[saymaListserv] Quaker Theological Discussion Group

[Susan Jeffers]

Greetings!  I thought SAYMA Friends might like to know about this
opportunity.  I attended/sat in on my first QTDG meeting last November in
Boston, and found it VERY interesting.  It's a small group, and not nearly
as formal as the program might lead one to believe.  I think it's a
marvelous opportunity for Friends to hear about some of the scholarly work
being done.  And it's free!  EMail me if you want more details.

-- Susan Jeffers
attender, Charleston (WV) Friends (SAYMA)
member, Ann Arbor Friends Meeting (Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, FGC)
temporarily sojourning in Richmond, Indiana

The Quaker Theological Discussion Group will meet November 17-18, 2000, at
the Grand Ol' Opry Hotel in Nashville, as part of the "Additional Meetings"
associated with the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical
Literature (AAR/SBL) annual meetings.

Program:

Friday November 17, 2000 7-8:30 p.m. (Room:  Johnson A)
Session #1: "'Pre-Publication Review of 'Evangelical Quakerism -- Its Roots
in Scripture and Tradition' by John Punshon"
   Presiding:  Stephanie Crumley-Effinger (Earlham School of Religion)
   Introductory Comments: John Punshon (Earlham School of Religion)
   Responses:  Arthur Roberts (George Fox University)
                             Carole Spencer (George Fox Evangelical
Seminary)
                Gayle Beebe (Spring Arbor College)
   Author's Response and Discussion

Saturday, November 18, 2000,  9:00-11:30 a.m.  (Room:  Polk B)
Session #2:  "Uses of Scripture by Early Friends -- Is There a 'Quaker
Hermeneutic'?"
   Presiding:  Paul Anderson (George Fox University)
   On George Fox:  Ronald Worden (Houston Graduate School of Theology)
   On Robert Barclay:  Dean Freiday (Catholic and Quaker Studies)
   On George Keith:  Julie Dodds (Garrett Evangelical Seminary)
   On Samuel Fisher:  Timothy Seid (Brown University)
   On Elizabeth Bathurst:  Mary Garman (Earlham College)
   On Dorothy White:  Michael Birkel (Earlham College)
   Responses:  Hugh Pyper (University of Leeds
                             Karen Jo Torjesen (Claremont University)