God and Darwinian Evolution: a day conference in Oxford

Has Darwin 'killed' God?
Is Christian belief compatible with Darwinian evolution or not?
How do science and faith relate to each other?

November 2009 sees the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's hugely influential
book On The Origin of Species. Since its publication Christians have differed regarding
whether and how Darwinian evolution is compatible with Christian faith. This day conference
brings together Christians who understand the scientific, biblical and theological issues
to guide us through the tangled web of opinions.

Speakers include:
Denis Alexander
Ruth Bancewicz
Ernest Lucas
Stephen Lloyd
John Bimson
Jeremy Blakey

TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Evolutionary Creationism
• Creation and the Story-line of the Bible
• Is Darwinian evolution compatible with Genesis 1–3?
• Is Darwinian evolution compatible with Christian teaching about The Fall and sin?
• A Beginner's Guide to the Creation-Evolution Debate

There will also be the chance to see one part of the new, award-winning Test of Faith documentary.
DATE: 13th Nov 2009
TIME: 9:50AM to 4:20PM

LOCATION:
The King's Conference Centre,
Osney Mead,
Oxford,
OX2 0ES

COST: £15 (£10 student concession). The cost includes the conference fee, refreshments and a copy of Think God, Think Science by Ernest Lucas and Michael Pfundner (RRP £9.99).

To book simply click this link and join the debate
http://www.kbctc.org/darwin

Tyndale Fellowship Trienniel Conference

July 6-9 2009

Tyndale House, Cambridge

Details and Booking form

Bible and Church: Day Conference, London, June 20th 2009

Bible and Church day conference
20 June 2009 at Westminster Chapel, London.

The conference will bring together experts who care about the Bible and the Church. The purpose of the day is to train Christians in how to respond to the many objections to the gospels which are being made in the contemporary media and in our society.

10:30 - 11:35 Dr Peter (P.J.) Williams - Have we got the history right?

12:00 – 1:05 Dr Dirk Jongkind - Have we got the text right?

2:15 – 3:20 Dr Simon Gathercole - Have we got Jesus right?

3:45 – 4:45 Your Turn!

Equipping Christians to respond when asked about the historical basis of the faith.

More details at www.BibleAndChurch.com

Greek Bible in Byzantine Judaism Conference, Cambridge 25 May, 2009

Members of the AHRC Greek Bible in Byzantine Judaism Project invite you to the launch of their XML-based online digital edition, 25 May, 2009, at the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge. The programme for the day is:

10:00–10:30     Coffee will be served in the faculty lounge

10:30–11:00      Nicholas de Lange, Cameron Boyd-Taylor and Julia Krivoruchko (Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge), Introducing the GBBJ digital edition

11:00–11:30      Harold Short and Eleonora Durban Litta Modignani Picozzi (Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College, London), GBBJ and XML

11:30–12:00      A hands-on introduction to the GBBJ digital edition (conference participants are encouraged to bring their laps-tops if possible).

12:00–12:30      Questions, feedback and discussion.

12:30–14:00      Break

14:00–14:30      Mariachiara Fincati (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence), The medieval restoration of codex F (Ambrosianus A 147 inf.).

14:30–15:00      Reinhart Ceulemans (Centre for Septuagint Studies and Textual Criticism – Institute for Early Christian and Byzantine Studies, K. U. Leuven), The Greek Bible in Byzantine Christianity. Towards a systematic approach.

15:00–15:30      Andrew Berns (University of Pennsylvania), The Greek Bible in Italian Jewish Culture of the Late Renaissance: the case of David de' Pomis and Moses Provenzali.

15:30–16:00      Alison Salvesen (Oriental Institute, Oxford University), The Hexapla: 'Not Jewish enough'?

16:00–16:10      Nicholas de Lange, Closing words

At 17:00 Jan Joosten, Professor of Old Testament in the Protestant Theology Faculty,
University of Strasbourg, will deliver the Jeremie Septuagint Lecture 2009 on the subject The Aramaic background of the Seventy: Language, culture and history, in the Runcie Room, followed by a reception.

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'The Bible and recent discoveries' day conference, 25/4/2009

On Saturday 25 April, Dr Martin Heide from the University of Munich will be speaking at a day conference (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) entitled 'The Bible and recent discoveries', held in Tyndale House, Cambridge.

This will be aimed at lay people and will consider some of the most significant discoveries of recent decades.

Dr Heide has extensive experience reading ancient inscriptions from the time of the Old Testament and in communicating these discoveries to lay audiences.

Cost £15; concessions £10; lunch provided. Places limited to 60. For further details or to book contact Mrs Kathryn Williams, k.j.williams@cantab.net.

Lost in Translation (LXX), 1-day conference, June 24, London

LOST IN TRANSLATION: STUDIES OF THE SEPTUAGINT
AND BEYOND IN HONOUR OF JENNY DINES
A One Day Conference Heythrop College, University of London

All papers will take place in the Walker Room, 2nd Floor, Main Building

Wednesday 24th of June 2009

9:30-10:10: Registration and Tea/Coffee (Walker Room)

The morning papers will be chaired by Dr Ann Jeffers, Heythrop College.

10:10: Introduction

10:10-10:50: Sarah Pearce, University of Southampton.
"Philo's 'Family Values'".

10:50-11:30: Charlotte Hempel, University of Birmingham.
The Qumran Yahad in Recent Scholarship.

11:30-12:20: Tessa Rajak, University of Reading.
'Ancestral Laws:
What Josephus Made of the Greek Bible.'

12:20-1:00: Deborah Rooke, King's College, London
'Susanna in Handel's Oratorio'.

Lunch provided (Walker Room)

The afternoon papers will be chaired by Dr Bridget Gilfillan Upton

1:50-2:30: Jim Aitken, CJCR, Cambridge
'The Septuagint and "Alexandrian" scholarship'.

2:30-3:10: Gillian Greenberg, University College London
'Literary Initiative in the Peshitta'.

3:10-3:50: Sean Ryan, Heythrop College.
'Dislocated
Locusts: Re-visions of Joel & Amos in
Revelation 9'

3:50-4:30: Jonathan Norton, Heythrop College.
'Psuche,
Pneuma, and Paul's Rhetorical Surprise'.

4:30 Tea and departure

HEYTHROP COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Heythrop College, University of London.

Wednesday 24th June 2009 between 9.30am - 5.00pm
Conference fee: £15 (lunch will be provided)
Cheques should be made payable to 'Heythrop College'

I would like to attend the Conference and enclose
a cheque for £15 for the entrance fee:

Name ______________________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________________________

Telephone ________________________ Mobile
_______________________________

Email ______________________________________________________________

Please return this form together with payment by 1st of June 2009 to:

Ms Mariann Jakab Heythrop College
University of London Kensington Square
London W8 5HQ m.jakab {AT} heythrop.ac.uk
020 7795 4201
You will receive confirmation of your successful booking via email.

Responding to Secularism: Christian Witness in a Dogmatic Public Culture

You are invited to register for:
Responding to Secularism: Christian Witness in a Dogmatic Public Culture
Friday April 24 2009, 10.00 - 5.00 Tyndale House

Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics (KLICE) and the Gospel and Our Culture Network are hosting a conference on how Christians should understand and respond to a secularist public culture. The speakers are:

Professor John G Stackhouse, Jr (Regent College, Vancouver)
Rev J Andrew Kirk (formely University of Birmingham)
Dr Elaine Storkey (Tearfund/Church Army)
Dr Dominic Erdozain (King's College, London).

For further details and a booking form, contact Tania Raiola (administrator@tyndale.cam.ac.uk), or visit the KLICE website: http://www.klice.co.uk/.

Jonathan Chaplin
KLICE Director

British NT Conference, 3rd 5th September 2009

BRITISH NEW TESTAMENT CONFERENCE
3rd 5th September 2009

The University of Aberdeen looks forward to
welcoming delegates to the 28th Conference of the
British New Testament Society. Details of the conference can be
accessed from the Society's website
(www.bnts.org.uk), and will be updated as more
information becomes available (including a conference programme and some travel
options).

The plenary speakers are:
(1) Dr Helen Bond, University of Edinburgh
(2) Prof David Parker, University of Birmingham
(3) Dr Todd Klutz, University of Manchester

Registrations for this conference can be made
online at www.abdnpayments.co.uk/store. Select
'Divinity & Religious Studies' from the left
menu, and navigate to the BNTC conference.
Delegates will be invited to enter their name and
contact details, their preferred conference
package (Full board; non-residential); their seminar option; their research
interests; and any special requirements. Payment is made securely online.

Full Board £180 or £150 if received before 5 June 2009
Non-resident (including lunch, dinner) £100
or £85 if received before 5 June 2009
Reservations and payments to be made at the secure 'online' site:
www.abdnpayments.co.uk/store

Final date to receive bookings: 2nd August 2009
Additional donation (voluntary): Delegates may
also make a donation to the Society's Travel Fund
for nonsalaried individuals, by sending a cheque
made payable to the British New Testament Society
to the conference address below.

The University campus is about 1.5 miles from the
city centre and its railway station, and about 20
minutes from the airport. Look out for the
limited number of £19 advance ticket prices for a
berth on the sleeper rail service from London
Euston. Aberdeen is also served by daily flights
from 20 british airports as well as a number of
other european airports (www.aberdeenairport.co.uk).

Conference contact details:
Email: bntc@abdn.ac.uk
Post: BNTC, Divinity & Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen,
ABERDEEN,
AB24 3UB

Symposium: Greek: A Language in Evolution, St Andrews

Greek: A Language in Evolution:
An International Symposium in Honor of Antonios N. Jannaris
14-17 June 2009, New Hall, St Andrews University, Scotland

Organized by Chrys C. Caragounis

The Year 2009 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the premature death of Antonios N. Jannaris. He was then 56 years of age. By that time he had produced at least eighteen books and over thirty other studies in Greek, English, German and French. His Greek-English, and German-Greek Dictionaries were the best in existence in those days. But from the standpoint of Greek scholarship, his abiding contribution was his unique Historical Greek Grammar, a project that has never again been attempted by anyone. This book, after 112 years since its original publication, continues to be published (by G. Olms, Hildesheim) and serve the needs of the historical researcher of the Hellenic language.

His tragic death (of heart attack) occurred on the 26th April 1909 aboard the vessel Majestic of the White Star Company on his way from Southampton to New York. The Atlantic Ocean became his grave.

Fifteen international Scholars, experts in the various periods of the Greek Language, are coming to St Andrews, the place where Jannaris taught, to pay their tribute to Antonios Jannaris and, following in his steps, to take research further by their original contributions

Details at: http://www.lsn.se/2509/Announcements.htm

Legacy of Christian Scholarship Conference, July 16-18, 2009, Kansas City

You are invited to: The True Significance in the Academy: The Legacy of Christian Scholarship Conference, July 16-18, 2009

The International Institute for Christian Studies Vision conference is an academic gathering with serious intellectual discourse in a worshipful environment that nourishes both hearts and minds. This conference will explore what we as Christian academicians and professional should pass on to future generations. Join us for this three days of stimulating discussions, challenging speakers, and fantastic Christian fellowship.

You are invited to submit a 300-word abstract for a paper to be presented at the True Significance in the Academy: The Legacy of Christian Scholarship conference. This interdisciplinary conference is sponsored by the International Institute for Christian Studies and Christian Studies International of Canada. Walter Kaiser, Elaine Storkey and Dean Trulear will be the plenary speakers. Papers will be presented on the theme of the long-term impact of Christian scholarship on the academy. Papers should address issues such as: What difference does research and teaching make over time? What legacy should Christian scholars leave for the next generation? In a world of immediacy and relevance, why is research and scholarship critically important both to the Church and the larger world?
The conference will include the following tracks: 1) the legacy (impact and influence) of Christian scholarship; 2) understanding how Christian scholarship leaves a legacy through communicating and/or applying a Christian worldview, 3) the legacy and impact of a Christian worldview in/on specific disciplines and 4) conversion narratives of academicians who came to belief in Christ through a Christian scholar (i.e., a benefactor of a legacy). Engagement of the conference theme is welcome from either a disciplinary or an interdisciplinary perspective.
For details on the conference, please see the attached document or visit us online at http://www.iics.com/conference.html. Sign up before May 29^th, 2009 and receive 10% off the registration fee. We look forward to seeing you in July!

Dr. Daryl McCarthy
President, International Institute for Christian Studies
Mobile: 913-980-4427 Office 913-962-4422 Website: www.iics.com

Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls and Biblical Interpretation Conference, April, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary

Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls and Biblical Interpretation Conference

April 23-24, 2009, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary

2095 Appling Road, Cordova, TN 38088, (901)-751-8453

On April 23-24, 2009 MABTS will host a conference on �Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls.� This conference will include world class archaeologists, authors, and researchers as well as Old and New Testament scholars. The speakers will include Kirk Kilpatrick, Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Dean of the Masters and Associates Program, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary; Stephen Ortiz, Associate Professor of Archaeology and Biblical Backgrounds and Director of the Charles C. Tandy Archaeology Museum, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Lawrence H. Schiffman, renowned author and the Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor in Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University; Michael R. Spradlin, President, Chairman and Professor of Evangelism; Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew,

Practical Theology, and Church History, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary; Emanuel Tov, renowned author, Department of the Bible, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; James Clair Vanderkam, renowned author; and John A. O�Brien Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame; and Steven L. Cox, Professor of the New Testament and Greek, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary.

The registration cost is $25 for students, $30.00 for alumni, and $50 for others. Registration includes snacks and a banquet meal. Meal selections will be either beef, chicken or kosher. The conference and banquet will be held on the MABTS campus. On April 23, the conference runs from 2:00 p.m. through 9:30 p.m. (the banquet will be from 5:45 through 6:45 p.m.) and on April 24, the conference runs from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We have blocked rooms at the following hotels:

Wingate Inn Hampton Inn & Suites

2270 North Germantown Parkway 2935 N. Germantown Road

Memphis, TN 38016 Bartlett, TN 38133-4001

901-386-1110 901-382-2050

Total= 80 rooms Total= 25 rooms

$92.99 $119.00

Fairfield Inn & Suites Hyatt Place

6010 Macon Cove 7905 Giacosa Place

Memphis, TN 38134 Memphis, TN 38133

901-384-0010 901-371-0010 ext. 5103

Total= 30 rooms $119.00

$89.95

DVDs of this conference will be available for $39.95. For more information please view upcoming announcements on the MABTS website http://www.mabts.edu/ if you would like to register online. If you have call any questions please call Dr. Steven Cox at 901-751-3020 or email Dr. Cox at scox@mabts.edu.

Book of Acts seminar at BNTC, 3-5 Sep'09 Call for papers

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Book of Acts seminar at the British New Testament Conference
University of Aberdeen, 3-5 September 2009

This seminar aims to be a forum for considering Acts from various angles:
historical, literary, textual-critical, theological, archaeological,
the social world, possible links/parallels with other biblical and
ancient writings, and so on. We are very happy to include discussion
of topics which relate Acts to the wider contexts of Luke-Acts and
the Pauline corpus, where they are relevant and helpful to the study
of Acts. Papers are welcome from both research students and more
established scholars.

If you (or someone you know) is interested in offering a paper,
please make contact with me as soon as possible (ideally by the end
of April, and by the end of May at the latest), so that we can make
plans. It would be helpful to have a working title and brief sketch
of the topic(s) which the paper would cover. Papers could be longer,
requiring a whole seminar session for discussion (90 minutes) or
shorter, filling half a session (45 minutes). Responses by post, fax
or email are all fine, although email is preferred.

Our practice in the Acts seminar is that papers are available on the
British New Testament Society web site a few weeks before the
conference, so that seminar members can read them in advance. We then
ask the paper's author to give a 10-15 minute summary before we
discuss the paper. This approach maximises discussion time, which is
a major reason we meet together.

If you have any questions about the seminar, please do get in touch with me.
Steve Walton <s.walton[AT}LST.ac.uk>

New Testament and Ethics Study Groups of the Tyndale Fellowship Triennial Conference July 6-11 2009

This year we hope to be studying Aspects of New Testament ethics in our group sessions. As part of our programme we look forward to have Dr Richard Burridge with us and speaking about his new book Imitating Jesus An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics; there will be responses by Drs John Nolland and Michael Thompson.

We will welcome offers of other papers/half papers on other aspects of NT ethics. Also if you have ideas of speakers who might be able to come or of topics that should be covered (eg grace and law, honouring the emperor, etc.!), do let us know, though we are unlikely to be able to accept all offers.

Please feel warmly invited to the conference, and do tell research students and others who might like to come. For details of the arrangements see the Tyndale House website.

David Wenham Jonathan Chaplin

Conference: Hymns and Narrative in Antiquity. University of Wales Lampeter, 9-10 May 2009

Call for papers:

The Dept of Classics at UWL is organising a conference (on May 9/10)
on the subject of Hymns in/as Narratives, Narratives in Hymns, etc. in
Greek (and perhaps also Latin) from the archaic and classical periods
of Greece until Late Antiquity/early Christianity, with speakers from
classics, theology and late antiquity backgrounds; the aim is to
produce a volume on the genre of hymns (and hymnic texts, texts
containing hymns etc.) across this time period and across the 'pagan'
- Christian traditions, focussing in particular on the way they are
used as/for narrative(s).

So far we have Profs Nicholas Richardson and Ewen Bowie of Oxford and
Prof Bill Furley of Heidelberg, among others, on the classics side,
covering literary hymns from the Homeric through Hellenistic to
Imperial periods, and including some hymns preserved on papyri and
epigraphically as well as the mainstream literary ones; on the
theology side so far, Paul Middleton from Lampeter who is going to
speak on hymnic elements in the book of Revelation. We are still
looking for one or two more contributors on early Christian / late
antique hymns—ideally we want at least one contribution on a/some hymn
(s) which are stand-alone rather than embedded in a larger text, and/
or on verse hymns, to make fruitful comparisons and discussion of the
development of the classical hymn genre by later and Christian authors
(if there are such texts, however preserved/transmitted). If anyone
would be interested in contributing to this conference and the
projected volume to follow, please get in touch with
o.hodkinson{AT]lamp.ac.uk (and please pass on this announcement to anyone
you think might be interested beyond this mailing list).

BNTS Forwarded on behalf of Steve Moyise

The Annual Seminar for the Study of the Old Testament in the New Testament
will take place at St Deiniol's Library, North
Wales, from Fri-Sun April 3-5th 2009.

Offers of full papers (45 mins) and short papers (30mins) are welcome.
Please send title and brief abstract to Steve
Moyise (s.moyise ((AT)) chi.ac.uk).
The cost of the conference will be approximately £115 full board.

Prof Steve Moyise
University of Chichester

Tyndale Lectures, July 7-11, Cambridge

Tyndale Lectures 2008.

Tuesday 8 July 5.00pm Tyndale New Testament Lecture
Dr Michael Bird: �New Testament Theology Re-loaded�

Tuesday 8 July 8.00 pm Tyndale Christian Doctrine Lecture
Dr David Rainey: �The Established Church and Evangelical Theology: John Wesley�s Ecclesiology�

Wednesday 9 July 5.00pm Biblical Archaeology Lecture
Dr Alan Millard: �Interpretation and Misinterpretation: Can Archaeology be decisive?'

Wednesday 9 July 8.00 pm Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture
Dr Keith Hacking: �The Journey Theme and New Testament Spirituality: A Biblical and Contemporary Model�

Thursday 10July 11.30 am Tyndale Philosophy of Religion Lecture
Dr Patrick Richmond: �Religious Experience and Scientific Atheism�

Thursday 10 July 5.00 pm Tyndale EST Lecture
Dr Jonathan Chaplin: �The Bible, the State and Religious Diversity: Theological Foundations for �Principled Pluralism��

Thursday 10 July 8.00 pm Tyndale OT Lecture
Dr Doug Ingram: �Educating Readers: Qohelet as Teacher (with a sideways glance at Jesus)�

Lectures will be held at Tyndale House, 36 Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge, CB3 9BA

Tania Raiola
Administrator
The Tyndale Fellowship
36 Selwyn Gardens
Cambridge
CB3 9BA

Tel 01223 566602
Fax 01223 566608
http://www.tyndalehouse.com/

Greek Study Day, 15th Sep 2008, Cambridge

7th Annual Greek Study Day, 15th September 2008
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge

The Greek Study Day is aimed at those teaching New Testament Greek in
universities and colleges. It provides an opportunity to hear about
different methods and textbooks, to share experiences and to develop
new ideas and approaches for teaching. This year's programme is
presently being put together - if you would like to offer a session,
or to register your interest in receiving further information, please
contact:

Jane McLarty
Lucy Cavendish College
Cambridge CB3 0BU

NT Ethics Study Day, London 10 June 2008

Imitating Jesus
Engaging Richard Burridge's Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics

New Testament Study Day

Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Council Room, Main Building, Strand

10.30am                       Welcome & Introduction: Dr Lutz Doering

10.45am                        Professor Christopher Rowland (Oxford)
'You have died to the law through the body of Christ': A Neglected Aspect of New Testament Theology and Ethics – The Perspective of Reception History
Followed by an open discussion chaired by Dr Lutz Doering

12.00                            Sandwich Lunch

1.15pm                         Professor Werner Wolbert (University of Salzburg)
What Kind of 'Ethics' is New Testament Ethics?
Followed by an open discussion chaired by Professor Clemens Sedmak

2.30pm                         Coffee Break

3pm                             Short statements: L. Doering, S.Ticciati, C. Sedmak

3.30pm                         Panel discussion on R. Burridge, Imitating Jesus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007) and questions from the plenum, chaired by Professor Clemens Sedmak
Panel Members: E. Adams, B. Quash, D. Rooke, C. Rowland,
W. Wolbert, and R. Burridge

4.30pm                          Concluding response: Rev Dr Richard Burridge

4.45pm                         Drinks Reception

5.30pm                          End

Please reply by Wednesday 4 June 2008
with a a cheque (made out to King's College London) for £14.00
Ariane Dreysse
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
King's College London
Strand, London WC2R 2LS

IICS Engaging Our World Conference, 17-19 July, Kansas

IICS Engaging Our World Conference,
July 17-19, 2008, in Kansas City

You can find more information at http://www.iics.com/conference.html.

Understanding and Communicating a Christian Worldview

What is a Christian worldview? What are the components of a Christian worldview? What is the biblical or theological basis for a comprehensive Christian worldview? How does a Christian worldview differ from other approaches to reality? How can scholars help others outside the academic community develop a Christian worldview? How does a Christian worldview relate to the global mission of the Church? How did key Christian thinkers develop or articulate their worldview? How has dualism affected our ability to develop and live a full-orbed Christian worldview? What is the relationship between a Christian worldview and personal spiritual formation? How should a worldview shape a Christian's teaching?

Applying a Christian Worldview

How does a Christian worldview relate to specific issues in our world today such as immigration, justice, racial reconciliation, economic development, human trafficking, genetic research, slavery, pornography, chauvinism, racism, abuse of the environment, AIDS, disease research, poverty, war, abortion, corruption and other issues? What are ways in which the local church can more faithfully and rigorously apply a Christian worldview to its own life and to social and cultural issues?

The Role And Impact Of A Christian Worldview In Specific Disciplines

How should a Christian worldview relate to and influence particular disciplines? What scholars in particular fields have developed a robust Christian worldview in that discipline? We are interested in this discussion as it relates to all disciplines--the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, law, education, business and the arts.

Scholars Who Came To Faith As Adults

If you came to faith during your academic career, you may choose to tell your story and then relate lessons you learned in your pilgrimage.

~

Abstract Submission

To submit an abstract, please send:

1. A 300-word abstract of your paper describing the content and relationship to the theme of the conference. Please indicate which of the 4 categories listed above your submission falls under.

2. Your curriculum vita, including complete contact information.

Deadline for proposal submission: May 23, 2008

Submissions must be sent by email and acknowledgement will be made by email. Accepted presenters will be notified by email after May 23, 2008. The actual conference paper presentations will be 30 minutes followed by ten minutes for discussion. If accepted for presentation, presenters must submit an electronic copy of their full paper to IICS by July 17, 2008.

Presenters will be responsible for their travel, lodging and registration expenses. Thank you for your participation.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Dr. Daryl McCarthy
President, International Institute for Christian Studies

The Pope and Jesus of Nazareth, Nottingham 19-20 June 2008

THE POPE AND JESUS OF NAZARETH

In the wake of Pope Benedict's recent publication, 'Jesus of
Nazareth', the Centre of Theology and Philosophy and the Department of
Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham are
holding a workshop on 'The Pope and Jesus of Nazareth' on 19th and
20th June 2008 in Nottingham. This event is being supported by the
British Academy.

Speakers include Professor John Milbank, Professor Markus Bockmuehl,
Professor emeritus Geza Vermes FBA, Archbishop Martínez, Fergus Kerr
OP, Professor Walter Moberly, Olivier-Thomas Venard OP and Dr James
Crossley.

Please follow the link…

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/BNTS/files
to the discussion board for the poster, full programme and booking
form.

Dr Angus Paddison, Research Fellow
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD
www.nottingham.ac.uk/theology/

Conference: 'The Pope and Jesus of Nazareth' 19-20 June 2008, Nottingham

The Centre of Theology and Philosophy and the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham are organising a conference on 'The Pope and Jesus of Nazareth' on 19th and 20th June 2008 in Nottingham.

The publication of the book Jesus of Nazareth on 16 April 2007 was an unprecedented event: never before had a reigning Pope published personal reflections on Jesus. The book engages not just with New Testament scholarship but also with fundamental methodological questions related to historical criticism. Moreover, it resonates with wider questions of scriptural reading, Christology, ecclesiology and relations with Judaism and Islam. This conference is the first extended theological discussion in the UK on Joseph Ratzinger's book.

Among the confirmed speakers, there will be Professor John Milbank, Professor Markus Bockmuehl, Professor emeritus Geza Vermes, Archbishop Martínez, Fergus Kerr OP, Professor Walter Moberly, Olivier-Thomas Venard OP and Professor Mona Siddiqui.

We are inviting research students to submit proposals for short papers. We are particularly looking for contributions that will raise questions and stimulate debate. The papers should be ready for circulation prior to the conference and may be published by SCM in a collection of essays edited by Adrian Pabst and Angus Paddison.

The University of Nottingham has made available a number of bursaries to help cover the costs of transportation and accommodation for the selected students.

The deadline for submitting abstracts of no more than 250 words is 15th April 2008. Abstracts should be emailed by attachment to adrian.pabst@nottingham.ac.uk and angus.paddison@nottingham.ac.uk

Adrian Pabst Angus Paddison Leverhulme Research Fellow Research Fellow

Conference on Bible + Justice

The 2008 Conference on Bible & Justice: Featuring Hauerwas, Gorringe,
& Rogerson
29 May - 1 June
The University of Sheffield
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/bibs/bibleandjustice/

The 2008 Conference on Bible & Justice, which will bring scholars from around
the world to explore how the ancient texts of the Bible can play an active role
in addressing modern social concerns, has attracted great interest.

Paper proposals have been received from Australia, India, Kenya, South Africa,
the Americas, and Europe, promising to create a rich and diverse environment in
which issues of Bible and Justice will be addressed. To give a preview of what
is to come, the titles of our keynote and invited speakers have been placed on
our website's "Programme" page:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/bibs/bibleandjustice/programme.html

EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE
Although we have received more abstracts than we were originally able to
accommodate, recent availability of additional conference space has allowed us
to extend the call for abstracts until 14th February. We encourage those who
have not had time to submit an abstract to do so. Information on submitting
abstracts on the areas of human rights, economic justice, and environmental
justice can be found on our website:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/bibs/bibleandjustice/abstracts.html

REGISTRATION STILL OPEN
We would also like to encourage anyone who wishes to participate as a delegate
to visit our website and register. Registration and housing information can be
found at:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/bibs/bibleandjustice/registration.html

If you have any further questions about the conference, please do not hesitate
to contact our conference organizer, Matthew Coomber, at:
bibleandjustice@sheffield.ac.uk

Conference: Biblical Women and their Afterlives

You are warmly invited to an interdisciplinary conference at Trinity College,
Oxford (16-18 March 2008) entitled 'Biblical Women and their Afterlives: New
Testament Characters'.

This is part of an AHRC funded project, in collaboration with Boston
University, to explore the reception history of biblical women in art,
music, literature and theology.

Colleagues in Boston organised a conference on the afterlives of women from the
Hebrew Bible in 2007 (to be published in 2008 by Sheffield Phoenix Press: Women
at the Margin. Lesser-Known Characters from the Hebrew Bible). Our forthcoming
conference will therefore focus on the reception of New Testament women.

We are attaching a copy of the conference programme and the booking form.
Please contact Chris Joynes (christine.joynes@trinity.ox.ac.uk) if you require
any further information.

We do hope to welcome many of you to our conference in March.

Best wishes,
Chris Joynes
Christopher Rowland

Centre for the Reception History of the Bible
www.crhb.org

BIBLICAL WOMEN & THEIR AFTERLIVES:
NEW TESTAMENT CHARACTERS

Trinity College, Oxford
16-18th March 2008

Conference Programme

All lectures take place in The Danson Room, Trinity College

Sunday 16th March

4.00-4.45 Registration & tea/coffee

4.45 Welcome

5.00-5.40 Mary Magdalene as witness of apocalypse
Christopher Rowland (University of Oxford)

6.00 Dinner

7.30-8.30 Poetry reading and Film
(including the specially commissioned poem 'To cast a stone' by the
acclaimed Irish writer John F. Deane)

Monday 17th March

9.00-9.40 Mary, Marty and Mel Melanie J. Wright (Open University)

9.40-10.20 Just Another Jewish Mother? Mary in the Jewish Imagination
Lesleigh Cushing-Stahlberg (Colgate University)

10.20-11.00 Belittling Mary: Insult Genre,
Humiliation and the Early Development of
Mariology
John Darr (Boston College)

11.00-11.30 Coffee

11.30-12.10 The Work of St. Luke's Own
Hand: The Black Virgins of Western Europe
Sarah Jane Boss (University of Wales, Lampeter)

12.30 Lunch

1.30 Trip to Christ Church Picture Gallery

3.00-3.40 Imagining Salomé, or how la sauterelle became la femme fatale
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (Georgetown University)
3.40-4.20 Vamp Till Ready: Salome in Music with a special emphasis on Richard
Strauss's 1905 Opera
Fiona Maddocks (music critic for the London Evening Standard)
4.20-4.40 Tea

4.20-5.00 Herodias Goes Headhunting
Caroline Vander Stichele (University of Amsterdam)

5.00-5.40 The Many Faces of Junia(s): The Afterlife of Romans 16:7
Paula Gooder (Birmingham)

6.00 Dinner

8.00 Concert

Tuesday 18th March

9.00-9.40 The Samaritan Woman at the Well in Liturgy and Chant
Ruth Steiner (Catholic University of America)

9.40-10.20 Too Hot to Handle? The Woman Taken in
Adultery in Late Antique Christian Liturgy, Text and Art
Jennifer Knust (Boston University)

10.20-11.00 Mary Magdalene as Joculatrix Domini: Franciscan Music and
Vernacular Homiletics in Medieval German and English Dramas
Peter Loewen (Shepherd School of Music, Rice University)

11.00-11.30 Coffee

11.30-12.10 The Mannerist Magdalene Paintings by Michele Tosini
Heidi Hornik (Baylor University)

12.30 Lunch

For further information contact: Dr Christine Joynes, Trinity College,
Oxford. OX1 3BH
Tel: 01865 321827; Email: christine.joynes@trinity.ox.ac.uk

CONFERENCE BOOKING FORM

BIBLICAL WOMEN AND THEIR AFTERLIVES:
NEW TESTAMENT CHARACTERS

Trinity College, Oxford

16-18th March 2008

Name & Title:

Address:

Tel:

Email:

Option 1: Full Conference fee (fee includes 2 lunches and 2 dinners
during the conference, including 3 course conference dinner with wine,
morning and afternoon refreshments)

Waged: £95 Unwaged: £75

Option 2: Day rate:

Waged £25 (per day) Unwaged: £20 (per day)

Sun 16th March Mon 17th March Tues 18th March
(includes afternoon tea (includes morning coffee (includes morning
cofffee
and dinner) lunch and afternoon tea) and lunch)

Conference dinner (Monday evening): £35
(includes 3 course meal with wine)

B&B accommodation is available at Trinity College at a cost of £37 per
night. Early booking is advised due to the limited number of rooms,
which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

I require accommodation for:

Sun 16th - Mon 17th March Mon 17th - Tues 18th March

Special requirements (e.g. dietary, mobility,
other) ......................................
.......................................................................................................................................................................................
...........................

I enclose a cheque (payable to CRHB) for £

Please return booking form together with payment to: Dr Christine
Joynes, Trinity College, Oxford. OX1 3BH.

Call for Papers: Book of Acts seminar at the British New Testament Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Book of Acts seminar at the British New Testament Conference
University of Durham, 4-6 September 2008

I am writing to invite papers for the Book of Acts seminar group at
this year's British New Testament Conference. The conference takes
place at the University of Durham, 4 to 6 September 2008.

This seminar aims to be a forum for considering Acts from various
angles:
historical, literary, textual-critical, theological, archaeological,
the social world, possible links/parallels with other ancient
writings, and so on. We are very happy to include discussion of topics
which relate Acts to the wider contexts of Luke-Acts and the Pauline
corpus, where they are relevant and helpful to the study of Acts,
although the focus of the seminar is studying Acts. Papers are welcome
from both research students and more established scholars.

If you (or someone you know) is interested in offering a paper, please
make contact with me as soon as possible (ideally by the end of April,
and by the end of May at the latest), so that I can make plans. It
would be helpful to have a working title and brief sketch of the
topic(s) which the paper would cover. Papers could be longer,
requiring a whole seminar session for discussion (90 minutes) or
shorter, filling half a session (45 minutes). Responses by post, fax
or email are all fine, although email is preferred.

Please pass the word around about the Acts seminar, and encourage
others who may wish to offer a paper to contact me soon. Do forward
this email to others who may be interested. A copy of this notice is
in PDF format in the 'Files' section of the BNTS google group section
- http://groups.google.com/group/BNTS/files

; please will you display
it on your departmental/college notice boards?

If you have any questions about the seminar, please do get in touch
with me.

With warm regards

Steve Walton <s.walton@LST.ac.uk>
--

Dr Steve Walton <s.walton@lst.ac.uk>
Senior Lecturer in Greek and New Testament Studies
London School of Theology, Green Lane, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UW
tel: 01923 456326; fax: 01923 456327; http://www.lst.ac.uk
Skype username: steve.walton

Tyndale Fellowship Study Groups 2008

TYNDALE FELLOWSHIP
Study Groups
July 2008

Location:
Tyndale House, Cambridge

Old Testament

Chair: Gordon Wenham . Secretary: David Firth .

July 9 - 11

Tyndale Lecture by Doug Ingram

Details & Programme

Philosophy of Religion

Chair: Paul Helm . Secretary: Harold Cunningham

July 9 - 11

Tyndale Lecture by Patrick Richmond

Details & Programme

Christian Doctrine

Chair : Tom Noble . Secretary: David Rainey

July 7 - 9

Tyndale Lecture by David Rainey

Details & Programme

New Testament

Chair: David Wenham . Secretary: Michael Bird .

July 7 - 9 Theme: Perspectives on Peter

Tyndale Lecture by Michael Bird

Details & Programme

Biblical Theology

Chair: Desmond Alexander . Secretary: Keith Hacking .

July 9 - 11 Theme: The Significance of Exodus Themes for Biblical Theology

Tyndale Lecture by Keith Hacking

Details & Programme

Ethics and Social Theology with Religion, Culture & Communication

Ethics and Social Theology Chair: David Hilborn . Secretary: Jonathan Chaplin .

July 9 - 11 Theme: Political Theology (revised)

Tyndale Lecture by Jonathan Chaplin

Details & Programme

Biblical Archaeology

Chair: Alan Millard

No date set.

Tyndale Lecture by Alan Millard

Details & Programme

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