Past Events

2009 EVENTS:

February 6, 2009
"Islam, Christianity and the War on Terror"
Dinesh D'Souza

February 19-20
"The Threat of Culture"
William Edgar
Professor of Apologetics, Westminster Theological Seminary

March 19-20
"Orthodoxy and Evangelical Renewal"
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Author "The Illuminated Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation"

March 26
"Intelligent Design on Trial"
Ted Davis
Professor of the History of Science at Messiah College (Grantham, PA)

April 23
Gordon College Symposium 2009
"Creation Care: The Challenges and Opportunities of the Ecological Crisis"

April 30
"Creation and Providence in a World of Good and Evil"
Tom Oord
Northwest Nazarene College

2008 EVENTS:

January 31--February 1, 2008
"Children of the Creative Age in the Church of Today and Tomorrow"
Makoto Fujimura
Founder and President of International Arts Movement

February 8, 2008
Gordon College Symposium 2008--Session I
"Shalom: The Right Order of Things"

February 14-15, 2008
"Evangelicalism at the Crossroads" A Conversation with Stan Gaede
"Faith, Virtue and Knowledge"
Dr. Dallas Willard
Professor in the School of Philosophy, University of Southern California

March 28, 2008
Gordon College Symposium 2008-Session II
"Shalom: The Right Order of Things"

April 11,  2008
Gordon College Symposium 2008-Session III
"Shalom: The Right Order of Things"

April 21, 2008
"Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis"
Dr. Michael Ward
Chaplain, Peterhouse, Cambridge UK

May 5, 2008
"Bridging the Worlds of Faith and Biology"
Dr. Darrel R. Falk
Professor of Biology, Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego

September 15, 2008
"St. Francis and Evangelicals"
Wendy Murray
Author, A Mended and Broken Heart: The Life and Love of Francis of Assisi

September 26, 2008
Dr. Francis Collins, Former Director, National Human Genome Research Institute"Genomics and the Human Condition"

October 23, 2008 "Evangelicalism at the Crossroads"
Dr. Dennis Hollinger, President, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Dr. Stan D. Gaede, Center for Christian Studies Scholar-in-Residence

December 3, 2008 "Making Culture: Tradition and Innovation"
Panel Discussion with Walter Hansen, Bruce Herman, John Skillen

2007 EVENTS:

February 15-16, 2007
"For the Health of the Nation"
Rev. Richard Cizik
Vice President for Governmental Affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals

April 19, 2007
Gordon College Symposium 2007
"Authenticity: To Know Truly and be Truly Known"

September 13-14. 2007
"Jesus in Beijing"
David Aikman
Former Senior Correspondent and Foreign Correspondent with TIME Magazine

September 20, 2007
"Evangelicalism at the Crossroads: A Conversation with Stan D. Gaede"
CCS Scholar in Residence

October 15, 2007
"Faith in the Halls of Power"
D. Michael Lindsay
CCS Guest Author

November 10, 2007
"Faith and Foreign Policy Forum"
The New Hampshire Institute of Politics-Saint Anselm College

December 3, 2007
"Galileo and Intelligent Design"
Dr. Owen Gingerich
Senior Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science Emeritus at Harvard University

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2006 EVENTS:

January 19-20, 2006
"Martin Luther King and Other Lessons from the Last Century"
Dr. Roger Wilkins, George Mason University
Former Assistant Attorney General of the United States

February 9-10, 2006
Barrington Annual Seminar
"Religion, Morality and Politics: Thinking with Augustine"
Dr. Eric Gregory, Princeton University

April 6, 2006
Gordon College Symposium 2006
"Peace, Justice and Reconciliation: Can you have one without the other?"

September 14-16, 2006   
"USA with the World: Christian Voices for Peace with Justice"
A retreat involving 20 Christian scholars engaging in discussion about America's role in the world. 

September 28-30, 2006
"Christ in Contemporary Cultures: A Cultural Studies Conference"
Dr. Cornel West, Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion at Princeton University

November 3-6, 2006
"A Trialogue Among the Abrahamic Faiths"
Imam Yahya Hendi, Dr. Jennifer Hevelone-Harper and Rabbi David Klatzker

December 1, 2006
"Highly Favored: A Symposium on Mary Across Christian Traditions"
Dr. Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary

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2005 EVENTS

January 24-29, 2005   
"Globalization and its Competing Gospels"
"Third Mission to the West-Challenges and Opportunities in Winning Back our Civilization"
Dr. Os Guinness-CCS Visiting Scholar

March 31, 2005
CCS Fellows Event: Public Dialogue on Art and Faith
Dialogue VI: Summative Dialogue at Andover Newton Theological School

March 31--April 1, 2005
"Global Christianity and the Future of Liberal Arts Education"
Dr. Philip Jenkins
Author of "The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity"

April 4-6, 2005
"Theology through the Arts"
Dr. Jeremy Begbie, Associate Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Honorary Professor at the University of St. Andrews

April 21, 2005
Gordon College Symposium 2005
"The Coming of Global Christianity: Turning The World Upside Down"

May 6, 2005
Christians Engaging Culture: Present and Future Models for Public Policy Practitioners, Politicians and Scholars
Case Study II at Calvin College
Topic: "Confounding Partisanship and Special Interest Politics by Promoting a Legislative Agenda Based on Principles and Interpersonal Coalitions"
Paul DeWeese, Former Member of the Michigan House of Representatives

October 20-21, 2005
"Christians in the Media"
"The Global Church Through the Eyes of a Journalist"
Peggy Wehmeyer, World Vision Report-Host and Managing Editor

October 28, 2005   
Christians Engaging Culture: Present and Future Models for Politicians, Public Policy Practitioners and Scholars
Case Study III at Gordon College
Topic: Engaging Scholars in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
James Waller, Professor of Psychology, Whitworth College

October 29, 2005
"William Wilberforce: How as Individuals We can Change the World"
Kevin Belmonte-CCS Visiting Author

November 16, 2005
"Our Turn in the Garden: Christian Heritage and the Next Generation"
"Faculties and Families: Women's Vocations and the Christian College"
Debra Rienstra, Calvin College

November 28--December 2, 2005   
"A World Safe for Diversity: Living with our Deepest Differences in an Age of Exploding Pluralism"
"The Gospel and the Global Era"
Dr. Os Guinness-CCS Visiting Scholar

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2004 EVENTS

February 27, 2004
CCS Fellows Event: Public Dialogue on Art and Faith
Dialogue II: "The Lanesville Murals" featuring the work of Bruce Herman

April 19-23, 2004
Gordon College Symposium 2004
"Vocation: Called to Make a Life--Called to Make a Difference"

April 23, 2004
CCS Fellows Event: Public Dialogue on Art and Faith
Wayne Forte--"Art into Faith"

September 19, 2004
CCS Fellows Event: The Genesis Project
"Exploring Creation in Gordon Woods"

October 4, 2004
"Unbinding Prometheus: The Promises and Pitfalls of Biotechnology"
Dr. Gilbert Meilaender, President's Council on Bioethics

October 8, 2004
CCS Fellows Event: Public Dialogue on Art and Faith
Ted Prescott on Beauty

November 4, 2004
Christians Engaging Culture: Present and Future Models for Politicians, Public Policy Practitioners and Scholars
Case Study I at Gordon College
Fostering Environmental Responsibility on the Part of the Watermen of Chesapeake Bay
Susan Emmerich, Trinity Christian College (IL)

November 19, 2004
CCS Fellows Event: Public Dialogue on Art and Faith
Tanja Butler on Art and Worship

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