On Oct. 2-4, 2019, Yale University will host the “Yale and the International Jonathan Edwards” conference.
This conference brings together the directors of the international Edwards Center affiliates from around the world, along with prominent scholars and religious leaders, to assess the state of Edwards Studies and discern areas for future work.
The “Yale and the International Jonathan Edwards” conference is free and open to the public, but please register in advance.
Questions about the conference? Email edwards@yale.edu.
Visit the conference website for the most up-to-date schedule along with list of panelists. Below is the tentative schedule.
Yale and the International Jonathan Edwards Conference Schedule
October 2
5:00 p.m: Greetings by Dean Gregory Sterling and Prof. Harry Stout
Opening Keynote
- George M. Marsden, University of Notre Dame (Emeritus)
6:00: Reception
October 3
8:00 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:30: Session I: United States and Canada
- Douglas Sweeney, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, JEC-Midwest USA
- Chris Chun, Gateway Seminary, Los Angeles, JEC-USA West
- Oliver Crisp, Fuller Seminary, JEC-USA West
- Kyle Strobel, Biola University, JEC-USA West
- Ava Chamberlain, Wright State University
10:30: Break
11:00: Session II: Africa
- Adriaan C. Neele, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
- Victor Emma-Adamah, Cambridge University, JEC-Africa
12:30: Lunch
1:30: Session III: Asia & Australia
- Rhys Bezzant, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia, JEC-Australia
- Peter Jung, Independent Scholar, Atlanta, Ga.
- Anri Morimoto, International Christian University, Japan, JEC-Japan
3:00: Session V: Eastern Europe
- Joel Burnell, Evangelical School of Theology, Wroclaw, Poland, JEC-Poland
- Michael Choinski, Jagiellonian University, JEC-Poland
- Tibor Fabiny, Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary, JEC-Hungary
- Gerald McDermott, Beeson Divinity School
4:30: Plenary Address
- Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame (Emeritus)
Dinner on your own
October 4
8:00 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:30: Session VI: South America
- Heber De Campos, Mackenzie University, São Paulo, Brazil, JEC-Brazil
- Franklin Ferreira, Mackenzie University, São Paulo, Brazil, JEC-Brazil
9:30: Break
10:00 Session VII: Western Europe & the United Kingdom
- Andreas Beck, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, JEC-Benelux
- Philip Fisk, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, JEC-Benelux
- Daniel Hill, University of Liverpool, JEC-UK
- Crawford Gribben, Queen’s University, Belfast, JEC-UK
- Michael McClenahan, Union Theological College, Northern Ireland
- Jan Stievermann, University of Heidelberg, Germany, JEC-Germany
- Willem Van Vlastuin, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, JEC-Benelux
12:30: Lunch
Free time (explore New Haven’s museums, art galleries, and other sites, including special exhibit of Edwards manuscripts at Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
4:00: Session VIII: Closing Keynote (TBD)
- Rev. Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, Cal.
5:00: Closing Reception (Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St.)