2004 Study Groups
At Regents Park Conference Centre, Nantwich
Philosophy of Religion
Tyndale Lecture: Problems with Perichoresis, Oliver Crisp
WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE
First group meeting
Anthropomorphism Protestant Style, Paul Helm
Transcendence and Immanence in Plato's Theology, Kyung Jik Lee
A Limited God, Richard Sturch
Divine Presence, Joseph Jedwab
Perichoresis and the Atonement,
Old Testament
The Psalms
28 June - 30 June
MONDAY 28 JUNE
3:30 Arrival and registration
4:00 Coffee
4:30 The Psalms and Current Study, David M. Howard
5:15 Psalms and Distress, Philip Johnston
6:00 Evening meal
7:30 Psalms and Praise, James Hely Hutchinson
8:15 Psalms and the King, Jamie Grant
TUESDAY 29 JUNE
7:45 Prayers
8:30 Breakfast
9:30 Psalms and the Cult, Jerome Creach
10:10 Psalms and Ethics, Gordon Wenham
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Psalms and ANE, Tremper Longman III
12:15 Psalm 1 and Theology, Michael Lefebvre
1:00 Lunch
2:15 2004 Tyndale Lecture: Ethnicity, Assimilation and the Israelite settlement,
Pekka Pitkanen
4:00 Afternoon tea
4:30 Idioms and the Psalms, Andy Warren
5:15 The Structure of the Psalter, Gerald Wilson
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Didactic Function in the Psalter, David Firth
WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE
7:45 Prayers
8:30 Breakfast
9:30 Annual Meeting
11:00 Coffee
11:30 The Targum of the Psalms, Tim Edwards
12:15 NT Uses of the Psalter, Dale Brueggemann
1:00 Lunch and Departure
Christian Doctrine & Biblical Theology
Atonement
MONDAY 28 JUNE
3:30 Arrival and registration
4:00 Afternoon Tea
4:30 1. Jim Hamilton, The Center of Biblical Theology: The Glory of God in Salvation through Judgment
with response by Howard Marshall
6.00pm Evening Meal
7:30 2. David Brewer, Theological Insights about Atonement from 1st-C Rabbinic Jews
TUESDAY 29 JUNE
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Prayers
9:30 3. Wilfrid Ho, Jesus the New Man: Towards an Integration of Various Atonement Accounts
11:00 Coffee
11:30 4. Tom Noble, Atonement in the Fathers
1:00 Lunch
2:15 5. Tony Lane, The Cross in Bernard of Clairvaux
4:00 Afternoon tea
4:30 6. Oliver Crisp, What Socinus got right: Problems with Penal Substitution
6.00 Evening Meal
7:30 7. 2004 TYNDALE BIBLICAL THEOLOGY LECTURE - Greg Beale
WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Prayers
9:30 8. Andrew McGowan, Penal Substitution: J I Packer Revisited
11:00 Coffee
11:30 9. Graham McFarlane, Towards a Relational Understanding of the Cross
1:00 Lunch
2:15 Free Time; Meetings to discuss future plans
4:00 Afternoon tea
4:30 10. Alan Torrance, Jesus Christ, the Law and the Nature of the Redemptive Exchange
6.00 Evening Meal
7:30 11. 2004 TYNDALE DOCTRINE LECTURE - Julian Ward
THURSDAY 1 JULY
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Prayers
9.30 12. Stephen Holmes, Can Punishment Bring Peace? A Reconsideration of Penal Substitutionary Accounts of the Atonement
11:00 Coffee
11:30 13. Discussion of the Issue of Penal Substitution
1:00 Lunch and Departure
New Testament
Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
28 June - 30 June
MONDAY 28 JUNE
3:30 Arrival and registration
4:00 Coffee
4:30 Welcome, introduction, reading Galatians
5:15 Justin Hardin, ‘Days, Months, Seasons, Years': Galatians 4.10 and the Imperial Cult?’
6:00 Evening meal
7:30 Dirk Jongkind, ‘Roman Law and the Son / Slave metaphor of Galatians 4: Possible implications for the North/South debate
8:15 Christian Stettler, ‘The “Pillars” and Chronology in Galatians’
TUESDAY 29 JUNE
7:45 Prayers
8:30 Breakfast
9:30 Peter Head, ‘I live by faith in God and Christ’ (Gal 2.20)
10:15 Preston Sprinkle, ‘Another Option of the Pistis Christou debate
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Joel Willits, ‘Isaiah 54:1 in Galatians 4:21-5:1’
12:15 Mark Gignilliat, ‘Allegorically Speaking: Galatians 4:21-5:1’
1:00 Lunch
2:15 2004 Tyndale Lecture: Peter Oakes, Wrestling with Context: the place of archaeology, history and the social sciences in New Testament interpretation
4:00 Afternoon tea
4:30 Bruce Winter, ‘Avoidance of the imperial cult and Galatians 4-6’
5:15 Ryan Jackson, ‘New Creation in Galatians’
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Pete Williams, ‘Galatians through Syriac Eyes’
8:15 Todd Wilson, ‘The Law of Christ in Gal 6’
WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE
7:45 Prayers
8:30 Breakfast
9:30 Greg Beale, ‘The OT Background to “the Fruit of the Spirit” (Gal 5.22)’
10:15 David Wenham, ‘Jesus Tradition in Galatians’
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Ida Glaser, ‘Reading Galatians in the context of Islam’
12:15 Future Planning
1:00 Lunch and Departure
Ethics and Social Theology
Inaugural Meeting
30 June - 2 July
WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE
4.00 Arrivals and coffee
6.00 Evening meal
7.30 Group attends Tyndale Doctrine Lecture on Atonement (Julian Ward),
followed by informal Group introduction
THURSDAY 1 JULY
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Prayers
9.30 Anna Robbins: 'Evangelical Ethics and Social Transformation'
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Dewi Hughes: 'A Biblical Assessment of Harm Reduction in Drug Rehabilitation and the Treatment of HIV/Aids'
1.00 Lunch
2.15 Group attends Tyndale Religion, Culture and Communication Lecture on Death and Judgement in Islam (Peter Riddell)
4.00 Afternoon Tea
4.30 Julian Ward: 'Michael Polayni's Ethics'
6.00 Dinner
7.30 Tyndale Ethics and Social Theology Lecture, Andrew Goddard: 'The Ethics of Inclusivity'
FRIDAY 2 JULY
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Prayers
9.30 Follow-up Session with Andrew Goddard /
David Hilborn: 'Human Rights and Evangelical Ethics'
11.30 Group Planning Session for 2005
1.00 Lunch and depart
Religion, Culture, and Communication
Theme: Spiritual Warfare, Exorcism & Demonology
30 June - 2 July
WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE
3:30 pm Arrival and registration
4:00 pm Coffee
6.00 pm Evening Meal
7.30 pm Demons and Deliverance in African Pentecostalism
Dr Allan Anderson
THURSDAY 1 JULY
7.45 am Prayers
8.30 am Breakfast
9:30 am The Charismatic Devil: Demonology in Charismatic Christianity
Dr Nigel Scotland
11:00 am Coffee
11.30 am The Priest as Shaman: Straddling the Earth and the Heavens
Rev Dr Kevin Ellis
1:00 pm Lunch
2:15 pm 2004 TYNDALE LECTURE:
From Death to the Judgment: Islamic Perspectives from Classical Arabic and Malay Texts
Prof Peter Riddell
4:00 pm Afternoon tea
4:30 pm South Indian Perspectives on Spiritual Warfare and Healing
Dr Chris Gnanakan
6.00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Christian Demonology, Extraterrestrials and Spiritual Warfare: Demonology in Apocalyptic New Religions
Prof Chris Partridge
FRIDAY 2 JULY
7.45 am Prayers
8.30 am Breakfast
9.30 am A Course in Miracles and Evil
Ruth Bradby
11:00 am Coffee
11:30 am Paper
1:00 pm Lunch and Departure