Pavel Hanes

Pavel Hanes was awarded an MA in theology by the Lutheran Theological Faculty in Bratislava (1977-1982). He became a Baptist pastor in August 1982 and served as a pastor for nearly 11 years in the north of Slovakia (1982-1993). In 1993 he was invited to teach at the Theological Mission Seminary (now Chair of Evangelical Theology and Mission) in Banska Bystrica. In the beginning of the school existence he was teaching Church History, Greek and Missiology. Later he began to teach the Old Testament subjects and Philosophy. In 2002 he received his PhD (Systematic Theology and Old Testament) from the Lutheran Theological Faculty and in 2007 a small doctorate from (Philosophical issues for theologians). In 2009 after the successful defence of his habilitation research thesis (on theology of the catastrophe according to the Book of Job) and becoming an associate professor, he started to do more teaching and leadership training in the churches not only in Slovakia, but also in the Czech Republic and Serbia.

2011 Forum Sessions

Luncheon Workshops

Sacrifice and the Epistemology of Faith

Often we can hear complaints that morals and spirituality of Evangelical believers are not so very different from the world around them. It is the assertion of this lecture that this problem can be traced to the defective theology of sacrifice in Protestant Christianity. Although it is a variation on the Bonhoefferian theme of "cheap grace", it proposes to look for solutions in the better and deeper understanding of the Old Testament theology of sacrifice and its New Testament application.

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