2008 Balthasar Blog Conference

The first annual 2008 Balthasar Blog Conference is almost upon us! The theme for this blog conference will be “Von Balthasar’s Theological Interpretation of Scripture” and will take place over nine days from March 17-25. We have a plenary post and response planned for each day. Below is the official schedule for the event.

If you are a blogger, please let others know about the upcoming event. This schedule will continue to be updated as I receive information from each of the participants.

Official 2008 Balthasar Blog Conference Schedule:

Monday, March 17 — Adrienne von Speyr’s influence on Balthasar

• Plenary: Lois M. Miles, “Von Balthasar, von Speyr and Holy Scripture: The Importance of the Contemplative Reading of Scripture for Hans Urs von Balthasar”
  
• Response: Halden Doerge

Tuesday, March 18 — Balthasar’s approach to biblical hermeneutics

• Plenary: Cynthia Nielsen, “Balthasar’s Biblical Hermeneutics”
• Response: Jonathan King

Wednesday, March 19 — Balthasar’s use of the Old Testament in his theological aesthetics

• Plenary: Halden Doerge, TBA
• Response: Andrew Guffey

Thursday, March 20 — Aesthetics and Revelation

• Plenary: Daniel Wade McClain, “Aesthetics and Revelation: Balthasar’s Creational Aesthetic”
  
• Response: Brian M. Niece

Friday, March 21 — Balthasar on the Gospels

• Plenary: Heather Reichgott, “Balthasar and ‘Contradictory’ Material in the Gospels”
• Response: Meg Shoeman

Saturday, March 22 — Balthasar on Scripture, Church, and Mariology

• Plenary: Francesca Murphy, TBA
• Response: Steve Garrett

Sunday, March 23 — Balthasar on the Apocalypse

• Plenary: Andrew Ryan Guffey, “The Apocalypse and the Theological Aesthetic of Theo-Drama”
• Response: David W. Congdon

Monday, March 24 — Balthasar on the problem of universalism in Scripture

• Plenary: David W. Congdon, “Toward a Hermeneutics of Hope: Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Biblical Warrant for Universalism”
• Response: Patrick McManus

Tuesday, March 25 — Balthasar on the resurrection

• Plenary: John L. Drury, TBA
• Response: W. Travis McMaken