The Scripture&Theology Forum

We now move more and more towards the third phase within the STF – more collaborative projects. Hence, our work in this year continues to develop in several ways. One of the changes: we now have two venues for in-person interaction – at the EuARe in Rome (https://scriptureandtheology.org/panels/2026-rome/) and at EABS in Leuven (https://scriptureandtheology.org/2026-leuven-eabs/).

EuARe, Rome

Our CfP for Rome has five sections:

• The first relates to our book project „Exploring Methodological Interactions between Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology“. The first panel took place in Vienna last year; we already have secured eight important contributions. Michael Barber will replace Andrea Albertin as the third co-editor for this volume.
• The second section relates to our project „A History of Scripture and Theology“. The editorial team is still in development, but it is reasonable to assume that the organizers of this year’s new theme will be among them.
• The third section is thematically open – allowing a selection of papers to be presented here.
• There is room, fourthly, for papers discussing David Ford’s The Gospel of John, which we aim to dedicate our third Special Issue with IJST to. David Ford has agreed to contribute to the project. This project is open to senior scholars only and often runs by invitation. 
• Finally, there is a new section we are testing out: Scripture and theology and AI.

A short version of the CfP can be found at EuARe. The full CfP can be found on our website.

EABS, Leuven

Our CfP for EABS is more tailored to the concerns of Biblical Studies. The call corresponds with our sixth volume, „Exploring Methodological Interactions between Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology.“ The panel invites papers that foreground Biblical Studies while making explicit how exegetical work interfaces with, disciplines, or revises claims in Christian Theology. We welcome theoretical and methodological contributions as well as worked case studies that render the biblical studies ↔ systematic theology interaction replicable and publicly checkable.

Submissions here should be led by Biblical Studies (texts, corpora, methods) and show, with concrete steps, how this work informs doctrinal reasoning—or how doctrinal norms guide reading without predetermining outcomes.

We especially encourage papers that map onto one of the following areas:

1. Norms and authorities in interpretation (Christian canon, creeds, confessional statements)
2. Methods of integration (protocols and adjudication)
3. Old Testament case studies → doctrinal payoffs
4. New Testament case studies → doctrinal payoffs
5. Doctrinal loci tested by Scripture (with method made explicit)
6. Ecumenical analyses that make method visible

The full CfP can be found on the EABS website and on our website. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CFP CLOSES SOON.

In all cases, we highlight that discussing Scripture and theology must be a joint enterprise: going back to Scripture and bringing its contents into twenty-first-century theology is a challenge for all Christian faith traditions, especially in the cultural climate of the Western hemisphere.We highly welcome proposals from all Christian faith traditions. 

As of now, you can contact Jacob Astudillo (jacob.astudillo@gmail.com) to join the S&T Dinner in Rome, and Michael Borowski (michael.borowski@gmx.de) to join the S&T Dinner in Leuven.