Rethinking the Resources of the Christian Theological Tradition: Retrieval, Renewal, Reunion? An International Ecumenical Conference St. Paul School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas July 11-14, 2017 Program Draft Tuesday, July 11: Arrival 2:00pm Registration. Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity lobby. 5:30pm Reception. Iversen Hearth Room (Anderson Student Center 340 = ASC 340) 6:30pm Dinner. Rogge-Leyden Dining Room (ASC 364/5) 7:30pm Introduction 7:30-7:40pm Welcome to conference participants (Chris Thompson and Paul Gavrilyuk) 7:40-7:50pm Sarah Coakley and Richard Cross, eds., Oxford Handbook of the Reception of Christian Theology (OUP, forthcoming) 7:50-8:00pm Matthew Levering and Marcus Plested, eds., Oxford Handbook of the Reception of Aquinas (OUP, forthcoming) 8:00-8:10pm Darren Sarisky, ed., Theologies of Retrieval (OUP, forthcoming) 8:10-9:00pm General discussion Wednesday, July 12 Morning: Hermeneutics of Tradition O Shaughnessy-Frey Library (Lib), Room 108. Presenter: Adam DeVille, University of St. Francis 1
Does Rethinking the Christian Tradition in Search of Renewal and Reunion Require Forgetting? Some Theses on Salutary Oubliance Commentator: Sarah Coakley, University of Cambridge Chair: George Demacopoulos, Fordham University 9:50-10:10am 10:10-11:00am Lib. 108. Presenter: George Demacopoulos, Fordham University Every Tradition Is Hybrid Commentator: Cyril O Regan, University of Notre Dame Chair: Philip Rolnick, University of St. Thomas 11:00-11:20am Lib. 102. Presenter: Will Cohen, University of Scranton Doctrinal Drift, Dance, or Development: How Truth Takes Time in the Life of Communion Commentator: Erika Kidd, University of St. Thomas Chair: Richard Cross, University of Notre Dame Lib. 303. Presenter: Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary Historical Memory and the Resurrection of Jesus: Encountering the Risen Christ Commentator: Mark McInroy, University of St. Thomas Chair: Adam DeVille, University of St. Francis 12:10-2:10pm Lunch. ASC 366/7. Afternoon: Hermeneutics of Scripture 2:10-3:00pm Lib. 108. Presenter: Darren Sarisky, Oxford University Tradition II: Thinking with Historical Texts Reflections on Theologies of Retrieval Commentator: Bruce Beck, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Chair: Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary 2
3:00-3:20pm Lib. 102. Presenter: Paul Niskanen, University of St. Thomas Catholic Hermeneutics of the Old Testament Commentator: Edith Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Chair: Darren Sarisky, Oxford University Lib. 303. Presenter: Bruce Beck, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Orthodox Hermeneutics of Scripture Commentator: John Martens, University of St. Thomas Chair: Mark McInroy, University of St. Thomas 4:10-4:30pm 4:30-5:20pm Lib. 102. Presenter: Edith Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Orthodox Christian Reception of the New Testament Teaching on dikaiosyne Commentator: Darren Sarisky, Oxford University Chair: Paul Niskanen, University of St. Thomas 4:30-5:20pm Lib. 303. Presenter: John Martens, University of St. Thomas Catholic Hermeneutics of the New Testament Commentator: Daniel Williams, Baylor University Chair: Bruce Beck, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology 6:30pm Supper. Rogge-Leyden Room (ASC 364/365). 7:10-7:20pm William Abraham, Natalie B. Van Kirk, and Jason Vickers, eds., Canonical Theism: A Proposal for Theology and the Church (Eerdmans, 2008) 7:20-7:30pm Frederick Aquino, Receptions of Newman (Oxford, 2015) 7:30-7:40pm George Demacopoulos, The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University 7:40-7:50pm Boyd Taylor Coolman, Boston College, Boston Colloquy in Historical Theology 3
8:00-8:30pm General discussion Thursday, July 13 Morning: Reception Histories Lib. 108. Presenter: Boyd Taylor Coolman, Boston College Ongoing Re-Narration: A Catholic Practice of Historical Theology Commentator: Hans Boersma, Regent College Chair: Sarah Coakley, University of Cambridge 9:50-10:10am 10:10-11:00am Lib. 102. Presenter: Daniel H. Williams, Baylor University Tradition As Suffering for the Faith Once Delivered Commentator: Jeffrey Steenson, University of St. Thomas Chair: William Abraham, Southern Methodist University 10:10-11:00am Lib. 303. Presenter: Michael Hollerich, University of St. Thomas Eusebius among the Byzantines: The Ecclesiastical History and Ressourcement Commentator: George Demacopoulos, Fordham University Chair: George Kalantzis, Wheaton College 11:00-11:20am Lib. 102. Presenter: Richard Cross, University of Notre Dame Lutheran Reading of Scholastics Commentator: Philip Rolnick, University of St. Thomas Chair: Nicholas Denysenko, Loyola Marymount University Lib. 303. Presenter: Matthew Briel, University of Scranton Historical Theology As an Ecclesial Enterprise from Newman to Zizioulas Commentator: Paul Gavrilyuk, University of St. Thomas Chair: Boyd Taylor Coolman, Boston College 4
12:10-2:10pm Lunch. Rogge-Leyden Room (ASC 364/365). Afternoon: Modern Understandings of Doctrinal Development 2:10-3:00pm Lib. 102. Presenter: Hans Boersma, Regent College The Grand Medium : An Edwardsean Modification of Thomas Aquinas on the Beatific Vision Commentator: Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary Chair: Will Cohen, University of Scranton 2:10-3:00pm Lib. 303. Presenter: Philip Rolnick, University of St. Thomas Eberhard Jüngel and Twentieth-Century Protestant Reception of Aquinas on Analogy Commentator: Adam DeVille, University of St. Francis Chair: Matthew Briel, University of Scranton 3:00-3:20pm Lib. 102. Presenter: Mark McInroy, University of St. Thomas Before Deification Became Eastern: Newman s Ecumenical Retrieval Commentator: George Kalantzis, Wheaton College Chair: Hans Boersma, Regent College Lib. 303. Presenter: Cyril O Regan, University of Notre Dame Newman s Forensic Classic of Development: Its Uniqueness and Its Agon With Gibbon and Surrogates Commentator: Frederick D. Aquino, Abilene Christian University Chair: Christopher Thompson, University of St. Thomas 5:00pm Departure by bus to boat ride on St. Croix River 6:30pm Dinner on the boat 7:20-7:30pm Bruce Beck, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Pappas Patristic Institute 7:30-7:40pm George Kalantzis, The Early Christian Studies Center at Wheaton College 5
7:40-7:50pm Nicholas Denysenko, The Huffington Ecumenical Institute at the Loyola Marymount University 7:50-8:00pm Christopher Thompson, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, Institute for Theological Formation 8:00-8:30pm General discussion Friday, July 14 Lib. 102. Presenter: Christopher Thompson, University of St. Thomas, Blessed Are You, Lord God of All Creation: Laudato sì As an Occasion of Doctrinal Development Commentator: Will Cohen, University of Scranton Chair: Jeffrey Steenson, University of St. Thomas Lib. 303. Presenter: Nicholas Denysenko, Loyola Marymount University, Ressourcement or Aggiornamento? An Assessment of Modern Liturgical Reforms Commentator: Anne McGowan, Catholic Theological Union Chair: Hans Boersma, Regent College 9:50-10:10am 10:10-11:20am Room 108. Round Table Participants: Jennifer Newsome Martin, University of Notre Dame; Darren Sarisky, Oxford University; Will Cohen, University of Scranton Moderator: Paul Gavrilyuk, University of St. Thomas 11:30-12:30pm Lunch. Rogge-Leyden Room (ASC 364/365). 12:30pm Departure 6