Spring Institute for Lived Theology: Schedule of Events


2008 Spring Institute for Lived Theology:
Lived Theology and the Language of Peace
Schedule of Events

Wednesday May 28th (Colonnade Club, Solarium)

2:00-2:30 Reception

2:30-3:00 Welcome and Introductions, Jennifer McBride

3:00-4:00 Charles Marsh, Are We Still of Any Use? Lived Theology and the Language of Peace

4:00-5:15 The Practices of Peace: Craig Wong and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

5:15-5:30 Coffee Break

5:30-6:30 Eugene McCarraher, Theology, Peace and Economic Life

7:00 Dinner at Bonhoeffer House (home of Marsh family), 1841 University Circle (we will walk there together from Colonnade Club)


Thursday May 29th (Colonnade Club, Solarium)

8:00-9:00 Continental breakfast available at Colonnade Club, South Parlor; option of breakfast at hotel for out of town speakers and participants

9:00-10:00 Charles Mathewes, Theology, Public Life and the Pursuit of Peace

10:00-11:00 Victoria Barnett, Theology and Conflict Resolution

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 The Practices of Peace: Rhonda Miska, Tim Clayton, Josh Kaufman-Horner

12:30-1:45 Lunch

1:45-2:45 Johnny Hill, The Peace of Desmond Tutu and Martin Luther King, Jr.

2:45-3:45 Manuel Vásquez, Religion and the Politics of Encounter

3:45-4:15 Coffee Break

4:15-5:15 Gerald Schlabach, Just Policing, Not War: An Alternative Response to World Violence

5:15-5:30 Wrap Up


Friday May 30th (Colonnade Club, Solarium)

8:00-9:00 Continental breakfast available at Colonnade Club, South Parlor; option of breakfast at hotel for out of town speakers and participants

9:00-10:00 Evangelicals and Peace: “The Chicago Declaration” Reconsidered
Christian Collins Winn Leads a Discussion on the 1973 Chicago Declaration

10:00-11:00 Valerie Cooper, Moving Beyond Divisions: Evangelicals and Racial Reconciliation in the 21st Century

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Susan Glisson and the American Organizing Tradition
Respondent, Rydell Payne

 (Move to St. Paul’s MemorialChurch)

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:00 Final Thoughts, in Memory of Victoria Gray Adams, and Eucharist (optional)