A draft of the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society has been released. As many of you know, the theme of this year’s conference is “The Trinity,” which is such a smiling providence given the heat of current controversy. I won’t summarize the whole program here, but I will say that it looks really good. Among the highlights, there will be a parallel session featuring Bruce Ware, Wayne Grudem, Millard Erickson, and Kevin Giles:
- Millard J. Erickson, “Language, Logic, and Trinity: An Analysis of Recent Subordination Arguments”
- Bruce A Ware, “The Nature of the Priority of the Father within the Trinity: Biblical Basis and Importance”
- Wayne Grudem, “Why a Denial of the Son’s Eternal Submission Threatens both the Trinity and the Bible”
- Kevin Giles, “The Book, One God in Three Persons, a Critical Review”
The Plenary addresses will feature:
- Fred Sanders, “Evangelical Trinitarianism and the Unity of the Theological Disciplines”
- Gerald R. McDermott, “How the Trinity Should Govern Our Approach to World Religions”
- Scott R. Swain, “The Bible and the Trinity in Recent Thought: Review, Analysis, and Constructive Proposal”
There will also be presentations on the Trinity by Kevin Vanhoozer, Richard Lints, Stephen Dempster among others. As I said, this is apparently a draft of the program, and it is not yet final. But it looks to be a pretty interesting meeting in San Antonio this November.
One Comment
Christiane Smith
I think this conference will be valuable. I do wish people had spoken up sooner with one another . . . it may have avoided much concern and upset. But hopefully now, some good may come as people begin to ‘come together to talk’.
The Body of Christ has a remarkable way of working collegially in the way of grace when the opportunity arises. Jean Vanier once wrote about the Body of Christ, this: “all are important, because all are needed”.