The One Hundred Fifty-Eighth Meeting

Program
THE  AMERICAN  THEOLOGICAL  SOCIETY
Midwest Division
The One Hundred Fifty-Eighth Meeting
Friday, October 27, 2006
McCormick Theological Seminary
5460 South University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
A Panel Discussion on God-Talk Today: Anything New?
McGaw Common Room (first floor) 1:00-2:45 p.m.
Anna Case-Winters, McCormick Theological Seminary
Robert Cathey, McCormick Theological Seminary
Laurel Schneider, Chicago Theological Seminary
Vítor Westhelle, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Moderator: Paul Parker, Elmhurst College
Registration and Afternoon Refreshments, 2:45-3:15 p.m.

AFTERNOON PAPER
McGaw Common Room (first floor) 3:15-4:45 p.m.
The Promise of Process Theology
Franklin I. Gamwell
Shailer Mathews Professor of Religious Ethics, the Philosophy of Religion, and Theology
The University of Chicago
Hospitality Hour 4:45-5:15 p.m.; Dinner and Business Meeting, 5:15-6:45 p.m.
EVENING PAPER
McGaw Common Room (first floor) 7:00-8:30 p.m.
You Gotta Believe: The Future of Process Theology — In and Out of the Academy
Monica A. Coleman
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
ATS Officers (Midwest Division)

Robert Cathey, President
Mladen Turk, Treasurer
Mary C. Doak, Vice President
Paul P. Parker, Secretary

The Program: The Midwest Division of the American Theological Society is a regional organization of scholars who write and teach in the fields of religious studies. The Society often reaches beyond its local members to invite national and international scholars to present papers and to participate in the debates of its semi-annual meetings. For this meeting, the Executive Committee is pleased to call attention to the work of local scholars (members and nonmembers of the Society) whose thinking about God has shaped their scholarship and their classrooms. The Society is an intentional community of scholars engaging each other’s best theological reflection.  
The one hundred fifty-eighth meeting of the Society’s Midwest Division will open with an early afternoon panel discussion on God-Talk Today: Anything New? All of the panelists have taught and written on God and now bring their considerable insights into the crucible of the Society for critical engagement. In the program’s afternoon and evening sessions, the Society will consider the promise of Process Theology as well as challenges that come from both the academy and the laity. As is the tradition of the Society, an extensive period of critical discussion will follow each paper presentation.  
Housing, Registration, and Dinner Reservations: The Executive Committee’s task of planning the Society’s semiannual meeting is greatly eased if members pre-register for the meeting and make reservations for dinner. To pre-register and to reserve your place at the table, please call, write or email Paul Parker and declare your intentions: office phone (630) 617-3559; paulp@elmhurst.edu; or Department of Theology and Religion–Box 26, Elmhurst College, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126.
Because ATS is partially supported by the host institutions of its semi-annual meetings, there is no registration fee and only nominal dining expense, usually less than twenty dollars.
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Dues: Annual membership dues (to cover the costs of printing, postage, refreshments, and other incidentals) are $15 for members and $10 for associate members to be paid to the Treasurer, Mladen Turk, each year at the fall meeting. If you have not yet paid your dues for last year, you may attend to the oversight at this fall’s meeting or at any time through the mail. Attention to this is appreciated.
Directions and Parking: Directions to McCormick Theological Seminary are conveniently located on its website. Members can utilize the free guest parking behind MTS, street parking around the neighborhood, or the University of Chicago’s parking garage at 55th and Ellis Avenue.