Future of Mission 300th Anniversary Commemoration of Lutheran/Protestant Mission by Batholomäus Ziegenbalg and Heinrich Plütschau June 1-2, 2006 at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Co-sponsored by the Multicultural Mission Resource Center of The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia & the ELCA Department for Global Mission [Register online]

June 1-2, 2006 Presenters:

• Dr. Frances S. Adeney, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, KY
  Frances S. Adeney is the Benfield Professor of Mission at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Before coming to Louisville Seminary in 1999, Dr. Adeney held positions in sociology of religion and social ethics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Satya Wacana Christian University in Indonesia, and New College, Berkeley, CA. Her publications include Christian Women in Indonesia: A Narrative Study of Gender and Religion (Syracuse University Press, 2003), Christianity and Human Rights: Ideas and Issues (SUNY Press, 2006) and Christians Engage World Religions (Baker Publishing Co., forthcoming).

• Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi, Columbia Theological Seminary, GA
  Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi is associate professor of World Christianity at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, and actively participates in inter-cultural and inter-religious activities in the Atlanta area, the Caribbean, and Latin America. His areas of research and writing include missiology in the Non-Western world and intercultural and inter-religious studies. Mission: An Essential Guide (also in Spanish and forthcoming in Korean) is among Cardoza-Orlandi's most recent work.

• Dr. Daniel Jeyaraj, Andover-Newton Theological School, MA
  Daniel Jeyarai is Judson-DeFreitas Associate Professor of World Christianity at Andover-Newton Theological School. His teaching and research primarily deal with the dynamics of Christian missions and their interaction with native cultures. He is a leading authority on the study of the Tranquebar Mission and the emergence of Protestant churches in India during the eighteenth century.

  Prof. Jeyaraj has translated from German into English two major monographs of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary to South India, and thus has made a significant contribution to the study of the history of Christianity in South India.

• Dr. Craig Nessan, Wartburg Theological Seminary, IA
  Craig Nessan is Professor of Contextual Theology and Academic Dean at Wartburg Theological Seminary. He is co-author of the book The Evangelizing Church: A Lutheran Contribution (edited by Craig Van Gelder and Richard Bliese), and the author of Many Members, Yet One Body: Committed Same-Gender Relationships and the Mission of the Church; Give Us This Day: A Lutheran Proposal for Ending World Hunger; The Air I Breathe is Wartburg Air: The Legacy of William H. Weiblen; Beyond Maintenance to Mission: A Theology of the Congregation; Who is Christ for Us? by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (translated, introduced and edited with Renate Wind); Orthopraxis or Heresy: The North American Response to Latin American Liberation Theology; and numerous articles and book reviews.

• Dr. Andrew Walls, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  Andrew Walls is former Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, and has taught in Europe, Africa and America. Dr. Walls is currently Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Professor at the Akrofi-Christaller Centre in Ghana. His publications include The Missionary Movement in Christian History and The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History.

• Dr. Frieder Ludwig, Associate Professor of Mission & World Christianity, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN
• Dr. Maria Erling, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity in North America and Global Missions, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, PA
• Dr. Shanta Premawardhana, Assistant General Secretary of Interfaith Relations, National Council of Churches
• Dr. Mary Schaller Blaufuss, Executive Director for Volunteer Ministries, United Church of Christ
• Dr. Stephen Ray, Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Director of the Urban Theological Institute, The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

Schedule

Thursday, June 1

• 9:30 am -- Registration
  The Brossman Center, LTSP
• 10:30 am -- Opening Worship
  Schaeffer-Ashmead Chapel - Drs. Melinda Quivik & Dirk Lange, Chaplains
• 11 am -- Break
• 11:15 am -- Welcome and Introduction
  The Brossman Center
• 11:00 am -- Significance of Batholomäus Ziegenbalg and Heinrich Plütschau for Lutheran/Protestant Mission
  Dr. Daniel Jeyaraj
  Respondent: Dr. Frieder Ludwig
• 1 - 2 pm -- Lunch
• 2:30 - 4 pm -- Heritage of Protestant Mission: A Critical Assessment
  Dr. Frances S. Adeney
  Respondent: Dr. Maria Erling
• 4 pm -- Break
• 4:30 pm -- Group Discussion with Presenters
• 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. -- Dinner
• 7 - 8 pm -- Halle & India Exhibition, Book Signing & Reception
  The Brossman Center, Room 306

• 7 - 8 am -- Breakfast
• 8:30 am -- World Christianity: Rethinking the Future of Mission
  Dr. Andrew Walls
  Respondent: Dr. Shanta Premawardhana
• 10 - 10:30 am -- Break
• 11 am -- Prevailing and Emerging Theologies of Mission: Consensus and Variances
  Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi
  Respondent: Dr. Mary Schaller Blaufuss
• 12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
• 2 pm -- Mission and theological education
  Dr. Craig Nessan
  Respondent: Dr. Stephen Ray
• 3:30 pm -- Break
• 4 - 4:30 p.m. -- Evaluation/Future Action
• 4:30 p.m. -- Closing Worship

Registration deadline: March 1, 2006 [registration form]