Respondent - Stephen Chester
Stephen Chester
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21 October 2019
30 October 2025
Wycliffe Centre for Scripture and Theology: Colloquium
The Scripture and Theology Colloquium is a semi-annual gathering of faculty, pastors, students and others who are interested in exploring the dynamic interactions of scripture and theology. With a panel of world-class experts, the colloquium will alternate between larger theological topics and at other times the colloquium will endeavour to take up a book or chapter of the Bible as the theme. For more information, please contact [email protected].
"Theopolitics of Mark 13"
Rebekah Eklund: On Being Woke: Mark 13 and the Signs of the Times
Ephraim Radner: Catastrophic Politics Revisited
Craig Hovey: Apocalyptic Passion
Matthew Burdette: The Uprising of the Son of Man
Stephen Chester: Respondent
Rebekah Eklund is associate professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. Recent publications include Introducing Christian Ethics (2017), "Hot Jesus, Black Messiah, Suffering Son of God: How Jesus Films Shape Our Moral Imaginations,” , and “From ‘Hosanna!’ to ‘Crucify!’: The Fickle Crowds in the Four Gospels”.
Ephraim Radner is the professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College. Areas of expertise include: Ecclesiology: Ecclesial decision-making and ecumenism, Scriptural hermeneutics and the theological categories of “time” and “history”, The character of early modern Christian self-identity, Pneumatology, and Contemporary Christian social experience.
Craig Hovey joined Ashland University faculty in 2009 and teaches courses in Christian theology and ethics, including religion courses Exploring the Bible, Exploring Christian Ethics, Faith and Society, Exploring Christian Theology, Taking Human Life, Political Theology, and Seminar in Christian Theology
The Rev. Dr. Matthew Burdette is a curate at Church of the Good Shepherd in Dallas, serves as Associate Director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology, and he contributes regularly to the Living Church magazine. He studied at General Theological Seminary, and earned a PhD in Theology at the University of Aberdeen, researching the political eschatologies of Robert W. Jenson and James H. Cone. Matt is interested in the Christian doctrine of God, the theology of culture, and the tradition of Christian socialism. He is married to his lifelong friend Evie.
Dr. Stephen Chester is the Lord and Lady Coggan Professor of New Testament at Wycliffe College. He is the author of several books, including Reading Paul with the Reformers: Reconciling Old and New Perspectives, winner of the 2018 Christianity Today award for best book in Biblical Studies.
Scripture and Theology: Colloquium Spring 2019 - www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy0RDQNnZ7lQIzu9zhQqPfwG43EQn7zYl
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