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Please click here if you have yet to renew your membership with CTS for 2011.

Also, don’t forget that the Annual Meeting of the CTS will take place in Fredericton, NB, during Congress 2011 from May 30 through June 1, 2011.

 

DRAFT Schedule: Annual Meeting at Congress 2011, Fredericton, NB

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

 

A Call for Papers

The Explorations in Christian Theology and Apocalyptic working group invites individual paper proposals for an Additional Meeting to be held during the 2011 American Academy of Religion meeting in San Francisco, November 19th – 22nd, 2011.

The group will host a panel session on the theme:

Jacob Taubes and Christian Theology.

The organizers would especially invite proposals for papers which engage in constructive theological reflection on the themes and arguments of  Taubes’ Occidental Eschatology (Stanford University Press, 2009) and the essays collected in From Cult to Culture:  Fragments toward a Critique of Historical Reason (Stanford University Press, 2009).

Paper presentation will be approximately thirty minutes in length.  Proposals should include your name, institutional affiliation, and the title of the proposed paper, as well as a 250 word abstract.

Please submit your proposal via email to

Doug Harink
(doug.harink@kingsu.ca)

and/or

Philip Ziegler

(p.ziegler@abdn.ac.uk)

no later than April 15, 2010.

You can also find the call for papers on the group’s weblog here:
http://theologyandapocalyptic.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/aar-2011-call-for-papers-taubes-and-christian-theology/

 

Details of the second session, an invited panel which will engage theologically with apocalyptic motifs of the Gospel of Mark, will be forthcoming.

Should you have any questions about the call for papers or the general work of the Explorations in Christian Theology and Apocalyptic group, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Also,  should you know of other friends and colleagues who would be interested in the work of the group or in presenting a proposal in response to the call for papers, please do forward this post along to them.

Kind regards,
Phil

Dr. Philip G. Ziegler
Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology
Head of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy
School of Divinity, History and Philosophy
King’s College, University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen  AB24 3UB
United Kingdom

Douglas Harink
Professor of Theology
The King’s University College
9125-50th Street
Edmonton, AB, Canada  T6B 2H3
Ph. 780-465-3500, ext 8062
Fax. 780-465-3534

The Canadian Theological Society is very pleased to announce the CTS Student Essay Contest winner for 2011. Mr. Hyunjoon (John) Park, a third year MDiv student at Knox College (Toronto) won the contest with his essay entitled “The Hermeneutical Challenges in Interpreting Gen 13:1-18”. The adjudicators remarked that this work is a “thoughtful, generous, and relevant piece on issues raised by the promise of land.”

The CTS looks forward to hearing Mr. Park deliver his paper at the meetings in Fredericton on Tuesday, May 31 at 10:40am. We hope that you will attend to welcome and encourage this new scholar.

 

Canadian Theological Society / Société théologique canadienne

May 30-June 1, 2011

Fredericton, NB

“Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places”

The theme, ‘Coasts and Continents: Exploring peoples and places’ takes advantage of St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick’s maritime and coastal position in Atlantic Canada and stresses the geographical, historical, literary, artistic, socio-economic and political links across the globe. Place is important as it directly and indirectly shapes an individual’s and a people’s experience. Located strategically within a global context, Congress 2011 provides a bridge to, and a link between, places and peoples.

At the same time ‘Coasts and Continents’ challenges us to reach out to take advantage of our location to embrace the Atlantic world and beyond. This theme opens up further possibilities of interchange — not only between places and peoples but also of ideas. In addition, ‘Coasts and Continents’ suggests the far-reaching potential of the humanities and social sciences for understanding the complexities of our expanding world and for challenging arbitrary borders and boundaries through interdisciplinarity.

The Congress theme of ‘Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places’ resonates with many recent emphases in theology, such as:

• ‘globalization’, shifting cultural and religious frontiers and borderlands, new opportunities for dialogue across historic gaps and barriers;
• the emergence of post-Eurocentric Christianity age as the demographic centre of gravity shifts from North to South;
• shifting scholarly landscapes as historically marginalized voices and traditions join global dialogues;
• challenges to familiar readings of the bible, church traditions, and authority;
• fears about ‘syncretism;’ but also creative processes of religious / cultural ‘deconstruction’ and ‘reconstruction, new experiences of ‘inculturation,’ ‘hybridity,’ mestizaje;
• and recognition of theological diversity in an emerging theological pluriverse, so powerfully echoing the ancient symbol of Pentecost for a new world.

We invite papers on these and related themes, or on any topic of theology.

The specific reason for gathering as a Society is to promote discussion, debate, exchange, and collaboration among members.  To this end, the CTS/STC Executive has reconfigured the format of the “Regular Paper.”  The CTS/STC Executive also encourages all presenters to participate in as much of the program as possible.  Please remember that the CTS/STC has an inclusive language policy.

We invite proposals in one of the following three types:

Regular Paper: Presentation of 20 minutes, plus 20 minutes for discussion. Typically the presentation will be an account of a larger research project.  This format offers an opportunity to make a presentation—sketching an area of scholarly debate, key issue(s), and contribution(s) to advancing discussions—and to engage in extended dialogue with participants.  Since CTS members work in a variety of fields and specializations, attention should be given to presenting advanced work in an accessible way.

Special Paper: a formal presentation of 40 minutes, plus a 15 minute prepared response and 30 minutes for discussion.  The proposal must include the name and affiliation of the respondent.

Workshops, Panels, and Seminars: formal presentations and responses and general discussion, lasting 1½ hours. The person organizing such a session is responsible for setting the topic and enlisting participants (including moderator).

Please insure that the abstract does not include identifying information. Proposals will be reviewed anonymously, though exceptions may be made for some panels.

Proposals must have the following:

• presenter’s name, institutional affiliation, and contact information;
• title;
• type of session (regular paper, special paper, workshop, panel, or seminar);
• abstract of 200-250 words, including reference to theological dimensions and/or implications of the project;
• request for audio-visual equipment.

For all types of presentations, please submit proposal (in a Word or .rtf file by email attachment) by Friday, January 14, 2011 to:

Jeremy Bergen, CTS Program Chair
Conrad Grebel University College

e-mail: jbergen@uwaterloo.ca

*If you do not receive such an email confirmation of receipt within 3 days of submitting your proposal, call Jeremy Bergen at 519-885-0220 ext 24234.  It is your responsibility to ensure that your proposal has been received.

The CTS/STC Executive will meet in February 2011 to establish the program.

The CTS’ shared journal, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses is now available online. Over the past year the journal has moved to a new publisher, SAGE Publications. The archives have been scanned and are available back to volume 1, no. 2 (Fall 1971).

Subscriptions to SR, as the journal is known by the religious scholars in Canada, is included in the membership fees for CTS. With the development of the new online access to the journal, each CTS full member will continue to receive a print version of the journal as well as online access to the complete archive. Articles will be available online as soon as they are prepared for publication, with the print version arriving as soon as the contents are complete.  It is hoped that this will make articles available on a more timely basis.

In addition to the journal, CTS also participates in the publication series of the CCSR. There continue to be published by the Wilfrid Laurier University Press and Les Presses de l’Université Laval. We encourage CTS members to contribute to all of these publications.

NOTE: Fully-paid members of the CTS should have received an email directly from SAGE regarding online access to the journal. If you have not received your access instructions, please check your membership status with the CTS Secretary at secretary@cts-stc.ca. Once you have established your username and password with SAGE, you can access the journal directly from the CTS website (see the link on the menu).