Doctoral Colloquium 'Reformation 1517-2017'
Location : ETF Leuven
Language : English
ETF’s annual doctoral week is an essential part of our PhD program. Students meet their fellow students and professors, prepare for exams and present their research. ETF professors and internationally recognized visiting scholars give public lectures and public defenses of dissertations take place.
You are welcome to attend one or more sessions of the public program (see schedule below).
Register your attendance via until August 28, 2017. Please indicate which sessions you plan to attend. There is the possibility to join us for the meals before or after the sessions. The sessions are free of charge; however we do charge for the meals: €10 for lunch (at 13:00) and €25 for dinner (at 18:30). Please register for meals via no later than August 23, 2017.
Morning devotions from 8:15 – 8:45 will be led by Prof. Dr. Chris De Wet and are open to the public.
| Monday 4 September | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Faculty Lectures (parallel sessions)
Perspectives of Proselytism and Ecumenical Engagement (Abstract) He and His Prayer Are Central: The Macrostructure of the Book of Jonah and Its Position in the Fifteen Writing Prophets (Abstract) |
| Tuesday 5 September | |
| 10:30 – 12:15 | Promotion: Dudley E. Brown (HT)
Presentation & Defense of Dissertation: The Christology of Severian of Gabala: In What Sense Can He Be Called Antiochene? |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Reception |
| 14:30 – 16:15 | Promotion: Raymond R. Hausoul (ST)
Presentation & Defense of Dissertation: De nieuwe hemel en nieuwe aarde. Een interdisciplinaire vergelijking tussen Karl Rahner, Jürgen Moltmann en Gregory Beale |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Reception |
| 17:30 – 19:30 | Special Lecture by Prof. Dr. Erik de Boer (TU Kampen) Luther, Louvain and The Layman’s Guide: the First Manual of Reformed Doctrine of the Netherlands (1554) |
| 19:30 – 20:30 | Farewell Lecture by Prof. Dr. Johannes Hofmeyr (HT) Johannes Hoornbeeck’s Views on Historical Theology, Mission and Ecumenism and Their Relevance for Today |
| 20:30 – 21:30 | Reception |
| Wednesday 6 September | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Faculty Lectures (parallel sessions)
The Genre of the New Testament Gospels: Biographies of Jesus in Old Testament and Rabbinic Style (Abstract) Protestants and the Emergence of Human Rights (Abstract) |
| Thursday 7 September | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Faculty Lectures (parallel sessions)
The Indispensable Old Testament. Navigating Protestant Ambiguity on the Unity of the Bible (Abstract) Esther, a Message for Changing Times (Abstract) |
| 14:30 – 16:15 | Promotion: Andrew Messmer (NT)
Presentation & Defense of Dissertation: Maranatha (1 Corinthians 16.22): Linguistic, Historical, and Literary-Contextual Issues |
| 16:15 – 17:15 | Reception |
| 17:15 – 18:15 | Faculty Lectures (parallel sessions)
The Reformation in the 16th Century Compared with Contemporary Islam: A Perspective from Anthropology of Religion (Abstract) The Translation of OT רעַ as “Evil” in Modern English Versions (Abstract) |
| Friday 8 September | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Faculty Lectures (parallel sessions)
Reformation and Scotism (Abstract) Biblical Literacy and Its Effect at Corinth from 2 Corinthians to 1 Clement (Abstract) |
