Yale & the International Jonathan Edwards Conference
October 2–4, 2019
Yale University
A conference bringing together the directors of the international Edwards Center affiliates from around the world, along with prominent scholars and religious leaders, to assess the state of Edwards Studies and discern areas for future work.
For registration information, go to https://divinity.yale.edu/yale-international-jonathan-edwards-conference or email edwards@yale.edu.
Schedule
Events at Yale University Divinity School, unless otherwise noted
Speakers & venues subject to change
Sponsored by a grant from the MacDonald Agape Foundation
Oct. 2
5:00 p.m: Greetings
Dean Gregory Sterling and Prof. Harry S. Stout
Opening Keynote
Harry S. Stout, Yale University, Chair
George M. Marsden, University of Notre Dame (Emeritus)
6:00: Reception with Special Exhibit, Yale Divinity School Library
Oct. 3
8:00 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:30: Session I: United States and Canada
Ava Chamberlain, Wright State University, Chair
Douglas Sweeney, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, JEC-Midwest USA
Chris Chun, Gateway Seminary, San Francisco, JEC-USA West
Oliver Crisp, Fuller Seminary, JEC-USA West
Ava Chamberlain, Wright State University
10:30: Break
11:00: Session II: Africa
Melanie Ross, Yale Divinity School, Chair
Adriaan C. Neele, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Victor Emma-Adamah, Cambridge University, JEC-Africa
Dolf Britz, University of the Free State, South Africa
12:30: Lunch
Special presentation: Rob Boss, Director, JE Society, “The Visual Edwards” (Rm. N54)
1:30: Session III: Asia & Australia
Michael J. McClymond, Saint Louis University, Chair
Rhys Bezzant, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia, JEC-Australia
Peter Jung, Independent Scholar, Atlanta, Ga.
Anri Morimoto, International Christian University, Japan, JEC-Japan
3:00: Session IV: Eastern Europe
Wojceich Szczerba, Rector, Evangelical School of Theology, Wroclaw, Poland, Chair
Joel Burnell, Evangelical School of Theology, Wroclaw, Poland, JEC-Poland
Michael Choinski, Jagiellonian University, JEC-Poland
Tibor Fabiny, Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary, JEC-Hungary
Gerald McDermott, Beeson Divinity School
4:30: Plenary Address
Harry S. Stout, Yale University, Chair
Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame (Emeritus)
Dinner on your own
Oct. 4
8:00 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:30: Session V: South America
Erika Helgen, Yale Divinity School, Chair
Heber De Campos, Mackenzie University, São Paulo, Brazil, JEC-Brazil
Franklin Ferreira, Martin Bucer Seminary, São Paulo, Brazil, JEC-Brazil
9:30: Break
10:00 Session VI: Western Europe & the United Kingdom
Kenneth P. Minkema, Jonathan Edwards Center, Chair
Andreas Beck, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, JEC-Benelux
Philip Fisk, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, JEC-Benelux
Crawford Gribben, Queen’s University, Belfast (with Daniel Hill, University of Liverpool), JEC-UK
Michael McClenahan, Union Theological College, Northern Ireland
Jan Stievermann & Ryan Hoselton, University of Heidelberg, Germany, JEC-Germany
Willem Van Vlastuin, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, JEC-Benelux