Gentiles and God's Righteousness: Romans 1 and 2 through History and Cultures.

Abraham Smith, Andover Newton Theological School, Presiding 

Part I: 
45 minutes 
Jonathan Draper, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 
"Bishop John William Colenso's Interpretation to the Zulu people of the Sola Fide in Paul's Letter to the Romans"    Abstract
[Colenso's Commentary] 
Kathy Gaca, Vanderbilt University 
"Paul's Uncommon Declaration in Romans 1:18-32 and Its Problematic Legacy for Pagan and Christian relations in the Roman Empire"*
Abstract

Halvor Moxnes, University of Oslo, Response
Sharon Welch, University of Missouri, Response
30 minutes General Discussion 

Part II: 
45 minutes 
Mark D. Baker, Mennonite Brethren 
Biblical Seminary 
J. Ross Wagner, Princeton Theological Seminary 
"The Righteousness of God and Hurricane Mitch: Reading Romans in Hurricane-Devastated Honduras"   Abstract

Jean Pierre Ruiz, St. John's University, Respondent 
James Dunn, University of Durham, United Kingdom, Response
30 minutes General Discussion 

Is Romans for Men Only? 

Bernadette Brooten, Brandeis University, Presiding 

Part I: 
45 minutes 
Sheila E. McGinn, Carol University 
"Feminist Approaches to Paul's Letter to the Romans"   Abstract
Yak Hwee Tan, Vanderbilt University 
"Judging and Community in Romans: One Asian Chinese Feminist Perspective" Abstract

Cristina Grenholm, Karlstad University, Sweden, Response
Khiok-KhngYeo, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Response
30 minutes General Discussion 

Part II: 
45 minutes 
Pamela Eisenbaum, Iliff School of Theology 
"A Remedy for Having Been Born of Woman: Jesus, Gender and Genealogy in Romans" 
Abstract
Teresa J. Hornsby, Drury University 
"Paul and the Gendered Sinner: 
Romans 3, 5, and 7"  Abstract

Gary Phillips, University of the South, Sewanee, Respondent 
Elizabeth Castelli, Barnard College, Respondent 
30 minutes General Discussion