2002 Study Groups
Philosophy of Religion : June 24-26
Religion, Culture, and Communication : June 26-28
TF Associates : June 29
Christian Doctrine : July 1-3
Old Testament : July 3-5
New Testament : July 8-10
Biblical Theology : July 10-12
Philosophy of Religion
MEETING AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
Monday 24th June
4.30 pm Afternoon Tea
5.00 Harry Bunting - The Love of God and the Unity of Virtue
6.30 Dinner
8.30 Tony Garrood - Human Freedom within a Divine Command Framework
Tuesday 25th June
9.00 am Prayers
9.30 Oliver Crisp - 'Something' on Virtue Theory
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Puran Agrawal & David Glass - Reflections on Realism from a Christian Perspective
1.00pm Lunch together at College
2.00 Daniel Hill - The Ethics of Separating Conjoined Twins
Afternoon Free
6.30 Dinner at Graduate Centre
8.30 TYNDALE LECTURE at Tyndale House - Harold Cunningham
The Idea of 'general equity' as envisaged in the Westminster Confession of Faith
Wednesday 26th June
9.00 am Prayers
9.30 Greg Welty - Title to be announced
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Arrangements for 2003
Christian Doctrine
THEME: THEOLOGY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Monday, 1st July
4pm Tea
4.30pm Steve Holmes, 'Edwards and the Enlightenment'
6pm Postgraduate Centre for evening meal
8pm Seminar and discussion: teaching the historical theology of the modern era
Further discussion of Enlightenment’ theme
Tuesday. 2nd July
9am Prayers
9.30am Neil MacDonald, 'More recent theological responses to the Enlightenment'
11.00 am Coffee
11.30am Alexandra Woern, 'Art and theology in Schleiermacher and Elizabeth Barrett Browning'
LUNCH
4pm Tea and discussion of future plans
6pm Postgraduate Centre for evening meal
8pm Tyndale Lecture: Garry Williams (Oak Hill, London), 'Was Evangelicalism Created by the Enlightenment?'
Wednesday, 3rd July
9am Prayers
9.30 am Julian Ward, 'Recent application of Polany's post-critical thought to Theological Exposition.'
11.00am Coffee
11.30am Mark Elliott, 'The changing face of biblical theology'
1.00pm Depart
TF Associates
10.00 Paper 1 - Openness Theism:
Mike Ovey - Oakhill Theological College
11.15 Coffee
11.45 Paper 2 - John Wenham Lecture Theology and the Church:
Divorce or Remarriage?
by Dr. Carl Trueman - Westminster Theological Seminary
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Paper 3:
Paul and Eschatology
Dr. Paul Woodbridge - Oakhill Theological College
15.15 Coffee
15.45 Paper 4:
Preaching the Gospel in a Pluralist Society
Dr. Chris Sinkinson - Pastor of an Evangelical Church in Alderholt
Old Testament
Theme: The Religion of Israel
Wednesday 3 July
2-4 pm Registration
4.30 pm Tea
5.15 pm Session 1: Dr Ken Kitchen (University of Liverpool)
'Reconsidering Wellhausen's reconstruction of the origins of Israelite religion'
6.30 pm Supper in Graduate Centre
8.00 pm Session 2: 'Baalism in the Book of Judges' - TBC and/or
Dr Bob Hubbard (North Park Seminary, Chicago)
'In the Land But Off the List: the Philistines and Herem'
Thursday 4 July
9.00 am Prayers
9.15 am Session 3: Paper and discussion on P. D. Miller's The Religion of Ancient Israel (2001)
10.45 am Coffee
11.15 am Session 4: Rev Jules Gomes (Cambridge)
'Popular Religion in Old Testament Research: Past, Present & Future'
12.00 Dr Thomas Renz (Oak Hill)
'Interpretations of Psalm 110'
1.00 pm Lunch
Afternoon free
4.30 pm Coffee
5.15 pm Session 5: news and planning for next year
6.30 pm Supper
8.00 pm Session 6: Tyndale OT Lecture: Dr Philip Johnston (Wycliffe Hall):
'Figuring out the figurines'
Friday 5 July
9.00 am Prayers
9.15 am Session 7: Mr John Hilber (Cambridge):
'Psalm 110 in the light of Assyrian prophecy'
10.00am Dr Hetty Lalleman-de Winkel (Spurgeon's):
'Some key figures in the interpretation of Israelite religion'
10.45 am Coffee
11.15 am Session 8: Dr Bob Fyall (Durham):
'The Book of Job and Israelite religion'
Biblical Theology
The Biblical Theology group of the Tyndale Fellowship is a unique opportunity to gather to discuss issues for which there is scarcely any other forum in British academic life. It seeks to approach the whole witness of Scripture on given theological topics, and to attract scholars and interested parties from various different theological disciplines. Last year, for example, a volume on the Biblical Theology of the Temple (Heaven on Earth, forthcoming with Paternoster) was produced, which involved OT and NT scholars, together with systematic and practical theologians. This year there is no particular topic, but scholars will be presenting their research in the field of Biblical Theology on a wide variety of topics.
Wednesday 10th July
4.30 pm Afternoon Tea
5.00 Roger Beckwith, 'The Ordained Ministry'
6.30 Dinner at Graduate Centre
8.30 Howard Marshall, 'From the Bible to Systematic Theology'
Tuesday 25th June
9.00 am Prayers
9.30 David Searle, 'Pride and Humility'
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Philip Duce, 'Creation and Science Revisited'
12.45 pm Lunch
Afternoon free
6.30 Dinner at Graduate Centre
8.30 TYNDALE LECTURE at Tyndale House - Walter Moberly
Wednesday 26th June
9.00 am Prayers
9.30 Tony Cummins, 'Tobit and the Markan Jesus'
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Desmond Alexander, 'Temple and Throne in Chronicles'
New Testament
John's Gospel: Contemporary Evangelical Perspectives
Monday July 8th
4:00 pm Arrival, registration, tea
4:30 pm The Johannine Sayings of Jesus and the Question of Authenticity
Dr. Peter Ensor (Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Cameroon)
6:00 pm Dinner (Graduate Centre)
8:00 pm Palestinian Jewish Messianism according to John
Professor Richard Bauckham (University of St Andrew’s)
Tuesday July 9th
8:30 am Prayers
9:00 am Telling the Father's Story: Narrative Theology in the Fourth Gospel
Rev Dr Mark Stibbe (St Andrews, Chorleywood)
10:15am The Third Gospel? The relationship of John and Luke reconsidered
Rev. Dr. Andrew Gregory (Lincoln College, Oxford)
11:30 am Coffee
12:00 am The Fourth Gospel in the Second Century. The Myth of Orthodox Johannophobia
Dr Charles E. Hill (Reformed Theological Seminary)
1:15 pm Lunch (provided)
4:30 pm Afternoon Tea
5:00 pm The Destruction of the Temple and the Composition of the Fourth Gospel
Dr. Andreas Kostenberger (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) [for discussion]
6:00 pm Dinner (Graduate Centre)
8:00 pm TYNDALE LECTURE: The Early Manuscripts of John and Issues of Text, Canon and Interpretation
Dr Peter M. Head (Tyndale House)
Wednesday July 10th
8:30 am Prayers
9:00am Rev 11:1-14:5
Tony Siew (PhD student, Otago, NZ)
10:15am Narrative Theology in John 1-5
Rev Dr. Steve Motyer (London Bible College)
11:30am Coffee
12:00am Revelation and Discipleship in St. John's Gospel
Dr Gary Burge (Wheaton College)
1:15 pm Departure (lunch not provided)
Rev John Perumbalath (PhD student KCL), ‘The Interpretation of Scripture in the Fourth Gospel’
John Lierman (PhD student, Camb.), ‘Moses and Christ: New Perspectives on Christology and Ecclesiology in the Fourth Gospel’
Religion, Culture, and Communication
The area we'll be looking at is 'Conversion'.
There will be theoretical papers and more phenomenological papers looking at, for example, the issues raised for Hindus or Muslims converting to Christianity. Needless, to say, it's a large, yet very interesting area, and all are welcome from any discipline.
WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE
3:30 p.m. Arrival and registration
4:00 p.m. Coffee
7.00 p.m. The Outworkings of Conversion: a Jewish Perspective Martin Goldsmith
THURSDAY 27 JUNE
8.00 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m. "Pluralism and Conversion Dan Strange
11:00 a.m. Coffee
11.30 p.m. Changing Your Mother? Hindu Responses to Conversion Robin Thompson
1:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 a.m. Tyndale Lecture: Conversion to Christianity: the Colonisation of the Mind? Brian Stanley
4:00 a.m. Conversion and the Sikh Community Basil Scott
5.30 p.m. Break
7:30 p.m Describing Christian Conversion: a Reformed Epistemology Perspective Philip Barnes
FRIDAY 28 JUNE
8.00 a.m. Breakfast
9.30 p.m. Pentecostal and Charismatic Perspectives on Conversion William Kay
11:00 a.m. Coffee
11:30 a.m. Conversion in Islam Patrick Sookhdeo
12:30 p.m. Depart