Plenary Speakers
Kevin Vanhoozer
"'Like the Roar of Many Waters’: A Dogmatic Account of the Voice from Heaven"
Andrew Torrance
"Augustine, Slavery, and the Voice of God: On the Limits of Theological Tradition"
Ellen Davis
"Preaching and the Art of Silence"
Cambria Kaltwasser
"Call and Response: Prayer as a Framework for Divine and Human Speech"
David Fergusson
"Word and Spirit as the Two Hands of God: An Ancient Image Reassessed"
Short Papers
Short Papers 1
- Kimlyn Bender: “Preaching in the Work of God: Announcement, Invitation, and Commission”
- Dani Jansen: “Divine Protest: The God Who Speaks”
- Andrew McFarlane: “Hearing the God Who Speaks: Karl Barth on der vernehmende Mensch”
- Phoebe Miller: “God Speaks the Word of Hope to All People: Eschatological Implications of Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Revelation”
Short Papers 2
- Mark Bowald: “Holy Scripture as Divinely Spoken Gospel Sacrament: Revisiting the Dogmatic Location of Scripture”
- Benjamin Keogh: “Divine Speech and Universal Salvation: If God Speaks, All Are Saved”
- Sara Mannen: “Divine Power: The Word Spoken from All Eternity”
Short Papers 3
- Phillip Hussey: “Hearing Christ’s Voice: The Sermon as the Word of God”
- Dolores Morris: “Reasoning About a God Who Tells Us Who He Is”
- Sarah Shin: “Reviving Prophecy as Part of the Priesthood of All Believers"
- Martin Westerholm: TBD
Short Papers 4
- Handa Chun: “That He May Be All in All: The Scriptures of Theological Hermeneutics from the Perspective of Theological Semiotics”
- Gayle Doornbos: TBD
- Charles Howell: “The Immanency of Divine Speech: Bonaventure’s Contribution to Hermeneutical Theology”
- Taylor Tollison: “Being Utilized by Scripture: Bonhoeffer’s Homiletical Theology”
Short Papers 5
- David Buchanan: “Hear the Word of the Lord: Wolterstorffian Speech-Act Theory, Barth, and the Proclaimed Word of God”
- Chelle Stearns: “A Pneumatology of the Preaching Moment”
- John Vissers: “The Eloquent God and the Ministry of the Word: Principles for Preaching according to John Webster”
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, 10th June
- 17.30 – 19.00 Registration
- 19.00 – 19.15 Welcome
- 19.15 – 20.45 Plenary 1 – Kevin Vanhoozer
- 20.45 – 22.00 Reception
Thursday, 11th June
- 08.30 – 09.00 Chapel (optional)
- 09.15 – 10.45 Plenary 2 – Andrew Torrance
- 10.45 – 11.15 Coffee
- 11.15 – 12.00 Short Papers 1
- 12.05 – 12.50 Short Papers 2
- 12.50 – 14.15 Lunch
- 14.15 – 15.45 Plenary 3 – Ellen Davis
- 15.45 – 16.15 Coffee
- 16.15 – 17.00 Short Papers 3
Friday, 12th June
- 08.30 – 09.00 Chapel (optional)
- 09.15 – 10.45 Plenary 4 – Cambria Kaltwasser
- 10.45 – 11.15 Coffee
- 11.15 – 12.00 Short Papers 4
- 12.05 – 12.50 Short Papers 5
- 12.50 – 14.15 Lunch
- 14.15 – 15.45 Plenary 5 – David Fergusson
- 15.45 – 16.00 Final comments
Conference rates:
- Delegate Early Bird - £90.00 (registrations before 31 March 2026)
- Delegate - £ 110.00 (registrations after 31 March 2026)
- Student - £35.00
All conference rates include:
- Welcome reception
- Full access to all days of the conference
- Tea/coffee each day
Discounted Conference Accommodation - Agnes Blackadder Hall:
Available to book during registration until 9 April 2026.
- Bed and breakfast, double bed ensuite single occupancy: £70.00 per room per night.
- Bed and breakfast, double bed ensuite double occupancy: £94.00 per room per night (incl VAT)
Residence information and location
Getting to St Andrews:
St Andrews town is located on the east coast of Scotland within the Kingdom of Fife, and can be easily reached from a number of nearby cities using public transport, road and private transfers. There are a choice of airports to fly into from international locations, and all have good links with the town.
Information about getting to St Andrews
Conference Venues:
Plenary Lectures - Buchanan Lecture Theatre - Venue information and location
Conference Venue - St Mary's College - Venue information and location
Welcome Reception - Wardlaw Museum - Venue information and location
Books and Catering - St Mary's College - Venue information and location
Conference Organizers
Oliver Crisp (PhD, University of London; DLitt University of Aberdeen) is Professor of Analytic Theology and co-director of the Logos Institute in the School of Divinity, University of St Andrews. He is the author of several books, including Metatheology, Participation and Atonement, Approaching the Atonement, and Analyzing Doctrine. He is also the co-founder of the Los Angeles Theology Conference.
Paul T. Nimmo (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Professor and King’s Chair of Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and the co-director of the Aberdeen Centre for Protestant Theology. He is the author of Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision and Barth: A Guide for the Perplexed as well as the co-editor of Kenosis: The Self-Emptying of Christ in Scripture and Theology, The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth, and The Cambridge Companion to Reformed Theology. He is also the senior editor of the International Journal of Systematic Theology.
