Please click here for the latest version of our conference schedule. Stay tuned for more details as they are finalized in our preparation for Victoria! We are very much looking forward to welcoming you to our annual conference.
Category: Announcements
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Schedule for Congress 2013
The Executive has drafted a schedule for our three days in Victoria. Please click here to see a PDF version of the schedule of papers, meetings, lectures, and social events.
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Student Networking Luncheon
Student Networking Luncheon
Canadian Theological Society Conference (Congress)
University of Victoria, May 2013
This year CTS will repeat our highly successful Student Networking Luncheon. This was established last year in response to concerns expressed by students concerning career prospects. In responding to this concern, voiced in 2011, the Executive of the CTS in 2012 deliberated over the efficacy of the Student Essay Contest, which saw one student paper chosen for a presentation at the conference. It was decided to use the money spent on this competition for an event that would be of service to all the students attending the annual meeting.Vsit this site to find the best check loans and more financial advice.
At the May 2013 Conference, the CTS will repeat the “speed-networking” luncheon experienced at Wilfrid Laurier University last year. This event allows students and established scholars to interact informally within a structured environment. It is anticipated that these conversations will lead to ongoing interaction between students and established scholars both at the Congress and beyond. Our intention is to provide students with a venue in which to gather practical information regarding careers in theology. We hope this event will complement existing opportunities for interaction among new and established members.
This event will take place over lunch on Tuesday, June 4 at noon. It will be free for student members and there will be a modest cost for established scholars.
The Executive of the CTS invites our established members (i.e., tenured, tenure-track, emeritus, contract, retired, honourary) to share their experience and wisdom with students. And we invite students to take advantage of this opportunity.
To register for this event, please email: Allen Jorgenson (President-Elect, CTS) at ajorgenson@wlu.ca by April 1, 2013. Please also let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
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Welcome to Our New Website
We at CTS have been working hard behind the scenes for a few months thinking about how we want to freshen up our tiny bit of cyber real estate to better connect with and serve our members. So here it is! Welcome to our lighter, friendlier website. We hope you find it easy to navigate and are as proud to be part of the Canadian Theological Society as we are. You can send your feedback on the new site to Erin Green, Communications Coordinator for CTS.
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Congress 2013 – Victoria, BC – Call for Papers
The Canadian Theological Society is very pleased to share with you its call for papers for the 2013 Annual General Meeting and Conference, which is held in conjunction with Congress 2013 in Victoria, BC from June 3-5. You may view the call for papers here.
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CTS Announces New Executive
The Canadian Theological Society is happy to introduce you to their new executive for the 2012-2013 year. Please click here to view the full roster.
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Travel Subsidies
There are some funds available to reimburse CTS members attending the 2012 AGM and conference in Waterloo at the end of May. You may download and print this form and bring to Congress. The CTS Treasurer will collect and process your forms.
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Conference Schedule & Abstracts – Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Waterloo, May 2012
The Canadian Theological Society has finalized conference schedule and proceedings. This includes room bookings and a complete roster of abstracts for all the great papers that you can hear at Congress this year!
To see a PDF version of the Conference programme, please click here.
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Newman Lecture: Is the ‘Intelligibility of Religious Language’ Debate Dead?
Professor William Sweet of St. Francis Xavier University has sent along the title and abstract for his Newman Lecture, which will be offered during the 2012 AGM in Waterloo, ON at the end of May. We are very much looking forward to a busy few days at Congress and Professor Sweet’s talk will no doubt be a highlight of our time together. Hope to see you there!
Is the ‘Intelligibility of Religious Language’ Debate Dead?
One standard argument in Anglo-American philosophy of religion of the last half century is that religious language is unintelligible or not cognitively meaningful. Many have regarded such an argument as problematic, but the current status of the debate is not clear. Arguably this is, in part, because relatively little consideration has been given to explaining how religious language is intelligible. I review some of the history of this philosophical debate, note some contributions from recent discussion in theology on this question, and propose how one might defend the intelligibility of religious language.
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Travel Subsidies
Each year the Canadian Theological Society receives funding from SSHRC to assist with travel and campus accommodation expenses at our Annual CTS Conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Presenters, especially students, are a high priority for the allocation of these funds. Generally, in past years, CTS has been able to cover at least half of the eligible travel and accommodation expenses for students presenting papers at CTS who have for applied to CTS for this assistance. Travel subsidy forms will be available this year at the conference. Only CTS members are eligible for travel subsidies. For further information, please contact Bob McKeon, CTS Treasurer, by email at rmckeon@shaw.ca.