We are less than a week away from the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature, with the Institute for Biblical Research meeting in between. It is always a highlight of the year for us to attend the meetings, to present papers, to meet with fellow colleagues and friends, […]
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InterVarsity Press (IVP) has apparently been told by the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) that IVP will no longer be welcome to sell their books as an exhibitor at SBL meetings from 2017. What horrendous thing has IVP done? Apparently their only “crime”—and it is not a crime, as SBL willingly admits—is to have a […]
The ETS Regional Conference recently took place here in the Ontario/Quebec region—probably one of the newest Regional meetings of ETS, not to mention the only one in Canada. I’ve been a part of this group since its inception in 2013, and each meeting has been fruitful and enjoyable. The meeting this year was held at […]
What is the purpose of a scholarly society? More specifically, what is the purpose of the Evangelical Theological Society? Every few years, ETS manages to mire itself in a regrettable incident. In my memory, these include (probably among others I have forgotten) the embarrassing episode regarding Robert Gundry’s membership, the odd debate over eternal damnation […]
Earlier this summer, McMaster Divinity College hosted its annual Bingham Colloquium, this year with the theme of Linguistics and the Bible: Retrospect and Prospects (last year’s summary on the theme of the gospel was reported by Hughson). The three major sub-topics were Linguistics, Translation, and Exegesis. As usual, several guests were invited to present papers […]
Last week, the Evangelical Theological Society and Society of Biblical Literature had their annual meetings in Atlanta, from Tuesday to Thursday and then Friday through Tuesday, respectively. In between, the Institute of Biblical Research, of which I have recently become a member, had their meeting as well. Between the three of the contributors on this […]
I recently (June 4–5) attended the 2015 Bingham Colloquium at McMaster Divinity College (MDC), Hamilton, ON, Canada. MDC has (usually) annually sponsored the Bingham colloquium since 1995, held in honour of a prominent Baptist pastor and gathering biblical scholars and theologians from around the world to present their individual perspective on a selected topic. The […]
Canada has a unique phenomenon of a single scholarly conference that brings together for a week in one place many if not virtually all of the professional societies of the humanities and social sciences. The various societies are staggered, so that similar groups overlap. This year the congress was held from May 30 to June […]
Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC)—an organization of about 35 Christ-centered (I would prefer the term evangelical, but using “Christ-centered” allows the Reformed paedobaptists to be included) institutions of higher education in Canada—held its triennial Forum in Winnipeg from May 25-27. CHEC includes seminaries and graduate schools, Bible colleges, and Christian universities. In the interests of […]
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