The Anabaptist Martyr in an Ecumenical Context
2003 Conference/Seminar
St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN
July 15-16, 2003
(Sponsored by the Department of Theology, St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN; Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa.; the Institute of Mennonite Studies, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, Elkhart, ind.; the Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies, Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, Ont.)
Program:
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
7:30pm Welcome, general introductions, introduction to background of the project, practical organisational details.
CHAIR: Peter Erb (Waterloo)
Reflections: Abbot John Klassen (St. John’s), Ivan Kauffman (Washington)
9:00 Reception
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
7:00 Morning Prayer (All participants are cordially invited to participate in the Daily Office)
7:30 Breakfast
9:00 "Reformation History and Ecumenism: Problems and Prospects." Opening Address by Brad S. Gregory (author of Salvation at stake : Christian martyrdom in early modern Europe (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999) and The forgotten writings of the Mennonite martyrs (Leiden: Brill, 2002)
CHAIR: Ivan Kauffman
10:15 Coffee Break
!0:30 Considering the 16th century Context
CHAIR: Arnold Snyder (Waterloo)
Respondents: Neil Blough (Paris) and Peter Nissen (Nijmegen) – historians in the International Mennonite Catholic dialogue
12:00 Mid‑Day Prayer
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Considering the Historical Context: Appropriating the Martyrs in Protestant Histories:
CHAIR: John Rempel (New York City)
Respondents: Walter Klaassen (Saskatoon) and John Roth (Goshen)
3:00 Coffee
3:30 Considering the Contemporary Theological Context
CHAIR: TBA
Respondents: Margaret O’Gara (Toronto) and Jim Reimer (Waterloo)
5:30 Mass
Dinner
7:00 Evening Prayer
7:30 General round table summation with Panelists : Where to?
CHAIR: Ivan Kauffman