Meetings of the North American Paul Tillich Society
The 2017 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the North American Paul Tillich Society took
place in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, November 17th and Saturday, November 18th, 2017.
The meeting was held in conjunction with the AAR & SBL Annual Meetings,
November 18–21, 2017.
The 2017 NAPTS and AAR Program, Boston, Massachusetts
P17–107
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: Creative Justice and Resistance
- Friday, 9:00 AM–10:30 AM
Room: Sheraton Boston-Olmsted (Fifth Level)
- J. Kendrick Wells, Louisville, KY
Should the Freedom of Expression of Religious Beliefs be Subordinate to Civil Rights
- Matthew Lon Weaver, Marshall School
Philosophy and Biblicism
- Peter Slater, Trinity University, Toronto
Tillich at Harvard
P17–242
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: Book Review: “Prophetic Interruptions” by Bryan Wagoner
Bryan Wagoner, Davis and Elkins College, Presiding
- Friday, 1:00 PM–2:3000 PM
Room: Sheraton Boston-Clarendon (Third Level)
- Responding:
Christopher C. Brittain, Trinity College, Toronto
Russell Re Manning, Bath Spa University
Christian Danz, Universität Wien
P17–248
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: The Influence of Paul Tillich on Robert Neville's “Philosophical Theology”
The Annual Banquet of the North American Paul Tillich Society
- Friday, 7:00 PM–9:30 PM
Location: Back Bay Social Club
867 Boylston Street
- Speaker: Mary Ann Stenger, Professor Emerita,
University of Louisville
- Cost: $60. Credit Cards preferred. No cash, please.
Beverages not included.
- Reservations: fparrella@scu.edu
Or U.S. mail: Frederick J. Parrella
3565 Ivalynn Circle, San Jose, CA 95132
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: Board Meeting
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Time and location will be announced Friday at the meeting and the banquet.
P18–122
North American Paul Tillich Society
Theme: Tillich and Reformation Heritage
- Saturday, 9:00–11:30 AM
Room: Marriott Copley Place-Brandeis (Third Level)
- Christian Danz, Universität Wien
Critique and Forming: Paul Tillich's Interpretation of Protestantism
- Tyler Atkinson, Bethany College
Power Plays in the Political Thought of Tillich and Luther
- Jan-Olav Henriksen, MF Norwegian School of Theology
Tillich and the Reformation
- Ilona Nord, University of Würzburg
Rereading Paul Tillich's Sermons Regarding the Debate on Inclusion and Diversity in Germany
**The NAPTS Business Meeting will follow the conclusion of this session**
A19–122
Open and Relational Theologies Unit
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Tillich: Issues in Theology and Culture Unit
Theme: Does God Need the World? Whitehead and Tillich in Conversation
Devan Stahl, Michigan State University, Presiding
A19–325
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit
Theme: Book Panel: “Tillich and the Abyss: Foundations, Feminism, and Theology of Praxis” (Palgrave, 2016) by
Sigridur Gudmarsdottir
Michele Watkins, Iliff School of Theology, Presiding
- Sunday, 5:00 AM–6:30 pM
Room: Marriott Copley Place-Grand A (Fourth Level)
This session will be a prearranged book review panel on Tillich and the Abyss: Foundations, Feminism and Theology of
Praxis by Sigrid Gudmarsdottir. The panel will include responses by Catherine Keller, John Thatamanil, and Kwok Pui-Lan.
- Panelists:
Kwok Pui Lan , Emory University
John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary
Catherine Keller, Drew University
- Responding:
Sigridur Gudmarsdottir, University of Tromso
**The Tillich: Issues in Theology and Culture Unit Business Meeting will follow the conclusion of this session**
Devan Stahl, Michigan State University
Stephen G. Ray, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
A21–1232
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit
Theme: Politics, Power, and the Rise of Fascism
Stephen G. Ray, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Presiding
- Tuesday, 9:00–11:30 AM
Room: Hynes Convention Center-203 (Second Level)
The ways Tillich resisted fascism might prove instructive for resisting the tides of fascism and nationalism that have arisen
around the world today. The papers in this session will discuss Tillich's political philosophy, his understanding of state power,
and his resistance to evil. Presenters will also compare his writings with other theologians who resisted Nazism.
- Ho Siu Pun, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Power as Basic Element for Analyzing and Responding to Fascism: A Study of Paul Tillich's Theology of Power
- Rachel Sophia Baard, Villanova University
Bonhoeffer and Tillich: Brothers in Arms
- Jari Ristiniemi, University of Gefle
State Philosophy, Micro-fascism, and the New Materiality: Tillich's Contribution for Recent Political Philosophy
- Caleb Hendrickson, University of Virginia
The Demonic Arts and the Politics of Resistance: Discerning the Spirits of Visual Culture with Paul Tillich
Archives
- Program of the NAPTS Annual Meeting 2016, San Antonio, TX
- Program of the NAPTS Annual Meeting 2015, Atlanta, GA
- Program of the NAPTS Annual Meeting 2014, San Diego, CA
- Program of the NAPTS Annual Meeting 2013, Baltimore, MD
- Program of the NAPTS Annual Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA
- Program of the NAPTS Annual Meeting 2010, Atlanta, GA
- Pictures from the NAPTS Annual Banquet 2003
- Pictures from the NAPTS Annual Banquet 2002
- Pictures from the NAPTS Annual Banquet 2001
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