*** EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS 1st MARCH *** Descent of the Dove: Knowing and Loving in Spirit and TruthPusey House Theological ConferenceMonday, 6 July to Wednesday, 8 July 2020 Descent of the Dove: Knowing and Loving in Spirit and Truth will consider the person and work of the Holy Spirit, and the inevitable transformation which any knowledge of, faith in, or encounter with, the Holy Spirit both invites and enables. The 2020 conference will be the third of a series following ‘A Transforming Vision: Knowing and Loving the Triune God’ (2016), and ‘Totus Christus: Knowing and Loving the Son of Man’ (2018).We have an inspiring group of speakers to guide and enlighten us on this journey, by the grace of the Holy Spirit: Lewis Ayres, Markus Bockmuehl, Richard Conrad, Jonathan Goodall, Malcolm Guite, Carol Harrison, Karen Kilby, Matthew Levering, Jack Levison, John A McGuckin, Oliver O’Donovan, Marcus Plested, Ephraim Radner, Gary Thorne, Graham Tomlin, Robin Ward, Kallistos Ware, Rowan Williams, Judith Wolfe, N T Wright (see more details below).Located in the heart of Oxford, Pusey House was founded to be ‘a house of sacred learning’, a place where theological study is encouraged alongside worship and prayer and in the context of a rich community life. Drawing on the tradition of renewal and ressourcement inspired by the Oxford Movement, we seek to build a community where thoughtful and robust faith is nourished by beauty-inspired worship to form disciples in Christ for service in the Church and in the world. A finalised schedule will be uploaded in due course. For further information, please see the conference website or the conference event Facebook page. Please direct questions and concerns to Speakers for Descent of the Dove: Knowing and Lovingin Spirit and Truth Lewis Ayres, Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology, Durham University, and Professorial Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry of the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. Markus Bockmuehl, Dean Ireland’s Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture and Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. Richard Conrad, Lector and Fellow of Blackfriars and Director of the Aquinas Institute, Oxford. Jonathan Goodall, The Bishop of Ebbsfleet and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Orthodox Churches. Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge. Carol Harrison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. Karen Kilby, Bede Professor of Catholic Theology in the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University. Matthew Levering, James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology at Mundelein Seminary, University of Saint Mary of the Lake, and Co-Director of the Chicago Theological Initiative. Jack Levison, W. J. A. Power Professor of Old Testament Interpretation and Biblical Hebrew, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. John A McGuckin, Nielsen Emeritus Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies, Columbia University, and ArchPriest of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate. Oliver O’Donovan, Professor Emeritus in Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the School of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh, and sometime Regius Professor of Moral & Pastoral Theology and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. Marcus Plested,Professor of Greek Patristic and Byzantine Theology, Marquette University Ephraim Radner, Professor of Historical Theology, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. Gary Thorne, Chaplain of Huron University, Huron at Western, London, Ontario. Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington and President of St. Mellitus College, London. Robin Ward, Principal of St Stephen’s House, Oxford. Kallistos Ware, Assistant Bishop in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, sometime Spalding Lecturer of EasternOrthodox Studies and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, sometime Archbishop of Canterbury and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford. Judith Wolfe, Professor of Philosophical Theology, St. Mary’s College, University of St. Andrews. N T Wright, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews, sometime Bishop of Durham, Dean of Lichfield Cathedral, and Canon of Westminster Abbey.
