Thursday, March 19, 2009
7:45 PM - 8:25 PM Parallel Session : 1
Amanda Osheim, Boston College (Library Reading Room)
Sources of Salvation : The Christologies and Pneumatologies of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria
Respondent : Deacon Andualem Dagmawi, University of St. Michael's College
Jesse Rine, Catholic University of America (Booras)
As Like God as Possible : Irenaeus of Lyons on the Limits of Man's Deification
Respondent : Bishoy Dawood, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto
Joseph Keating, Catholic University of America (Classroom 110)
The Limits of Reason and Faith in Christ in Book IV of Augustine's De Trinitate
Respondent : Sergey Trostyanskiy, Union Theological Seminary
Friday, March 20, 2009
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Parallel Session : 2
Ryan Patrick McLaughlin, Duquesne University (Library Reading Room)
Evidencing the Eschaton : Themes of Animal Welfare in the Church Fathers
Respondent : Fr. Gregory Edwards, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Zachary Ugolnik, Harvard Divinity School (Booras)
The First and Last Symbol : The Tree of Life in St. Ephrem the Syrian and Ibn'Arabi
Respondent : Brian Dunkle, S.J., Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Joshua Brockway, Catholic University of America (Classroom 110)
The Rule of Faith : A Practical Reconsideration
Respondent : Jangho Jo, Baylor University
10:15 AM - 10:55 AM Parallel Session : 3
Peter Schadler, Oxford University (Library Reading Room)
Patristics and the Modern Dialectical Method : What is a 'Father of the Church', and how do we study the 'Fathers' ?
Respondent : Ben Safranski, Catholic University of America
Albertus Horsting, University of Notre Dame (Booras)
Clement of Alexandria and the Conversion of Paedia : The Audience and Aims of the Protrepticus
Respondent : Joseph Keating, Catholic University of America
Greg Voiles, Catholic University of America (Classroom 110)
Virtuous Participation in Deifying Love : St. Maximus Confessor and the Practice of Christian Hospitality
Respondent : Sheila McCarthy, University of Notre Dame
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM Parallel Session : 4
Deacon Andualem Dagmawi, University of St. Michael's College (Library Reading Room)
The Reception of St. Ephrem's Apophaticism in the Hymnography of St. Yared the Ethiopian
Daniel Miles, University of Thessaloniki (Booras)
The Spirit of Evangelism in the Homilies of Gregory Palamas and the Theological Orations of Gregory the Theologian
Edoth M. Mukasa, S.J., University of Notre Dame (Classroom 110)
Clothing and Boundaries in Tertullian
Matthew Baker, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Classroom 111)
Between Creation and Eschaton : The Search for the Metaphysical Foundations of Freedom in the Neo-Patristic Synthesis of Georges Florovsky
Respondent : Steven Lee, University of Wales Lampeter
1:35 PM - 2:15 PM Parallel Session : 5
Evan Freeman, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Library Reading Room)
Entry and Offering : The Marian Iconology of the Cluny Processional Cross
Respondent : Peter Schadler, Oxford University
Sheila McCarthy, University of Notre Dame (Booras)
The Deifying Work of the Spirit in Baptism according to Gregory of Nazianzus and Cyril of Alexandria
Respondent : Edoth M. Mukasa, S.J., University of Notre Dame
Alexander Petkas, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Classroom 110)
Cruxifixion symbol, form of the Cross : An Investigation of the Symbolon in Justin's First Apology 55
Respondent : Dawn La Valle, Princeton University
Daniel Lattier, Duquesne University (Classroom 111)
Orthodox Readings of Vincent of Lérins
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Parallel Session : 6
Brian Dunkle, S.J., Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (Library Reading Room)
The Turn to the Subject in Gregory Nazianzen's Poems on Scripture
Respondent : Sarah Wagner-Wassen, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Ben Safranski, Catholic University of America (Booras)
The First as for Mortals, the Latter as for Angels : St. John Chrysostom and the Relationship of the Old and New Priesthoods
Respondent : Alexis Torrance, Oxford University
Rev. Steven D. Aguzzi, Duquesne University (Classroom 110)
Florovsky's "The Boundaries of the Church" in Dialogue with the Reformed Tradition : Toward a Catholic and Charismatic Ecumenical Ecclesiology
Respondent : Matthew Baker, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Marinel Marcu, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Classroom 111)
The icons of the Descendent of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Trinity - a convergence of the Scripture, Church Fathers and apocryphal writings
Respondent : Aaron Overby, St. Louis University
3:30 PM - 4:10 PM Parallel Session : 7
Cole Hamilton, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Library Reading Room)
Origen, Athanasius and Some Select Pro-Nicenes on Luke 2:40,52: A Case Study in Theological and Exegetical (Dis)continuity
Respondent : Alexander Petkas, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Sarah Wagner-Wassen, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Booras)
Authorizing Apocrypha : The Reception of Apocryphal Mary and Apocryphal Thecla in the Early Church
William L. Patenaude, Providence College (Classroom 110)
Lessons from Egeria's Silence : How a fourth-century pilgrim speaks to 21st-century Christianity
Respondent : Teva Regule, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Steven Lee, University of Wales Lampeter (Classroom 111)
Marriage in the Patristic Era
Respondent : Andrew Salzmann, Boston College
4:15 PM - 4:55 PM Parallel Session : 8
Jackson Lashier, Marquette University (Library Reading Room)
Fellows in an Odd Bed : A Comparative Study of Thomas Aquinas' Appropriation of Pseudo-Dionysius in ST 1a.13
Respondent : Aaron Pidel, S.J., School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College
Andrew M. Selby, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology (Booras)
The Hermeneutics of Basil of Caesarea as Evidenced in "On the Holy Spirit"
Respondent : Doug Finn, University of Notre Dame
Zachary Kostopoulos, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Classroom 110)
The Impact of Theodore the Studite's Monastic Reform on His conflicts with the Church and State
Jangho Jo, Baylor University (Classroom 111)
Worshipping an Ass : Jewish Presence in Christian Apology
Respondent : Cole Hamilton, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
7:10 PM - 7:50 PM Parallel Session : 9
Dawn La Valle, Princeton University (Library Reading Room)
Asceticism and the Compensation of Horticulture In Methodius of Olympus' Symposium
Jonathan Morgan, Marquette University (Booras)
A Radiant Theology : The Concept of Divine Light in Pseudo-Dionysius
Respondent : William Gural, Andower Newton Theological Seminary
Aaron Pidel, S.J., School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College (Classroom 110)
The Role of the Angels in the Mystogy of St. Maximus the Confessor
Saturday, March 21, 2009
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM Parallel Session : 10
Doug Finn, University of Notre Dame (Library Reading Room)
A Beehive of Temptations : Abraham's Sacrifice as Exegetical Paradigm for Origen
Respondent : Fr. Gregory Wassen, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Sergey Trostyanskiy, Union Theological Seminary (Booras)
Paradox in Romanus' Nativity Kontakion
Jeffrey C. Witt, Boston College (Classroom 110)
The Necessity of an Incarnate Authority in the Early Works of Augustine : An Argument for Continuity
Respondent : Andrew M. Selby, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology
Gavril Andreicut, Marquette University (Classroom 111)
The Church-State Relationship during the First Two Centuries : Two Main Practical Alternatives
Respondent : Peter Schadler, Oxford University
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM Parallel Session : 11
James Arinello, Boston College (Library Reading Room)
The Role of Simplification in the Theology of Dionysius the Areopagite
Respondent : Anthony P. Coleman, Boston College
Andrew Salzmann, Boston College (Booras)
Augustine's Apophaticism : Vladimir Lossky, the Cappadocians, and the Bishop of Hippo
Respondent : Daniel Lattier, Duquesne University
Rev. Samuel C. Park, Catholic University of America (Classroom 110)
Healing of Irenaeus : an Initial Investigation of Its Relations to His Main Theological Outlook
Respondent : Jackson Lashier, Marquette University
Bishoy Dawood, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (Classroom 111)
From Image to Likeness : The Theological Anthropology of St. Basil of Caesarea
Respondent : Daniel Robinson, Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute Graduate Theological Union-Berkeley
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM Parallel Session : 12
Mireille Bishay, Boston University (Library Reading Room)
Fourth Century Egyptian Theological Debates and Changing Monastic Ideals
Respondent : Joshua Brockway, Catholic University of America
Alexis Torrance, Oxford University (Booras)
Standing in the Breach : the saints in the letters of Sts. Barsanuphius and John of Gaza
Teva Regule, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Classroom 110)
An Account of Fourth-century Liturgical Practice in Jerusalem through the eyes of Egeria : A model for present day liturgical renewal
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM Parallel Session : 13
Daniel Robinson, Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute Graduate Theological Union-Berkeley (Library Reading Room)
The Origin and Redemption of Death in the Christological Controversy
Respondent : Alexander Huggard, Marquette University
Clayton Coombs, Wheaton College (Booras)
Speaking in Tongues in the First Four Centuries
Respondent : Zachary Kostopoulos, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
William Gural, Andover Newton Theological Seminary (Classroom 110)
"Open your mouth and I will fill it" : How Abundance in St. Ephrem's Poetry Affirms the Oneness of God
2:05 PM - 2:45 PM Parallel Session : 14
Philip Abrahamson, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Library Reading Room)
Homosexuality, Roman Law and the Church : from Tolerance to Crime
Respondent : Christopher G. Tsichlis, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Anthony P. Coleman, Boston College (Booras)
Lactantian Eschatology and the Hermeneutic of Providence
Aaron Overby, St. Louis University (Classroom 110)
Desiring as Becoming : A Mimetic Theory of Deification
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM Parallel Session : 15
Fr. Gregory Edwards, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Library Reading Room)
Local Leadership in the Pauline Communities : Rereading 1 Clement
Vince Campbell, Princeton Theological Seminary (Booras)
Foxes and Lions : Commentary on the Homiletical Agenda in Shenoute's Discourses
Veronica Tierney, Boston College (Classroom 110)
Distributing the Lord's Money : Incarnation as Paradigm for Christian Instruction
Respondent : Jonathan Morgan, Marquette University.