CTS 2025 Final Schedule

May 21, 2025 By Webmaster With Comments are off for this post

The final program for the 2025 Annual Meeting of CTS is now available.

Click here for the full PDF version of the program.

The bare schedule is listed below:

MONDAY, JUNE 2

All sessions will be held at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus in room WF-215

8:45-9:00   Opening Remarks: Nick Olkovich and Daniel Rempel

9:00-9:50      Individual Paper Presentations #1: Hospitality, Spirit, and Church

Moderator: Christina Conroy

  • The Promise of Ludic Guesting: Decolonizing Hospitality by Anticipating the Spirit – Alexander S. Lee

  • The Self-View as Sacred Mirror: A Theology of Online Meetings in an Embodied Digital Age – Katja Stoessel

  • Rethinking Togetherness in Theological Inquiry: Hospitality as a Framework for Inclusion and Collaboration – Shih-Hsien Chen

9:50-10:05 Break

10:05-10:55   Individual Paper Presentations #2: Together in our Shared Humanity

Moderator: Christine Jamieson

  • Usefulness of Imago Dei Theology in Prison Ministry – Donald Stoesz

  • “We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn’t burn”: Reimagining togetherness for women – Fiona Li

  • How Could You?! On Moral Anthropology, Restorative Justice and Rebuilding Community – David Byrne

10:55-11:10   Break

11:10-12:00   Individual Paper Presentations #3: Limits, Skeptics, and Absences in Life Together

Moderator: Ryan Turnbull

  • Responsible Limits and the Challenge of Living Well Together – Daniel Rempel

  • Skeptically, Together. Rejecting certainty to enable religious tolerance – Parker Cotton

  • Where is the Chinaman? A Reflection on Christian Historiography – Baiyu Song

12:00-1:30   Networking Lunch

All members of CTS are encouraged to remain at George Brown College for the networking lunch. Food is provided by CTS at no additional cost to members.

1:30-2:20    DEJ Session #1: Elaine Cagulada (Queen’s University) – “Our Breathing Speaks of God: Exploring a Moment’s Unfolding Through Interpretive Disability Studies”

Moderator: Fiona Li

CTS is grateful to the Federation for financially supporting this initiative through the EDID Initiatives Fund Fall cycle 2024.

2:20-2:35   Break

2:35-3:25   Individual Paper Presentations #4: The Bible, Liberation, and Reconciliation

Moderator: Michael Buttrey

  • Fallen Watchers and Rising Masses: The Book of Enoch as a Blueprint for Liberation – Julian R. Munds

  • Decolonizing territory: exploring Anglican theologies of place in Canada and South Africa – Stephen Martin

  • Rabbit’s Song: A Cherokee Call to Inclusivity in Leadership – Anna C. Gheen

3:25-3:40   Break

3:40-4:30  Individual Paper Presentations #5: Communion and Belonging

Moderator: Daniel Rempel

  • “Love was His Meaning”: Julian of Norwich’s Christological Anthropology and the Call Toward the Common Good – Amanda Ross

  • Togetherness in David Kelsey’s Theological Anthropology: A Reflection on Disability and the Church – Cynthia Tam

  • Lonesome Us: A Theological Analysis of the Church in the ‘Loneliness Epidemic’ – Joshua Nightingale

 TUESDAY, JUNE 3

 Concurrent member designed panels will be held at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus in Rooms WF-215 and WF-005, indicated below. Newman Lecture and Annual General Meeting will be held in WF-215.

 9:00-9:50  Member Designed Panels 1 and 2 (concurrent)

  • Standing in Right Relationship with Land as Relative (WF-215)

    • Moderator: Melodie Bergquist-Turori

    • Panelists: Caleb Haurua; Terry LeBlanc; Dave Skene

  • The Unpayable Debt: Applying the Principle of Reparations to the Work of (Re)conciliation (WF-005)

    • Moderator: Jodi Spargur

    • Panelists: Patricia Courtenay; Andrew Mitchell; Jodi Spargur

9:50-10:05  Break

 10:05-10:55  Member Designed Panels 3 and 4 (concurrent)

  • Eschatology and Wellness (WF-215)

    • Moderator: Daniel Rempel

    • Panelists: Jacob Benjamins; Miriam Spies; Allen Jorgensen

  • Jacob Parappally’s Christ Without Borders: A Cross-Cultural Discussion (WF-005)

    • Moderator: Ryan Turnbull

    • Panelists: Don Schweitzer; Jean-Pierre Fortin; Michelle Voss; Joshua Samuel

 10:55-11:10 Break

 11:10-12:00 Member Designed Panels 5 and 6 (concurrent)

  • Moral Abdication and the Destruction of Gaza: Theological Reflections and Call to Action (WF-215)

    • Moderator: Michael Morelli

    • Panelists: Jane Barter; Michel Andraos

  • Sentipensando (Thinking-Feeling) Decolonial Frameworks: Insights, Possibilities, Fissures (WF-005)

    • Moderator: Christina Conroy

    • Panelists: Ahmeda Mansaray-Richardson; Rubén David Bonilla-Ramos; David Montealegre Cuenca; Néstor Medina

12:00-1:15  Lunch

No formal lunch is organized or provided as part of the CTS meeting. You are encouraged to connect informally with other CTS members over lunch on your own.

1:15-2:05  Jay Newman Lecture: Ashwani Kumar Peetush (Wilfred Laurier University) – Decolonizing Philosophy of Religion (WF-215)

The Jay Newman Memorial Lecture in the Philosophy of Religion is offered annually thanks to support from a bequest received from former president of CTS Dr. Jay Newman (1948-2007).

2:05-2:20  Break

2:20-3:10  Member Designed Panels 7 and 8 (concurrent)

  • Visual Approaches to Qualitative Research in Theology (WF-215)

    • Moderator: Sarah Kathleen Johnson

    • Panelists: Joshua Zentner-Barrett; Erik Sorensen; Mykayla Turner; Anneli Loepp Thiessen

  • Sharing heart songs in Hearts Exchanged (WF-005)

    • Moderator: Adrian Jacobs

    • Panelists: Marlene Wolters; Cindy Stover; Kenneth Wallace; Mike Hogeterp

3:10-3:30  Break

3:30-4:30  Annual General Meeting (WF-215)

5:30-8:30  Reception at the Toronto School of Theology (47 Queen’s Park Cres E)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4

All sessions will be held at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus in room WF-215

9:00-9:50  Individual Paper Presentations #6: Rebuilding Fractured Ecclesiologies

Moderator: Sarah Kathleen Johnson

  • Lamenting the Broken Body of Christ: Reframing Liturgical Togetherness Following Clergy Perpetuated Sexual Abuse – Alice Candy (student essay winner)

  • Dissent and LGTBQ+ Inclusion in Catholic Schools: Shifting Away from “Us-Them” Thinking – Graham P McDonough

  • Charismatic Authority, Power, and Abuse in Jean Vanier’s L’Arche – John Fraresso

9:50-10:00  Break

10:00-11:10 Individual Paper Presentations #7: Cultural, Philosophical, and Theological Roots

Moderator: Joshua Zentner-Barrett

  • Canadian Anglicanism and Christian Zionism: The Challenge of Disentanglement – Jeff Nowers

  • “Why Don’t They Come?” An Intercultural Lens on Interfaith Homogeneity – Michelle Voss

  • Leibniz and Frege on Definition and Ontological Arguments – Bradley Charles Dart

  • Anne Brontë’s Meteorological Grace – Krista Lysack

11:10-11:30 Break

10:30-11:30 DEJ Panel #2: Reframing Togetherness with the Land

Moderator: Noah McDonald

Panelists: Deanna Zantingh; Jasmine Wiens; Rosemary Boissonneau; Sam Stewart; Allison Moore; Matteo Carboni

12:30-1:30 Lunch

No formal lunch is organized or provided as part of the CTS meeting. You are encouraged to connect informally with other CTS members over lunch on your own.

1:30-2:20 Presidential Address: Nick Olkovich – “Cosmopolis and Christian Mission After the Decolonial Turn: A Dialogue between Mignolo and Lonergan”

2:20-2:30 Closing Remarks