It is with growing anticipation that the Prayer Book Society looks forward to the conference opening in Savannah on the 16th
Those wishing to come can still register at
http://anglicanism-2017.brownpapertickets.com
(And in the case of financial hardship please contact us)
A new and updated schedule for the conference is set out below
It is with deep regret that, on account of an acute episode of spinal pain, Bishop Geoffrey Rowell has had to cancel all his overseas engagements for the next few months and he will therefore not be able to join us but we send our prayers and good wishes for his speedy recovery.
The PBS is hugely grateful to the Revd. Dr. George Westhaver, the Principal of Pusey House in Oxford, as well as Dr. Jesse Billett from Trinity College of the University of Toronto and the distinguished former Professor of Liturgy at Nashotah House, the Revd Dr. Arnold Klukas, for taking on additional roles now in lieu of Bishop Rowell.
Anglicanism Catholic and Reformed:
Revisiting the Reformation Legacy 1517-2017
Before the Conference
Wednesday 15th February
Information on historic Savannah and tours etc. will be available along with a
list of restaurants people may wish to visit.
Conference Day I, Thursday 16th February
9.30 Walking tour available – meet in front of the Green-Meldrim House (of St John’s Parish, beside the church).
11.00 & onwards – Arrivals and Registration at the Green-Meldrim House
Said Noonday Prayer at 12.15 (in St. John’s Church)
12.15 Introductions and overview of the conference
(in St John’s Church)
The Revd. Fr. Gavin Dunbar, President of the Prayer Book Society USA
The Revd. Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff, (PBS Intl. Advisor and Conference organiser)
12.30 Opening Session Chaired by Dean William McKeachie (PBS Board member)
(in St John’s Church)
An Historical Overview of the Reformation Context
Dr. Gillis Harp
Professor of History, Grove City College and PBS Board Member
Interlocutor, (giving an initial response and opening the discussion)
The Revd. Dr George Westhaver, Principal of Pusey House, Oxford
14.00 Break
14.15 Session II Chaired by the Revd. Fr. Gavin Dunbar, (PBS President)
Sanctification – Defining the Anglican Tradition…
The Revd. Dr. Oliver O’ Donovan, Professor of Moral Theology Edinburgh and formerly of Oxford
Interlocutor Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff, PBS Intl Advisor, Quondam Dean All Saints’ Cathedral Cairo
16.00 Tea
16.30 Session III Chaired by The Very Revd. Fr. David Thurlow (PBS Board)
The Nature and Future of the Reformation liturgy
The Revd. Fr. Gavin Dunbar,
Interlocutors:
The Revd. Fr. Edward Rix, (PBS Vice President)
The Revd. Dr. Arnold Klukas, Quondam Professor of Liturgy, Nashotah House
18.00 Said Evening Prayer (St. John’s Church)
After which participants are free to make their own dinner arrangements
Conference Day II, Friday 17th February
8.00 Said Eucharist (St. John’s, Chapel)
9.00 SESSION IV Chaired by the Revd. Fr. Edward Rix,
“It is required that you do awake your faith*” The Elizabethan Settlement and the Drama of a Catholic Reformation: (*The Winter’s Tale, V.3 ll.94-5)
Dr Neil Robertson, Professor of Humanities, University of King’s College Halifax
Interlocutor: Dr. Stephen Blackwood, President, Ralston College, (PBS Board)
10.30 Coffee
11.00 SESSION V chaired by the Revd Jonathan Kell
The Public Authority of the Church in the Cranmerian Tradition
Dr. Joan O’Donovan, University of Edinburgh
Interlocutor:
Dr. Roberta Bayer, Professor of Politics, Patrick Henry College, Editor of The Anglican Way (PBS Board)
12.30 Lunch (registrants free to lunch at local restaurants)
14.00 SESSION VI Chaired Dr. Roberta Bayer
Interlocutors Dr. Gillis Harp and Dr. Neil Robertson
14.00 – 14.45
Dr. Jesse Billett, Trinity College, University of Toronto
14:45-15:00 Discussion
15.00 – 15.45
Incarnational Reading: A Tractarian View of the Authority of Scripture
The Revd. Dr. George Westhaver, Principal of Pusey House, Oxford
15:45-16:00 Discussion
16.00. Tea
16.30 – 17.20
SESSION VII Anglicanism catholic & reformed: Quo Vadis?
A Panel Discussion Chaired by William Murchison,
Radford Distinguished Professor of Journalism, Baylor University (retd.), (PBS Board)
Dr. Jesse Billett, Dr. Joan O’Donovan, Dr. Oliver O’Donovan,
Fr. Gavin Dunbar, Dr. Gillis Harp, Dr. Neil Robertson, Dr. George Westhaver.
17.30 Choral Evensong
With Sermon by Professor Oliver O’Donovan (on Romans V)
Evening free for informal fellowship
Conference Day III, Saturday 18th February
8.00 Eucharist (Chapel)
9.00 Session VIII Chaired by The Revd Fr. Patrick Bright, All Souls Oklahoma City
(In the Cranmer Hall building of St. John’s, Ralston Room on the 3rd Floor)
Apologetics Now, Science Faith and Contemporary Culture
Dr. Paul Julienne, Professor University of Maryland and of the The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) emeritus, Specialist in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, and ultracold matter) and leader of the PBS Blog on Science and Faith
10.30 Coffee break.
11.00 Session IX Panel Discussion chaired by the Revd. Fr Gordon Anderson, (PBS Board Secretary)
Liturgy Now – American, English and Canadian Perspectives
(In the Cranmer Hall building 3rd floor)
The Revd Fr. Gavin Dunbar,
The Revd. Dr. Arnold Klukas,
The Revd. Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff
Dr. Jesse Billett
12.30 Closing Conference Eucharist
Sermon: The Revd. Dr. George Westhaver