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INFO-BRIEF 24 LEERSTOEL T vd CV  15 januari 2010
redactie en administratie   kees@stucom.nl
Mededelingen van de Leerstoel Theologie van de Charismatische Vernieuwing

COLLEGETEKSTEN

Peter Hocken en Norbert Baumert

NU BESCHIKBAAR 

Baumert

De colleges van Dr. N. Baumert, 17-18 september 2009 aan de VU, en de bezinningsdag met hem in Houten op 19 september, hebben veel waardevolle inzichten en studiemateriaal met zich meegebracht inzake ‘charisma’ en ‘doop in de Geest’. Als leerstoelbestuur zijn we daar heel blij mee.

Een Engelse samenvatting van de lezingen die Baumert in Nederland gaf, staat als document 0290uk op http://www.stucom.nl/. Daarin ook een overzicht van het beschikbare studiemateriaal waar Baumert naar verwees in zijn lezingen, materiaal dat voor een groot deel op internet te vinden is en zijn boeken (Duits) die te bestellen zijn bij Paraklesis Boeken verkoop@paraklesis.nl en bij de uitgever zelf.

Een Nederlandse vertaling van een groot artikel van Baumert zal verschijnen in Geestkacht, het bulletin voor charismatische theologie. Te zijner tijd zal de verschijning van dit artikel ook worden aangekondigd via deze info-brief. Datzelfde geldt voor de collegeteksten. Daarvan heeft prof. Baumert een brochure gemaakt in het Duits. Aan een Nederlandse en een Engelse vertaling hiervan moet nog worden gewerkt.

Hocken

In 2002 gaf dr. Peter Hocken gastcolleges voor onze leerstoel aan de VU. Het heeft lang geduurd, maar nu zijn die lezingen (aangevuld met nieuw informatie uit de laatste jaren) dan toch gepubliceerd in een prachtig boek: The Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Messianic Jewish Movements – The Tensions of the Spirit. Een korte bespreking van dit boek staat als document 0292uk op www.stucom.nl met daar bij gevoegd een aantal gedeeltes uit het boek zelf:

- De complete inhoudsopgave
- De introductie die van Hocken zelf in het boek geeft
- Het trefwoordenregister dat achter in het boek staat
- Presentatie en besteladres van de uitgever

Kees Slijkerman,

secretaris leerstoelbestuur

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Announcements of the Chair Theology of the Charismatic Renewal

TEXT OF LECTURES

Peter Hocken en Norbert Baumert

NOW AVAILABLE 

Baumert
The lectures of Dr. N. Baumert at the V.U. (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) on the 17^th and 18^th of September 2009, and those on the so called ‘contemplation day’ have given valuable insights and study material concerning ‘charisma’ and ‘baptism in the Holy Spirit’. As board of this chair we are delighted about this.

There is an English summary available on www.stucom.nl (document 029uk). This summary contains the lectures he gave as well as the study material Baumert referred to. On the internet you will find a great deal of this material. At Paraklesis Books the author’s books can be ordered (verkoop@paraklesis.nl).

The bulletin for charismatic theology, Geeskracht (Spirit power), will publish a substantial article of Baumert. This will be announced beforehand. Likewise his brochure, which Baumert has drawn up out of his lectures, will be published. This German text awaits a Dutch and an English translation.   

Hocken
In 2002 Dr. Peter Hocken had given lectures at the V.U. on behalf of our chair. It has taken a while, but these lectures (and additional information) are now published in a wonderful book: The Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Messianic Jewish Movements – The Tensions of the Spirit. A short presentation of this book is available at http://www.stucom.nl/ as document 0292uk. Here you will find the following extra’s.
- The Content of this book.
- The Introduction Hocken himself has written.
- The Index.
- A presentation and address of Publisher.

Kees Slijkerman
Secretary of Board

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Redactie en administratie van deze gratis info-brief:

kees@stucom.nl
 

GloPent conference ‘Geographies of Conversion’
February 19-20, 2010
Amsterdam

Convenors: André Droogers, Kim Knibbe, Cornelis van der Laan and Birgit Meyer.

Please feel cordially invited to the fifth edition of the annual international and multidisciplinary GloPent conference, to be held at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam on February 19-20, 2010. GloPent is the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism, founded by the Universities of Birmingham and Heidelberg and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The theme of the conference was chosen in connection with the NORFACE research project, carried out by the GloPent network, on ‘Transnational Nigerian-initiated churches, networks and believers in the UK, Germany and The Netherlands’. This project is now in its final stages.

The conference’s theme will be ‘Geographies of Conversion’. It will focus on the spatial dimension of Pentecostal expansion. The approach will be interdisciplinary, with contributions from geography, sociology, anthropology, theology and history.

Keynote speakers will be
Simon Coleman,
Thomas Csordas,
Rijk van Dijk,
Martha Frederiks,
Paul Freston,
Gertrud Huewelmeier,  
Kim Knibbe,
Kristine Krause,
Ruth Marshall,
Ramon Sarró, and
Guy Thomas.

There will moreover be nine parallel sessions, each with three paper presentations.

You find more information on the theme, programme, registration and accommodation on the following GloPent site:
http://www.glopent.net/Members/webmaster/amsterdam-2010/amsterdam-2010/view.

On this site you also find the registration form.

There is no conference fee, but make sure that you register in advance. The deadline for registration is January 15, 2010.

Please note that, contrary to previous conferences, the programme this time starts already on Friday morning, February 19, at 10:00. This would most probably mean that those from outside The Netherlands should travel on Thursday already. The conference ends Saturday afternoon February 20 at 17:00.

For any further queries on the conference, please contact us at geographies.of.conversion@gmail.com.

It will be our pleasure to welcome you to this conference, which we expect to be groundbreaking and at the cutting edge of our field! Don’t miss it!

PROF BAUMERT SJ ON ‘CHARISMA’, ‘BAPTISM’ AND ‘SPIRIT BAPTISM’


Since 1992 we have a special chair ‘Theology of Charismatic Renewal’ at the Free University in Amsterdam. Over the years many young theologians and pastors from a variety of churches have been helped by this ecumenical chair to reflect ‘at university-level’ on charismatic renewal. This chair fosters the exchange of sound materials and insights, by teaching, websites (see below) and publications. The next program of this chair can be visited easily from abroad. Prof. dr. Norbert Baumert SJ from Vienna will teach two days: lectures on ‘charisma’, ‘baptism’ and ‘Spirit baptism’. He published very sound books on these topics, but only in German. The lectures in Amsterdam will be translated from German into English.

Fr. dr. Norbert Baumert his specialisation is New Testament and at the moment he is writing a series of books with a new German translation of the letters of Paul with his commentary. Knowing the now-a-days charismatic renewal he discovered many new aspects in the Greek texts of the letters of Paul.
 
Fr. Baumert has been chairman of the theological committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Germany for many years. This committee produced several booklets (see www.erneuerung.de <http://www.erneuerung.de/> ). He now lives in Vienna. His first personal experience of the baptism in the Holy Spirit was in 1957 during a ignatian retreate, 15 years before he heard about charismatic renewal. He also was a member of the dialogue between the Papal council for Unity of Christians and the Pentecostals*.
 
September 17th-18th Amsterdam
Prof. dr. Norbert Baumert SJ will give on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 September 2009 at the Free University in Amsterdam four lectures, organized by the special Chair “Theology of the Charismatic Renewal” and the Department of Theology. The language spoken will be German, and translation will be provided into English.
 
Content
About these lectures, prof. Baumert writes: ‘The rise of the charismatic renewal of the churches in the 20th century calls forth many theological questions. One of the fundamental questions is that of the relationship between the general gift of the Spirit and the personal gift and calling. Or to put it in another way: what is the relationship between “Baptism” and “Spirit Baptism”, between “Sacrament” and “Charisma”. What do we mean with these terms? What are the answers the Bible gives, and how have these terms developed in history up till now?
            On the one hand we will study these terms. In the second part of each lecture we will study the text of 1 Corinthians 12-14 as a whole. We will discover many new aspects that result from close analysis of the text, but also form many experiences in the Charismatic Renewal. In the fourth lecture we will draw consequences from what we have learned in the previous lectures for the charismatic renewal of the churches. What directions does it point out to us and how do we translate it to the present practice?’
 
Registration and travel
This lectures will be in Amsterdam (address: De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam), at the Vrije Universiteit (Free University) close to the airport Schiphol. Price for participation: 85 euro, to pay in the first lecture. Registration before is needed. Mail to kees@stucom.nl. (Also if you need help to find a sleeping-place and the train stations. Cheap meals are in the University.)
 
Scheme for the lectures
The lectures will each consist of two parts of 45 minutes each, with a break of 30 minutes in between.
Lecture 1. Thursday 17 September 2009 15.00 – 17.00
            a. Analysis of the term “charisma”, as it developed since the New Testament
            b. We read and study 1 Corinthians 12
 
Lecture 2. Thursday 17 September 2009, 19.00 – 21.00
            a. Analysis of the term “baptism” and its development
            b. We read and study 1 Corinthians 13
 
Lecture 3. Friday 18 September 2009, 10.30-12.30
            a. Analysis of the term “Spirit baptism”, as it developed over time
            b. We read and study 1 Corinthians 14
 
Lecture 4. Friday 18 September 2009, 14.30-16.30
a. and b. Consequences for the practices and development of the Charismatic Renewal in the Churches.

More from Baumert:
In English:
- 0274uk on www.stucom.nl <http://www.stucom.nl/> : “Charism” and “Spirit-baptism”, Presentation of an analysis.
In German:
- 0274de on www.stucom.nl <http://www.stucom.nl/> : “Charisma” und “Geisttaufe”, Norbert Baumert, Präsentation einer Analyse.
- http://www.sankt-georgen.de/leseraum/index.html#baumert <http://www.sankt-georgen.de/leseraum/index.html#baumert>  
In Nederlands:
- 0278, 0280 en 0279 (De begrippen ‘çharisma’, ‘charismatisch’ en ‘doop in de Geest’, Prof. dr. C. van der Kooi over prof. dr. Norbert Baumert)
 
*The Catholic-Pentecostal dialogue produced in 2007 and excellent new document, ‘On becoming a Christian’, including a long chapter on baptism in the Holy Spirit. See on www.stucom.nl <http://www.stucom.nl/>  0203uk (the whole report of 100 pages), 0227uk (section on Baptism in the Holy Spirit) and 0228uk (Baptism in the Holy Spirit – Two Catholic Schools of Theological Interpretation).

 
Kees Slijkerman
kees@stucom.nl <mailto:kees@stucom.nl>
Birkastraat 29
3962 BM Wijk bij Duurstede
The Netherlands
tel. 31-343-578814 (office with recorder)
      31-343-576946 (home)
[Till August 17th, 2009 I will nearly never be in my office]