Sean has posted about his forthcoming Whitley Lecture, which he will presenting in various places. I hope to catch it at the Baptist Assembly. Sean is the 10th Whitley Lecturer, following in the footsteps of the likes of Steve Holmes, Nigel Wright, Keith Jones, Ruth Gouldbourne and Steve Finamore. This is Sean's abstract:
The lecture will explore the issue of how Baptists might understand the task of biblical interpretation in the light of their covenantal understanding of the nature of God, God’s relating to the world, and the life of the church. In particular, the lecture will consider how as Baptists we ought to understand the inevitable diversity of biblical interpretation and the consequent disagreements that arise as a result of such diversity. I will argue that the use of the word “biblical” in relation to Baptist identity, denotes not a commitment to a particular interpretive decision about the meaning of scripture, but a commitment to a particular kind of relationship to scripture. Within such a relationship, diversity and disagreement are to be expected and even welcomed as those things which sustain an appropriately covenantal relationship with God via the medium of the text, and with each other. The lecture will end with several practical suggestions as to how such an understanding of interpretation might take visible shape in the local church and within theological education.
Pete Leveson has asked the question how baptist are baptists?
Simon Jones asks so, who we are?
Fernando blogs here on baptists blogging about baptists
The new edition of Baptist Quarterly is out and I'm looking forward to reading Chris Ellis' article 'Gathering Struggles: Creative Tensions in Baptist Worship' when I get a chance to see a copy.
The BU website points us to a national consultation for Baptists on mission and ministry in multifaith Britain taking place on the 1st March in Leicester.
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