EUROPEAN THEOLOGY THEACHERS CONVENTION 2025: CALL FOR PAPERS

Event: ETTC 2025

Dates: March 19-23, 2025

Host: Sagunto Adventist College, Valencia, Spain


Conference Theme

Re-Envisioning Church in a Digital Age: Theological, Missiological, and Educational Reflections

 

 

As the rapid digital and technological revolution continues to reshape our world, the church faces both challenges and opportunities in navigating this transformation. This call for papers invites educators, scholars, practitioners, and thought leaders to explore how theological, missiological, and educational perspectives can inform and guide the church’s response to the evolving digital context. We seek contributions that critically examine the implications of digital technology for ecclesial identity, community dynamics, mission strategies, and educational practices. By engaging with contemporary cultural and theological trends, we aim to foster a deeper understanding of how the church can thrive in a digital age while remaining rooted in its core beliefs and values.


Call for Papers

We invite submissions for papers (presentations and posters) in the following areas of research:

A. Theological Reflections

  • Redefining ecclesial identity and community in the digital age.
  • Theology of presence and embodiment in online worship.
  • How online platforms facilitate new forms of relationality in church communities.
  • Ethical challenges of integrating digital technology into church leadership and discipleship.
  • Redefining local and global expressions of the church in a digitally connected world.
  • Impact of digital transformation on theological methods and research frameworks.
  • Exploring new SDA emphases and identity in a digital context.
  • Theological insights into AI, transhumanism, and their implications for human identity.

B. Missiological Reflections

  • Advancing mission through online and hybrid church models.
  • Adapting structures for mission in digital spaces.
  • Enhancing inclusion and accessibility for marginalised individuals in digital worship.
  • Engaging mission in post-text, post-truth, and post-Christian cultures through digital platforms.

C. Educational Reflections

  • Integrating new technologies into Adventist curricula.
  • The role of AI in shaping Adventist educational content and methods.
  • Examining the future of educational institutions in a digital age.
  • Impact of homeschooling and fundamentalism on Adventist education.

*Suggested topics are welcome, but additional subjects related to the theme will be considered.


Presentation Formats

  • Presentations: 30-minute presentations (approx. 3,500 words) with time for questions and discussion.
  • Posters: Presented at a specific time during the meeting with time for Q&A.

Submit Proposals:

Submission Deadline: December 31, 2024
Notifications: January 2025


Program Overview

March 19 (Wednesday)
08:00 – 13:00: Arrival and registration
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 18:00: Cultural Visit to Valencia (Las Fallas Feast)
19:00 – 20:00: Dinner
20:30: Opening ETTC
21:30: Rest

March 20 (Thursday)
07:30 – 08:30: Breakfast
09:00 – 13:30: Plenaries and Workshops
13:30 – 14:30: Lunch
15:00 – 19:00: Plenaries and Workshops
19:00 – 20:00: Dinner
20:30: Closing Reflection
21:30: Rest

March 21 (Friday)
07:30 – 08:30: Breakfast
09:00 – 13:30: Plenaries and Workshops
13:30 – 14:30: Lunch
15:00 – 18:00: Visit to Sagunto / Sabbath Preparation
19:00 – 20:00: Dinner
20:30: Closing Reflection
21:30: Rest

March 22 (Sabbath)
07:30 – 08:30: Breakfast
09:00 – 11:00: Plenaries
11:30 – 12:30: Sermon
13:30 – 14:30: Lunch
16:00 – 18:00: Group Discussions (OT, NT, ST, PT, etc.)
18:00 – 19:00: Declaration of the Convention
19:00 – 20:00: Dinner
20:30 – 21:30: Concert and Closing of ETTC
22:00: Rest

March 23 (Sunday)
07:30 – 08:30: Breakfast
08:30: Departure
(Optional) 9:00 – 13:00: Visit to Caves of St. José


Registration

Registration opens in October 2024.


For inquiries, please contact: ettc2025@campusadventista.es

For further details, visit the official event website hosted by Sagunto Adventist College: https://campusadventista.es/ettc2025/

Spes Christiana volume 34 issue 1, June 2023

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Editorial

Laurence Turner & Paul B. Petersen
First Published June 2023; pp. 3–4
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Breaking Down the Gender Walls of Antiquity

Darius Jankiewicz
doi: 10.17613/1wa2-by28
First Published June 2023; pp. 5–26

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Survivors Sing:
Reflections on Remnant Theology for Contemporary Adventists

Kendra Haloviak Valentine
doi 10.17613/29cn-w423
First Published June 2023; pp. 28–48

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Who in the World was the Priest-King Melchizedek?
From Old Testament Obscurity to Second Temple Period to Eschatological Prominence.
Part 1: Melchizedek in the Old Testament

Jan A. Sigvartsen
doi 10.17613/r74b-hy29
First Published June 2023; pp. 49–90

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Independence, Civil War, and the Beginnings of Indigenization of Seventh-day Adventism in Nigeria from the 1940s to 1990s

Chigemezi Nnadozie Wogu
doi 10.17613/3mf5-sw85
First Published June 2023; pp. 91–116

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“God Wrought Marvelously for His Penitent People”:
Ellen White and the Apocryphal Esther

Laurence A. Turner
doi 10.17613/8wyr-9s24
First Published June 2023; pp. 117–142

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Fealty or Fidelity?
Toward an Adventist Ethics of Politics

John Okpechi
doi 10.17613/4gt2-dg06
First Published June 2023; pp. 143–170

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Book Reviews

Child of the Apocalypse
Donald Edward Casebolt.
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2021. 120 pp.
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Adventist Interchurch Relations: New Publication

A new book by one of our members was recently published. Stefan Höschele, currently serving as our Secretary-Treasurer, is Professor of Systematic Theology & Adventist Studies at Theologische Hochschule Friedensau. His book Adventist Interchurch Relations: A Study in Ecumenics was just published by Vandenhoek & Ruprecht.

This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Seventhday Adventist interchurch relations – a 20-million member body whose ecumenical stance has so far been underresearched. For the sake of interpreting denominational involvement and reservations in Adventism as well as beyond, the study develops a new academic approach to ecumenism based on Relational Models Theory, a comprehensive social science paradigm of interpreting human relationships. The resulting typology of ecumenical interactions and the historical case study of Adventism suggest that such a relational interpretation of ecumenical interaction sheds light on many of the unresolved issues in ecumenics – such as divergent concepts of unity, difficulties in recognition processes, and the permanence of denominationalism.