Inclusive Church - Drenched in Grace

Inclusive Church have had their first conference ("Drenched in Grace") this week. Thankfully those unable to attend can share in some of what happened as addresses are being posted - both audio and in some cases texts - online at the IC blog. Thanks to those making these available more widely.

Wright, Barclay, Bauckham, Milbank etc at AAR/SBL

Thanks to the Corpus Paulinum group I discovered there was an audio available of the session at SBL last week on Paul and Empire with John Barclay and Tom Wright -

Pauline Epistles 11/19/2007 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Theme: Paul and Empire

Papers by John M.G. Barclay, Durham University, and Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, with a response by Robert Jewett, University of Heidelberg Alexandra Brown, Washington and Lee University, Presiding

John M.G. Barclay, Durham University

Why the Roman Empire was Insignificant to Paul (40 min)

N. Thomas Wright, Church of England

Paul’s Counter-Imperial Theology (40 min)

Robert Jewett, University of Heidelberg, Respondent

Going to the linked website I not only found a very interesting looking blog from Andy Rowell (a Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) student at Duke Divinity School whose area of concentration is "Scripture and the Practice of Leading Christian Communities and Institutions") but also that he has recorded several other events which look interesting - Tom Wright on "God in Public? The Bible and Politics in Tomorrow’s World", Richard Bauckham responding to a panel on his recent book on eyewitnesses and the gospels, an emergent church forum, Charles Taylor, John Milbank - and they are all online as MP3s

Now just need to find time to listen....