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