Thursday, October 11th

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11

4:00-4:30 PM

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

Room: Opus II

Robert Ellison, Director, Center for Sermon Studies, Marshall University

Delta Hotel Montreal Representative

Montreal CVB Representative

4:30-6:00 PM

SESSION I

THE PULPIT AND THE STATE

Room: Opus II

Chair: Arshad Munir, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan

“‘I must honestly confess that I am afraid of you’ Prophetic Preaching in a Context of Social-political Fear”

Ishaya Anthony, Stellenbosch University

“‘Wild Mobs, to mad Sedition prone’: Preaching the American Revolution in Pennsylvania”

Barry Levis, Rollins College

6:00-7:00 PM

RECEPTION

Room: Opus II Foyer

Conveners:

Melanie Pickard, Arete Events Services

Keith A. Francis, Arete Events Services

7:15-8:30 PM

SESSION II

Room: Opus II

PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Keith A. Francis, Arete Events Services

“Preaching in Britain’s ‘parish church’ – Sermons at St Paul’s Cathedral, c.1700-1900”

Frances Knight, Professor of the History of Modern Christianity, University of Nottingham