2006 TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE
Monday - Thursday, 3rd-6th July, 2006
At Regents Park Conference Centre, Nantwich
On the theme of 'Transforming the World'
MONDAY 3 JULY
1.00 Lunch & TFC meeting
4.00 Arrival and Registration
6.00 Dinner
7.30 Plenary 1, Chris Wright: A biblical understanding of Social Theology - a link between the Testaments
TUESDAY 4 JULY
7.30 Prayers
8.15 Breakfast
9.00 Tyndale PR Lecture, Sebastian Rehnman
-- Study Groups - 1.
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Tyndale NT Lecture, Tan Kim Huat
-- Study Groups - 2
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Tyndale EST Lecture
-- Study Groups - 3
4.00 Tea
4.30 Plenary 2, Rene Padilla: The Biblical Basis for Social Ethics
6.00 Dinner
7.30 Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture, David Peterson
-- Study Groups - 4
WEDNESDAY 5 JULY
7.30 Prayers
8.15 Breakfast
9.00 Tyndale RCC Lecture, Ida Glasser: Reading Joshua in the context of Islam
-- Tyndale Biblical Archaeology Lecture, Ken Kitchen: Ancient Arabia and the Old Testament in Modern Perspective
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Tyndale OT Lecture, David Firth: The Accession Narrative (1 Sam. 27 - 2 Sam.1).
-- Study Groups - 5
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Tyndale CD Lecture, Andrew McGowan: 'Confession: Defining a Relationship'
-- Study Groups - 6
3.30 Tea
4.00 Plenary 3, Dewi Hughes: Understanding and Overcoming Poverty: a Christian Perspective
6.00 Dinner
7.30 John Wenham Lecture, Melvin Tinker:
THURSDAY 6 JULY
7.30 Prayers
8.15 Breakfast
9.00 Plenary 4, Sir Brian Heap:
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Service + Conference Sermon, Gerald Bray:
12.30 Lunch and Depart
Philosophy of Religion
TUESDAY, 4th JULY
am Sebastian Rehnman – Tyndale Philosophy Lecture: Soundness and Warrant
At convenient times during the conference the following papers will be given:
Harry Bunting – William Temple Revisited
Daniel Hill – Torture, Coercion, and Self-defence
Patrick Richmond – Richard Dawkins' Darwinian Objection to the Undesigned Complexity of God
Richard Sturch – Creation and Tense
Julian Ward - Polanyi's Ontology as an Apologetic Resource
Old Testament
TUESDAY, 4th JULY
9.00 Joint BT/OT session.
Ida Glasser: Israel as a ‘Razul
Andrew Sloane: The importance of OT Prophets for Christian views of justice.
11.30 Ian Wilson
Sungmin Chun: Ezekiel and Ethics
2.00 Hetty Lalleman
Michael Stead: The Relationship between Cult and Ethics in Zechariah 1 – 8
7.30 David Peterson - Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture
WEDNESDAY, 5th JULY
9.00 Ken Kitchen - Tyndale Biblical Archaeology Lecture
11.30 David Firth - Tyndale Old Testament Lecture: The Accession Narrative (1 Samuel 27 – 2 Samuel 1)
2.00 Planning Meeting
Christian Doctrine
TUESDAY, 4th JULY
9.00 Go to PhRel Tyndale Lecture
11.30 Tony Lane: Critique of Moltmann's Socio-political Teaching
2.00 Dewi Hughes: Reconciliation & World Transformation
7.30 Darrell Cosden: A Theology of Work
WEDNESDAY, 5th JULY
11.30 Oliver Crisp: Penal Non-substitution
Biblical Theology
'Transforming the World' is not only a central concept in biblical theology but is also practical challenge for each successive Christian generation. Articulating a distinctive biblical approach to ethical issues is crucial if Christians are to (re)gain a hearing on the world stage. At the 2006 triennial conference, the overall theme for the study group will be Biblical Theology and Ethics: methodology and issues.
The Bible has always played a central role in shaping the ethical policy and behaviour of Christians. However, before we can propose a biblical theology of contemporary issues such as race, gender, sexuality and lifestyle, crime and punishment, war and peace, we must engage rigorously with scripture and be open to new ways of understanding the text. The concept of a single 'biblical' ethic is not always easy to maintain and many writers would point to the existence of disparate and conflicting ethical outlooks within the Bible. All sorts of questions arise. For example, how does the Bible function as a source of authority in determining our stance on important ethical issues? Do we need to distinguish between OT and NT outlooks? How do we handle issues where some biblical passages appear to support ethical stances that many would view as inappropriate (e.g., genocide; homosexuality)?
TUESDAY, 4th JULY
9.30 Joint BT/OT session.
Ida Glasser: Islam and the Bible.
Andrew Sloan: The importance of OT Prophets for Christian views of justice.
11.30 Gary Burge: Land, inheritance and the ethics of Christian postures in the Middle East.
Hyung Dae: Herem as an ethical criterion.
WEDNESDAY, 5th JULY
11.30 Calvin Smith: A Reexamination of the Biblical View of Homosexuality in Light of the Current Climate.
Martin Pohlmann: Good News’ for gender issues among Africa’s Christians.
2.00 Knut Heim: Ethics and Character Formation in the OT and NT with special reference to Proverbs and James.
Business meeting–planning for 2007.
New Testament
TUESDAY, 4th JULY
9.00 [Study Groups 1.] [2 hour session]
Rob Snow: The Priestly Son of Man in the Gospel of Mark
Richard Dormandy: "Top Down - Bottom Up" Contrasting Strategies for Social Transformation in Luke and Matthew
2.00 [Study Groups 3.] [2 hour session]
Steve Walton: ‘Primitive communism in Acts? Does Acts present the community of goods (2:44-5; 4:32-5) as mistaken?
Steve Cox: Paul's Missiological Concept of Evangelism as Described in Acts
WEDNESDAY, 5th JULY
11.30 [Study Groups 5.] [90 minute session]
Further Discussion of NT Tyndale Lectures
Barry Danylak: Singleness in the New Testament: Social Transformation as a Marker of Spiritual Transformation
2.00 [Study Groups 6.] [2 hour session]
Erwin Ochsenmeier: Habaccuc, Romans, and Social Issues
Tim Gombis: Transforming the Body: Salvation as Restoration to the Proper Use of the Body in Romans.
Ethics and Social Theology
TUESDAY, 4th JULY
9.00 Don Horrocks: Transsexuality and Christian Ethics
11.30 David Muir: A New Black Theology of Ascent: Beyond the Rhetoric of Liberation
2.00 TYNDALE ETHICS AND SOCIAL THEOLOGY LECTURE
Julian Rivers: Christian Liberty: the most fundamental right?
7.30 Peter Heslam: Transformation, Relational Capital and the Role of Business in Poverty Alleviation
WEDNESDAY, 5th JULY
11.30 JOINT SESSION WITH BIBLICAL THEOLOGY STUDY GROUP
Calvin Smith: A Reexamination of the Biblical View of Homosexuality in Light of the Current Climate.
Martin Pohlmann: Good News’ for gender issues among Africa’s Christians.
2.00 David Hilborm: Theological Ethics and Socio-Political Engagement: Paradigms and Parameters
3.00 Group Planning Session
Religion, Culture, and Communication
Evangelism and social action in the context of world religions
Dr Ida Glaser, Edinburgh Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies