Princeton Theological Seminary

November 16, 2019 | Theologies of the Digital Presentation: “Bible as Interface: Reading Bible with Machines” Speaker: Dr. Michael Hemenway, Chief Information Officer, Iliff School of Theology Read Dr. Hemenway's research paper at https://cursor.pubpub.org/pub/hemenway-bible-interface.

November 16, 2019 | Theologies of the Digital Presentation: “A New Hermeneutics of Suspicion? The Challenge of Deepfakes to Theological Epistemology” Speaker: Dr. Clifford Anderson, Vanderbilt University Read Dr. Anderson's research paper at https://cursor.pubpub.org/pub/andersondeepfakes.

November 15, 2019 | Theologies of the Digital Presentation: "Digital Omniscience and Practices of Freedom" Speaker: Dr. Hanna Reichel, Associate Professor of Reformed Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary Read Dr. Reichel's research paper at https://cursor.pubpub.org/pub/reichel-omniscience-i and https://cursor.pubpub.org/pub/reichel-omniscience-ii.

November 16, 2019 | Theologies of the Digital Presentation: “Scripture as Interface: A Hermeneutical Reflection on a Concept Based in Media Theory” Speaker: Frederike van Oorschot, Director of Department of Religion, Law & Culture, Forschungsstaette der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft, Heidelberg Read Dr. Frederike van Oorschot's research paper athttps://cursor.pubpub.org/pub/vonoorschot-bible-interface.

November 18, 2019 | 2019 Toyohiko Kagawa Lecture Lecture: The Adaptability of Christian Nationalism: American Protestants and Japanese Christianity, 1921-1941." Speaker: Dr. Anne Blankenship, associate professor of religious studies at North Dakota State University

November 7, 2019 | Miller Chapel Sermon: Hanging Up Your Weapons Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17 After seeing the destruction caused by the flood, God was done with judging humanity for its wickedness, and hung up the divine bow in the sky as a covenant to never do that again. So, God is no longer trying to punish us for our sins. The question is - Have we hung up our weapons?

November 4, 2019 | Princeton Theological Seminary Library Lecture: “Trust, Truth, and Trauma: Is Forgiveness Politically Possible?” Speaker: Nancy Gibbs, faculty director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, former editor in chief of Time

October 31, 2019 | Black Church Studies Alumni Lecture 2019 Lecture: “Black Matter(s): Revisiting the Problem of Alienation in Theological Education” Speaker: Dr. Cleve V. Tinsley, MDiv '07, post-doctoral research affiliate with the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning, visiting research associate in the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University

October 25, 2019 | Women in Ministry Conference 2019 Keynote Lecture: “What We Have to Offer in a Time of Division and Fear” Speaker: Cynthia Rigby, professor at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, co-chair of the Reformed Theology and History Unit of the American Academy of Religion

October 24, 2019 | Women in Ministry Conference 2019 Keynote Lecture: “Embodied Leadership” Speaker: Emilie M. Townes, dean and Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Divinity School

October 23, 2019 | Women in Ministry Conference 2019 Keynote Lecture: “Enfleshed Faith: A Theology of Mutual Vulnerability” Speaker: Mihee Kim-Kort, PhD student in religious studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, ordained Presbyterian minister

October 23, 2019 | Women in Ministry Conference 2019 opening worship Preacher: Nicole Martin, senior mobilizer with American Bible Society, assistant professor of ministry and leadership development at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

October 25, 2019 | Women in Ministry Conference 2019 closing worship Preacher: Rev. Ruth-Aimée Belonni-Rosario Govens, chief enrollment management officer at Columbia Theological Seminary

October 8, 2019 | Film and Panel Discussion: “Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story“ Dr. Walter Fluker, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership at Boston University Dr. Mozella Mitchell, professor emerita and former chair of religious studies at the University of South Florida

October 16, 2019 | The 2019 Geddes W. Hanson Lecture Miller Chapel Lecture: “How to Become a Famous Preacher! Henry Ward Beecher and the Ethics of Moral Suasion” Lecturer: Jonathan Lee Walton, PhD '06, MDiv '02, dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

October 10, 2019 | Miller Chapel Sermon: “The Blessing of Conviction” Scripture: Matthew 5:10-12 If you believe you are a citizen of the reign of Christ on earth, you have to live by the convictions of this true city of God to which you belong. That inevitably means there will be those who do all they can to persecute these convictions out of you. Some of them are even in the church. But the blessing is that you know who you are, what you believe, and how you will use your life no matter the cost.

October 3, 2019 | Miller Chapel Sermon: “The Blessing of Vision” Scripture: Matthew 5:8-9 There are so many distracting things that clutter our lives and make it hard to see the work of the Holy Spirit who gives us the ability to will one thing. This is to live as the beloved children of God who have a mission of being blessed peacemakers. But what does it really mean to make peace?

September 30, 2019 | Donald Macleod/Short Hills Community Congregational Church Preaching Lecture “Scripts in the Scripture for Bent Double Days” Speaker: Anna Carter Florence, MDiv ’88, PhD ’00, Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary

September 26, 2019 | Miller Chapel Sermon: “The Blessing of Thirst” Scripture: Matthew 5:6-7 No matter how hard we try, we cannot make ourselves right. We are completely dependent upon the grace of God who makes us righteous in Christ. The mark of truly apprehending this grace is that it is what we want to spend our lives offering to others.

September 19, 2019 | Miller Chapel Sermon: “The Blessing of a Savior” Scripture: Matthew 5:4–5 We all experience inevitable losses for which we mourn, and seek comfort. But the meek are those who open their hands to accept these losses in order to receive more of Christ than we knew before the loss. To inherit Christ is to become gentle, not weak. Only those strong in the grace of a Savior can afford the lifestyle of gentleness.