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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION: SCRIPTURAL REASONING GROUP 2007 - San Diego, CA, USA
• A18-122 Pragmatism and Biblical Hermeneutics: A Discussion of the Work of Peter Ochs
Sunday, Nov. 18, 9:00 am-11:30 am
Steven D. Kepnes, Colgate University, Presiding
Panelists:
David Lamberth, Harvard University
Leora Batnitzky, Princeton University
James K. A. Smith, Calvin College
Nicholas Adams, University of Edinburgh
Responding:
Peter Ochs, University of Virginia
• A18-314 Women Reading Texts on Marriage
Sunday, Nov. 18, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University, Presiding
Panelists:
Ayesha Siddiqua, New York University
Randi Rashkover, George Mason University
Rachel Muers, University of Exeter
• A20-126 War and the Text: Reasoning through the Scripture on War, Injustice, and the Limits of the Law
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 9:00 am-11:30 am
Daniel Hardy, University of Cambridge, Presiding
Panelists:
John Kelsay, Florida State University
Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University
Samuel Wells, Duke University
Rumee Ahmed, University of Virginia
SEVENTH ANNUAL DONALD G. WESTER PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE - March 10, 2007
Philosophy and Scriptural Reasoning
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Morning Session:
9:30-10:30: Jacob Lynn Goodson, "Introduction and Proposal: Dr. Wester and Scriptural Reasoning"
Responses:
Cody Carr, Oklahoma City University
Timothy McCollum, Indiana University
Donald G. Wester, Oklahoma Baptist University
10:30-11:30: Presenter: Daniel Weiss, University of Virginia, "Herman Cohen on the Relation among Philosophy, Religion, and Scripture"
Commentator: Don Wester, Oklahoma Baptist University
Chair: Angela Goodson, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:30-1:00: Break for Lunch
Afternoon Session:
1:00-2:00: Scripture Readings: Job 13 and Colossians 2:2-8
Comments on Job: Daniel Weiss, University of Virginia
Comments on Colossians: Bo Bonner, Oklahoma State University
Group Discussion Leaders: Bo Bonner, Bill Elkins, Jacob Goodson, and Daniel Weiss
2:00-2:15: Group Reports
2:15-2:30: Break
2:30-3:30: Presenter: Rusty Jones, University of Oklahoma, "Modal Systems and the Validity of Gödel's Ontological Argument"
Commentator: Randy Ridenour, Oklahoma Baptist University
Chair: Daniel Weiss, University of Virginia
3:30-4:30: Presenter: Mark J. Boone, Baylor University, "Ancient-Future Hermeneutics: Postmodernism, Biblical Inerrancy, and the Rule of Faith"
Commentator: Josh Seachris, University of Oklahoma
Chair: Bo Bonner, Oklahoma State University
4:30-4:45: Break
Keynote Address:
4:45-5:45: Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Glenn Sanders, Oklahoma Baptist University
Keynote Speaker: Bill Elkins, Drew University, "Christian Pilgrimage with the Children of Abraham"
Question and Answer Time on Scriptural Reasoning
6:00: Dinner at Fratelli's
Sponsored by: The Children of Abraham Institute and The Society of Scriptural Reasoning
For information on previous years, please visit the Past Conferences page.
