The 4th annual Los Angeles Theology Conference will be held on January 14 and 15, 2016, at Fuller Theological Seminary. Our theme is the doctrine of scripture: “The Voice of God in the Text of Scripture,” to be precise. Our plenary speakers will be William Abraham, Stephen Fowl, John Goldingay, Amy Plantinga Pauw, and Daniel Treier.
And here’s the big announcement of the day: We issued a call for papers and got a great response from a wide range of scholars. From among the many good options, we chose the following nine papers to be presented during parallel sessions at the conference:
Myk Habets, Carey Baptist College
“That was Then, This is Now: Reading Hebrews Retroactively”Erin Heim, Denver Seminary
“Paths Beyond Tracing Out: The Hermeneutics of Metaphor and Theological Method”Daniel Hill, University of Liverpool
“Belief in the Bible and Epistemic Structures”Benjamin Lappenga, Dordt College
“Sanctified by God’s Word: Towards a Websterian Ontology of Scripture and Church”Daniel Lee, Fuller Theological Seminary
“Reading Scripture in Our Context: Double Particularity in Karl Barth’s Actualistic View of Scripture”Joy Moore, Fuller Theological Seminary
“Sacred Speech in an Age of Radical Criticism”Adam Nigh, William Jessup University
“Hearing the Text: Scripture and Preaching as Sacramental Pair”Ryan Peterson, Talbot School of Theology
“For the Love of God: Scripture and the Formation of Human Identity”Timothy Pickavance and Jason McMartin, Talbot School of Theology
“The Voice of God in Historical Biblical Criticism”
So the whole team is assembled, registration is open, and the early bird discount is in effect until November 30. All the details are at LATheology.com.
