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This is the fourth of my occasional messages to members and affiliates of the Canadian Theological Society.

1. REMINDER: Proposals for CTS annual meetings are due January 29.  See full CFP here.

2. Joint CTS or renew membership.  All those who present papers at the CTS annual meetings must be current members.

3. Registration for Congress is now open.

4. 2017 AAR regional events in Canada:

• Eastern International Region, April 28-29, Waterloo.  CFP deadline February 15.
• Pacific Northwest Region, May 5-7, Calgary.  CFP deadline has passed.

5. Call for Papers: Living Tradition: 500 Years of Re-Forming Christianity, a symposium at the Atlantic School of Theology, October 13-15, 2017.  CFP deadline March 1.

6. CTS is a member of the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, and a partner in the publication of the journal Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (SR).  SR welcomes submissions in any area of theology. A new editorial team took over in June 2016.  Enquiries regarding book reviews should be directed to W. Rory Dickson (English language Book Review Editor).  Article submissions are done electronically (see “Submit Paper” tab on SR’s new SAGE webpage) but suggestions for Special Issues can be sent the co-editors, Géraldine Mossière (French articles) and Roxanne Marcotte (English articles).

7. Canadian Theological Review (CTR) has recently become Canadian-American Theological Review (CATR).  It is a refereed biannual journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews from across the spectrum of theological disciplines, including biblical studies, and historical, systematic, moral, and pastoral theology. Although grounded in the evangelical tradition, CATR does not represent any one particular theological stream, but seeks to engage in fruitful dialogue with a wide range of theological viewpoints. CATR is full text licensed on the ATLA database. The editors would like to extend an invitation to members of the Canadian Theological Society to submit an article or book review for potential publication. More information, including submission guidelines, can be found here.

 

Jeremy Bergen

President, Canadian Theological Society

jbergen@uwaterloo.ca

This is second of my occasional communication with members and affiliates of the Canadian Theological Society.

1. You will have already received an email message with this year’s CTS Call for Proposals.  It has also been posted online.  The deadline is January 29, 2017. Please distribute this widely to those who may have interest and encourage those who have not engaged with CTS before to become involved.  You will note that there is a change from previous years in the pattern of CTS meetings at Congress.  Meetings will begin on Sunday afternoon, May 28, and end Tuesday evening, May 30.

2. At our 2016 AGM, the membership approved the establishment of an ad hoc Equity Committee in order to address the issue of persons and groups that are underrepresented in CTS and the theology in Canada more generally.  The committee itself will refine its mandate and terms of reference in consultation with the CTS Executive.  Jane Barter, who is also CTS Program Chair, has agreed to serve as the Chair of the Equity Committee.  Nominations, including self-nominations, to serve on this committee are welcome.  Please contact Jane at: j.barter@uwinnipeg.ca

3. Some regional meetings of the AAR will be held this year in Canada

• The Pacific Northwest Region, which includes BC, Alberta, and Yukon, will be in Calgary, May 7-10, 2017
• The Eastern International Religion, which includes Ontario and Quebec, will be in Waterloo, April 28-29, 2017

The full list of regional meetings, along with CFPs, are here.

4. The Engaged Scholar Journal is looking for additional material for an upcoming Special Issue on Faith and Engagement. The deadline has been extended to October 15.  More information is available here.

5. A graduate student conference on the theme “Religion, Ideology, and Violence,” will be held at Concordia University, Montreal, January 19, 2017.   Call for Papers deadline is October 14.

I expect to send out a message like this one every 6 to 8 weeks or so.  Let me know if you have an announcement of broad interest to CTS members.

 

Jeremy Bergen

President, Canadian Theological Society

jbergen@uwaterloo.ca

You can download a pdf version of our current Call for Papers here: Call for Papers 2017.

Or follow the tab at the top of this page.

 

Greetings Canadian Theological Society members,

I want to introduce myself and give some updates on what is happening with CTS.

I am honored to begin my term as CTS president.  My faculty profile at Conrad Grebel University College gives some of the usual information about my education, teaching, scholarship, and other involvements.  I have been active in CTS for about the past 12 years or so and was on the executive as CTS program chair from 2008 to 2011.  I am active in CTS because it has been a very collegial environment in which to get to know new people working in areas of theology very similar to my own and in areas that are very different, and to reconnect with those I’ve known for some time.  I have learned a lot from the work others are doing.  And I’ve had great conversations with other CTS members over a glass of beer.  I hope you will encourage friends and colleagues who have not participated in CTS in the past to do so in the very near future.

One priority for the coming year is to increase communication from CTS executive to the membership, and among CTS members generally.  I intend to send out a brief message like this one (I expect it will usually be much briefer) every month or two.  In addition to CTS news and updates, these messages can include other brief announcements (in the form of links to website for more information) of interest to members—calls for papers, conferences, job postings, other news.  Please send this information to me, though I cannot promise in advance to circulate everything that I receive.

Forward this message to others.  Join the email list.  Visit our website regularly.

For those who were in Calgary at the end of May, you will know that our society held a very engaging series of meetings over two and half days.  Thirty-two people presented papers or participated on panels.  A highlight was the joint lecture (with the other Religion societies) by Mary Jo Leddy on the calling of Canadian to respond to refugees.

 

I want to highlight a few of items discussed or decided at the AGM:

• There will be modest increases to membership fees in all except students.  The new rates are posted here.
• The CTS constitution was amended to include procedures for the dissolution of the society.  This is a requirement for us as we seek to be officially incorporated.  Once that process is completed, we will be able to apply for charitable status and issue tax receipts to donors.
• An ad hoc CTS Equity Committee will be formed to address the lack of racial diversity and the underrepresentation of women in CTS.  You will hear more about this from us in the coming months.
• Christine Mitchell, editor of the book series Advancing Studies in Religion, explained the mandate of this new series and the process for submissions.  The series is sponsored by the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, of which CTS is a member, and published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.  More information is found here.

 

The CTS executive for 2016-17 is as follows:

Jeremy Bergen, president

Timothy Harvie, vice-president

Cristina Vanin, past president

Nick Olkovich, secretary

Will Sweet, treasurer

Jane Barter, program chair

Melanie Kampen, student representative

Frank Emanuel, communications coordinator

 

Though it is nearly a year away, do plan to participate in next year’s CTS meetings at Congress, at Ryerson University in Toronto.

 

Jeremy Bergen,

President, Canadian Theological Society

jbergen@uwaterloo.ca

Canadian  Theological  Society 
Annual  Meeting

Congress  2016
University  of  Calgary
May  30  -­  June  1,  2016

Monday May 30, 2016

Tuesday May 31, 2016

*note that there is a Student Luncheon from 12PM-1:30PM in Trailer B 102 all registered CTS participants invited.

 

Wednesday June 1, 2016

 

DOWNLOAD: 2016 final schedule

 Monday, June 1 (MacDonald building)

8:45am-9:00am – Welcome: President, Rob Fennell (MacDonald MCD/121)

9:00am-9:40am
– Jim Gerrie (Cape Breton University): “Public Schools as Multicultural Community Centres: A Missing Option in the Debate Regarding Public Support of Religious Education” (MCD/121)
– Jean-Pierre Fortin (Independent Researcher): “Pacifism as Spiritual Empowerment: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theology of Resistance” (MCD/120)

9:40am – 10:00am – break

10:00am-10:40am
– J. Richard Middleton (Northeastern Seminary, Roberts Wesleyan College): “Faith Seeking Understanding: Reflections in Narratival Biblical Hermeneutics from a Canadian Immigrant Perspective” (MCD/121)
– David Pfrimmer (Waterloo Lutheran Seminary): “Public Ethics as a Canadian ‘Theologica Publica’” (MCD/120)

10:40am-11:20am
– Gordon Rixon (Regis College): “Transforming Metaphor: Advancing Contending Rights” (MCD/121)
– Peter Nguyen (Regis College): “Christology and Pneumatology as Political Resistance” (MCD/120)

11:30am-1:30pm – extended lunch

1:30pm-2:30pm – Jay Newman Lecture (MCD/121)

2:30pm-4:00pm – Panel: “Gregory Baum’s Truth and Relevance: Catholic Theology in French Quebec since the Quiet Revolution” (MCD/121)

4:00pm-4:10pm – break

4:10pm-5:30pm – CTS Annual General Meeting (MCD/121)

Tuesday, June 2 (MacDonald building)

9:00am-9:40am
– Robert Timmons (Emmanuel College): “Embodying Dangerous Memories: A Queer Intervention into Johann Baptist Metz’s Political Theology” (MCD/121)
– Matt Hoven (St. Joseph’s College): “Sport, Theology, and Christian Praxis” (MCD/120)

9:40am-10:20am
– Doris Kieser (St. Joseph’s College): “The Political Female Body: Reproduction, Autonomy, and Menstruation” (MCD/121)
– Joëlle Morgan (St. Paul University): “Doing Theology With the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Next Door: A Settler Theologian Addresses Coloniality (MCD/120)

10:20am-10:40am – break

10:40am-12noon – Panel: “Politicizing Religion: Cavanaugh, Lonergan, and Levinas in Dialogue” (MCD/121)

12noon-1pm – Student Networking Luncheon (MCD/121)

1:oopm-1:40pm
– Rachel Knight-Messenger (University of St. Michael’s College): “Thomas Merton’s Imitation of Christ as a Response to the Social and Political Issue of Ecological Ethics” (MCD/121)
– Brett David Potter (University of St. Michael’s College): “Seeing, Touching, and Tasting the Form: A Theo-Aesthetic Approach to Tradition and Ecumenical Dialogue” (MCD/120)

1:40pm-2:20pm
– Sheryl Johnson (United Church of Canada): “‘That All May Be One’ In The Oikos: Toward An Integrated Eco-Social Theological Praxis Grounded in the Present” (MCD/121)
– Jane Barter Moulaison (University of Winnipeg): “Confession and Neo-liberalism: Or, Reading Foucault in Harper’s Canada” (MCD/120)

2:20pm-2:30pm – break

2:30pm-3:30pm – CTS Presidential Address: Robert Fennell (Atlantic School of Theology) (MCD/121)

3:30pm-5:00pm – Panel: “The New Pilgrimages: Postmodernity and the Theology and Politics of Journey” (MCD/121)

5:00pm-6:00pm – free time

6:00pm-8:00pm – CTS Dinner

 Wednesday, June 3 (Lamoureux and Montpetit buildings)

9:00am-9:40am
– Derek Simon (St. Thomas University): “Resisting The Petro-State: Sacred Waters, Anti-Fracking Solidarities and Blue Theologies” (LMX/106)
– Andrew Gabriel (Horizon College and Seminary): “Pneumatological Insights for the Attributes of the Divine Love – In Dialogue with Karl Barth” (MNT/203)

9:40am-11:00am – Panel: The Theology of the United Church of Canada (LMX/106)

 

Download in PDF form: CTS Schedule 2015 (PDF)