Furthering Common Engagement With Early Teachers and Witnesses

World Council of Churches Faith and Order Plenary Commission

Orthodox Academy of Crete

October 7-14, 2009

Links to most of the documents or tweets from the meeting.

Oberlin II Presentation: now with audio!

Ecclesiological Malleability as Ecumenical Horizon

Visiting Villanova

One of the great benefits of participation in the search for Christian unity is the chance to think theologically with those from different traditions. It was a delight and a privilege to be invited by my colleague, Fr. Joseph Loya, OSA, to reflect on how understandings of God as loving, what God requires of humans, and what it means to worship have intersected at different points in church history for his introductory class. He continues to remind me of the importance of Slavic communities for understanding the differences between Eastern and Western expressions of Christian faith. Such hospitality makes it easier to celebrate the Wildcats' victory over the alma mater of other great ecumenists and wish them well this weekend.

Wesleyan Theological Society Meeting

At this year's meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Somerset's own Richard Riss presented a review of the literature on John Wesley's Christology. John Drury presented in the same session on the resurrection in Karl Barth's Christology.

Other interesting presentations included Nathan Crawford's discussion of race and hospitality, Timothy Gaines on aesthetics, Dave Mowers on pacifism in the Assemblies of God, and Jeff Stark on postliberal theology, Thomas Bridges on the incarnation and secularism, and a panel discussion of Nathan Kerr's new book: Christ, History, and Apocalyptic. And, of course, John Caputo brought provocations and amusement in numerous addressess to the Society of Wesleyan Philosophers—most pointedly the connections he draws between Christian and transhumanist attempts to overcome flesh.

My own contribution, Narratives of Testimony, Witness, and Reconciliation, is included below:

Ecclesiological Desire and the Empire We Find Ourselves In

Evangelicals and Empire Discussion
New York Theological Seminary

Listen

Complexifying Our Thinking About the Church in Public Life

EnVision: the Gospel, Politics, and the Future
Princeton University

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New Horizons in Christian Unity (panel)

National Workshop on Christian Unity
Chicago, IL

Evangelicals, Ecumenism, and Emerging Questions

American Academy of Religion Mid-Atlantic Region meeting
New Brunswick, NJ

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Entrepreneurial Ecclesiological Narratives and the Unity Project

Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society and Society for Pentecostal Studies
Duke University

Why Narrative

Pecha-Kucha Proof of Concept Demonstration
Somerset Christian College

Ecclesiological Malleability as Ecumenical Horizon

On Being Christian Together: The Faith and Order Experience in the United States
Oberlin College