C.S. Lewis Foundation Faculty Forum
cordially invites you to the
Southern California Faculty RoundTable
Christian Faith and the Academic Profession
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Dallas Willard
Professor of Philosophy,
University of Southern California
Author of The Divine Conspiracy
"Knowledge Without God: Can It Be Professionally Adequate?"
Dr. James T. Como
Professor of Rhetoric and Public Communication
York College, City University of New York
"Fight or Flight? Academic Being and Christian Meaning"
Saturday, April 1, 2000
9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Kellogg West Conference Center
California Polytechnic University, Pomona
The concerns of the Southern California Faculty Forum cut across political,
theological, and disciplinary interests and orientations. The Forum
aims
to bring together and network faculty members of historic Christian
faith from across the academic
disciplines, including the visual and performing arts, from both
mainline denominations and independent churches, from those who
enjoy association with mainline campus chaplaincies as well as with
other more conservative para-church campus ministries, from the
political left and right, and from many nations.
The Context
Not many centuries ago, Christianity provided the essential
intellectual and
spiritual framework from within which the very institution of the
university
was first conceived and developed. Throughout much of its history, the
university has been greatly enriched by the varying contributions of
scholars and artists of faith, running the gamut from Newton to
Niebuhr.
Over the last century, however, the university has come to view
religion as little more than an object of sociological curiosity,
bearing little relevance to any serious contemporary inquiry into
the nature of reality. ` Given this pervasive bias throughout much of
the academy today, are we to think that the founders of Western
higher education were simply naive or foolishly misguided in
allowing their faith to play such a profound and often explicit
role in their thinking, research, and teaching?
Some would answer strongly in the affirmative; others are not so
sure; still others would contend that reality simply cannot be
comprehensively examined if the tools of analysis are restricted
solely to those of the rational empiricism of the Enlightenment.
Whatever the answer, we believe the subject warrants serious
consideration as we examine the future of higher education in the 21st
century.
To this end, we invite you to join with other faculty for a day of
stimulating lectures and small group discussion organized by both
academic discipline and geographic area.
A continental breakfast, buffet luncheon, and afternoon coffee
will provide opportunity for refreshment and more informal interaction.
REGISTRATION: The complete cost of this one-day conference is $45 if
registered by March 17; $55 after March 17. Space is limited. There
will be no on-site registration. To request registration materials or
further information on-line, visit our web-site at www.cslewis.org
Phone: 909-793-0949 * Fax: 909-335-3501
e-mail: roundtable@cslewis.org
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The C.S. Lewis Foundation
Council of Academic Advisors
Dr. Irving F. Ahlquist, Professor of History Emeritus, CSU Long Beach
Dr. James R. Appleton, President, University of Redlands
Dr. Jeremy Begbie, Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity
Dr. James T. Como, Professor of Rhetoric and Public Communication, City
University of New York
Dr. Stephen T. Davis, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies,
Claremont McKenna College
Dr. Kenneth G. Elzinga, Professor of Economics, University of Virginia
Dr. Paul Ford, Professor of Systematic Theology and Liturgy, St. John's Seminary
Dr. Lawrence Geraty, President, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
Dr. George Giacumakis, Professor of History, Cal State, Fullerton;
Director, Mission Viejo Campus
Dr. Owen Gingerich, Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science,
Harvard University
Dr. Thomas Howard, Professor of English Emeritus, St. John's Seminary, Boston
Mr. Hugh Hewitt, J.D., Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law
Dr. R. Wesley Hurd, Founder, McKenzie Study Center, Eugene, OR
Dr. Christopher Isham, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College,
London University
Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Professor of
English, University of Ottawa
Dr. Joseph A. Maciariello, Horton Professor of Business Administration,
Claremont Graduate University
Dr. George M. Marsden, Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Stephen V. Monsma, Dean of Social Science, Professor of Political
Science, Pepperdine University
Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of
Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Dr. James I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.
Dr. Mary Poplin, Professor of Education, Claremonnt Graduate University
Dr. Jon Robertson, Chair, Dept. of Music, UCLA
Father Michael Scanlan, President, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Dr. Eleanore Stump, Professor of Philosophy, St. Louis University
Dr. Hendrika VandeKemp, Professor of Psychology, Fuller Graduate School of
Psychology
Dr. Paul C. Vitz, Professor of Psychology, New York University
Dr. Dallas Willard, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California
Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon, Dean of the Chapel, Duke University
Bishop Kallistos Ware (Greek Orthodox) Professor of Theology, Pembroke
College, Oxford University
"The C.S. Lewis Foundation has, for over a decade, provided international
leadership in the cause of relating Christian faith to the academic world
with intellectual and academic integrity. Through its Summer Institutes,
convened triennially at Oxford and Cambridge universities, and now through
its Faculty Forum, it offers fresh insight and inspiration to Christians,
and all scholars of faith, working within the academy.
Stephen T. Davis,
Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Claremont McKenna College
Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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