Psychology and Biblical Studies Section
Annual Meeting, November 21-25, 2008
Boston, MA
Click on the links below for drafts of presentations as they become available
S22-25 Review of Psychological Insight into the Bible:
Texts and Readings , ed. by Wayne G. Rollins and D. Andrew Kille (Eerdmans, 2007)
Saturday, November 22, 2008,
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Beacon A - SH
Barbara Leung Lai, Tyndale Seminary, Presiding
Panel: Part 1
- Pheme Perkins, Boston College
- Andre Lacocque, Chicago Theological Seminary
Panel: Part 2
- Paul Anderson, George Fox University
- Jill McNish, Swedesboro, NJ
Respondents: Wayne Rollins, Hartford Seminary D. Andrew Kille, Bible Workbench
S22-128 Abuse and Healing in Biblical Texts
Saturday, November 22, 2008,
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Meeting Room 206 - CC
J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Presiding
Adrien J. Bledstein, Chicago, IL
Abuse and Recovery: Telling the Story
Robin Gallaher Branch, Crichton College
A Case of Spousal Abuse: A Study of the Marriage of Jeroboam I (1 Kings 14:1–18)
Kamila Blessing, Blessing Transitions Consultant
Thaumatgurgical Psychology: Jesus as Type versus Antitype of the Human Capacity for “Wonder Works”
Vincent Mudd, John Carroll University
The Parable of the Good Samaritan: Challenging Relationships and Redefining Goodness
Wayne Rollins, Hartford Seminary, Respondent
S24-37 European Perspectives
Monday, November 24, 2008,
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Meeting Room 210 - CC
Jill McNish, Swedesboro, NJ, Presiding
Andrew Village, York St. John University
The Influence of Psychological Type Preferences on Readers Trying to Imagine Themselves
in a New Testament Healing Story
Leslie Francis, University of Warwick and Andrew Village, York St. John University, UK
Assessing the SIFT method of Biblical Hermeneutics and Liturgical Preaching
Raimo Hakola, University of Helsinki
Psychological Identity Theories and the Formation of Early Christianity
