November 18-20 // Schedule
2021 Annual Conference
Theme: “World Disrupted, World Revealed:
Ecology and Theology in an Age of Pandemic"
Thursday, November 18, 5:00-9:00 pm
Grand Hyatt, Texas Ballroom, Salon A (4th floor)
6:00-7:00 pm
Reception
7:00-7:15 pm
Welcome and Announcements by President-elect (Anne Collier-Freed)
7:15-8:30 pm
Presidential Address: “Pilgrimage and Pedagogy in an Age of Pandemic: My Approach to Teaching Spirituality at a Health Science University" (Erik Carter)
8:30-9:00 pm
Business Session I
Friday, November 19, 7:00-9:00 pm
Grand Hyatt, Texas Ballroom, Salon D (4th floor)
7:00-7:45 am
Women in Theology Group Breakfast (Convener: Anne Collier-Freed)
Location: Schilo's (424 E. Commerce St.)
8:00-9:00 am
Session 1: Lessons from Ecology for Our Witness as a Church (Chair: Erik C. Carter)
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Trees, the Gut, Social Media, and God: What are the Connections? Carla Gober Park
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An Algorithm Shall Lead Them? The Rise of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics and Christian Hope. Jeffrey Gang
Live Q+A
9:00-9:15 am
Break
9:15-10:15 am
Session 2: Theological and Social Responses to Crises of (Biblical) Hermeneutics Revealed by the Pandemic (Chair: Cory Wetterlin)
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Covid-19 Is a Crisis of Ecology—Is It Also a Crisis of (Biblical) Hermeneutics? Sigve Tonstad
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COVID-19 and Climate Change: The Problem of Contested Knowledges. Greg Hoenes
Live Q+A
10:15-10:30 am
Business Session II
10:30-10:45 am
Break
10:45-11:45 am
Session 3: Discerning Ecologically Sound Biblical Practices (Chair: Michael W. Campbell)
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An Adventist Green New Deal? Two Viewpoints Regarding the Moral Standing of Ceatures. Roy Benton
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Dwelling with Animals: Zoonotic Disease, Kashrut, and Jewish Animal Ethics. Melissa Brotton
Live Q+A
11:45-12:00 am
Alden Thompson: Celebrating 50 Years of Service
12:00-1.30 pm
Lunch Break
1:30-2:45 pm
Session 4: Environmental Ethics and Adventist Practical Theologies in Light of the Pandemic (Chair: Adelina Alexe)
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From de Ecology to Ecotheology. Lukas Ruiz Torres
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What Can We Learn from “the Wisdom of the Creator” that Would Help to Restore Our Communities and Churches? Petr Cincala
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It is a Mystery: Ellen White's Evolving View of Animal and the Imagio Dei. Matthew J. Korpman
Live Q+A
2:45-3:00 pm
Business Session III
3:00-3:15 pm
Break
3:15-4:15 pm
Sectional Meetings and Conveners
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Old Testament (Jody Washburn)
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World Religions/Missiology (John Jones)
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New Testament (Erhard Gallos)
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Christian Theology and History (Martin Hanna)
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Philosophy and Ethics (Roy Benton)
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Practical Theology (Ernie Furness)
4:15-5:15 pm
Additional Sectional Meeting and Covener
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Black Theology Group (Ingram London)
5:30-9:00 pm
Dinner and Worship Service with the Adventist Theological Society (Sponsored by the North American Division of SDA)
Location: Laurel Heights SDA Church (703 W. Ashbu Place, San Antonio, TX)
Sabbath, November 21, 8:00 am-2:30 pm
Marriott Rivercenter, Grand Ballroom, Salon E
9:30-10:45 am
Sabbath School-Panel Discussion: “The Pandemic and the Ecology Crisis—Challenges and Opportunities from a Seventh-day Adventist Perspective.”
Moderator: Bonnie Dwyer (Editor, Spectrum)
Participants: Anne Collier-Freed (Kettering), Bill Cork (North American Division), and Mark F. Carr (Providence Health Care)
10:45-11:00 am
Break
11.00am-12.00 pm
Welcome and Prayer
Anne Collier-Freed
Introduction of Speaker
Michael W. Campbell
Liturgy and Music
Message
Dr. Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History, Baylor University
Closing Thoughts and prayer
Erik Carter