A host of professors from across Samford University’s campus will present proposals and moderate discussions at three major theological conferences in November.

Faculty are participating in the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion, all of which will be held in Denver.

Faculty appearing at these conferences teach at Beeson Divinity School, the School of the Arts and Howard College of Arts and Sciences.

The list of faculty and the names of their proposals, papers or other contributions:

Evangelical Theological Society

• Mark Gignilliat, professor of divinity and director of the PhD program, Beeson Divinity School
  • “Trinity in Isaiah” and “John Webster on Holy Scripture”
• J. D. Payne, Thomas Welby Bozeman Chair of Christian Ministry in the School of the Arts
  • Moderating a session, “Biblical Evangelism: Ancient Wisdom, Present Witness”
• Stefana Dan Laing, associate professor of divinity and director of the Center for Women in Ministry, Beeson Divinity School
  • Moderating a session, “Patristics and Medieval History,” which is a book panel on Stephen O. Presley’s Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church
• Johnathan Harris, visiting assistant professor, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • “Reckoning Rightly Paul’s Worker Analogy: On Credited Faith, Righteousness and Sin (Rom. 4:4-8)
• Joshua Chatraw, Billy Graham Chair of Evangelism and Cultural Engagement, Beeson Divinity School
  • “Cultural Apologetics: A Historical and Critical Evaluation”

Society of Biblical Literature

• Jeffery Leonard, professor, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • Chairing a session, “Poetry and the Renewal of Creation”
• Auburn Powell Josephs, visiting assistant professor, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • “Jeremiah’s Reversal of Creation’s Fortunes,” part of Leonard’s session
• Johnathan Harris, visiting assistant professor, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • “Justification is Resurrection: Paul’s Metaphoric Redescription of the Life-Giving Act of God”
• Megan Alsene-Parker, assistant professor, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • “Inner-Biblical Memory of Exile: Remembering Israel’s Story in the Poetry of Lamentations”
• Brad Boswell, assistant professor, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • A panel will review Boswell’s The Narrative Conflict of Traditions in the Late Antique World: Cyril versus Julian. Boswell will also speak during the panel discussion.
• Rony Kozman, associate professor and director of Biblical Foundations, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • “God’s Executioners: Moses, Elijah, and the Son of Man at the Transfiguration”

American Academy of Religion

• David Bains, professor, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • “Claiming Civic Space for Sikhs in Washington, D.C.: The Gurdwara on Embassy Row”
  • Bains will also lead a tour, “Sacred Sites Tour: Exploring Denver’s Religious Diversity,” visiting the Colorado Muslim Society, Temple Emanuel and the Denver Buddhist Temple.
• Emily Andrews, executive director, Center for Worship and the Arts (School of the Arts) and assistant professor of music and worship, School of the Arts, and Nelson Cowan, director, Center for Worship and the Arts
  • “Holistic Liturgical Formation in Three Traditions of Worship: Insights from the Young People and Christian Worship Study,” co-presenting with Sarah Kathleen Johnson, Saint Paul University
• Piotr Malysz, associate professor of divinity, Beeson Divinity School
  • “The Promise of the Promise”
• Lisa Battaglia, professor, Howard College of Arts and Sciences
  • “Innovating ‘Buddhist Feminism’ in the Thai Buddhist Monastic Landscape”