Dr Joshua Ralston will be speaking at the Unfinished Worlds: Jürgen Moltmann at 90 2 day conference in Atlanta on the 19th and 20th October 2016. Candler School of Theology at Emory University will host world-renowned theologian Jürgen Moltmann for a two-day conference on Wednesday and Thursday, October 19-20, 2016. Panelists will explore the impact and influence of Moltmann’s work on issues of contemporary theology, the contemporary church, and the contemporary world, with a closing response from Moltmann. Day 1 Oct. 19, 2016 10:30 AM - Welcome and Intro to Moltmann – Steffen Lösel 10:45 AM - Jürgen Moltmann: “Unfinished Reformation” 11:45 AM - Q&A 12:00 PM - Lunch (boxed for participants) 1:00 PM - CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY AT THE CROSSROADS Joy Ann McDougall: “Theological Imagination and the Poetics of Testimony” Nancy E. Bedford: “Disputed Question: Liberating Augustine” Reggie Williams: “The Problem of the Human in Theological Anthropology: Reading Jürgen Moltmann’s Christology with Intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance” 2:30 PM - Break 2:45 PM - THE CONTEMPORARY CHURCH AT THE CROSSROADS Raphael G. Warnock: “To Redeem the Soul of the Black Church” Charles Mathewes: “The Future Social Teachings of the Christian Churches” Joshua Ralston: “Bearing Witness: Reframing Christian-Muslim Debates” 4:15 - Break 4:30 PM - THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD AT THE CROSSROADS Gerald Liu: "We Still Need the Coming of God" Hilda P. Koster: “God, Climate and the Challenge of Being Human: The Promise of Moltmann’s Kenotic Theology of Creation for an Age of Climate Change” Reinerio Arce Valentín : “New Religion in the New World: Toward a De-colonial approach in Latin American Theology” 6:00 PM - Adjourn for the day Day 2 Oct. 20, 2016 8:30 AM - CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES AT THE CROSSROADS Rachelle Renee Green: “The Rose It Grew From Concrete: A Practical and Political Theology of Creativity and Incarceration” Jennifer Ayres: “Cultivating the ‘Unquiet Heart’: Ecology, Education, and Christian Faith” 9:30 AM - Response by Jürgen Moltmann 10:00 AM - Break 11:05 AM -Worship – Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock Noon -Conference Adjourns Contact Information Alice Tarkington 404.727.9142 mtarkin@emory.edu This article was published on 2024-03-19
