Spring 2006 MeetingDon Shula's Hotel
Miami Lakes, Florida
March 1–4, 2006 Register Online
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Travel & Accommodations
 Phyllis TickleWatchmen, What of the Night?
A popular quip, attributed to retired Episcopal Bishop Mark Dwyer, holds that in order to understand our times, we must first understand that about every five hundred years, the
Church feels compelled to hold "a giant rummage sale," and we're in one of those "five hundred years's." The same observation can also be made of the
larger Western experience of which the Church is a part. For many years, Phyllis Tickle has served as an analyst and commentator on religion in America. Using Bishop Dwyer's witticism as a
lens through which to focus our attention, she will explore the animated and raucous parade that is our changing religious landscape.Phyllis Tickle
is founding editor of the religion department of Publishers Weekly. The recipient in 1996 of the Mays Award for lifetime achievement in
writing and publishing, she is the author of more than two dozen books, including Prayer is a Place. In 2004, she was awarded a Doctor of Humane
Letters from the Berkeley School of Divinity at Yale University. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2006, 7:30–9 p.m.
 John S. Kloppenborg,
the world's leading authority on the Sayings Gospel Q, will speak on the pre-70 Jesus traditions on Friday evening, March 3. Currently Professor in the Department and Centre for the
Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, he is a specialist in Christian origins and second Temple Judaism and the social world of the early Jesus movement in Jewish Palestine and in the
cities of the eastern Empire. Kloppenborg is the author of several books including Excavating Q: The History and Setting of the Sayings Gospel (2000) and The Formation of Q
(1987, 2000). He has taught and conducted research in Toronto, Windsor, Jerusalem, Cambridge, UK, Calgary, Helsinki, and Claremont, CA, and is a general editor of the International Q Project.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2006, 7:30–9 p.m.  Aaron Milavec Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities
Many Christians believe that everything about Jesus and the early church can be
found in the New Testament. In recent years, however, the discovery of the Gospel of Thomas and the reconstruction of the Q-Gospel are evidence that some very early materials were left out. Now the Didache
("DID-ah-kay"), the most decisive document of them all and the earliest known adaptation of the Jesus tradition for family living, is shining new light on Christian origins prior to the
written gospels. Using a hands-on case study methodology, Aaron Milavec will invite participants to examine the text, make hunches, and gradually
discover the joys, the dangers, and the hopes of this early Christian community. Aaron Milavec is a dynamic teacher and pioneering scholar. A seminary and
university professor for twenty-five years, he is the chair of the Society of Biblical Literature program unit, The Didache in Context, and the author of
The Didache: Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50-70 C.E., which won a 2004 Catholic Press Club award recognizing the best books in theology. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m.   Arthur J. Dewey & Brandon Scott Rediscovering Paul The legacy of the apostle Paul clearly dominates the shape of early Christianity—he is credited as author of half of the New Testament
writings and he is the dominant character in the book of Acts. Paul is often credited—or blamed—for many traditional moral positions now debated in
our culture. Is the historical Paul the Paul of the great undisputed letters or the Paul of the Pastoral Letters? How does a more historical perspective on Paul
affect our understanding of Paul's arguments about sexuality and the role of women, or about theological issues such as the meaning of Jesus' death? Arthur J. Dewey
is Professor of Theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio and co-founder of the Healing Deadly Memories Program, a unique project that conducts workshops on how to deal with the question of
anti-Semitism in the New Testament. Bernard Brandon Scott is the Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at the Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, OK. He is the author of
several books, including Re-Imagine the World (2002) and Hear Then the Parable (1989).
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2006, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Schedule Wednesday, March 1
Workshop
9–10, 10:30–11:30 am, 1–2, 2:30–3:30 pm
Aaron Milavec, Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities
Associates' Forum
4–5 pm
Thursday, March 2
9–10, 10:30–11:30 am, 1–2, 2:30–3:30 pm
Arthur Dewey/Brandon Scott, Rediscovering Paul Associates' Forum
3:30–4:30 pm Reception
4:30–6 pm Lecture
7:30–9 pm
Phyllis Tickle, Watchmen, What of the Night?
Friday, March 3
9–10:30
Theme:
Dating the Traditions
Arthur J. Dewey, Prolegomena on the Traditions Seminar11–12:30
Theme: The Role of Orality in Early Jesus Traditions
Aaron Milavec, Didache Research at the Crossroads
Joanna Dewey, The First Century Oral-Written Media World
Joanna Dewey, Mark—A Really Good Oral Story
Westar Leaders Seminar
2–3:30
Theme: The Sunday Morning Experience
Roy W. Hoover, Where We Stand and What We Stand For
Hal Taussig, Ritual Theory Applied to 21
st Century Christian Worship Practices Associates Forum
4–5 p.m. Lecture
7:30–9 p.m.
John Kloppenborg, The Pre-70 Traditions
Saturday. March 4
Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins
9–10:30
Theme: Identifying Pre-70 Traditions
John Kloppenborg,
The Pre-70 Traditions
Stephen J. Patterson, Questions and Issues in Christian Origins Acts Seminar
11–12:30
Theme: Pre-Paul Traditions in Acts
Dennis E. Smith, Acts and Christian Origins
Milton Moreland, Reconstructing Jerusalem "Christians" Westar Leaders Seminar
2–3:30
Theme:
The Sunday Morning Experience
Patricia Williams, Sunday Morning Among the Quakers
Jerry Stinson, The Encounter of Progressive Christian Theology with the
Language of Prayer and Ritual on Sunday MorningAssociates Forum
4–5 pm Banquet
7–10 pm
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