2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Theme: “1919 and Its Impact on a Century of Religious and Social Transformation”
November 21-23 // San Diego, California
ABOUT ASRS
The Adventist Society for Religious Studies (ASRS) is a Seventh-day Adventist scholarly community whose purpose is to provide intellectual and social fellowship among its members and encourage scholarly pursuits in all religious studies disciplines, particularly with reference to the Seventh-day Adventist tradition. It was formally organized in New York City, 1979.
2019 ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 21
Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Room: Sapphire 400 4th level
6:00 - 7:00pm
7:00 - 8:00pm
Registration and Fellowship
Presidential Address
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Denis Fortin, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University— “'I have had to adjust my views of things:' Lessons from the 1919 Bible Conference"
8:00 - 8:30pm
Business Session I
Mathilde Frey, Walla Walla University
Friday Morning, November 22
Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Room: Indigo C 2nd Level
8:00 - 9:40am
Paper Session I:
History and Methods
John Reeve, Andrews University
Katrina Blue, Pacific Union College— "Closing the Door: The Fundamental Narrative and Its Impact on Adventism"
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Michael W. Campbell, Southwestern Adventist University— "The Haunting of Adventism: Ghosts from the 1919 Bible Conference"
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Q+A (10 min.)
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Heidi Campbell, Baylor University— "Adventist Reactions to Women's Suffrage, 1912-1922"
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Gilbert M. Valentine, LaSierra University—“Exiting the General Conference Presidency: Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy and Issues of Unity”
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Q+A (10 mins.)
9:40-9:50am
Business Session II:
Mathilde Frey, Walla Walla University
9:50-10:00am
10:10-11:40am
Break
Paper Session II: Theology and Hermeneutics
Olive Hemmings, Washington Adventist University
Charles Scriven—“Facing Finitude: Barthian Light on Adventism’s Long Struggle with the Humanity of Inspired Writers”
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John Webster, LaSierra University—“Bombshells in the Playground”: 1919 Paradigm Shifts on Hermeneutics”
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Q+A (10 mins.)
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Matthew J. Korpman, Yale Divinity School—“Antiochus Epiphanes in 1919: Ellen White, Daniel and the Books of Maccabees”
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Jeffrey Gang, Loma Linda University—"Apocalypse When? Seventh-day Adventist Eschatological Pessimism in the Aftermath of World War I"
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Q+A (10 mins.)
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11:40-11:50am
Business Session III
Mathilde Frey, Walla Walla University
11:50am -1:30pm
Lunch
Friday Afternoon, November 22
Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Room: Indigo C 2nd Level
1:45-3:25pm
Paper Session III: Ethics and Mission
Zane Yi, Loma Linda University
Aleksandar Santrac, Chesapeake Conference— “The Bankruptcy of Christian Fundamentalism’s Rule-Based Morality: Case Study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics”
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Cristian Dumitrescu, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies—“Fundamentalism and Mission: The Seventh-day Adventist Case”
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Q+A (10 mins.)
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Tihomir Lazic, Newbold College—“Adventist Quest for Truth: A New Methodological Opportunity”
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Michel Sun Lee, University of Texas—“Looking Westward, Narrating Eastward”
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Q+A (10 mins.)
3:25 - 3:45pm
Business Session IV
Mathilde Frey, Walla Walla University
Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Room: Indigo D 2nd Level
3:45-4:45pm
Sectional Meetings
Christian Theology and History: Martin Hanna, Andrews University
Michelet William, Andrews University—
“The Social Gospel Movement and Adventism in Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century in the United States”
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New Testament: Erhard Gallos, Andrews University
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Old Testament: Jody Washburn, Walla Walla University
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Philosophy and Ethics: Daryll Ward, Kettering College, and Roy Benton, Pacific Union College
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Practical Theology: Ernie Furness, Southeastern California Conference of SDA
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World Religions/Missiology: John Jones, La Sierra University
Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Room: Indigo H 2nd Level
4:45-5:45pm
Special Meetings
Black Theology Group: Martin Hanna, Andrews University
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Women in Theology Group: Anne Collier-Freed, Kettering College
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6:30pm
Supper and Vespers for Adventist Scholars
2701 E. 8th St.
National City, CA 91950
Saturday, November 23
Location: Marriot Marquis San Diego Marina
Room: Pacific 18 1st level
9:30-10:45
Paper Session V: Book Panel Discussion
Ellen White's Afterlife by George Knight
Olive Hemmings, Washington Adventist University
Alden Thompson, Walla Walla University
Martin Hannah, Andrews University
Merlin Burt, Andrews University
Michael W. Campbell, Southwestern Adventist University
Katrina Blue, Pacific Union College
10:45-11:00
11:00
Break
Sabbath Homily
Ella Smith Simmons, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists— "Unless Some Should Guide Us"