2003 Conference
Wesleyan Heritage Week -- February 17 - 21, 2003
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Monday, February 17
10:00 am Chapel
"Godliness: Outward Form and Inner Power" -- Dr. Richard Steele
Hughes Auditorium
12:00 pm Chapel Feedback Session
Question & Answer Session with Dr. Richard Steele
Dougherty Dining Room
Tuesday, February 18
10:50 am Faculty Development Seminar
"Practice Gives the Words Their Sense: Wesley and Wittgenstein on Religious
Ritual" -- Dr. Richard Steele
Bennett-Bernard Auditorium
12:00 pm Feedback Session
Question & Answer Session with Dr. Richard Steele
Dougherty Dining Room
Wednesday, February 19
10:00 am Chapel
"Decisions, Decisions: How Wesley Helps Us Today" -- Dr. Don Thorsen
Hughes Auditorium
12:00 pm Chapel Feedback Session
Question & Answer Session with Dr. Don Thorsen
Dougherty Dining Room
4:00 pm Student Forum
"Why Wesley Makes a Difference: The Wesleyan Quadrilateral in Contemporary
Theology" -- Dr. Don Thorsen
Bennett-Bernard Auditorium
Thursday, February 20
10:00 am Chapel
"'And the Poor Have the Gospel Preached to Them: The Enduring Relevance of
Asbury's Holiness Heritage in the Modern World" -- Dr. William Kostlevy
Hughes Auditorium
12:00 pm Chapel Feedback Session
Question & Answer Session with Dr. William Kostlevy
Dougherty Dining Room
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Dr. Richard B. Steele
- Professor of Moral and Historical Theology and Interim Dean of the School of Theology, Seattle Pacific University
- Ordained elder in the United Methodist Church
- Graduate of Haverford College (B.A.), Yale Divinity School (M.Div.), and Marquette University (Ph.D.)
- Published E-theology: Letters of Religious Instruction and Spiritual Counsel to Undergraduates at a Christian Liberal Arts University
- Named Seattle Pacific University "Professor of the Year 2002" by the students
Dr. Don Thorsen
- Professor of Theology at C.P. Haggard School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University and prior professor at Asbury Theological Seminary
- Graduate of Stanford University (B.A.), Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Princeton Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Drew University (M.Phil. and Ph.D.)
- Has served in a variety of editorial positions with Christianity Today, Christian Scholar's Review, and Light and Life
- Active in the Wesleyan Theological Society since 1994, serving on its Executive Committee in a number of capacities, including president (1994-95)
Dr. William C. Kostlevy
- Archivist, special collections librarian, affiliate Professor of Church History and Associate Director of the Wesleyan/Holiness Studies Center at Asbury Theological Seminary
- Graduate of Asbury College (A.B.), Marquette University (M.A.), Bethany Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and the University of Notre Dame (M.A., Ph.D.)
- National and international speaker and publisher of many scholarly works, particularly of the Wesleyan/Holiness movement in its historical context
- Published Holiness Manuscripts: A Guide to Unpublished Sources Documenting the Wesleyan/Holiness Tradition in the United States and Canada (1994) and Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement (2001)