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Pretoria 2006

Program

 

Saturday August 05, 2006

 

TIME

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

VENUE

1

11:00

Executive Meeting

Prof C J A Vos

VSR Conference Hall

2

17:00

Registration

Local Committee

Conference Centre

3

18:00

Welcome Dinner: Host: Prof C J A Vos (Informal)

Local Committee

Conference Centre

4

19:30

Presidential Address: Preaching as language of hope

Prof C J A Vos

VSR Conference Hall

5

20:15 - 21:00

Welcome to South Africa: South African Cultural Program

Local Committee

Conference Centre

 

Sunday August 06, 2006

 

TIME

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

VENUE

1

09:00 - 11:00

Worship Services or some free time

Self

Own choice of we go as a group (to be decided)

2

11:30 - 16:30

Visit Freedompark and Voortrekkermuseum (lunch included)

Local Committee

Pick up at Protea Manor Hotel

3

17:00 - 17:50 17:50 - 18:00 18:00 - 18:30

Plenary 1: .The theological understanding of preaching hope Short break Open discussion and Questions

Prof Jan Hermelink

VSR Conference Hall

4

19:00

Dinner

Local Committee

Conference Centre

 

Monday August 07, 2006

 

TIME

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

VENUE

1

08:30 - 09:00

Worship

Dr Ciska Stark

VSR Conference Hall

2

09:00 - 10:30

Plenary 2: The imaginative power of preaching hope

Prof Tom Troeger.

VSR Conference Hall

3

10:30 - 11:00

Tea/Coffee

Local Committee

Conference Centre

4

11:00 - 13:00

Workshop: 1: Preaching hope - a contextual approach * "Preaching love as a support base for the alleviation of poverty." (South African) * "Preaching as language of hope in a context of HIV/AIDS." (South African)

Prof Hennie Pieterse and Dr Johan Cilliers. Prof. Dr. Rantoa S. Letsosa (North-West Univ., SA) Dr. Johan Cilliers, Stellenbosch Univ. SA)

Theatre T04: Post graduate school: Management

4

11:00 - 13:00

Workshop: 2: Homiletical research * Listening to the Clouds of Witnesses - Historical Research * The New Stained Glass - Researching the Use of Visual Media in Preaching and Worship

Prof Lucy Hogan and Prof Gerrit Immink Dr. Lucy Hogan (Wesley Theological Seminary, USA)

Conference Hall 100: Conference Centre

4

11:00 - 13:00

Workshop: 3: Language of hope - examples from different fields * What means 'hope' beyond religion?: + Learning the language of hope in a psychotherapeutic process. + Difficulties and the chances to find resources of personal relevant hope even when people are suffering under depressions or problems of self-esteem. Is it possible to articulate hope in symbols or in a language beyond religious traditions? + Two examples of "language of hope"

Dr Elisabeth Grözinger and Prof Mogens Lindhart.. Dr Elizabeth Grözinger Prof Mogens Lindhart

VSR Conference Hall

4

11:00 - 13:00

Workshop: 4 Theology and homiletics of hope * The practice and perception of Moltmann's Theology of Hope in today's Ecumenical Context

Dr Ciska Stark and Prof Albrecht Grözinger. Dr. T.O.F. van Prooijen and Dr. Ciska Stark:

Theatre T05: Post graduate school: Management

 

 

* and Paper presentation from Asia/USA and/or Africa

 

 

5

13:00 - 15:00

Lunch

Local Committee

Conference Centre

6

15:00 - 16:30

Workshop: 1: Preaching hope - a contextual approach * "Preaching hope within a conflicting societal context of hunger and affluence." (South African) *"Preaching as language of hope from an Indian perspective."

Prof Hennie Pieterse and Dr Johan Cilliers. Prof. Dr. Ben de Klerk (North-West Univ., RSA) Prof. Dr. M. Gnanavaram (India)

Theatre T04: Post graduate school: Management

6

15:00 - 16:30

Workshop: 2: Homiletical research * The Construction of a Grounded Homiletical Theory. (three examples of research in empirical homiletics. How to formulate an adequate research question? What makes homiletical research theological? In what sense is homiletical research interdisciplinary?)

Prof Lucy Hogan and Prof Gerrit Immink Dr. F. Gerrit Immink (Utrecht University, The Netherlands):

Conference Hall 100: Conference Centre

6

15:00 - 16:30

Workshop: 3: Language of hope - examples from different fields *:Reflecting on non-religious aspects of hope in the work of a former mission organization and now modernized Christian network. * Report about specific and "non especially religious aspects" during their hope giving work.

Dr Elisabeth Grözinger and Prof Mogens Lindhart.. Madeleine Strub-Jaccoud: Director Mission 21 Different people

VSR Conference Hall

6

15:00 - 16:30

Workshop: 4 Theology and homiletics of hope * "The parables of the kingdom as fictions of hope - The way from the bible to the sermon and the listeners" * and Paper presentation from Afro/Asian/American context

Dr Ciska Stark and Prof Albrecht Grözinger. Prof Albrecht Grözinger.

Theatre T05: Post graduate school: Management

7

18:00

Dinner

Local Committee

Conference Centre

8

19:00 - 20:30

International Cultural Evening:

Participants

Conference Centre


 

Tuesday August 08, 2006

 


TIME

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

VENUE

 

1

08:30 – 09:00

Worship

Member from South Africa

VSR Conference Hall

 

2

09:00

Depart for Apartheidsmuseum

Local Committee

Conference Centre

 

3

10:00 – 12:30

Visit Apartheidsmuseum

Local Committee

Gold Reef City, Johannesburg

 

4

13:00 – 15:00

Depart for Pretoria and lunch

Local Committee

Gold Reef City, Johannesburg

 

5

15:00 – 18:00

Afternoon free

 


 


 

6

18:00 – 19:00

Presidential Dinner: Host Prof C J A Vos (Formal)

Local Committee

Conference Centre

 

7

19:00 – 20:30

Reflection and open discussion on visits to South African historical museums

 


VSR Conference Hall

 


Wednesdayday August 09, 2006

 


TIME

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

VENUE

 


 


ACTIVITY

 


 


1

08:30 – 09:00

Worship

Member from Asia

VSR Conference Hall

2

09:00 – 09:20 09:20 – 09:40 09:45 – 10:05 10:05 – 10:30

Plenary 3: Contextual lecture 1: Transmitting hope in the New Testament. Discussion Plenary 3 (cont.): Contextual lecture 2:. Preaching hope in a context of poverty Discussion

Prof Elna Mouton Prof Maake Masango

VSR Conference Hall

3

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee/Tea

Local Committee

Conference Centre

4

11:00 – 12:00

Feedback from the Workshops: Nu 1: Preaching hope – a contextual approach

Prof Hennie Pieterse and Dr Johan Cilliers

VSR Conference Hall

5

12:10 – 13:10

Feedback from the Workshops: Nu 2: Homiletical research

Prof Lucy Hogan and Prof Gerrit Immink

VSR Conference Hall

6

13:10 – 14:30

Lunch

 


Conference Centre

 

 

7

15:00 – 16:00

Feedback from the Workshops: Nu 3: Language of hope – examples from different fields

Dr Elisabeth Grözinger and Prof Mogens Lindhart

VSR Conference Hall

8

16:00 ­16:30

Tea/Coffee

Local Committee

Conference Centre

9

16:30 – 17:30

Feedback from the Workshops: Nu 4: Theology and homiletics of hope

Dr Ciska Stark and Prof Albrecht Grözinger

VSR Conference Hall

1 0

17:30 ­

Rest of afternoon and evening free

Self

 


Thursday August 10, 2006

 

 


TIME

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

VENUE

1

08:30 – 10:00

Opening prayer Members Meeting

Member from USA President

VSR Conference Hall

2

10:00 ­10:30

Tea/Coffee

Local Committee

Conference Centre

3

10:30 – 11:30

Members Meeting

President

VSR Conference Hall

4

11:45 – 12:30

Closing Worship

Bishop Mvume Dandala

VSR Conference Hall

5

12:30 – 13:00

Closing remarks

New President

VSR Conference Hall

6

13:00 – 14:00

Farewell Lunch

Local Committee

UP High Performance Centre

 

 

Theme

 

unipretoria

7th International Conference

5th - 10th August 2006

 

Conference Centre, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

 

Theme: Preaching as Language of Hope

 

(The proceedings are published as 6th volume in the series Studia Homiletica.)

 

On behalf of the local Steering Committee appointed by the Executive of Societas Homiletica I kindly invite you to the 7th biannual Conference to be held in Pretoria, South Africa from the 5th to the 10th August 2006.  The venue will be the Conference Centre, University of Pretoria.  The program approved by the Executive is not only interesting but exiting. The theme is any preacher's dream.

 

Kind regards

 

Malan Nel (Prof)

Local Steering Committee

Other members of the Committee:

Ester Steyn, Cobus Rossouw, Nanda Cloete

   
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