King’s College London
One-Day Conference
"Andrew Walker: A Celebration and Assessment”
24 May 2010, 10.30 to 4.00
The Chapel, King’s College, Strand, London
King’s College London is pleased to announce a one-day conference with an international group of speakers to celebrate the landmark work of Professor Andrew Walker, who recently retired after a distinguished career at King’s. There is no charge for this conference, which is open to all.
Professor Alister McGrath (KCL): Welcome; short reflection on Andrew Walker on C. S. Lewis, focussing both on Walker’s assessment of Lewis as a theologian, and his development of his approach through the “C. S. Lewis Centre” in the 1980s.
Dr Pete Ward (KCL): Andrew Walker and the “Gospel and Culture” Movement. This will consider Walker’s significance in the Gospel and Culture movement, noting his development of the approach of Lesslie Newbigin, especially in Telling the Story and Enemy Territory.
Dr Luke Bretherton (KCL): “Sharing Peace: Class, Hierarchy and a Doxological Vision of Social Relations”. Central to Andrew Walker's work is an exploration of the interface between sociology and theology. This paper picks up on this theme, particularly Walker's work on the trinity, to set out a doxological account of inter-personal relations and how this contrasts and interacts with the key sociological category of “class” and the differing accounts of social relations that shape conceptualisations of class.
Professor William Abraham (Southern Methodist University, Dallas): “From the Linear to the Prototypical: An Ecclesiology of the Third Article”. This paper will explore the relations of Pentecostalism and Orthodoxy, a major interest for Andrew Walker, offering a model of the church which combines the strengths of both.
Canon Professor Martyn Percy (Principal, Ripon College, Cuddesdon). “Signs, Wonders and Church Growth: Sociological and Theological Understanding in the Work of Andrew Walker.” This paper will look at Andrew Walker’s understanding of the relationship between theology and the social sciences, looking particularly at his landmark work on house churches, Restoring the Kingdom.
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