Anglo-Nordic-Baltic Theology Conference 2015
13th-17th August 2015
‘A Theological House Party’
Theology in the Public Square
The Anglo-Nordic-Baltic Theology Conference is a biennial
gathering of lay and ordained, theologians and practitioners, primarily from
the Anglican and Lutheran churches of Northern Europe. It takes the form of a
theological house party, with short contributions around a common theme which
aim to stimulate discussion, the building of relationships and sharing of
experience.
You can find out more about the history of the conference –
which has been meeting since the 1930s and was instrumental in the development
of the Porvoo network – at the history page of our blog, http://anglonordicbaltic.blogspot.co.uk.
The conference will be held in the Christian Institute,
Turku, Finland: http://linnasmaki.fi/english/
We will
begin in the late afternoon of Thursday 13th August and conclude
with breakfast on Monday 17th, to facilitate travel arrangements.
The nearest airport is in Turku itself; it is also possible to fly into
Helsinki and take a bus, or take a ferry from Stockholm.
The cost of
attending will be 250 euros per person: some limited bursaries will be
available to participants who would otherwise find the cost of attending
prohibitive. Please let us know if you would
like to be considered for one of these, by letter of application.
Call For Papers
The theme of the 2015 Conference will be Theology in the Public Square.
Proposals are now invited for short papers on any aspect of
this subject. Papers are usually around 20 minutes long, allowing plenty of
time for discussion and learning from all our many different contexts. Papers
are delivered in English, the language of the conference, and are circulated in
advance in order to facilitate participation by those for whom English is a
second or third language.
We welcome and are hoping for a mix of papers by a mix of
contributors: from academics, clergy, those working in public policy, artists
and other creatives; on the idea of theology in public generally, or on
specific aspects, questions or controversies; and from across all of the
territories that we cover.
Paper titles and a short abstract should be sent to Rev. Dr.
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, miranda@threlfall-holmes.net
