Bible Institute: Using the Bible in the Public Square
- February 6, 2012 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
- February 7, 2012 | 10:00 am – 12:15 pm
Pastors and other church leaders are invited to do “public theology” with audiences beyond the confines of the church. They often are called on to pray or speak at public forums, at meetings of school boards and town councils, and at high school baccalaureate services; they may serve as chaplains for volunteer fire departments and guest columnists for the local paper.
Obviously the Bible is an important resource for these opportunities, but how to use the Bible in such situations is the question (or perhaps better, how God uses the Bible through our ministry). For all the respect they may have for the Bible, fewer and fewer people outside the church will automatically buy into the “normative sacred scripture”argument. Join Dr. Richard Nelson and participate in workshops during the Bible Institute on February 6 and 7, 2012, as we explore the challenges of Using the Bible in the Public Square.
Richard Nelson is associate dean for academic affairs at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, where he has been the W. J. A. Power Professor of Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament since 2001. A 1970 graduate of ELTS, one of Trinity Lutheran Seminary’s predecessor schools, he received his Ph.D. in Old Testament Studies from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia in 1973. He served as pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh (1974-77), and then taught religion at Ferrum College in Virginia (1977-81). Between 1981 and 2001 he was on the faculty Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, eventually as Kraft Professor of Biblical Studies. He is the author of seven books and numerous articles on biblical themes.
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