Paul’s Letter to the Galatians & Christian Theology

The week of July 10-14 the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews will hold their conference on Scripture and Theology. This year’s theme is Galatians. Here’s the conference program. Looks to be an excellent conference with some very heave hitters!

Tuesday 10 July
Arrival: Throughout the afternoon
2.00-6.00: Registration – The Gateway
From 6.00: Dinner – New Hall
8.00: Introduction: the Gateway*

Wednesday 11 July
From 8.00: Breakfast – New Hall (Residents)
9.00-12.30: – The Gateway
9.00-10.30: Introduction: Mark Elliott and N.T. Wright*
10.30-11.00: Coffee & Tea
11.00-12.30: Beverly Gaventa (Princeton): ‘The Singularity of the Gospel Revisited: Exegetical Reflections on Galatians 1-2’ and Ivor Davidson (St Andrews): ‘”The One who called you”: Paul, the Gospel and God.’
1.00: Lunch – New Hall
2.15-3.45: Afternoon Session – The Gateway: Short Papers session 1 (Papers 1-3)
3.45-4.15: Coffee & Tea
4.15-5.45: Timothy Wengert (Philadelphia) and Scott Hafemann (respondent): Martin Luther on ‘Justification by Curses and Blessings’ in Galatians 3:6-14 Discussion
6.15: Dinner – New Hall
8.00: First Keynote Lecture: Public Lecture: N.T. Wright, Jesus as Messiah in Galatians. Lower College Hall, St Salvator’s.

Thursday 12 July
From 8.00: Breakfast – New Hall
(Residents)
9.00-10.30: Galatians in Historical Perspective:  Patristic and medieval Interpretation
Lewis Ayres (Durham), Mark Elliott and Karla Pollmann (St Andrews)
10.30-11.00:Coffee & Tea
11.00-12.45: Thomas Söding and Volker Rabens (both Bochum) Galatians in Ecumenical Perspective: Ecclesiology and Ethics.
1.00: Lunch – New Hall
2.15-3.45: Short Papers: The Gateway: Short Papers Session 3(Papers 4-6)
3.45-4.15: Coffee & Tea
4.15-6.15: Free Time
6.15: Dinner – New Hall
8.00: Second Keynote Lecture: Oliver O’Donovan (Edinburgh) Flesh and Spirit (Gal 5:16-26). The Gateway

Friday 13 July
From 8.00: Breakfast – New Hall
(Residents)
9.00-10.30: John Barclay (Durham) Grace and the Counter-Cultural Reckoning of Worth: Community Construction in Galatians 5-6 and Bruce McCormack (Princeton) Justification by faith
10.30-11.00: Coffee & Tea
11.30-1.00:Jean-Noël Aletti (Rome) Paul’s Exhortations in Galatians 5:16-25 From the Apostle’s Techniques to His Theology & Simeon Zahl (Oxford) Desires of the Flesh, Desires of the Spirit: Galatians 5 and the Affections
1.00: Lunch – New Hall
2.15-3.15  Short Papers. The Gateway: Short Papers Session 3 (Papers 7-8/9)
3.30-4.00 Coffee & Tea. The Gateway
4.15-5.45: Worship Service –Holy Trinity Church, followed by wine reception in St Mary’s Quad.
6.15: Dinner – New Hall
8.00: Third Keynote Lecture: Richard Hays (Duke, NC) Apocalyptic Poetics in Galatians: Paternity, Passion, and Participation. The Gateway
9.30-10.00: Summary and Conference close

Saturday 14 July
From 8.00: Breakfast – New Hall (Residents)
By 10.00: Depart from New Hall