Conference Info > Compassionate Eschatology
Conference on Compassionate Eschatology
September 26-27 2008
San Francisco Theological Seminary, and San Anselmo, CA
How would the world look if Christians were freed from their platonic dualism and vengeful Deity? Discover a view of our future where the Peaceable Kingdom of God reigns here on earth. Come, re-imagine the world with us as Jesus did!
Keynote speakers are Rene Girard, John D. Caputo, Barbara Rossing and Ted Grimsrud.
(Note: Prof Jurgen Moltmann cannot present at the Conference as previously planned due to his doctor’s. restrictions regarding health concerns. He has, however, communicated his excitement about the event as it is a ‘topic close to his heart.’ We are very grateful that John D. Caputo will be presenting in his place!)
Campus housing will be available on a first come first served limited basis; after this is filled, participants will have to book their own area accommodations.
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How will it all end for the human race and the creation? Eschatology or “the last things” explores the meaning of life beyond death and is the ground of hope for faith. Sadly, the Christian West often sees the end times in terms of judgment and penal satisfaction,
where some are saved and the rest go to hell. The popularity of the Left Behind series is one current popular expression of this. This Conference asks whether this is the biblical view of hope and good theology while presenting an alternative paradigm that is good and gracious news.
Speakers and topics are:
Rene Girard “Eschatology and the Mimetic Theory”
Rene Girard, member of the prestigious French Academy, and emeritus Professor of Stanford University. Girard is the author of a number of ground-breaking books including Violence & the Sacred, Things Hidden from the Foundation of the World and Evolution and Conversion.
John D. Caputo “The Deconstruction of Eschatology” and “The Eschatology of Deconstruction”
John D. Caputo is the foremost American interpreter of French deconstructionist Jacques Derrida. Dr. Caputo’s books include The Weakness of God and What Would Jesus Deconstruct? He currently teaches at Syracuse University.
Barbara Rossing “Prophecy, End-times, and American Apocalypse: Reclaiming Hope for Our World” and “Hastening the Day when the Earth will Burn?: Global Warming and 2 Peter 3.”
Barbara Rossing teaches at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago and is the author of The Rapture Exposed.
Ted Grimsrud “Biblical Apocalyptic: What is Being ‘Revealed’?” and “Reading the Bible in Light of the Lamb's War”
Ted Grimsrud, noted pacifist theologian is the author of many books including God’s Healing Strategy and Embodying the Way of Jesus. He teaches at Eastern Mennonite University.
Anthony Bartlett “From Ontology To Iconochrony: An Anthropological Second-Coming”
Anthony Bartlett teaches at Bexley Hall Divinity School and is author of the influential Cross Purposes. He is currently working on a book titled Virtually Christian.
Sharon Baker “Hospitable Hell”
Sharon Baker is co-editor of The Church at Peace in a World at War and teaches at Messiah College. Her dissertation engaged the mimetic theory.
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