CHARACTER ETHICS AND BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION GROUP
2001 Program -- Denver, Colorado

First Session (S18-6)
Sunday, 9:00-11:30 a.m.

Lois K. Daley, Siena College, Presiding

Theme: Issues of Moral Formation in the Gospels and Acts

Robert K. Brawley, McCormick Theological Seminary Generating Ethics from the Character of God in Mark (20min)

C. Clifton Black, Princeton Theological Seminary Does Suffering Possess Educational Value in Mark? (20min)

Beverly Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary God and the Gods: Identity and Boundaries in the Acts of the Apostles (20min)

Respondent: William C. Spohn, Santa Clara University (20min)

Discussion

Second Session (S19-5)
Monday, 9:00-11:30 a.m.

M. Daniel Carroll, Denver Seminary, Presiding

Theme: The Bible and Character Formation in Marginalized Communities

Robert Ekblad, Tierra Nueva del Norte Resisting Rejection by the "Elect" in Ge 25-27 and in Undocumented Communities in Washington State (20min)

Jose Rafael Escobar, Centro Evangelico de Estudios Pastorales en Centro America Toward a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence in Post-War Guatemala (20 min)

Denise M. Ackermann, University of Stellenbosch Tamar's Cry: Re-reading an Ancient Text in the Midst of an HIV/AIDS Pandemic (20min)

Respondent: Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary (20min)

Discussion