"Christian Origins and Social-Scientific Criticism: Past, Present, and Future" Schedule—Chris Keith

I'm happy to share the schedule for the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible's upcoming conference on May 25 at St Mary's University, Twickenham on "Christian Origins and Social-Scientific Criticism: Past, Present, and Future."  If you've not registered yet and would like to join us, you can do so here.

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‘Social-Scientific Criticism’ now serves in New Testament studies as an umbrella term for a variety of critical approaches to early Christianity, which include cultural anthropology, social identity theory, social history, ancient and modern media studies, memory theories, human geography, ancient and modern politics, race theory, trauma studies, and others.  This conference gathers leading scholars to discuss the progress of the scholarly discourse from initial applications to the current state, as well as offer thoughts about the future. 

8.00–9.00       Registration

9.00–9.10       Welcome

9.10–9.20       Introduction to the Conference (Chris Keith) 

Session 1: Theoretical Origins and Texts

9.20–9.50       ‘From Honour and Shame to Theorizing Christian Origins’ (John Kloppenborg)

9.50–10.20     ‘Competitive Textualization in the Jesus Tradition’ (Chris Keith)      

10.20–10.50   ‘The Letter to Titus as a Site of Memory’ (Michael Scott Robertson)

10.50–11.20   coffee and tea break

Session 2: Violence and Identity

11.20–12.10   ‘Violence as Social Currency in Early Christianity’ (Sarah Rollens)

12.10–12.40   ‘The Death of John the Baptist and the Sociology of Beheading in the Ancient World’ (Nathan Shedd)

12.40–1.00     Open Discussion

1.00–2.00       Lunch

Session 3: Space and Language

2.00–2.40       ‘Diverse Futures of Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament: Affective, Spatial, Cognitive, and Digital Turns’ (Louise J. Lawrence)

2.40–3.20  ‘Apocalyptic Language in the New Testament: Can Cognitive Linguistics

Help?’    (Jamie Davies)

3.20–3.40       coffee and tea break

Session 4: Ethnicity, Race, and Ideology

3.40–4.10       ‘Whose Race Needs to be Noted? Further Reflections on Whiteness and Biblical Studies’ (David Horrell)

4.40–5.10       ‘Social-Scientific Criticism and the Bible: Investigating Ideological Trend’ (Taylor Weaver)

5.10–5.30       coffee and tea break

Session 5: Politics and Social-Scientific Criticism

5.30–6.00       Keynote Address:  ‘Cults, Martyrs, and Good Samaritans’ (James Crossley)

6.00–6.20       Respondent:  Hannah Strømmen

6.20–6.40       Respondent:  Yvonne Sherwood

6.40–7.00       Discussion

7.00                supper at La Dolce Vita for those who have reserved a place, otherwise the St Mary’s dining room will be open