Agenda

I. Monday: Peace Theology and the Biblical Tradition

Morning Worship: Patricia Daly & John Rempel

Consultation Opening: Fernando Enns (Mennonite), Germany
Welcome to Bienenberg: Introduction/Setting the Context:

Biblical Tradition and Early Christianity
1. Neal Blough (Mennonite) France (Bio)
"From the Tower of Babel to the Peace of Jesus Christ: Christological, Ecclesiological and Missiological Foundations of Peacemaking"
2. Daniel Ulrich (Ch of the Brethren) USA (Bio)
"Resistance, Reproof and Love for Enemies in Matthew’s Narrative Ethic"
3. Konrad Raiser: Welcome and Remarks from the WCC
4. Moises Mayordomo (Mennonite) Switzerland
"Conflict Resolution and Human Reconciliation in the Early Church"

Evening forum:
"John Howard Yoder and beyond", panel discussion with:
Chris Huebner (Bio)
How to Read Yoder: An Exercise in Pacifist Epistemology
Alex Sider (Bio)
"To See History Doxologically ": Miroslav Volf’s and John Howard Yoder’s Competing Conceptions of the Place of Memory in the Politics of Forgiveness.
Peter Dula (Bio)
Non-Constantinianism and Globalization

II. Tuesday: Peace Theology and the Biblical Tradition

Morning Worship: John Rempel & Patricia Daly

Peace Theology:
1. Duane Friesen (Mennonite) USA (Bio)
"The Moral Imperative to Do Justice Within Christian Pacifism: Tensions and Limits"
2. Harry Huebner (Mennonite) Canada (Bio)
Memory and Hope: Political Theology"
3. Debbie Roberts (Ch of the Brethren) USA (Bio)
"Peace and Mediation: A Feminist Perspective"
4. J. Denny Weaver (Mennonite) USA (Bio)
"Critically Embodied Nonviolence"

Evening forum:
(listening committee summary and discussion)

III. Wednesday: Peace Theology and Contextual/Political

Reflection: Morning worship: Patricia Daly & John Rempel

Context: violence and nationalism
1. Patrick Bugu (Bio) and Scott Holland (Bio) (Ch of the Brethren) Nigeria and USA
"Reconciliation or Pacifism? The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria" (Bugu)
The Gospel of Peace and the Violence of God (Holland)


2. Alix Lozano (Mennonite) Colombia (Bio)
"What it Means to be a Peace Church in the Context of Violence" (Spanish)
3. Alfred Neufeld (Mennonite Brethren) Paraguay (Bio)
"Historical Roots and a Culture of Violence" (Spanish) (English)
4. Sang Gyoo Lee (Independent/Mennonite) Korea (Bio)
"The Role of the Korean Church for Conflict Transformation and the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula"

Context: religious pluralism
5. Prem Bagh (Mennonite) India (Bio)
"Christian Peace Theology in the Indian Inter-Faith Context"
6. Bedru Hussein (Mennonite) Ethiopia
"Methodologies for Making Peace and Pursuing Justice in Ethiopia"

Context: gender and ethnicity
7. Ann K. Riggs (Quaker) USA (Bio)
"Theology and Culture: The Claim of Ethnicity and Gender on Faith and Understanding"

Context: land
8. Elaine Bishop (Quaker) UK
"The Sacred Nature of Places: Understanding Land as a Contribution to Peacebuilding"
9. Alastair McIntosh (Quaker) UK (Bio)
"Healing Nationhood"

IV. Thursday: Foundations for Ecumenical Dialogue Morning

Worship: John Rempel & Patricia Daly

Building on Our History:
1. Gene Hillman (Quaker) USA (Bio)
"Quakers and The Lamb’s War: A Hermeneutic for Confronting Evil"
2. Helmut Harder (Mennonite) Canada (Bio)
"Peace and the Mennonite Confessional Tradition" Ecumenical Directions:
3. Lauree Hersch Meyer (Ch of the Brethren) USA (Bio)
"Peace Theology and Foundations for Ecumenical Dialogue"
4. John Rempel (Mennonite) USA (Bio)
"The Apostolic Nature of the Churches Peace Witness: A Discussion in the National Council of Churches, USA"
5. Responding to the WCC Central Committee, Jan/Feb Berlin Meeting: reporting from participants.

Evening forum:
(listening committee summary and discussion; preparation for visit to WCC)

Peace Consultation's Letter
Bienenberg Study Paper

V. Friday: Geneva Meetings at the WCC

Morning: travel by coach from Bienenberg Seminary to Geneva
Lunch: The Ecumenical Center
Afternoon:
-Discussion with WCC staff (Faith and Order Division and Decade to Overcome Violence)
-Concluding discussion and closure - next steps? - areas of research and work? - subsequent meetings?
Dinner:

VI. Other Papers Brought to the Consultation

Wilfried Warneck
Following in the footsteps of God - How churches become peace churches

 

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