Opening Address (DAY2, 13:10-14:00)
Title: "Peace in the Gospel of Matthew: Between History and Context"
Prof. Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
(The Assistant Secretary for International Initiatives of SNTS)
Keynote Lecture (DAY2, 14:30-16:00)
Title: "Rethinking New Testament Studies in Asia: Contexts and Critiques"
Rev. Dr. Kar Yong Lim, Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies Seminari Theoloji Malaysia
(The Chairperson of APLC)
Response from Dr. Kota Yamada, professor emeritus, Keiwa College (The Chairperson of JSNTS)
Panel Discussion (DAY3, 9:30-11:00)
Title: "Teaching the New Testament from Asian Perspectives"
Presider: Prof. Daniel Sin Pan Ho (Dean of Advanced Studies in Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong)
Panelists: Dr. Layang Seng Ja (Kachin Theological College and Seminary, Myammer)
Dr. Prof. Ms. Moon-Geoung Kim (Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, South Korea)
Rev. Simon Kang (St. Paul's Theological College, Malaysia)
Presentations
Session #1 (DAY2, 16:30-17:15)
Prof. Seng Ja Layang, Kachin Theological College and Seminary (Myammer)
The Johannine Concept of Peace and Its Relevance to the War Torn Kachin Context in Myanmar
Rev. Simon Kang, St. Paul's Theological College (Malaysia)
“Not Peace but a Sword”: The Peaceable Kingdom in Asian Context
Session #2 (DAY2, 17:15-18:00)
Prof. Paul Trebilco, University of Otago (New Zealand)
The New Jerusalem, the River of the Water of Life, but “No Sea” (Rev 21:1-2): Imagery for Peace in the Eschaton in the Book of Revelation
Dr. Prof. Ms. Moon Geoung Kim, Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (Sounth Korea)
Peace Through Conflict: The Narrative Structure of the Q Tradition and Its Primordial Background in the Cain–Abel Tradition
Session #3 (DAY3, 11:30-12:15)
Prof. William Loader, Murdoch University (Australia)
Inclusive Exclusivity in John?
Dr. Kei Hiramatsu, Central Bible College (Japan)
Paul’s Vision of Peace in 2 Corinthians
Session #4 (DAY3, 12:15-13:00)
Prof. Takaaki Haraguchi, Japan Lutheran Theological Seminary (Japan)
Peace on Earth or Peace in Heaven? The Problem of the Doxologies in Luke 2:14 and 19:38
Prof. Masashi Sawamura, Nagoya Gakuin University (Japan)
Saved by the Curse: κατάθεμα and the Self-Understanding of the Didache Community
Session #5 (DAY3, 14:30-15:15)
Prof. Eugene Eung-Chun Park, University of Redlands (USA)
From στάσις to εἰρήνη and back to στάσις: Conflicting Accounts about the Peace Agreement in Acts 15 and Galatians 2
Dr. Edwin Yik Ming Poh, University of Gloucestershire (Malaysia)
No Peace Even for Our Kinsmen: Reshaping of Social Boundaries and the Role of Peace in the Matthean Missionary Discourse (10:1–42)
Session #6 (DAY3, 15:15-16:00)
Prof. Sze-kar Wan, Southern Methodist University (USA)
Killing Enmity on the Cross: A Theological Response to Christian Nationalism
Dr. Rolex Cailing, Asia Graduate School of Theology (Phillipines)
God is Not a God of Disorder but of Peace: Divine Character and Community Formation in 1 Corinthians 14:33
Session #7 (DAY3, 16:30-17:15)
Dr. Johnson Thomaskutty, The United Theological College (India)
The Concept of ‘Peace’ in the Sermon on the Mount [Matthew 5-7] and Its Relevance in the Asian Context
Dr. Jonathan Lo, Ambrose University (Canada)
Announcing the Good News of Peace: An Imperial-Critical Reading of Peter’s Speech to Cornelius in Acts 10:34-43
Video Session (DAY3, 8:30-9:30)
Dr. Don Barker, Macquarie University (Australia)
The Nature of the Peace in Phil. 4.7
Dr. Nathanael Xuesheng Wang, Chung Yuan Christian University (Taiwan)
The Antioch Conflict through the Lens of Habitus