RC – Room 1 Puritan Studies – Puritan Reflections on the Trinity Hyatt – Travis B Synoptic Gospels – Synoptic Problem: The Latest M-RC – Salon D Theological Aesthetics – Panel Review of Modern Art and the Life of a Culture Hyatt – Independence Theology for Counseling and Pastoral Care – Technology and Relationality Hyatt – Bowie B Evangelical Philosophical Society B1 – Trinity M-RC – Room 3 Evangelical Philosophical Society B2 M-RC – Room 8 Evangelical Philosophical Society B3 M-RC – Salon C Near East Archaeological Society B – Old Testament Archaeology M-RC – Room 11 Church History – 17th - 18th Century Hyatt – Travis A New Testament – Grammar Hyatt – Travis C New Testament – Synoptic Gospels 1 Hyatt – Travis D Old Testament – Background and Translation Hyatt – Presidio C Old Testament – Historical Books Hyatt – Bowie C Practical Theology – Pastoral Theology M-RC – Room 4 Systematic Theology – Hermeneutics Hyatt – Bonham C Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church Hyatt – Presidio B Workers and Wages: Issues in Theological Ethics Hyatt – Bonham E The Trinity – Early Church Hyatt – Bowie A The Trinity – Ecclesiology Hyatt – Bonham D The Trinity – OT and NT Studies Hyatt – Bonham B The Trinity – Submission and Subordination in the Trinity Hyatt – Lone Star Ballroom *M-RC = Marriott Rivercenter **M-RW = Marriott Riverwalk 68th Annual Meeting // The Trinity 9 PARALLEL SESSION C OVERVIEW Session Title Location American Christianity – American Identity, Christian Nationalism, & America’s Place M-RC – Room 8 Applied Linguistics and Biblical Languages – Learning to Read Hebrew and Greek M-RC – Room 7 Asian/Asian-American Theology Hyatt – Presidio C Biblical Worship – Form and Freedom in Evangelical Worship M-RC – Room 1 Bioethics – Bioethics as if the Trinity and Theology Matter Hyatt – Travis A Christian History and Thought since 1700 – Billy Graham in His Relationships (Part II) Hyatt – Bowie A Evangelicals and Gender Hyatt – Bonham B Expository Preaching and Hermeneutics – Islam and the Trinity M-RC – Rooms 17 & 18 Inerrancy – Inerrancy and the Trinity M-RC – Salon D Letter to the Hebrews M-RC – Room 3 Literature of the Bible – Literary Hyatt – Mission A New Testament Greek Language and Exegesis – The Use of Greek in Preaching M-RC – Room 12 OTB/ANE – Treaty and Covenant in the OT within its ANE Environment M-RC – Salon C Old Testament Narrative Literature M-RC – Room 2 Other Voices in Interpretation Hyatt – Bowie B Pastoral Epistles Hyatt – Bowie C Pastoral Theology – Contemporary Pastoral Theologians Hyatt – Mission B Spiritual Formation / Sanctification – Schools of Spiritual Formation Hyatt – Presidio B Theology of Work and Economics – Theological Ethics and Economics Hyatt – Travis B Adventist Theological Society 1 M-RW – Travis Evangelical Philosophical Society C1 – Trinity Hyatt – Independence Evangelical Philosophical Society C2 Hyatt – Presidio A Evangelical Philosophical Society C3 Hyatt – Bonham C Near East Archaeological Society C – Archaeology of Worship M-RC – Room 11 Church History – 18th Century M-RC – Room 4 New Testament – Paul and Pauline Theology Hyatt – Bonham D Review of The Divine Name(s) and the Holy Trinity by Kendall Soulen Hyatt – Bonham E The Trinity – General Church History 2 Hyatt – Travis D The Trinity – Intra-Trinitarian Relations Hyatt – Travis C *M-RC = Marriott Rivercenter **M-RW = Marriott Riverwalk 10 68th Annual Meeting // The Trinity PARALLEL SESSION D OVERVIEW Session Title Location Biblical Theology Hyatt – Presidio A Biblical Worship M-RC – Room 14 Bioethics M-RC – Room 2 Christianity and Culture – Reflections on Diversity, Immigration, and Hospitality M-RC – Rooms 17 & 18 Evangelicals and Gender M-RC – Salon D Johannine Literature – Unity and Diversity Hyatt – Bowie C Messianic Jewish Studies: History, Theology and Praxis Hyatt – Independence Method in Systematic Theology – Analytic Theology & Evangelical Theology M-RC – Room 12 Models of God – The God of Jonathan Edwards Hyatt – Bowie A New Testament Backgrounds – Grace and Faith in the Greco-Roman World Hyatt – Mission B Old Testament Narrative Literature – Intertextuality and the Old Testament Hyatt – Bowie B Patristics and Medieval History – Trinity in Second-Century & Missional Contexts M-RC – Room 13 Pauline Studies Hyatt – Travis C Pentateuch – The Trinity in the Pentateuch Hyatt – Mission A Psalms and Hebrew Poetry – Christology and Pneumatology in the Psalms Hyatt – Travis A Reformation Studies – The Earliest Reformations Hyatt – Travis B Spiritual Formation / Sanctification – Word, Conscience & Methodology M-RC – Room 7 Adventist Theological Society 2 M-RW – Travis Evangelical Philosophical Society D1 – Trinity Hyatt – Presidio C Evangelical Philosophical Society D2 Hyatt – Bonham B Evangelical Philosophical Society D3 Hyatt – Bonham C Near East Archaeological Society D – Archaeology of Worship M-RC – Room 11 Church History – 19th Century to Present M-RC – Room 3 Colin E. Gunton and the Promise of Trinitarian Theology M-RC – Room 1 Islam & Evangelical Christianity – Is a Productive Dialogue Possible? M-RC – Salon C New Testament – Synoptic Gospels 2 M-RC – Room 4 New Testament – Texts and Textual Criticism M-RC – Room 8 Old Testament – Job and Ecclesiastes Hyatt – Travis D Practical Theology – Spiritual Formation & Christian Education Hyatt – Bonham D Progressive Covenantalism Hyatt – Presidio B The Trinity – General Church History 3 Hyatt – Bonham E *M-RC = Marriott Rivercenter **M-RW = Marriott Riverwalk 68th Annual Meeting // The Trinity 11 PARALLEL SESSION E OVERVIEW Session Title Location American Christianity – Contested Issues in American Historical Theology Hyatt – Presidio C Analytic Theology – Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? M-RC – Room 7 Anglican Theology – JI Packer: Honoring His Life and Work Hyatt – Lone Star Salon B Biblical Theology – The Trinity and Divine Identity M-RC – Room 17 Christian Ethics – Being Public: Defining the Scope of Ecclesial Action Hyatt – Independence Creation – Chronology and the Genesis 5 & 11 Genealogies Hyatt – Presidio B Early Jewish Lit. & the Bible – Second Temple Jewish Lit. & NT Interpretation Hyatt – Bonham E General Epistles – A “Canonical” Approach of the Catholic Epistles Hyatt – Mission B Letter to the Hebrews – Hebrews and the Atonement Hyatt – Presidio A Luke / Acts – Major Lukan Interpreters Hyatt – Bonham B NT Canon, Textual Criticism, & Apocryphal Lit. – Disputed Books of the NT M-RC – Rooms 13 & 14 Old Testament Prophetic and Apocalyptic Books M-RC – Salon C Old Testament Theology – Old Testament Theology and the Trinity M-RC – Room 8 Old Testament Wisdom Literature – Is “Wisdom Literature” Dead? M-RC – Room 18 Pauline Studies – Romans Hyatt – Travis A Reformed Theology – Responses to Fred Sanders's book,
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