Join the Greystone Reading Room
Regular reading and discussion groups led by Greystone for the formation of lively, rich theological fellowships in local contexts throughout the world.
Texts, Themes, Locations, Leaders, & Meeting Dates
WE DISTINGUISH: Scholastic Distinctions and Catholicity in Reformed Theology (series of six sessions)
Themes: Scholasticism; Reformed Theology; Catholicity; Sin; Jesus Christ; Scripture and Theology
Location(s): Online via Zoom
Leader(s): Mark Jones
Meetings: Tuesdays at 11 AM to Noon (EST) on Feb. 5, 19; March 5, 19; April 9, 23 (N.B. some dates may be adjusted at a later date)
SWINTON GROUP
Text: John Swinton, Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship (Baylor University Press, 2016). Amazon. Publisher. (Coraopolis registration includes complementary copy of book.)
Themes: Friendship; Theology of Time; Theological Anthropology; Pastoral Theology; Disability
Location(s): Online via Zoom | Greystone Coraopolis
Leader(s): Mark A. Garcia
Meetings: Saturdays at 10 AM to 11:30 AM (EST) on January 26; February 16; March 23; April 6; April 27
MAXIMOS GROUP
Text: Maximos the Confessor, On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua, Volume I, edited and translated by Nicholas Constas (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 28; Harvard University Press, 2014); and Volume II (2014). Amazon (vol. 1) and Amazon (vol. 2). Publisher.
Themes: Patristics; Christology; History of Biblical Interpretation; Trinity; Neoplatonism; Aristotelianism; Origenism
Location(s): Online via Zoom
Leader(s): J. Peter Escalante (Associate Fellow in Theology and Philosophical Hermeneutics | Research Associate, Center for the Study of Ethics and Technology (CSET))
Meetings: Saturdays at 11 am to 12:30 pm (EST) on February 2; February 23; March 16; April 6; April 27; May 11
BAVINCK GROUP
Text: Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 2: God and Creation, edited by John Bolt and translated by John Vriend (Baker Academic, 2004). Amazon. Publisher.
Themes: Doctrine of God; Creation
Location(s): Greystone Coraopolis
Leader(s): Mark A. Garcia (President and Fellow in Scripture and Theology)
Meetings: Saturdays at 9 AM to 10:30 AM (EST) on January 12; February 23; April 13
NAZIANZUS GROUP
Text: Gregory of Nazianzus, On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Popular Patristics; St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2002). Amazon (UK). Amazon (US). Publisher. (Oxford, London, Cardiff, or Oradea registration includes complementary copy of book.)
Themes: Patristics; Trinity; Christology; Pneumatology; Orthodoxy; Piety
Location(s): Greystone Waco; Greystone London; Greystone Cardiff; Greystone Romania
Leader(s): Jason Kirklin and Jonathan Tomes (Waco); Garry Williams (London); Philip Haines (Cardiff)
Meetings: (check location below)
London: Thursdays at 2:30-4 pm on January 24; February 28; March 28; May 2; June 20. Click LONDON registration button below.
Cardiff: Wednesdays at 7-8:30 pm on February 27, March 20, April 17, May 15, and June 19. Click CARDIFF registration button below.
Waco: Registration and information forthcoming.
FRISCHMANN-SELINGER GROUP
Text: Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger, Re-Engineering Humanity (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Amazon. Publisher.
Themes: Technology; Ethics; Theological Anthropology; Science; Culture
Location(s): Greystone Orlando meeting at the Winter Park Public Library
Leader(s): L. Michael Sacasas (Director, Center for the Study of Ethics and Technology (CSET) | Greystone Associate Fellow in Ethics and Culture)
Meetings: Thursdays at 7:30 pm on January 31, February 21, March 14, April 4, and May 2
