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We are pleased to announce that the Protestant Theological Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn will award Canon Professor Mark D. Chapman (Oxford/Cuddesdon) an honorary doctorate in theology on November 5th, 2021 (at 2 p.m.). Mark Chapman is among his other important functions also vice-chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations Network. With this, the faculty honors […]

Every two years, the Research Unit Systematic Theology of KU Leuven hosts the international conference “Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology”. The next LEST conference will take place at KU Leuven, 20-23 October, 2021. The topic is “DISSENTING CHURCH – Exploring the Theological Power of Conflict and Disagreement“. The Call for Papers is now life – deadline 1 March 2021: https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/lest/lest-xiii/call-for-papers​

We are happy to announce two of our sessions will be held at this year virtual AAR: LGBTQ+ Experience as an Ecclesial Issue Ecclesiological Investigations Unit and Wesleyan and Methodist Studies Unit (A1-306) Tuesday, December 1, 4:00 – 5:30 pm EST The reality of LGBTQ+ experience is a complex phenomenon among churches on local, regional, […]

We are happy to announce that the new blog series on “Changing the Church: The Legacy of Gerard Mannion,” featuring responses from 15 scholars, is now published by Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/changing-the-church-the-legacy-of-gerard-mannion