( all lectures will be held in the LTS Library)

7 - 9 May 2013

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

9:00-10:00 a.m.              Registration
10:00-10:45 a.m.            LECTURE:  Rev. Dr. David Grafton
“Apples to Apples or Apples to Dates? The Muslim Critique of Christian Scriptures”
10:45-11:15 a.m.            Coffee
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.    Discussion
12:00-2:00 p.m.              Lunch on your own
2:00-2:45 p.m.                LECTURE:  Rev. Dr. Kristine Ruffatto
“What Made it into the Bible, What Didn’t, and Why”

How did the Bible become the Bible?  The development of the Jewish and Christian canons is a complex, little understood, and much debated issue.  This lecture explores the emergence of the Jewish and Christian canons, including the early fluidity of what was considered scripture and the nature of the (sometimes hot!) debates surrounding the inclusion of some texts.  The Bible has a history of its own.

2:45-3:15 p.m.                Coffee
3:15-4:00 p.m.                Discussion
4:00-5:30 p.m.                Pericope Study for Easter VII
5:30-7:00 p.m.                Supper on your own
7:00-7:45 p.m.                LECTURE:  Dr. Abdul Hamid Javed

“What this Canadian Muslim would like his neighbors to know about Islam”

7:45-8:30 p.m.                Discussion
8:30 p.m.                        Compline

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

9:30-10:00 a.m.              Morning Prayer
10:00-10:30 a.m.            Coffee
10:30-11:15 a.m.            LECTURE: Dr. Walter Klaassen
“'I ate & drank with these teacher': Luther and Marpeck”
11:30am                            Dedication of Dr. Walter and Ruth Klaassen Mennonite Collection
12:00 a.m.-2:00 pm        Free Time
2:00-3:30 p.m.                LECTURE:  Rev. Dr. David Grafton
“Conquest and Violence: The Christian Critique of Muhammad”
4:00-4:30 pm                  Evening Prayer
6:00 pm                          Dinner on your own.  Evening free.

 

Thursday, May 9, 2013

9:00-9:45 a.m.                LECTURE:  Rev. Dr. David Grafton
“Location, Location, Location: Christian-Muslim Relations in Context”
9:45-10:30 a.m.              Discussion
10:30-11:00 a.m.            Coffee

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Closing Eucharist