Colloquium:

 

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The Calvin Studies Society is pleased to announce:

The Calvin Studies Society will commemorate the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth at its 2009 Colloquium, "Calvin: Myth and Reality," to be held at Calvin College and Seminary, April 16-18. The Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, along with the the College and Seminary, are offering generous support for the colloquium.

The program committee, chaired by CSS Vice-President, Amy Nelson Burnett, Ray Mentzer and Karin Maag have announced the following impressive list of topics and speakers:

Church Discipline: Diane Margolf, Colorado State University
Calvinism in Germany: Irena Dingel, University of Mainz
Gender and Sexuality: John L. Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary
Preaching and Pastoral Care: Elsie McKee, Princeton Theological Seminary

Reformed Orthodoxy: Richard Muller, Calvin Theological Seminary
Calvin on the Sacraments: Wim Janse, Free University of Amsterdam
Calvin in Southeast Asia: Yudha Thianto, Trnity Christian College, Illinois
Calvin and Philosophy: Constantin Fasolt, University of Chicago
Calvin in France: Bernard Cottret, University of Versailles-St. Quentin

Calvin in the Netherlands: Mirjam van Vreen, Free University of Amsterdam
Calvin in North America: Mark Veleri, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia
Panel on Predestination: Richard Mouw, Fuller Seminary; Richard Muller, Calvin Seminary,
Laura Smit, Calvin Seminary
Calvin and Worship: Presentation and Music by Rev. Randy Engle,
Troy Christian Reformed Church
Lunch and Discussion: "John Calvin: Past, Present and Future," led by Karin Maag,
Meeter Center for Calvin Studies

Mark your calendars and watch for registration information.