Pacific Coast Theological Society

PCTS is a uniquely interdisciplinary theological society that hosts a two-day Meeting twice a year in Berkeley, California for the purpose of engaging in critical exchange over a variety of topics. Papers are posted on this website and are read before each Meeting.

Meeting Descriptions: April 13-14, 2012, Nov 2-3, 2012, April 5-6, 2013

PCTS members Norm Gottwald, Jack Elliott, and Herman Waetjen have collaborated on the formation of The Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice, which has published its first book Liberating Biblical Study: Scholarship, Art, and Action in Honor of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice.

How Should We Read Romans?

Tucson Room at Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), Berkeley, California

Friday, Nov 2

2-5 pm - Paper Session

5-7 pm - Business Meeting, Dinner (Cost = $25)

7-8:30 pm - Public Lecture, Mark Richardson (CDSP)

Saturday, Nov 3

9–9:30 am - Continental Breakfast

9:30 am-noon - Discussion Session

Fall Meeting Description and Papers

Fall Meeting Description and Papers

Honoring Huston Smith: Mythology in Theology and Science

Tucson Room at Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), Berkeley, California

Friday, Apr 13

2-5 pm - Paper Session - Relating Mythology and Theology

5-7 pm - Business Meeting, Dinner (Cost = $25)

7-8:30 pm - Public Lecture, Gaymon Benett (Fred Hutchinson Center for Cancer Research)

Saturday, Apr 14

9–9:30 am - Continental Breakfast

9:30 am-noon - Paper Session - Myth in the Heart of Science

Note: Starting time has changed for Friday evening lecture and Saturday morning start time since last meeting. They are each 30 mins earlier (and have reverted to the times they were a couple of years ago).

Meeting Details and Papers