"Giving Sustenance to the Sons of God": Martin Bucer's Program for Economic Justice
Presented by another - A talk from the 69th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (Nov. 15-17, 2017). The theme for this year's conference: "The Heritage of the Reformation," points to the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. In addition, some sessions will focus on a secondary theme of "religious liberty," reflecting on the significance of meeting in Providence, Rhode Island where Roger Williams, author of "The Bloody Tenent of Persecution," planted a free church in the 17th century to protest the idea of an official state church. The plenary speakers for this conference are: Gwenfair Adams (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) "Shock and Awe: The Reformers and the Stunning Joy of Romans 1-8," Timothy George (Beeson Divinity School) "Where Are the Nail Prints? The Devil and Dr. Luther," Scott Manetsch (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) "John Calvin's Doctrine of the Christian Life.
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Dr. Brad Littlejohn is the President of the Davenant Trust, an organization dedicated to renewing classical Protestant wisdom at the intersection of the church and academy. He has written for popular and scholarly audiences on political theology, Christian ethics, Reformation studies, and the Mercersburg theology, and also teaches philosophy at Moody Bible Institute.
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