Spring Meeting 2017
April 21-22, 2017
The 95 Theses 500 Years Later
Classroom B at Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), Berkeley, California
NOTE: Paper sessions are held in the same classroom as the last meeting (and just down the hall from Tucson room where previous meetings were held).
Schedule
Friday, Apr 212-5 pm - Paper Session
5-7 pm - Business Meeting, Social Time, Dinner
7-8:30 pm - Public Lecture,
Note: The public lecture is held in the Tucson Room.
Saturday, Apr 22
9:30 am-noon - Paper Session
Topic
All members should read the 95 Theses in advance of the meetinghttp://www.uncommon-travel-germany.com/martin-luther-95-theses.html
Paper Session - Friday, April 21, 2-5 pm
Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero (PLTS)
Paper: "What did the 95 Theses say?" (pdf) Respondent: Moses Penumaka (GTU)
Christopher Ocker (SFTS)
Paper: A Reconsideration of Sin,
Grace, and the Reformation (pdf) Respondent: Julia D.E. Prinz (SCU)
Public Lecture - Friday, 7-8:30 pm
Kirsi Stjerna (PLTS)
"Luther’s Theses and Freedom Theology"Paper Session - Saturday, April 22, 9:30 am-noon
Diane Bowers (St. James Lutheran Church)
Paper: "To Spite the Devil: Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora's Wedding as Reform and Resistance" (pdf, docx)Respondent: Bradley Peterson (CDSP)
Ted Peters (PLTS)
Paper: The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of
Justification, Chapter 13 in
Sin Boldly (Amazon, pdf extract) Respondent: Kirsi Stjerna (PLTS)
You may register at the meeting or online via the PCTS registration page.