Canadian Theological Society
2011 Programme
May 30—June 1
All events will be held in Margaret Norrie McCain Hall 101 (Recital Room), St. Thomas University, unless otherwise noted.
Monday, May 30
9:00-9:10 Welcome, Lee Cormie, CTS President
9:15-9:55 Don Schweitzer, St. Andrew’s College, “The Sociality of Jesus Christ”
10:00-10:40 Concurrent sessions
Christopher J. Duncanson-Hales, Saint Paul University, “Divine Detectives: Globalization and Niklas Luhmann’s Challenge to Theology”
Nick Olkovich, University of St. Michael’s College, “Beyond Hauerwas: Bernard Lonergan’s Liberal-Communitarianism” (location: Margaret Norrie McCain Hall 106)
11:00-12:00 Newman Lecture, Robert Larmer, University of New Brunswick
1:15-1:55 Doris M. Kieser, St. Joseph’s College, University of Alberta, “The Magical, Mystical Penis – or – Why We Need More Marys”
2:00-2:40 John Perry, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, “The Greed of Traders and Bankers on ‘Coasts and Continents’”
3:00-3:50 Presidential Address, Lee Cormie, University of St. Michael’s College
3:55-5:00 CTS Annual General Meeting
7:00-8:30 Craigie Lecture (organized by CSBS, sponsored by CTS, CSSR, CSPS, CSCH):
“New Perspectives on the Sect of the Dead Sea Scrolls,” John J. Collins, Yale Divinity School (location: Margaret Norrie McCain Hall 100, Noel Kinsella Auditorium, St. Thomas University)
Tuesday, May 31
9:00-9:40 Timothy Harvie, St. Mary’s University College, “In Search Of An Ethics Of Hope: Jürgen Moltmann, Catholic Social Thought and an Eschatological Economy”
9:45-10:25 Concurrent sessions –
Abigail Lofte, University of St. Michael’s College, “A Postcolonial Hermeneutic of Resurrection: Christological Themes of the Body, Glorification, and Salvation”
Michael Tapper, Saint Paul University, “Other as Opponent: A Look at the Presuppositions of Canadian Evangelicals and their Critics” (location: Margaret Norrie McCain Hall 106)
10:40-11:20 Student Essay Contest winner: Hyunjoon (John) Park, Knox College, “The Hermeneutical Challenges in Interpreting Genesis 13:1-18”
11:25-12:05 Bertha Yetman, Regis College, “Newfoundland and Labrador: Seeking the Common Good after the Cod Disappeared”
1:15-1:55 Christopher De Bono, Regis College, “At Sea in the New World of Clinical Chaplaincy: ‘Theology’ Overboard?”
2:00-2:40 Susan Willhauck, Atlantic School of Theology, “The Urban Dictionary, Street Wisdom and God: An Intersection of Linguistics and Theology”
3:00-4:30 Panel: “Joanne McWilliam’s Contribution to the Study of Religion in Canada”
Moderator: Ellen Leonard, University of St. Michael’s College
Panelists: Mary Ann Beavis, St. Thomas More College
Theodore de Bruyn, University of Ottawa
Jane Barter Moulaison, University of Winnipeg
Peter Slater, Trinity College
5:00-7:00 Presidents’ Reception (Congress event)
Location: Ballroom, Student Union Building, UNB
6:30 CTS Dinner (location TBA)
Wednesday, June 1
9:00-9:40 Harold Wells, Emmanuel College, “God and the Rising Seas: Kenosis as Theodicy”
10:00-11:30 Panel: “The Place of Sub-Saharan African Christianity in World Christianity”
Moderator: to be determined
Panelists: Stan Chu Ilo, University of St. Michael’s College
Iheanyi Enwerem, St. Thomas More College
Joseph Ogbonnaya, University of St. Michael’s College
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