Annual Meeting of Wesley Society at Seattle Pacific U

I am so looking forward to the FULL schedule of topics and panels that is being offered this year right at our doorstep at Seattle Pacific University. To register go to: http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan-theological-society/annual-meetings

 Here is the amazing schedule:

Thursday March 21, 2013 
7:00 PM Plenary Session: Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary
 9:00 PM – Post-Plenary Reception

Friday March 22, 2013
 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM – Women’s Caucus Breakfast
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Registration
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM – Exhibits
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM – Welcome and Worship Dr. Daniel Martin, President, Seattle Pacific University Dr. Douglas Strong, Dean, School of Theology, Seattle Pacific University Rev. Celeste Cranston, Director, Center for Biblical and Theological Education, Seattle Pacific University Dr. Stephen Newby, Director, Center for Worship, Seattle Pacific University

9:00 AM – Plenary Session: Bruce D. Marshall, Lehman Chair in Christian Doctrine, Perkins School of Theology
10:00 – Break and Exhibits

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM – BREAKOUT SESSION #1

Biblical Studies Forum Discussion: Thomas B. Dozeman, Holiness and Ministry: A Biblical Theology of Ordination (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008) Moderator: Brad E. Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene University Panelists: • Walter Brueggeman, Columbia Theological Seminary • Pamela Scalise, Fuller Theological Seminary, Seattle • Brad E. Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene University • Jack R. Levison, Seattle Pacific University Respondent: Thomas B. Dozeman, United Theological Seminary

Ecumenical Studies Topic: Holiness and the Wesleyan Catholic Spirit Moderator: Kevin Watson, Seattle Pacific University Presenters:
• Stephen Long, Marquette University, “Losing Catholicity in the Name of a ‘Catholic’ Spirit: Methodism's Theological Sectarianism”
• Scott Dermer, St. Louis University, “Participating in Grace: Augustine and Wesley as Preachers of Sanctification”
• Edgardo A. Colón-Emeric, Duke University Divinity School, “’The Complete Art of Happiness’: Listening to the Sermon on the Mount with John Wesley and Thomas Aquinas”

 Historical Studies Topic: Holiness: 19th Century Tradition and 21st Century Trajectory Moderator: Douglas Strong, Seattle Pacific University Panelists:
 • Elaine Heath, Southern Methodist University, “The Role of Women”
• Hal Knight, Saint Paul School of Theology, “Important Theological Contributions From the 19th Century”
• Chris Momany, Adrian College, “The Connection Between Concern About Slavery and Concern About Human Trafficking” Moral Theology 1 Moderator: Brent Peterson, Northwest Nazarene University Presenters:
 • Kevin W. Todd, Palliative Care Chaplain, Ventura County Medical Center, and Bruce V. Puckett, Director of Community Ministry, Duke University Chapel, “A Hope that Mourns: The Triduum, Lament, and Holy Dying.”
• James Gregory Crofford, Director, Nazarene Theological Institute, Africa, “Sanctified Desire? John Wesley on Temptation”
• Hunter Dale Cummings, Nazarene Theological College, “Using the Interior/Exterior Effects of Virtue in Aquinas to Better Understand the Inward/Outward Holiness of Wesley”

 Moral Theology 2 Special Presentation – “Holiness from a Radical Wesleyan Perspective,” Philip Clayton, Claremont Graduate University Philosophical Theology Moderator: Christina Smerick, Greenville College Presenters:
• John M. Bechtold, University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology, “Being Holy: Heideggerian Ruminations on Sanctification”
• Benjamin Suriano, Marquette University, “Post-Marxist Forms of Holiness: Lessons from Agamben, Badiou, and Bulgakov”
• Eric Severson, Eastern Nazarene College, “Older Than Old, Newer Than New: Holiness and Time” Practical Theology/Christian Formation Moderator: Celeste Cranston, Seattle Pacific University Presenters:
• Dirk R. Ellis, Pastor, Grace Chapel Church of the Nazarene, Hooksett, New Hampshire, “The Sanctification of Time: An Examination of the Calendar in Church of the Nazarene Practice and Thought”
• Jack Jackson, Claremont School of Theology, “Holiness from the Word: The perfecting role of verbal proclamation in the church's sacramental and preaching ministry”

Science and Theology Topic: Holiness and Homosexuality Moderator: Thomas Jay Oord, Northwest Nazarene University Panelists:
 • Randy L. Maddox, Duke Divinity School
• Brad D. Strawn, Fuller Theological Seminary
• Jeffrey T. Barker, Eastern Nazarene College

 Systematic Theology Moderator: K. Steve McCormick, Nazarene Theological Seminary Presenters: • Kenneth Loyer, Otterbein UMC of Spry, “Trinity and Imago Dei”
• Craig Keen, Azusa Pacific University, “Standing Up to the Coming of God”
• Doug Koskela, Seattle Pacific University, “Holiness and Catholicity: A Fruitful Tension for the Wesleyan Tradition.” Theological Education Moderator: Priscilla Pope-Levison, Seattle Pacific University Presenters:
• Michael Pasquarello III, Asbury Theological Seminary, “Vocational Holiness: Pastoral Formation in the Wesleyan Spirit”
• Bradley T. Johnson, student, Asbury Theological Seminary, “The Prophetic Imagination of Mayberry: Social Holiness as a Means of Theological Education (A Multimedia Presentation)” 

Women’s Studies Moderator: Rev. Carla Sunberg, Co-District Superintendent, East Ohio District Church of the Nazarene Presenters:
 • Michelle J. Morris, student, Southern Methodist University, “Provided They Continue in Faith, Love, and Holiness: Luther, Calvin, and Wesley on 1 Timothy 2:15”
 • Rev. C. Jeanne Orjala Serrão, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, “Paul, Hagios, and Women: A Socio-Linguistic Analysis”
• Rev. Tammy Condon, Program Coordinator for Strategic Projects (Co-Pastor – KC’s Grace Church of the Nazarene), “Who is Woman; a Holiness Perspective” 

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM – Lunch • Executive Committee Meeting

 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – WTS Presidential Address, Michael Lodahl, Professor of Theology, Point Loma Nazarene University, “Holiness Where Two or Three are Gathered: The Persistence of an Idea Among Jews, Christians and Muslims”

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Break and Exhibits

 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM – BREAKOUT SESSION #2

 Biblical Studies Moderator: William H. Malas Jr., Eastern Nazarene College Presenters:
• Kimberly S. Majeski, Anderson University School of Theology, “Holiness in Fashion: A Consideration of Women’s Adornment in Cultic Life”
• George Lyons, Northwest Nazarene University, “Sanctification Without Separation”
• Sarah K. Whittle, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, “A Holy People Who Practice Impurity? Pondering Paul’s Perplexity”

 Bonus Section Special Topic: Explorations in Social Holiness: A New Book Series from Emeth Press Panelists:
• Nathan Crawford, Trinity United Methodist Church, Plymouth, IN • Jonathan Dodrill, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
• David R. Wilson, George Fox University Ecumenical Studies Topic: Ecumenism in Wesleyan History Moderator: Don Thorsen, Azusa Pacific University Presenters:
• Kelly Yates, Nazarene Theological College “Catholic Controversy: Protestant Guilt—John Wesley’s Role in the Gordon Riots of 1780”
• Julie C. Best, Fuller Theological Seminary, “Skeptic, Shepherd or Seer: P.F. Bresee’s Mystical Vision of Holiness as an Interpretive Paradigm for his Life and Ministry”

 Historical Studies Moderator: Rod Stiling, Seattle Pacific University Presenters: • Christopher Richmann, student, Baylor Univeristy, “Spirit or Satan?: The Christian and Missionary Alliance on Spiritual Manifestations and Sanctification after A.B. Simpson”
• Mark K. Olson, Church of the Nazarene, “Suffering and Becoming Holy”
• Christopher P. Momany, Adrian College, “Faculty Psychology in the Holiness Theology of Asa Mahan”
• Jerome Van Kuiken, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, “"Edward Irving on Christ's Sinful Flesh and Sanctifying Spirit: A Wesleyan Appraisal."

 Intercultural Studies Moderator: Nell Becker Sweeden, Boston University Presenters:
• Marcus Dean, Houghton College, “Holiness and Culture”
• William Andrew Schwartz, Claremont Graduate University, “Entire Sanctification and Anatta: A Wesleyan-Zen Conversation”
• Peter Bellini, United Theological Seminary, “Missio Trinitatis and Theosis”
• Keegan Osinski, Point Loma Nazarene University, “Between Uzzah and the Hemorrhaging Woman: the Effect of the Incarnation on the Meaning of Holiness” Moral Theology Moderator: Joseph Bankard, Northwest Nazarene University Presenters:
• Timothy Gaines, student, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, “The Duty of Constant Communion:” Eucharistic Participation as the Shape of Christian Ethics”
• Mark Alan Murphree, Toccoa Falls College, “The Role of Prayer in Wesley’s Theology of Sanctification”
• Christopher J. Vena, Toccoa Falls College, “An Ecological Anthropological Critique of Environmental Stewardship”
• Nathan Willowby, student, Marquette University, “Holiness Theology as Response: Confronting the Marginalization of the Category of Religion”

 Practical Theology/Christian Formation Moderator: Dean Blevins, Nazarene Theological Seminary Presenters:
• Stephen Parker, Regent University “The Dark Side of Holiness: Implications of Winnicott’s False Self for the Life of Holiness”
• Robert Pelfrey, student, Nazarene Theological College, Pastor, United Methodist Church, Midland, Texas “A Blessed Enjoyment’: Holiness as Mystical Union in Jan van Ruusbroec”
• Dean Smith, Booth College, Sydney, Australia “The Sacramental life: Towards an Integrated Christian Vision” 

Science and Theology Topic: Creatio ex Nihilo, Love, and  a Holy God Moderator: Kerry Dearborn, Seattle Pacific University Panelists:
• Michael Lodahl, Point Loma Nazarene University • Thomas Jay Oord, Northwest Nazarene University
• Richard Rice, Loma Linda University

 Systematic Theology Moderator: K. Steve McCormick, Nazarene Theological Seminary Presenters:
• Tim Crutcher, Southern Nazarene University, “’The Convergence of the Twain’: And Essay Toward an American Holiness Relational Theology.”
• Brent Peterson, Northwest Nazarene University, & Stephen Riley, Northwest Nazarene University “Beyond Fear and Loathing: Implications for a Theology of Holiness in a Wesleyan Hermeneutics of the Old Testament.”
• Rusty Brian, Pastor, KC Trinity Church of the Nazarene & Ryan Hansen, Pastor, Grace Fellowship Church of the Nazarene, “Taking the White Paper Seriously: An “Interdisciplinary” Examination of the Church of the Nazarene’s Article X.”

 Theological Education Moderator: Bradley T. Johnson, student, Asbury Theological Seminary Forum Discussion: Theological Education and Christian Higher Education Presenters:
• John W. Hawthorne, Spring Arbor University “Wesleyan Implications for Christian Higher Education”
• Stephen W. Rankin, Chaplain, Southern Methodist University, “Searching for a Wesleyan Pedagogy for Church-Related Higher Education” Panelists:
• Ron Benefiel, Point Loma Nazarene University
• Elaine A. Heath, Perkins School of Theology
• Randy Maddox, Duke Divinity School

 Women’s Studies Moderator: Michelle J. Morris, student, Southern Methodist University--Dallas, Texas Presenters:
• Rev. Abraham Ruelas, Patten University, “The Influence of Pheobe Palmer and Wesleyan Holiness on the Ministry and Teachings of Bebe Patten”
• Amanda K. DiMiele, student, “Starving for Perfection: Why Anorexia Is a Theological Issue”
• Jonathan Dodrill, Ph.D. Candidate, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, “A Different Kind of Beulah Land: Sanctifying Sinful Spaces Through Urban Renewal”

 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM – Business Meeting

6:30 PM – 7:00 PM – Break

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Banquet 9:00 – NTC Reception


Saturday March 23, 2013 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Registration 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM –
Exhibits 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM –
BREAKOUT SESSION #3 Biblical Studies 1 Moderator: David Ackerman,

 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM – Lunch • Program Chairs Meeting • Nazarene Graduate Students Meeting 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM - Closing Worship – Bishop W. Darin Moore, AME Zion Church, presiding