McDonald conference celebrates 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation

McDonald conference celebrates 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation
By CSLR | Emory Law | Mar 3, 2017 12:03:00 AM

**Michael Welker:**
German theologian will lecture on "The European Reformation: Advocacy of Education and Liberation."

The fourth in the McDonald Distinguished Scholar Lectures series celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with a two-day international conference on April 3 and 4 at Cannon Chapel.

The conference is convened by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion and Candler School of Theology and sponsored by the McDonald Agape Foundation.

This event is free and open to the public. Complimentary boxed lunches for conference attendees will be served both days. To register, go here.

Here is the schedule:

MONDAY, APRIL 3

8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Conference opening  John Witte, Jr., Emory University
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Opening Lecture Wolfgang Huber, Humboldt University Berlin, Heidelberg, Stellenbosch Worldly Worship: Reformation and the Ethics of Economy
10:30 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Second lecture Michael Welker, University of Heidelberg The European Reformation: Advocacy of Education and Liberation
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Complimentary boxed lunch
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Organ Recital on Johann Sebastian Bach Timothy Albrecht, Emory University
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Third lecture Jeremy Begbie, Duke University Created Order and Verbal Order: Reflections on the Reformation and the Arts
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Fourth lecture David F. Ford, Cambridge University Luther and the Gospel of John

TUESDAY, APRIL 4

8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Fifth lecture Mia Korpiola, University of Turku The Reformation of Family Law in Sweden: Continuity and Change
9:45 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Sixth lecture Jonathan Walton, Harvard University The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Consumption
11:05 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.	Optional chapel The Rev. William Flippin, Jr., Celebrant John Witte, Jr., Homilist
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Complimentary boxed lunch and Early Reformation Imprints Tour M. Patrick Graham, Emory University
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Seventh Lecture Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame The Gift of “Sola Scriptura” to the World
2:30 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Closing Lecture Margot Käßmann, Special Envoy, Evangelical Church in Germany The Challenges of 16th Century Europe and Our Global Challenges Today
4:00 p.m.	Conference Closing Jan Love, Emory University