Theosis in the Johannine Literature
| 11/17/2018 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM Room: Mile High Ballroom 4C (Lower Level) – Convention Center (CC) |
| Leslie Baynes, Missouri State University, Presiding |
| Andrew Byers, St John’s College, Durham University John 1:1-18 as a Deification Text: The Ecclesial Vision of Filiation and Divine-Human Exchange in the Fourth Gospel’s Prologue (20 min) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Craig Keener, Asbury Theological Seminary Transformation by Divine Vision in 1 John 3:2-6 (20 min) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Michael Azar, University of Scranton John’s Revelation and Patterns of Theosis (20 min) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Mark Mariani, University of Notre Dame Inspired Text, or Inspired Author? Theosis to Write, Theosis to Interpret in Maximos the Confessor(20 min) |
| James Wallace, Christian Brothers University, Respondent (15 min) |
| Discussion (15 min) |
(See bibliography on theosis in the NT)
The Reception and Use of Ethical Traditions by Biblical Authors
(Joint-Session with the Unit on Biblical Ethics)
11/17/2018
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: Mile High Ballroom 4A (Lower Level) – Convention Center (CC)
| Philip Esler, University of Gloucestershire, Presiding |
| Ann-Christin Grüninger, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Reception of scripture and its ethical implications in 2 Maccabees (20 min) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Mari Leesment, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto Therapy of Desire: Hellenistic Philosophical Ethics and James, 4 Macc, Test. XII, and Philo (20 min) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Becky Walker, Saint Louis University “Almsgiving Delivers from Death”: John Chrysostom’s Connection of the Narratives of Tobit and Tabitha (20 min) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Break (10 min) |
| Charles H. Cosgrove, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary The Appeal to Case-Precedent in the Story of Jesus’ Disciples Plucking Grain on the Sabbath (Mark 2:23–28 and pars.) (20 min) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Jeffrey S Lamp, Oral Roberts University “When You Fast”: an Ecojustice Approach to Fasting in Light of Eastern Orthodox Tradition (20 min) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Business Meeting (30 min) |