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THE
AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Midwest Division
The One Hundred Fiftieth
Meeting
Friday, October 25, 2002
Swift Hall, Divinity School
The University of Chicago
1025 East 58th
Street
Chicago, IL 60637
THEOLOGICAL
TABLE TALK
1:00 - 3:00 P.M.
Third Floor Lecture Hall
A
Theological Round-Table Discussion
Spirituality
in the Classroom
Registration and Afternoon
Refreshments 3:00 - 3:15 P.M.
Swift Hall, Commons Room
AFTERNOON
PROGRAM 3:15 - 5:15 P.M.
Third Floor Lecture Hall
Book Discussion: Dynamics
of Hope: Eternal Life and Daily Christian Living
Charlotte Joy Martin
Associate Professor of
Religious Studies
Mount Mercy College
Reception, Dinner, and
Business Meeting 5:15 - 7:00 P.M.
Swift Hall, Commons Room
EVENING
PROGRAM 7:00 - 8:45 P.M.
Third Floor Lecture Hall
Current
Discussion of the Definition and Models of Christian Spirituality
Bernard McGinn
Naomi Shenstone Donnelley
Professor of Historical Theology and of the History of Christianity
Divinity School, The
University of Chicago
ATS Officers (Midwest
Division)
Carol Rausch Albright, President
Donald Alexander, Member-at-Large
Edgar A. Towne, Vice President
Paul P. Parker, Secretary-Treasurer
The
Program: Do the familiar limits of the religious studies
classroom (e.g., non confessional, non advocacy, assuming
no particular existential commitment of scholars, etc.)
render any examination of spirituality inauthentic? Do the
inherent limits of the theology classroom (e.g., the assumption
and even requirement of particular commitments) produce
an examination of spirituality that is inevitably adulterated
by religion’s power structures? Is it even possible
to study something so intimate, overwhelming, and indescribable
as communion with God? The American Theological Society
(Midwest Division) will focus on the study of Christian
spirituality at the University of Chicago’s Divinity
School on Friday afternoon and evening, October 25, 2002.
The Society’s meeting will
begin with Theological Table Talk, a round-table discussion
intended to address pedagogical issues that swirl around
a classroom in the study of spirituality. After a brief
break and refreshments, the afternoon session will turn
to a critical discussion of Charlotte Martin’s new
book, Dynamics of Hope: Eternal Life and Daily Christian
Living, in which she asserts and that hope in eternal
life matters, and matters powerfully for daily Christian
living. If you have not already read it, you may still have
time to work through it before the upcoming meeting. You
can acquire it through www.catalog.litpress.org. Following
this discussion, reception, dinner, and business meeting,
we eagerly anticipate that Bernard McGinn will bring the
Society up to date on the state of his five-volume history
of Christian mysticism in the West as he delivers a paper
on the definition and models of Christian spirituality.
If you are unable to attend the full
meeting, you should feel free to participate in whichever
portion of the program is available to you. The Executive
Committee designs each program for critical professional
engagement and collegial fellowship. Why not take a break
from your routine and commune with your colleagues over
good food and drink for mind, body, and soul?! For further
information, contact Paul Parker at the addresses below.
Registration
and Dinner Reservations: To register and RSVP, you may
call, write, or email Paul Parker: office phone (630) 617-3559;
paulp@elmhurst.edu; or Department of Theology and Religion,
Elmhurst College, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126.
Registration for the meeting is free.
Reservations for dinner (@ $14.00)
are encouraged.
Dues:
Annual membership dues are $15 for members and $10 for associate
members to be remitted to the Secretary-Treasurer, Paul
Parker, each year at the fall meeting. Attention to this
is kindly appreciated. Also, the Society’s membership
role remains strong only as we invite eligible colleagues
to join us and sponsor them for membership. Your advocacy
for the Society is essential for its well-being.
Directions
and Parking: Swift Hall of the Divinity School is near
the center of the University’s Main Quadrangle between
East 57th and East 59th Streets, and
between Ellis Avenue and University Avenue. A parking
structure at 55th and Ellis (accessible from
Ellis and Greenwood, but not 55th) is available
and relatively inexpensive. Otherwise, parking may be found
(with persistence) on nearby streets. A map and specific
directions may be found by following the prompts at The
University's website, www.uchicago.edu.
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