Conflict in Middle East topic of this week’s Spring Theological Conference

The university welcomes Gary Burge, a professor of New Testament in the Department of Biblical & Theological Studies at Wheaton College and Graduate School, for the Spring Theological Conference on the Newberg campus this week.

Burge will discuss the conflict between Israel and Palestine in two chapels and take part in talkback and dialogue sessions. Burge specializes in the Middle East, its churches and its history through the modern period. His book on the Palestinian/Israeli struggle, Whose Land? Whose Promise? (2003), received a number of awards from national journals.

“Thinking Christianly About Israel and Palestine” is the event’s theme. The conference begins in Monday’s chapel, when Burge will discuss “The Crisis in the Middle East – An Overview.” Immediately following, he will host a talkback lunch and book-signing from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

Monday night, Burge will present “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – The History of the Problem” from 7:30 to 8:50 p.m. in Calder Lecture Hall. Refreshments will be provided, and Corey Beals (Religious Studies) will serve as host.

On Tuesday, Jan. 27, Burge and Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) will host “A Dialogue on Jesus and the Gospel of John” from 1:20 to 2:35 p.m. in Room 209 of the Hoover Academic Building. That afternoon, a panel will discuss the topic “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – What is Jesus Doing” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 250.

The conference closes with Burge’s chapel presentation “The Crisis in the Middle East – An Evangelical Approach” in chapel Wednesday, Jan. 28.

For more information, contact Paul Anderson.

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