Short Papers offered at the St. Andrews Conference

Here’s a list of the short papers offered in the afternoons of the St. Andrews conference. There are some very interesting topics. And a number of friends are participating which is a bonus. This conference is going to be a feast. My brain is going to hurt so bad after all this scholarship.

Wednesday 11th July, 2.15-3.45

A. The Apostle and his Rhetoric
Steven Muir (Concordia, Alberta), ‘“Paul with a Spray Can and Megaphone – Galatians 3:1 in view of Roman Slogans, Graffiti and Public Announcers.’
Chris Miller (Cedarville), ‘Paul’s “New” Gospel in Galatians 1:11-12.’
Orrey McFarland (Durham), ‘“The One Who Calls in Grace”: Paul’s Rhetorical and Theological Identification with the Galatians.’

B. Ethics and Galatians
Mariam J. Kamell (Regent, Vancouver), ‘Life in the Spirit and Life in Wisdom: Galatians and James Read in Dialogue.’
Stephen Chester (North Park, Chicago), ‘Faith Working Through Love (Gal 5:6): The Role of Human Deeds in Salvation in Reformation Exegesis.’
David S. Harvey, ‘Rejected Honour, Following Paul, Modeling Jesus. The Ethics of Galatians in First-Century Social Context.’

C. ‘Apocalyptic’ and ‘Eschatology’
Michael B. Cover (Notre Dame),  ‘Allegorical and Typological in Gal 4:21–31.’
Darren O. Sumner (Aberdeen),  ‘The Fullness of Time’: Time, Eternity, and Divine Intent in the Epistle to the Galatians.’
Todd Still (Baylor), ‘What Time is it? Chronology and Eschatology in Galatians.’

D. History of Interpretation
Matthew Chalmers (Oxford), ‘Clement of Alexandria and Galatians: φησί in Paedagogus I.6 and What We Can Learn About the Early Reception of the Text.’
David Cann (King’s, London), ‘Galatians 4.6 and 4.19 as Supporting Text for the Divinity of the Holy Spirit in the ‘Epistulae ad Serapion’ of Athanasius of Alexandria.’
Margaret Madsen-Hernandez (Claremont, CA), ‘Reading Galatians in Coptic Iconography.’

E. Christology in Galatians
Joel Willitts (North Park, Chicago), ‘Messiahship in Galatians: The Matrix of Paul’s Theology.’
Matthias Grebe (Cambridge), ‘Galatians 3:13 and the “Cursed Messiah”.’
Daniel Cardo (Denver), ‘Galatians 3:1 as an Early Account of the Eucharist as the Sacrifice of the Cross.’

F. Jews and Gentiles in Galatians
Matthew V. Novenson (Edinburgh), ‘Does Judaism Exist? Galatians 1 in Recent Discussion of Ancient Ioudaismos.’
Timothy G. Gombis (Grand Rapids), ‘Galatians 3:10-14.’
Sigve K. Tonstad (Loma Linda), ‘Inscribing Abraham.’

G. Galatians and Ecclesial- Cultural Formation
Rodrigo J. Morales (Marquette University), ‘Crucifying the Flesh Through Baptism for the Sake of Unity.’
Joseph McGarry (Aberdeen), ‘“…Until Christ is Formed in You”: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christian Formation, and the Social Form of Christ.’
Charles Catterall (Franciscan University of Steubenville), ‘Paul, Rock Learned Your Lesson Well.’

H. The Spirit and the Justified
Andrew Boakye (Manchester), ‘If the Law Could Make Alive: Justification as Resurrection in Galatians.’
Steven Duby (St Andrews), ‘The Unfolding of Justification in Galatians and in Herman Bavinck’s Theology.’
John Dunne (St Andrews), ‘Justification by Faith and Pneumatology in Galatians.’

Thursday 12th July  2.15-3.45

A. The Apostle and his Rhetoric
Randall Lee (Aberdeen),  ‘Personal Experience and Rhetorical Effect in Gal 6:12-13.’
Alexander Prokhorov (Aberdeen), ‘Taking the Jews out of the Equation: The Letter to the Galatians as a Call to Accept Persecution.’
Jeremy Gabrielson (St Andrews), ‘Politics of Gentleness in Galatians? Identifying One Virtue of His “Violent” Letter.’

B. Ethics and Galatians
Sven Ensminger (Bristol), ‘“Keeping in Step with the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25) Paul’s Letter to the Galatians as Manual for Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World.’
Jeph Holloway (East Texas), ‘Galatians and an Evangelical Christian Ethic.’
Karin Neutel (Groningen), ‘Alien, Essence or Ideal? The Versatile Identity of Galatians 3:28 in Recent Scholarship and Beyond.’

C. ‘Apocalyptic’ and ‘Eschatology’
Samuel V. Adams (St Andrews), ‘“The Drawbridge Comes from the Other Side”: Galatians and the Retrieval of Apocalyptic Theology.’
Joseph Hyung S Lee (Regent, Vancouver), ‘Apocalyptic Allegory in Galatians: Paul’s Use of Genesis and Isaiah in Galatians 4:19-5:1.’
Edwin C. van Driel (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), ‘“Salvation History” vs. “Apocalyptic Invasion”: A Theological Analysis.’

D. History of Interpretation
Chantal Gustaw (St Andrews), ‘’Reading Galatians and Dante in the 14th Century’.
Javier Garcia (Cambridge), ‘“Not an Idle Quality or an Empty Husk in the Heart”: A New Assessment of Tuomo Mannermaa’s Interpretation of Martin Luther’s 1535 Lectures on Galatians.’
Andrew Hay (St Andrews), ‘”A Spiritual Prison, a Veritable Hell”: A Comparison of the Law in the Galatians Commentaries of Luther and Calvin.’

E. Christology in Galatians
Thomas McCall (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), ‘A Theological Interpretation of Galatians 4:4.’
Jermo van Ness (ETF, Leuven), ‘“Faith(fullness) of the Son of God?” Galatians 2:20b Reconsidered.’
Charles Twombly (Georgia, USA), ‘The Faithfulness of Christ: Thomas F. Torrance’s Appropriation of Galatians 2:20 Within the Framework of His Theological Vision.’

F. Jews and Gentiles in Galatians
Justin K. Hardin (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford),  ‘“If I Still Proclaim Circumcision” (Gal5.11a): Revisiting Paul’s Apostolic Mission and Gentile Circumcision.’
Bradley R. Trick (Hood, NC), ‘The Singular Abrahamic Seed in Gal 3:15-4:11:  Its Dual Sonship, the Purpose of the Law, and the Pauline Gospel of Interdependence.’
Judith M. Gundry (Yale DS), ‘“Love Your Neighbor as Yourself”. The Galatian Paranesis and Jew.’

G. Galatians and Ecclesial- Cultural Formation
Heerak Christian Kim (Asia Evangelical),  ‘Sola Scriptura and Galatians 1:8-9: Galatian’s Prejudice Against Alternative Interpretation.”
Nikola Galevski (Skopje), ‘Paul of Galatia, Paul of the Balkans: the Potential Contribution of Galatians 3 for the Emerging Theologia Balkanica.’
Michael Jensen (Moore, Sydney), ‘The Future of Humanity in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and Paul’s Galatian Letter.’

H. The Spirit and the Justified
Scott R. Swain (Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando), ‘“Heirs Through God”: Galatians 4.4-7 and the Doctrine of the Trinity.’
J. Andrew Cowan (St Andrews), ‘The Legal Significance of Christ’s Risen Life: Union with Christ and Justification in Gal 2:20.’
Paul Landgraf (Concordia), ‘A Cinderella Story: The Role of Galatians within a Gospel Canon.’

Friday 13th July, 2.15-3.15

A. The Apostle and his Rhetoric
Marion L.S. Carson (Dublin), ‘Growing Up: Polemic and Pastoral Practice in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.’
Dan Batovici (St Andrews), ‘The Use of the Scripture in Galatians: A Few Considerations.’

B. Ethics and Galatians
Mary Streufert (evangelical Lutheran Church in America), ‘Gender and Justification Within Empire: Toward a Christian Ethic of Gender Justice.’
Michael J. Thate (Durham), ‘Paul and the Anxieties of Imperial Succession: Galatians and the Politics of Belonging.’

C. ‘Apocalyptic’ and ‘Eschatology’
T. David Gordon (Grove City), ‘A Covenantal-Historical Approach to Galatians.’
Raymond Morehouse (St Andrews), ‘Apocalypse in Galatians: In Dialogue with Martyn and Portier-Young.’

D. History of Interpretation
Christina Larsen (St Andrews), ‘Jonathan Edwards on Galatians.’
Alistair Wilson, ‘Reformed Interpretation and “Freedom” in Galatians.’

E. Christology in Galatians
Jonathan A. Linebaugh (Knox, Fort Lauderdale), ‘The Christocentrism of Faith in Christ: A Theological Reading of Galatians 2:15-21.’
Joshua Rey ‘Ä·man’ Christou: Christ’s Covenant of Gift in Galatians 2-3.’

F. Jews and Gentiles in Galatians
Jason Myers, ‘Law, Lies, and Letter Writing: Jerome and Augustine on the Antioch Incident (Gal 2:11-14).’
Plenary Discussion tbd.

G. Galatians and Ecclesial- Cultural Formation
Simon Cuff (Keble, Oxford), ‘Reading Galatians with Heidegger: “Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion”.’
Darko Pirija (Adriatic Union, Croatia), ‘The Epistle of Galatians as a Peacemaking Strategy.’

H. The Spirit and the Justified
Janghoon Park (St Andrews), ‘Galatians and the Doctrine of Atonement.’
Jonathan Jordan (Coram Deo, Dallas), ‘Comfort and Hope: The Spirit as Eschatological Hope.’