University of St. Andrews to host Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Conversations with the Work of David W. Brown

Published on June 21, 2010 by Meaghan Ritchey

This conference will provide a forum for careful theological, historical, biblical, philosophical, and literary engagement with five major volumes from David Brown FBA,
the Wardlaw Professor of Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture at the University of St Andrews.

 The speakers will be:

Margaret Miles (Graduate Theological Union)
William Abraham (Southern Methodist University)
Richard Bauckham (University of St Andrews)
Tina Beattie (Roehampton University)
Gordon Graham (Princeton Theological Seminary)
Charles Taliaferro (St Olaf College)
Jeremy Begbie (Duke University)
Graham Ward (University of Manchester)
Gavin Hopps (University of St Andrews)
Clive Marsh (University of Leicester)
Ben Quash (King’s College London)
Trevor Hart (University of St Andrews)
with a response by David Brown (University of St Andrews)

There will also be an interesting range of session chairs joining the conversation. The call for papers is located here, and they are actively seeking short paper proposals and conference delegates. The papers do not have to be directly on Professor Brown's work, but simply on related themes:

Revelation in Art and Image
Doctrine and Development
Literature and/or Music
Space and Place
Pop Music / Pop Culture
God and the Body
Liturgy and Ritual
Natural Religion and Religious Experience
Sacramentality and Re-enchantment