Paradosis Conference
Friday 9th August, 6:30pm-9pm Program
Start times Session Content Speaker
6:30pm Registration Opens
7:00pm Welcome and Introduction
7:15pm
7:35pm
8:00pm
Taster: Integrating our Knowledge of Origins + introduction to ISCAST
Book Launch: Recruiting the Ancients for the Creation Debate (Eerdmans, 2023)
Plenary Session: Core Issues in a Christian Theology of Creation (via Zoom from UK). Q&A follows.
9:00pm Supper
Dr Andrew Brown Old Testament lecturer, MST
Dr Chris Mulherin Director, Institute for the Study of Christianity in an Age of Science and Technology)
Dr Andrew Brown
Dr David Fergusson Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland
Paradosis Conference Program
Start times
Session Content
9:00am Registration Opens
9:30am
10:10am
Session 1: Creation in Genesis and the Old Testament
Session 2: Creation in Matthew’s Gospel and the New Testament (prerecorded podcast interview)
10:50am Morning Tea
11:20am
Session 3: Consulting the Early Church on Creation
Speaker
12:00pm
Session 4: Consulting the Reformers on Creation (via Zoom)
Dr Andrew Brown Old Testament lecturer, MST
Dr Jonathan Pennington Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, KY, USA
Dr Andrew Brown
12:40pm Lunch Saturday 10th August, 9am-1:30pm
Dr Rebekah Earnshaw Lecturer in theology, Bandung Theological Seminary (STTB), Bandung, Indonesia
Paradosis Conference Program
Saturday 10th August, 1:30pm-5pm
Start times
Session Content Speaker
1:30pm
2:10pm
2:50pm
Session 5: Creation Confronts Contemporary Thought & Culture
Session 6: A Creation-Informed Response to Climate Change
Session 7: Creation Care: A Good News Story
3:30pm Afternoon Tea
3:50pm
Panel Discussion: “Do we need to engage with mainstream science in forming a Christian view of origins?”
Dr Paul Tyson Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Qld
Dr Paul Tyson
Tony Rinaudo National Resources Management Specialist World Vision
Professor Michael Clarke
Emeritus Professor of Zoology, LaTrobe University Dr Sarah Wilson PhD in cell biology, LaTrobe researcher ISCAST program director Dr Chris Mulherin Director, ISCAST