THE AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
Midwest Division
The One Hundred Fifty-Seventh
Meeting
Friday, April 28, 2006
Lutheran School of
Theology at Chicago
1100 East 55th
Street, Chicago, IL 60615
THEOLOGICAL TABLE
-TALK
1:00-2:45 p.m., Third
Floor Common Room (Room 350)
Creativity in
the Classroom
A Panel Discussion with:
Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom, North
Park Theological Seminary
Mary Doak, University of Notre
Dame
Edgar Towne, Christian Theological
Seminary
Mladen Turk, Elmhurst College
Moderated by: Robert Cathey, McCormick
Theological Seminary
Registration and Afternoon
Refreshments, 2:45-3:15 p.m.
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
3:15-4:45 p.m., Third
Floor Common Room
A Religious View
of Creativity: Creativity as God
Gordon Kaufman, Malinckrodt
Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Harvard University
Respondents:
Jerome A. Stone, Professor Emeritus
of Philosophy at William Rainey Harper College
Amanda Quantz, Assistant Professor
of the History of World Christianity, Catholic Theological
Union
Hospitality Hour 4:45-5:15
p.m.; Dinner and Business Meeting, 5:15-6:45 p.m.
THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS
6:45-8:15 p.m., Third
Floor Common Room
Creativity and
Emergence: What Emergence Can Do for Theology
Antje Jackelén
Associate Professor
of Systematic Theology/Religion and Science, Lutheran
School of Theology at Chicago and Zygon Center for Religion
and Science
ATS Officers (Midwest Division)
Antje Jackelén, President
Robert Cathey, Vice President
Mary Doak, Member-at-Large
Paul P. Parker, Secretary
Mladen Turk, Treasurer
The Program: The Midwest Division of the
American Theological Society is a regional organization
of scholars who teach and publish in the fields of religious
studies. The Society’s semi-annual meetings often
reach beyond its local membership to invite scholars from
across the country and around the world to present papers,
participate in lively discussions, and share in a collegial
refreshments. For the one hundred fifty-seventh meeting
of the Society, the Executive Committee is pleased to
focus the Society’s attention on “creativity.”
Theological Table-Talk will open
with a panel of our peers who will address such questions
as: What does it take to teach theology creatively? How
has new technology changed perceptions of creativity for
students and teachers? How does one teach ‘the old
stuff’ year after year after year? Reflections will
include examples of creative teaching as well as experiences
of teaching theology on-line. In the afternoon session
the Society is delighted to welcome Gordon Kaufman, Harvard’s
Malinckrodt Professor of Divinity Emeritus, to our community
to talk on “A Religious View of Creativity: Creativity
as God.” In the tradition of the Society,
his remarks will be by two formal responses (by Jerome
A. Stone and Amanda Quantz) before opening up the discussion
the entire Society. Enjoy the moment.
The evening session of the spring
meeting is always reserved for the renown Presidential
Address which will be deliver this year give by President
Antje Jackelén on “Creativity and Emergence:
What Emergence Can Do for Theology.” After the paper,
the floor is open for extensive conversation.
If you are unable to attend the
full meeting, you should feel free to participate in whichever
portion of the program fits your schedule. The Executive
Committee designs each program for both collegial renewal
and vigorous conversation. Why not break free of your
routine and engage your friends with good food and drink
for mind, body, and soul? For further information, contact
any of the Society’s officers or Paul Parker at
the addresses below.
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 meetings are partially
supported by the host institutions of its semi-annual
meetings, there is no registration fee and only nominal
dining expense. For this meeting,
To arrange overnight housing, please
contact Marcy Gaston of the Zygon Center: phone: (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 Secretary/Treasurer,
Paul Parker, 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 the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago,
a map of the campus, and parking information are conveniently
located on its website at www.zygoncenter.org.
