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History and Theology of Mission in the New Testament

Directed by Professor Jostein Ådna (E-mail: jostein.aadna@mhs.no)

Professors Jey J. Kanagaraj (Bethel Bible Institute, India), Stelian Tofana (Faculty of Orthodox Theology at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania) and Jostein Ådna (School of Mission and Theology, Norway) coordinate the seminar “History and Theology of Mission in the New Testament: Global Challenges and Opportunities” in Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS). So far the seminar has convened during the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th General Meetings of SNTS in Sibiu, Romania, 2007, in Lund, Sweden, 2008, in Vienna, Austria, in 2009 and in Berlin, Germany, 2010. It will continue its work for one more year during the General Meeting in Annandale-on-Hudson, USA, 2011.

In addition to the annual sessions each summer during the General Meetings of SNTS, the seminar coordinators organized a conference at the School of Mission and Theology, 19 – 20 May, 2010, on The Missionary Speeches in Acts. New Testament and Missiology scholars, including doctoral students were invited to participate.

The rationale of the seminar is to contribute to the ongoing scholarly discussion and exchange on the issue of mission – both historically, exegetically and hermeneutically. The seminar coordinators have the ambition that new insights regarding the early history of mission (New Testament and Early Patristics) and the interpretation of pertinent New Testament texts will be gained. Current global challenges and opportunities in the contemporary world add immensely to the agenda of the seminar. The seminar will hopefully also be an arena for participants helping each other to understand the centrality of God’s mission and the way in which theologians, New Testament scholars in particular, may be involved in mission in the pluralistic and cross-cultural set up of today’s world.

Seminar coordinators:

  • Prof. Dr. Stelian Tofana
    Babes-Bolyai University,
    Faculty of Orthodox Theology
    Avam Iancu Street 9
    Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Tel.Fax. 0040-264-431005
    E-mail: s_tofana@yahoo.com
  • Prof. Dr. Jey J. Kanagaraj
    Bethel Bible Institute
    Danishpet – 636354
    Salem District
    Tamil Nadu, India
    Phone: + 91 4290 243879
    E-mail: jeykan@vsnl.com OR: JJKanagaraj@gmail.com
  • Prof. Dr. Jostein Ådna
    School of Mission and Theology
    Misjonsveien 34
    N – 4024 Stavanger, Norway
    Tel. +47 51 51 62 28
    Fax +47 51 51 62 25
    E-mail: jostein.aadna@mhs.no