Meetings of the North American Paul Tillich Society


The 2015 Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the North American Paul Tillich Society will take place in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, November 20th and Saturday, November 21st, 2015. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the AAR & SBL Annual Meetings, November 21–24, 2015.

If you are attending the meeting, please bring the Bulletin with you for the Program and Banquet information. Time and room assignments are subject to change, final time and room assignments are available in the onsite Annual Meeting Program Book. You may also consult this program at the AAR website.


The 2015 NAPTS Program

Friday, November 20, 2015
9:00 AM–11:30 AM
Room: Hyatt Regency, Hanover Hall, Room G
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: Pedagogy and Paulus
P20–101

  • Presiding: Adam Pryor, Bethany College
  • Sven Ensminger, University of Oxford
    The Courage to Accept that ‘You are Accepted’ — Preaching ‘The Courage to Be’ in the Context of Faith, Hope and Charity
  • Ronald MacLennan, Bethany College
    A Half Century with Paul Tillich
  • William Ressl, Aurora University
    On Giant Shoulders: Teaching through a Minority Strain Interpretation of Paul Tillich’s Thought and Work as a Theologian Doing Social Work
  • David Nikkel, University of North Carolina, Pembroke
    Embodying Ultimate Concern

Friday, November 20, 2015
1:00 PM–3:30 PM
Room: Hyatt Regency, Hanover Hall, Room G
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: Feminist Engagements with Tillich
P20–210

  • Presiding: Bryan Wagoner, Davis & Elkins College
  • Mary Ann Stenger, University of Louisville
    Tillich’s “Religion of the Concrete Spirit” as a Base for Feminist Theology
  • Hannah Hofheinz, Theologian and Writer
    Desirous Transformations: Writing Theologically/Theological Writing with Paul Tillich
  • Jawanza Clark, Manhattan College
    Blackness, the Verb, and the Earth: Paul Tillich’s Influence in the Development of Black Theology, Feminist Philosophy, and Ecofeminist Theology
  • Verna Ehret, Mercyhurst University
    Courage and the Dignity of Love

Friday, November 20, 2015
4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Room: Marriott Marquis, M102
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: The Legacy of Paul Tillich
P20–313

  • Presiding: Charles Fox, SUNY/Empire State College, Professor Emeritus
  • Harvey Cox, Harvard University
    Tillich in the Shopping Mall: Ultimate Concern and Distorted Desire

Friday, November 20, 2015
6:30–9:00 PM
North American Paul Tillich Society
Annual Banquet

    Distinguished Speaker: Robison B. James, Professor Emeritus, University of Richmond

    Title: “Did Tillich Give Us a Theology of the Historical Jesus When He Made ‘Essentialization’ Explicit in Volume Three?”

    Location: Pitty Pat’s Porch
    25 Andrew Young International Boulevard
    Atlanta, GA 30303
    404–525–8228
    Our president, Charles Fox, has arranged a delicious buffet dinner including:
    — a slab of prime rib
    — crab cakes
    — Southern Pecan Pie for dessert
    • N.B. Wine and alcoholic beverages are not included.
    • Price: 50 USD per person

    Reservations: fparrella@scu.edu
    Or U.S. mail: Frederick J. Parrella
    3565 Ivalynn Circle, San Jose, CA 95132


Saturday, November 21, 2015
7:00 AM–8:45 AM
Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of NAPTS
 Location to be announced at the Friday sessions and at the annual banquet


Saturday, November 21, 2015
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
NAPTS Business Meeting
Marriott Marquis, L404
 P21–117
Please make every effort to attend this meeting. New Officers will be elected, and topics for the 2016 meeting will be considered.


Saturday, November 21, 2015
1:00 AM–3:30 PM
Room: Marriott Marquis, International Ballroom A
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: Tillich and Lutheranism
P21–204

  • Presiding: Duane Olson, McKendree College
  • Thomas Bandy, Independent Scholar
    The Future of The Protestant Era
  • Derek Nelson, Wabash College
    Writing as a Reader of Martin Luther: What Kind of Lutheran Theologian is Tillich Not?
  • Anne Marie Reijnen, Faculté Universitaire de Théologie Protestante Bruxelles/ Institut Catholique de Paris (ISEO)
    Tillich as a Lutheran Theologian: the Paradox of Reason and Revelation
  • Curtis Thompson, Thiel College
    Tracing a Lutheran Trajectory: Tillich as ‘the Twentieth–Century Martensen’

The 2015 AAR Program
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion and Culture

Saturday, November 21, 2015
4:00 PM–6:30 PM
Room: Hyatt–Regency (Ballroom Level)
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Group
Theme: Tillich’s Theological Legacies
A21–336

  • Sharon Peebles Burch, Interfaith Counseling Center, Presiding
  • Panelists
    Harvey Cox, Harvard University
    Robert Russell, Center for Theology and Natural Sciences
    Pamela Cooper-White, Union Theological Seminary
    Willie Jennings, Yale University
  • Respondents
    Mary Ann Stenger, University of Luoisville
    John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary

Sunday, November 22, 2015
1:00 PM–2:30PM
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Group
and
Body and Religion Group
Room: Marriott, L405–405 (Lobby Level)
Theme: Body as Ultimate Concern
A22–217

  • Shawn Arthur, Wake Forest University, Presiding
  • Panelists
    Russell Re Manning, Bath Spa University
    Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary
    Courtney Wilder, Midland University

Sunday, November 22, 2015
5:00 PM–6:30PM
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Group
Room: Marriott, L405–405 (Lobby Level)
Theme: New Appropriations of Tillich’s Thought
A23–328

  • Frederick J. Parrella, Santa Clara University, Presiding
  • Mike Grimshaw, University of Canterbury
    God Is in the Details: Reading’ Mies van der Rohe’s Modern Architecture through Tillich’s Theology of Culture and Technology
  • Jari Ristiniemi, University of Gavle
    Clashes of Justice in Finding Life, Justice in General, and Expressive/Creative Justice in Modern Cinema
  • Jon Gill, Claremont Graduate University
    Grounds of Being Becoming: The Possibility of a Tilli- chian-Inspired Process Theology as Displayed by Underground Rap

AAR Tillich Group Business Meeting (immediately following)
Sharon Peebles Burch, Interfaith Counseling Center
Stephen G. Ray, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Please make every effort to attend this meeting. New Officers will be elected, and topics for the 2016 meeting will be considered.



Monday, November 23, 2015
9:00 AM–11:30AM
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Group
and
Body and Religion Group
Room: Hilton–302 (Level 3)
Theme: “A” Body Revealing Ultimate Concern
A23–136

  • Sharon Peebles Burch, Interfaith Counseling Center, Presiding
  • Panelists
    Kayko Driedger Hesslein, Graduate Theological Union
    Shonda Nicole Gladden, Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary
    Beth Ritter–Conn, Belmont University
    Devan Stahl, Saint Louis University
    Adam Pryor, Bethany College



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