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Program

 

Friday, June 20th

16:00-17:00

Registration

16:00-17:00

Possibilities for coffe and the

17:00-17:15

Welcomegreetings - and introduction to reflection groups


17:30-18:00

 

Professor of Sociology Peter Gundelach

University of Copenhagen, Department of Sociology, Denmark:

http://www.soc.ku.dk/english/staff/beskrivelse/?id=150179

Introducing Denmark and the Danish Church

18:00-19:00

Dinner at Vartov

19:00-19:45


Dean Mogens Lindhardt

Copenhagen Pastoral Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

and at present President of Sociatas Homiletica

Presidential Address on the Theme of the Conference

19:45-20:45

 

 

Professor of Systemacic Theology Niels Henrik Gregersen

University of Copenhagen, Department of Theology, Denmark

http://www.teol.ku.dk/english/

 

Being Church in an Age of Information

20:45

Evening Song - Vartov Church, followed by refreshments in the yard of Vartov

Saturday, June 21th

8:30-9:00

Worship - Vartov Church

9:00-10:00

 

Keynote:

Dr. Charles L. Campbell, Peter Marshall Professor of Homiletics,

Columbia Theological Seminary, Atlanta, USA:

http://www.ctsnet.edu/glance/directories/faculty-info.asp?FID=88

Ethical Preaching, Preaching of Ethic's -- Does it Make a Difference?

10:00-10:45

 

Respond:

Prof. Johan Cilliers

University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

 

10:45-11:00

Short discussion in plenum

11:00-11:30

Break

11:30-12:45

Reflection Groups

12:45-14:30

Lunch

14:30-16:00

Case studies and paper respond groups

  1. Hans Vium Mikkelsen & Alexander Deeg
  2. Jakup Reinert Hansen & Duncan Strathie
  3. Ian Nell
  4. Johan van Rensburg

16:00-16:30

Break

 

16:30

(optional)

Guided tour's of Copenhagen:

The City of Kierkegaard

The City of Andersen

Evening

(optional)

Free

Common dinner at Tivoli can be arranged for those who want to join

Sunday, June 22th

 

10:00

Different church options in Copenhagen. Services in English, German and Danish will be recommended

13:00-14:00


Keynote:

Dean, dr. Henning Kjær Thomsen

Aarhus Pastoral Institute, Aarhus, Denmark

Preaching God as Difference in Secular Societies of Modernity

14:00-14:45

 

Respond:

Professor Albrecht Groezinger

University of Basel, Switzerland

http://pages.unibas.ch/theologie/indexProfil.html

 

14:45-15:00

Short discussion in plenum

15:00-15:30

Break for coffe or the

16:00-22:00

Evening

(optional)

Excursion to Præstø

Monday, June 23th

8:30-9:00

Worship - Vartov Church

9:00-10:00

 

Keynote:

Prof. Dr. Birgit Weyel

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Evangelisch-theologische Fakultät

http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/v01/personal/weyel.html

The Mode of Preaching

10:00-10:45

 

Respond:

Dr. Anna Carter Florence

Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, USA

http://www.ctsnet.edu/glance/directories/faculty_info.asp?FID=96

 

 

10:45-11:00

Short discussion in plenum

11:00-11:30

Break

11:30-12:45

Reflection Groups

12:45-14:30

Lunch

14:30-16:00

Case studies and paper response groups

  1. Tony Eldridge
  2. Alfred Stephen
  3. Dorothee Godel
  4. Alexander Deeg

16:00-16:30

Break

16:30-17:45

Case studies and paper response groups

  1. Bent Flemming Nielsen
  2. Workshop
  3. Rein Bos
  4. Helmuth Schwier & Ulrich Nembach

19:00-23:15

 

Excursion: Midsommer Eve at Elsinore Castle.

Associated Professor Benny Grey Schuster

The End of Revenge - On Hamlet and Jesus, Drama and Theology.

 

Midsummer celebration, Danish style.

Tuesday, June 24th

9:00-9:30

Worship - Vartov Church

9:30-11:00

Plenary session addressing the integration of the keynote themes in relation to group sessions and case studies

11:00-11:30

Break

11:30-12:45

Case studies and paper respond groups

  1. Tanya Witwer
  2. Marlene Lorensen
  3. Johan Cilliers
  4. Anita Hansen Engdahl (at the Danish National Museum)

12:45-14:30

Lunch

14:30-16:00

Case studies and paper respond groups

  1. Elmo Due
  2. Anna Stenund
  3. B.J. de Klerk & F.G. de Wet & R.S. Letsosa
  4. Workshop

16:00-16:30

Break

16:30-19:30

Free time for museums, galleries, shopping or discussions

19:30

Banquet, cultural sharing at Vartov

Wednesday, June 25th

9:00-10:00

Plenary discussion and observations

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:00

Closing words

11:00-12:00

Business meeting, including discussion on the coming developments of the Societas and international homiletic exchange.

12:00-13:00

Closing worship - Vartov Church

13:00-14:30

Lunch and farewell (informal)

 

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