THE AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
Midwest Division
The One Hundred Fifty-Eighth
Meeting
Friday, October 27, 2006
McCormick Theological
Seminary
5460 South University
Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
A Panel Discussion
on God-Talk Today: Anything New?
McGaw Common Room (first
floor) 1:00-2:45 p.m.
Anna Case-Winters,
McCormick Theological Seminary
Robert Cathey, McCormick
Theological Seminary
Laurel Schneider, Chicago
Theological Seminary
Vítor
Westhelle, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Moderator: Paul Parker,
Elmhurst College
Registration and Afternoon
Refreshments, 2:45-3:15 p.m.
AFTERNOON PAPER
McGaw Common Room (first
floor) 3:15-4:45 p.m.
The Promise of
Process Theology
Franklin I. Gamwell
Shailer Mathews Professor
of Religious Ethics, the Philosophy of Religion, and Theology
The University of Chicago
Hospitality Hour 4:45-5:15
p.m.; Dinner and Business Meeting, 5:15-6:45 p.m.
EVENING PAPER
McGaw Common Room (first
floor) 7:00-8:30 p.m.
You Gotta Believe:
The Future of Process Theology -- In and Out of the Academy
Monica A. Coleman
Assistant Professor
of Systematic Theology
Lutheran School of
Theology at Chicago
ATS Officers (Midwest
Division)
Robert Cathey, President
Mladen Turk, Treasurer
Mary C. Doak, Vice President
Paul P. Parker, Secretary
The Program:
The Midwest Division of the American Theological Society
is a regional organization of scholars who write and teach
in the fields of religious studies. The Society often
reaches beyond its local members to invite national and
international scholars to present papers and to participate
in the debates of its semi-annual meetings. For this meeting,
the Executive Committee is pleased to call attention to
the work of local scholars (members and nonmembers of
the Society) whose thinking about God has shaped their
scholarship and their classrooms. The Society is an intentional
community of scholars engaging each other’s best
theological reflection.
The one hundred fifty-eighth meeting
of the Society’s Midwest Division will open with
an early afternoon panel discussion on God-Talk Today:
Anything New? All of the panelists have taught and
written on God and now bring their considerable insights
into the crucible of the Society for critical engagement.
In the program’s afternoon and evening sessions,
the Society will consider the promise of Process Theology
as well as challenges that come from both the academy
and the laity. As is the tradition of the Society, an
extensive period of critical discussion will follow each
paper presentation.
Housing, Registration,
and Dinner Reservations: The Executive Committee’s
task of planning the Society’s semiannual meeting
is greatly eased if members pre-register for the meeting
and make reservations for dinner. To pre-register
and to reserve your place at the table, please call, write
or email Paul Parker and declare your intentions: office
phone (630) 617-3559; paulp@elmhurst.edu; or Department
of Theology and Religion–Box 26, Elmhurst College,
190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126.
Because ATS is partially supported
by the host institutions of its semi-annual meetings,
there is no registration fee and only nominal dining expense,
usually less than twenty dollars.
(773) 256-0670, fax (773) 256-0682)
or email .
Dues: Annual membership
dues (to cover the costs of printing, postage, refreshments,
and other incidentals) are $15 for members and $10 for
associate members to be paid to the Treasurer, Mladen
Turk, each year at the fall meeting. If you have not yet
paid your dues for last year, you may attend to the oversight
at this fall’s meeting or at any time through the
mail. Attention to this is appreciated.
Directions and Parking:
Directions to McCormick Theological Seminary are conveniently
located on its website. Members can utilize the free guest
parking behind MTS, street parking around the neighborhood,
or the University of Chicago's parking garage at 55th
and Ellis Avenue.
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