Come to New Haven – August 1-5, 2010

Every two years homileticians, teachers and scholars of preaching, from all over the globe gather to share and learn from one another. For a short time the miles that separate them disappear and they become a community that is dedicated to improving the scholarship about and the teaching of preaching. And, for a brief while, they experience their presence together as the oneness in Christ.

In the summer of 2010 , August 1st through 5th , the members of Societas Homilietica will convene in the United States of America for their biennial meeting. As the co-presidents of Societas Homiletica we would like to invite you to begin to make your plans to join us as we gather at Yale University to explore and discuss an important theme –

“Picturing God in a Fragmented World”

 

 

Portraits from our recent meetings in Copenhagen, Pretoria, and Singapore would bear witness to the diversity of those created in God’s image. We are women, men, with skin colors, hair colors, and eye colors as different as the colors in a rainbow. Likewise, so too are the cultures in which we teach and preach. We all experience the fragmentation of our world, preaching to the prosperous and those who struggle for their daily bread. We live and teach where there is peace and the rage of war and civil unrest. Many of us experience oppression and risk death because they declare that Jesus Christ is Lord.

This year we will explore that diversity and difference in our theme “Picturing God in a Fragmented World.” We have invited speakers and worship leaders who will challenge us to reflect upon our incarnated, enculturated God and how we speak about that God in our preaching.

 

We will be offering a rich variety of speakers and workshops.

Speakers

	Key note	Respondent
August 2nd	Sally Promey	Thomas Erne
August 3rd	Emilie Townes	Ulrike Wagner-Rau
August 4th	David Kelsey	Eunjoo Kim

Sally Promey, Professor of Religion and Visual Culture at Yale University will speak on how we picture God in our visual culture. Emilie Townes, Academic Dean and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African American Studies in Religion and Theology at Yale University will speak on images of God in our multicultural world. And Professor Emeritus of Theology at Yale Divinity School, David Kelsey, will speak on the theological dimensions of how we picture God.

 

Workshops

Pedagogy: Albrecht Grözinger and Nora Tubbs Tisdale

Bibliologue: Uta Pohl Patalong

Aesthetics and Preaching: Thomas Troeger

Cross-cultural Sermon Analysis: Johann Cilliers and Alfred Stephen

Psychological/Therapeutic Context: Elizabeth Grözinger and Jan Hermelink

 

Registration and Housing

You can use this link that will take you to the Yale Conference Services website where you will be able to register for the conference.

 

We are pleased to be able to offer you accommodations at one of New Haven’s premier hotels, the Omni at a very reasonable rate. You may visit their website at -http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/NewHavenYale.aspx .

 

Located in the heart of New Haven’s shopping and restaurant district, the four-star Omni is a short walk from the Yale University campus. The Divinity School is a little over a kilometer away. A University shuttle bus runs regularly from the main campus to that of the Divinity School. Our conference rate at the hotel is a low US $80/night. We would ask you to make your own reservations at the hotel directly here or call 1.888.444.OMNI (6664). The cut-off date for reservations at the reduced group rate of $80 plus tax is July 9, 2010. Please plan to make your hotel reservations by that date or the rate will double in price. Please remember to inform them that you are a part of the Societas Homiletica conference.

 

We look forward to seeing you in New Haven.

 

Grace and Peace,

 

Thomas H. Troeger

Lantz Professor of Christian Communication

Yale Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music

New Haven, Connecticut USA

 

Lucy Lind Hogan

Hugh Latimer Elderdice Professor of Preaching

Wesley Theological Seminary

Washington, D.C. USA