Church and Theology Today: What is Really at Stake? (Sept 2006)

Saturday 30th September 2006 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Carl TrumanCarl Trueman, Professor of Historical Theology and Church History Westminster Theological Seminary.Carl is currently Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He previously served on the Faculties of the University of Nottingham and the University of Aberdeen. A specialist in 16th and 17th century theology, he has also written extensively on contemporary evangelical theology, edits the student journal Themelios, and has a monthly column in the ezine, Reformation 21. Dr Trueman’s books include Luther’s Legacy: Salvation and English Reformers, 1525-1556; The Claims of Truth: John Owen’s Trinitarian Theology; and The Wages of Spin: Critical Writings on Historic and Contemporary Evangelicalism.

• Theology and Everyday Life: The Reformation and Beyond (mp3)

• Contemporary Challenges to Theology and Church Life (mp3)

• What should a theological church look like? (mp3)

• Q&A (mp3)

(Our thanks to The Theologian for converting the audio files into an appropriate format)

Christian Faithfulness in a Pluralist Society (Jan 2006)

Saturday 28th January 2006 10.00 am – 5.00 pm

10.30 – The Middle East and the theologians: response to what is happening there.- Stephen Sizer (vicar of Christ Church, Virginia Water who has written several books, the most recent being “Christian Zionism: road map to Armageddon?”, IVP 2004).

11.30 – Coffee

12.00 – Tolerance and Society- John Coffey (Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, who has recently written on “Persecution and toleration in Protestant England”, Longman 2000)

1.00 – Lunch

2.00 – Mission in a Post-Christian Society- David Smith (Lecturer in Urban Mission and World Christianity, at the International Christian College, Glasgow; his interests and publications focus on the future of mission in relation to religious pluralism)

3.00 – Coffee

3.30 – Engaging with Islam- Ida Glaser (Senior Teaching and Research Fellow, Edinburgh Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies; her research interests include comparative theology, missiology and the biblical theology of religions)

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