Open Discussions
Throughout the year, faculty gather to discuss issues of pressing concern for contemporary moral, political, and intellectual life with Gordon students. Previous discussion topics and faculty participants are listed below.
November 19, 2009 | "Globalization, Ethics and the Great Recession of 2008/09: A Reading of 'Caritas in Veritate'"
Paul Brink, Tim Sherratt, and Bruce Webb
Reception–4 p.m.
Loggia, Ken Olsen Science Center
Discussion–4:30 p.m.
MacDonald Auditorium, Ken Olsen Science Center
What ought Christians to make of the financial crisis that has recently shaken global capitalism? Is “capitalism” permanently wounded, ethically misguided, or the last best hope for the world’s poor? In the latest installment of Catholic Social Thought—a tradition of moral-economic inquiry developing since the nineteenth century—Pope Benedict XVI offers some food for thought. The discussion will be based on the Catholic Magisterium’s recent encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (Love in Truth) and will consider a response which has been signed by more than sixty-five Evangelical scholars—including a number of Gordon College faculty.
READINGS
Papal Encyclical
Caritas in VeritateResponse (68 Evangelical Scholars)
Doing The Truth In Love: An Evangelical Call for Response to Caritas In Veritate (First Things)Response (Bruce Webb)
Reflections on Charity and Truth (Comment Magazine)Response (Bruce Webb)
Building an Economy of Communion (Comment Magazine)
*This event is free and open to the public. Christian Life and Worship Credit is available.
September 29, 2009 | "The Art of Dying Well"
Dorothy Boorse, Jon D. Hevelone, Dan Johnson, Robert Joss
November 17, 2008 | "Forgive Us Our Debts"
Greg Carmer, Judith Oleson, Bruce Webb, Stephen Smith
November 13, 2007 | "The Undead God? Christianity and Contemporary Europe"
Paul Brink, Tim Sherratt, Gregor Thuswaldner, Emmanuelle Vanborre
March 1, 2007 | "The Protestant Reformation and the Church"
Malcom Reid, Stan Gaede, Greg Carmer, Roger Green
December 5, 2006 | "Christianity and the Moral Imagination"
Dan Russ, Mark Sargent, Elaine Phillips, Gregor Thuswaldne
April 18, 2006 | "Has the Age of Designer Children Arrived?"
Kaye Cook, Mark Gedney, Agnes Howard, Craig Story
November 17, 2005 | "American Evangelicalism and the Question of Tradition"
Bruce Herman, Jennifer Hevelone-Harper, Paul Borgman, Dan Russ, Bruce Webb
February 10, 2005 | "Is the Market Moral?"
Tim Sherratt, John Mason, Stephen Smith, Daniel Johnson, Bert Hodges
November 18, 2004 | "Thinking Responsibly about Evil in a Post-9/11 World"
Greg Carmer, Kaye Cook, Mark Gedney, William Harper, William Waldorf