| Speakers |
Regular
Topics for Presentation |
Robert
H. Albers
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Pastoral Care
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
|
• “All in the
Family” (Family Systems Theory)
• “Out of the Depths” (depression)
• “The Hidden Persuaders” (issues of shame,
based on his book, Shame: A Faith Perspective)
• “The Many Faces of Grief” (grief issues)
• “Caring Community” (based on a study of
Ephesians) |
Mary Farrell Bednarowski
Emerita Professor of Religious Studies
Roman Catholic |
• American Religious History
• Religious Imagination
• Women’s Religious Thought/Women’s Religious Experience
• Spiritual Autobiography |
Paul
E. Capetz
Professor of Historical Theology
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
• Reformation History
• Reformed Theology |
Eleazar
S. Fernandez
Professor of Constructive Theology
United Church of Christ in the Philippines |
• The
Interweaving of Theology and Social Transformation
• Spiritedly
Engaged Spirituality
• The Church
and Globalization
• Postcolonial
Discourse and Critiques of Postmodernity |
Glen
Herrington-Hall
Director of Admissions
United Church of Christ |
• Call
to Ministry and Culture of Call
• Ministry
in and with Filipino Christians
• Human
Rights Violations in the Philippines |
Cindi
Beth Johnson
Director of Community Programming in the Arts, Religion and
Spirituality
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
• Religion
and the Arts
• The Church
and the Arts
• Arts and
Theology
• Church Environment
• Evangelism
and the Arts |
Barbara
Anne Keely
Director of Master Studies
Associate Professor of Christian Education
and Congregational Spirituality
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
• The spiritual life of the congregation
• Spiritual lives of children and youth
• Benedictine spirituality for Protestants
• “Spiritual Virtues: Hospitality and Community”
• “Benedictine Spirituality: An Ecumenical Approach”
|
Martha
Postlethwaite
Chaplain
Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation
United Methodist Church |
• Retreats
• Group spiritual direction
• Adult education
• Contemplative practice
• Spiritual autobiography
• “Listening
for God with Pen in Hand”
• Meditation |
Carolyn
Pressler
Harry C. Piper Jr. Professor of Biblical Interpretation
United Church of Christ |
• Women
and the Older Testament
• Suffering,
Hope, and the Hebrew Bible
• The Older
Testament and Social Issues: War, Peace, and
the Older Testament
• The Old
Testament and the Poor
• The Bible
and Marriage Equality
• Leadership
and the Older Testament
• Community
and the Older Testament
• Specific
books or passages including: Ruth, the Stories of Promise
(Genesis), Micah 6, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Numbers |
Marilyn
Salmon
Professor of New Testament Theology
Episcopalian |
• New
Testament Gospels
• Early Judaism
• The New Testament
and Anti-Judaism
• The Historical
Jesus |
Christine M.
Smith
Professor of Preaching
United Church of Christ |
• “Risking
the Terror: Resurrection Experiences in this Life”
• “Re-Imaging
Resurrection”
• “The
Wonder of God’s Creation: A Call to Spiritual
Renewal”
• “Creating
an Abundant Life: InterPlay and Imagination”
• “Living
as Weeping, Confession, and Resistance”
• “Nurturing
the Spiritual Life of the Preacher through the
Arts and Imagination”
• “Preaching
and InterPlay” |
Clyde
Steckel
Emeritus Professor of Theology
United Church of Christ |
• Guest
preaching
• Adult education
presentations
• UCC History
and Polity
• Religious meaning
in the arts
• Progress versus
eschatology in Christian theology |
Sharon
Tan
Associate Professor of Christian Ethics
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)/Episcopalian |
• Ethics – general
• Reconciliation and
forgiveness
• Public life and ethics
• Politics and religion
• Ethics in the workplace |
Jean
Morris Trumbauer
Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program
Roman Catholic |
• Gifts
discernment
• Shared,
Volunteer Ministry Systems for Congregations
• Theological
reflection with groups
• Short presentations
or group facilitations on issues of discernment
• Presentations
on processes for effective church meetings |
jann
cather weaver
Associate
Professor of Worship, and Theology and the Arts
United Church of Christ |
• Liturgical
consultations with churches
• “Styles
of Prayers in Life and in Worship”
• “Jesus
Films”
• “Learning
to Read the Theology in Film” |
Richard
D. Weis
Dean of the Seminary
Professor of Old Testament Theology
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
|
• The
Older Testament perspective on almost anything!
• “Directions in Theological Education”
• Biblical authority and interpretation in the Reformed
tradition
• “Changing Leadership for Changing Church”
• “Prophets and Prophesy”
• “The Book of Jeremiah”
• “Stewardship”
• “How We Got the Bible”
• How to read Older Testament stories, prophesies, and
poetry
• Issues in interpreting the Bible on sexuality |