Lipscomb University

Christian Scholars' Conference

 

Developing Sessions for the 2012 CSC

At the heart of the 2012 Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars’ Conference will be 100 generative, paper, peer-reviewed, poster and panel sessions that convene academics to advance scholarship, develop collaboration and engage dialogue. Each session will be 90 minutes duration and scheduled during one of six time slots. The following sessions are formed (February 23):

 

 
“Toward an Epistemology of Theology”
   William Abraham, Southern Methodist University, Convener
 
  • William Abraham, Southern Methodist University
  • Frederick Aquino, Abilene Christian University
 
"Abandoning the Pulpit: Why Ministers Are Saying, ‘No More!’?"
   Grady D. King, Hope Network Ministries, Convener
 
  • Dan Bouchelle, Executive Director, Missions Resource Network
  • Bob Brewer, Consultant, Oxford Church of Christ, Oxford, MS
  • David Jones, Jr., Senior Minister, Schrader Lane Church of Christ, Nashville, TN
  • Pat Keifert, Luther Seminary and Church Innovations, St Paul, MN
  • Dwight Robarts, Executive Director, Christ’s Haven Children’s Home
  • Chris Smith, Senior Minister, Harpeth Hills Church of Christ, Nashville, TN
  • Rob McRay, Executive Director, Youth Encouragement Services, Nashville, TN
 
“Alleviation of Poverty as Reconciliation”
   Phillip Camp, Lipscomb University, Convener
 
  • Russell Mask, Covenant College
  • Ronald E. Peters, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, President, Urban Ministry: An Introduction
  • Kelly S. Johnson, University of Dayton, The Fear of Beggars: Stewardship and Poverty In Christian Ethics
  • Nathan Bills, Duke Divinity School
  • Charles Strobel, Campus for Human Development, Nashville, Director
 
American Religious History Section: “Advancing Restoration Scholarship in Nineteenth-Century Restorationism and the Stone-Campbell Tradition”
   Joshua Fleer, Florida State University, Convener. A Peer Reviewed Session.
 
  • Derek Coulson, Western Kentucky University, “Kentucky Disciples: Unity and Division within the Restoration Movement”
  • James L. Gorman, Baylor University, “From Burning to Blessing: Baptist Reception of Alexander Campbell’s New Translation”
  • Jeremy Hegi, Abilene Christian University, “Don Carlos Janes, ‘One-Man Missionary Society’”
  • Nathaniel Wiewora, University of Delaware, “’Every Age of the World Has Produced Imposters and Delusions’: The Stone-Campbellite Reaction to the Emergence of Mormonism”
  • Todd Brenneman, University of Central Florida, Respondent
 
“Austin McGary and David Lipscomb Baptismal Controversy”
   Robert Hooper, Lipscomb University, Emeritus, Convener
 
  • Mac Ice, Independent Scholar, “David Lipscomb on Rebaptism: Contexts of a Controversy.”
  • Terry Gardner, Independent Scholar, “A. McGary, the Passionate Warrior”
  • Robert Hooper, Lipscomb University, Emeritus, Respondent
 
“Beyond Boyer: Integration of Faith and Learning at the Christian University”
   Jeff McCormack, Lipscomb University, Convener
 
  • Paul J. Contino, Editor, Christianity and Literature, Pepperdine University
  • Nancy Shankle, Abilene Christian University
  • Jon Lowrance, Lipscomb University
  • Barbara McMillin, Union University
 
“The Bible Made Possible: Creative Bible Teaching For Undergraduates”
   John York, Lipscomb University, Convener
 
  • Mark Lanier, Lanier Theological Library, “Teaching  ‘Reconciliation and the Fall of Israel!’ to a 21st century audience”
  • Jason Bembry, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Respondent
  • Candice McQueen, Lipscomb University, Respondent
  • John Monson, Trinity Evangelical Seminary, Respondent
 
“Can Abraham's Children Be Reconciled?: A Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Discussion”
   John Barton, Rochester College, Convener
 
  • Saeed Khan, Wayne State University
  • Mark Kinzer, Messianic Jewish Theological Institute (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
  • Miroslav Volf, Yale University Divinity School
 
“Christian Spirituality and Pedagogy: The Fine Arts”
   Michael R. Young, Faulkner University, Convener
 
  • Andrew Cook, Faulkner University, “Band of Brothers (and Sisters): the Integration of Faith and Learning into Christian College Instrumental Music Programs”
  • Matthew A. Roberson, Faulkner University, “Lessons Learned from the ‘Immorality and Profaneness’ of the Stage: Issues Concerning Morality and Censorship in Christian Theater Education”
  • Michael R. Young, Faulkner University, “The Pedagogy of Silence”

“Church of Christ Graduate Students in Theology: Theological Inquiry & Discourse among Churches of Christ”
   David Mahfood, Southern Methodist University, Convener. A Peer Review Session.
 
  • Benjamin Griffith, Abilene Christian University, “Healthy Conflict: A Proposal for Political Engagement in the Church of Christ”
  • Brad East, Yale University, “Hooking In, Sitting Loose: A Call for Theology in the Churches of Christ”
  • Jaron Bentley, Abilene Christian University, “Knowledge of God and the Virtues: What a Fourteenth Century Byzantine Monk Can Offer the Churches of Christ”
 
“Conflict in the Congregational Setting”
   Steve Joiner, Lipscomb University, Convener
 
  • Joey L. Cope, Executive Director Duncum Center for Dispute Resolution, Abilene Christian University, “Reconciliation Language: Building a Congregational Culture of Peace through Your Choice of Words”
  • Barry Stephens, Monterey Church of Christ, Lubbock, TX, “Managing Transition and Change in the Congregational Environment”
  • Steve Joiner, Managing Director, Institute for Conflict Management,  Lipscomb University, “Turning the Other Cheek or Draw the Line: Addressing Axelrod's ‘Tit for Tat’ Theory within a Christian Environment”
 
"A Community of Reconciliation: Hope in a Retributive Context"
   Richard Goode, Lipscomb University, Convener
(Note: This session will meet at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. Attendance limited to 20. Those wishing to attend the session must notify Richard Goode at Richard.Goode@lipscomb.edu by May 11, 2012.)
  • Jeannie Alexander, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Chaplain
  • Jody Lewen, Patten University at San Quentin, Executive Director of the Prison University Project
  • Residents of Riverbend
 
“Core Values for Faith-Based Reconciliation”
   Evertt W. Huffard, Harding School of Theology, Convener
 
  • Brian Cox, International Center for Religion in Diplomacy, “Faith-Based Reconciliation: Touching the Heart at the Global Level”
  • Evertt W. Huffard, Harding School of Theology, “A Theology of Faith-Based Reconciliation”
  • Tim Pownall, Pepperdine University, “Core Values and the Human Heart”
  • Shaun Casey, Wesley Seminary, “Political Theology and the Prospect for Peace”
 
“Do We Have to Get It (W)right? Works and Salvation in the Thinking of Paul, Alexander Campbell, and Contemporary Evangelicals”
   Mark Black, Lipscomb University, Convener
 
  • Rick Oster, Harding School of Theology, “Trust and Obey, for There's No Other Way: Obedience and Works in Paul”
  • John Mark Hicks, Lipscomb University, “What's All the Fuss About? Neo-Puritan Evangelicalism and the New Perspective on Paul”
  • Douglas Foster, Abilene Christian University, “Alexander Campbell on Human Responsibility and Divine Grace”

“Doctors, Medicine, and Christian Origins”
   Richard Wright, Oklahoma Christian University, Convener
 
  • Troy W. Martin, Saint Xavier University, “Medicine in the New Testament”
  • Clare K. Rothschild, Lewis University, “The Imagination in Antiquity”
  • Trevor W. Thompson, Abilene Christian University, “Pain in the New Testament”
  • Christopher R. Hutson, Abilene Christian University, Respondent
 
“Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Work,”
   Jeremy Elliott, Abilene Christian University, Convener
 
  • Jonathan Reinhardt, University of Chicago, “’As My Whimsey Takes Me’: Villainy and Its Discontents in Dorothy L. Sayers”
  • Heather Weidner, University of Virginia, “The Honorable Way Out: Dorothy Sayers Sees Justice Served”
  • Chris Willerton, Abilene Christian University. “Reading Dante in the Bomb Shelter: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Dangerous Twentieth Century”
 
“Emerging Perspectives on Intergenerational Ministry”
   Dudley Chancey, Oklahoma Christian University, Convener
 
  • Ron Bruner, Westview Boys’ Home, “A Macro Analysis of Intergenerational Ministry among North American Churches”
  • Dudley Chancey, Oklahoma Christian University, “Three Generation Families of Faith: The Search of the Intergenerational Faith Center for Sustainable Faith in Churches of Christ”
  • Daniel Rodriguez, Pepperdine University, “Intergenerational Ministry among Hispanics in Light of A Future for the Latino Church”

“The End of the Wicked: God, Hell, and Reconciliation”
   Brandon L. Fredenburg, Lubbock Christian University, Convener
 
  • Edward Fudge, Independent Scholar, The Fire That Consumes, 2011
  • Thomas Talbott, Willamette University, Emeritus, The Inescapable Love of God, 1999
  • Jerry L. Walls, Houston Baptist University, Hell: The Logic of Damnation, 1992; Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation, 2011
 
"Envisioning a Restorative Criminal Justice"
   Richard Goode, Lipscomb University, Convener
 
  • Sujatha Baliga, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
  • Preston Shipp, Board of Professional Responsibility for the Supreme Court of Tennessee
  • Walter Taylor, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Janet Wolf, American Baptist College, Professor of Church and Society
 
“Evaluating an Interactive Web Bibliography for Church Leaders”
   Eddie Randolph, Harding School of Theology, Convener
 
  • Carlus Gupton, Johnson University and Harding School of Theology, “Presenting a Web Interactive Bibliography for Scholar-Practitioners and Ministry Academics”
  • Jim Miller, Harding University, Respondent
  • John Harrison, Oklahoma Christian University, Respondent
  • Chris Smith, Harpeth Hills Church of Christ, Pulpit Minister, Respondent
 
“Forgiving But Not Forgetting: Lessons from Immaculée Ilibagiza’s Left to Tell: One Woman’s Story of Surviving the Rwandan Holocaust
   Darryl Tippens, Pepperdine University, Convener
 
  • Lindy Adams, Christian Chronicle, former Senior Associate Editor
  • John Barton, Rochester College
  • Nancy Magnusson Durham, Lipscomb University
  • Jay Milbrandt, Pepperdine University
 
“From Class Conflict to Class Encounter: Solidarity, Subsidiarity, and Reconciliation in Global Poverty Relief”
   Susan Blassingame, Lubbock Christian University, Convener
 
  • Tracy Mack, Lubbock Christian University, “Rethinking World Poverty: Causes, Solutions and Unintended Consequences”
  • Jonathan Witt, Acton Institute, “Poverty Cure: Reconciliation, Engagement, Enterprise”
  • Jana Anderson, Lubbock Christian University and Susan Blassingame, Lubbock Christian University, “Making Writing Matter:  Critical Thinking and Writing about Poverty”
  • Ted Parks, Lipscomb University, Respondent
 
“The Future of Christian Higher Education: People, Pedagogy, and Partnerships”
   Mimi Barnard, Independent Scholar in Private Higher Education
 
  • Gregory E. Sterling, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame
  • John B. Weaver, Dean of Library Services and Educational Technology at Abilene Christian University
  • Darryl Tippens, Provost, Pepperdine University
 
“The Healed and the Scarred”
   Chris Dowdy, Southern Methodist University, Convener. A Peer Reviewed Session.
 
  • Spencer Bogle, Southern Methodist University, “Reconciliation, Atonement, and Perichoresis:  The Case of International Development and the Church”
  • Vadim Kochetkov, Abilene Christian University, “Reconciliation with Fellow Creatures: Animal Welfare and Christian Virtue”
  • Jodie L. Lyon, University of Georgia, “A Niebuhrian Doctrine of Sin as Roadmap for Navigating Gender Reconciliation in the Church”
 
“Heroine or Villainess? Reconciling Moral Complexity Among Female Biblical Protagonists: Perspectives from Textual and Visual Studies”
   Michelle Kraft, Lubbock Christian University.
 
  • Mark Sneed, Lubbock Christian University, “Femmes Fatales and Flawed Females in the Ancient Near East”
  • Michelle Kraft, Lubbock Christian University, “Heroine or Femme Fatale? Reconciling Judith in Visual Art, Renaissance to 20th Century.”
  • Carolyn Hunter, Pepperdine University (retired), “Esther: A New Reading?”
 
“Inquiries into Alexander Campbell as a Philosopher of Religion,”
   Richard Goode, Lipscomb University, Convener.
 
  • Caleb Clanton, Pepperdine University
  • Jonathan Atkins, Berry College
  • John Mark Hicks, Lipscomb University
  • Rubel Shelly, Rochester College
 
“Inside Christian Higher Education: Engaging a Major New Research Report”
   C. Leonard Allen, Abilene Christian University, Convener
   Session I: “An Introduction to the Research Project”
 
  • Samuel Joeckel and Thomas Chesnes, Palm Beach Atlantic University, “An Introduction to the Research Project and an Overview of the Book”
  • Samuel Joeckel, “The Slippery Slope: Are Christian Colleges in Danger of Secularization?”
  • Larry Long, Harding University, Respondent
  • Craig Bledsoe, Lipscomb University, Respondent
 
“Inside Christian Higher Education: Engaging a Major New Research Report”
   C. Leonard Allen, Abilene Christian University, Convener
   Session II:  “Faith, Scholarship, and Academic Freedom”
 
  • Joe Ricke, Taylor University, “The Tightrope Act of Christian Scholarship”
  • Daniel Russ, Gordon College, “Security, Risk, and Academic Freedom”
  • Darryl Tippens, Pepperdine University, Respondent
  • Candice McQueen, Lipscomb University, Respondent
 
“Inside Christian Higher Education: Engaging a Major New Research Report”
   C. Leonard Allen, Abilene Christian University, Convener
   Session III: “The Challenge of Race and Gender in Christian Higher Education”
 
  • Samuel Joeckel and Thomas Chesnes, Palm Beach Atlantic University, “Introduction”
  • Alvaro Nieves, Wheaton College, “Race and Ethnicity in CCCU Institutions”
  • Elizabeth Lewis Hall, Rosemead School of Psychology, “Gender Equity at CCCU Institutions”
  • Norma Burgess, Lipscomb University
  • Gary Selby, Pepperdine University
 
Literary Arts Section:  “The Literature of Reconciliation”
   John Struloeff, Pepperdine University, Convener
 
  • John Struloeff, Pepperdine University, “Tolstoy and the Complexities of Reconciliation in Anna Karenina”
  • Forrest Anderson, Catawba College, “Comedy as Reconciliation: Love, Lust, and Religion in the Work of Philip Roth”
  • Jeff Stayton, The University of Mississippi, “Reconciliation through Violence: Southern Gothic Meets Spanish Baroque in the Career of Cormac McCarthy”
  • Paul Contino, Pepperdine University, Respondent
 
Major Book Review: “Prospects for Muslim-Christian Dialogue in the United States: A Critique of Lee C. Camp’s “Who Is My Enemy?: Questions American Christians Must Face about Islam – and Themselves (Brazos, 2011)”
   Ted A. Smith, Vanderbilt University, Convener
 
  • Amir M. Arain, Vanderbilt University
  • William J. Abraham, Southern Methodist University
  • Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary
  • C. Melissa Snarr, Vanderbilt University
  • Lee C. Camp, Lipscomb University, Respondent
 
Major Book Review: “Reconciliation and ‘Holy Land Theology’: A Review of Gary Burge’s Jesus and the Land: The New Testament Challenge to ‘Holy Land Theology’ (Baker, 2010)"
   Evertt W. Huffard, Harding School of Theology, Convener
 
  • Rick Marrs, Pepperdine University, “The Prophets and the Land”
  • Khalil Jahshan, Pepperdine University, “The Dilemma for Palestinian Christians”
  • Hanna Swaid, Member of the Israel Knesset, “Land Issues and the Hope for Reconciliation”
  • Gary Burge, Wheaton College Graduate School, Respondent
 
Major Book Review: “Responses to Amanda Porterfield’s Conceived in Doubt: Religion and Politics in the New American Nation, University of Chicago Press”
   Kathy Pulley, Missouri State University, Convener
 
  • Richard T. Hughes, Messiah College: Reviewer (Distinguished Professor of Religion and Director of the Sider Institute, Messiah College)
  • Beth Schweiger, University of Arkansas: Reviewer (Associate Professor, History Department)
  • Ted Smith, Vanderbilt University Divinity School: Reviewer (Assistant Professor of Ethics and Society, Director of the Program in Theology and Practice)
  • Charles Reagan Wilson, University of Mississippi: Reviewer (Cook Chair of History and Professor of Southern Studies)
  • Amanda Porterfield, Florida State University: Respondent (Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion)
 
Major Book Review: “Responses to Will D. Campbell and Richard C. Goode’s And the Criminals With Him: Essays in Honor of Will D. Campbell and All the Reconciled, Cascade, 2012.
   Randy Spivey, Lipscomb University, Convener
 
  • George Barrett, Vanderbilt University
  • J. David Dark, Vanderbilt University
  • Phyllis Hildreth, Lipscomb University
  • Richard C. Goode, Lipscomb University, Respondent
 
“Measuring Spirituality: Assessments and Outcomes”
   Jackie L. Halstead, Lipscomb University, Convener
 
  • Marianne McInnes-Miller, Alliant University, “Perspectives of Spirituality”
  • Peter Jankowski, Bethel University, “Measuring Spirituality from within a Relational Framework: Testing Two Proposed Theoretical Models”
  • Robert Stewart, Texas Tech University, “On Quantifying the Qualities of Spirituality: The Apparent Influence of Context on Measurement” 
 
“Message Creation and Effects:  Essays in Media, Rhetoric and Reconciliation”
   John Jones, Pepperdine University, Convener. A Peer Reviewed Session
 
  • Shawn R. Hughes, Lubbock Christian University and Dustin Hahn, Texas Tech University, “Sing it Out: A Study of Worship Media Effectiveness”
  • Jeremie Beller, University of Oklahoma, “Reconciling a Post-911 America”
  • Christopher Cotten, Lipscomb University, “Let us Look Closely at what the Text of Scripture Teaches: Ambrose’s Use of Biblical Exempla in his Funeral Oration for Theodosius”
  • Juanie Walker, Pepperdine University, “Convicted Civility as Communication Ethic”
 
“Observing, Measuring, and Examining Gender-Roles and Their Effects in Religious and Secular Contexts”
   Lynette Sharp Penya, Abilene Christian University, Convener
 
  • Cynthia Roper, Abilene Christian University, “A Look at Women and Their Roles as Portrayed in Church of Christ Periodicals”
  • Suzanne Macaluso & Jared Perkins, Abilene Christian University, “The Effects of Religious Tradition on Women's Employment at Christian Colleges”
  • Lynette Sharp Penya, Suzanne Macaluso, Garry Bailey, & Lori Anne Shaw, Abilene Christian University, “Measuring Gender-Role Attitudes in Religious Contexts: A Test of Scale Reliability and Validity”
  • Dwayne VanRheenen, Provost Emeritus, Abilene Christian University, Respondent
 
“Parenting At-Risk Children”
   Ron Bruner, Westview Boys’ Home, Hollis, Oklahoma, Convener
 
  • Holly DeBoard Towers, Christian Adoptions, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma “Adaptation of Existing Infrastructures for Support of Foster Care Families”
  • Ryan Fraser, Freed-Hardeman University, “Spiritual Narratives of Adoptive Parents within the Churches of Christ”
  • Ralph Richardson, Hope Harbor, Respondent
  • Deborah Niccum, Abilene Christian University, Respondent
  • Penny McGlawn, Harding University, Respondent
 
“President Panel Session: Church of Christ Affiliated Colleges and Universities”
   Tracey S. Hebert, Lipscomb University, Convener
  • Tracey S. Hebert, Lipscomb University, “Colleges and Universities Affiliated with Churches of Christ: Enrollment trends and the Future of Spiritual Formation”
  • Earl Lavender, Lipscomb University, “Redemptive Response Through Spiritual Formation: A Unique and Comprehensive Learning Experience”
  • Randy Lowry, President, Lipscomb University, Panelist
  • John deSteiguer, President, Oklahoma Christian University, Panelist
  • David Burk, President, Harding University, Panelist
  • Tim Perrin, President, Lubbock Christian University, Panelist
  • Rubel Shelly, President, Rochester College, Panelist
 
“Race and Reconciliation in Churches of Christ: Civil Rights Activism at Harding College, 1949-1964”
   Michael D. Brown, The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Jeffrey R. Baker, Faulkner University, Co-Conveners
  • Michael D. Brown, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, “A ‘Statement of Attitude’: Civil Rights Activism During the Little Rock Central High Crisis”
  • Joel E. Anderson, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, “Civil Rights Activism During the Ole Miss Crisis and Desegregation at Harding College”
  • Barclay Key, Western Illinois University, Respondent
 
“Race Relations in the Churches of Christ: Cross-Cultural Works Toward Reconciliation”
   Tanya Smith Brice, Baylor University, Convener
 
  • Kavian McMillon, Abilene Christian University, “A Conflict of Interests: African Americans in Churches of Christ and the Legacy of the Black Church in America”
  • Russ Kirby, Abilene Christian University, “An Authentic Journey towards Reconciliation”
  • Barron James, San Antonio, “Reconciliation to the Political Stranger: Work among Spanish Speaking Churches”
 
“Reconciliation across the Disciplines: Views from Politics and Literature”
   Karie Cross, American University, Convener
 
  • Benjamin Garner, University of Kansas, “Vote With Your Fork: Food, Reconciliation, and Politics at the Lawrence Farmers’ Market”
  • Nathan Shank, University of Kentucky, “God of the Gaps: Reconciling Christianity with the Consciousness Impasse”
  • Joanna Benskin, Purdue University, “Reconciling the Conflicted Closing of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
  • Karie Cross, American University, “Reconciling Opposing Views in the Feminist Legal Theory Debate”
 
“Reconciliation and Cross-Cultural Mission: Perspectives from Literary Criticism, Fine Art Photography, and Stone-Campbell History”
   Kelly Elliott, Abilene Christian University, Convener
 
  • Chai Green, University of Ulster, Missionary to Northern Ireland, “Meditative Photography: Recording Light and Exploring Spirituality”
  • See Huang Lim, Abilene Christian University, “Reconciliation through Indigenization:  Shusako Endo and Christianity in Japan”
  • Jeremy Hegi, Abilene Christian University, “Don Carlos Janes and Reconciliation in the Stone-Campbell Movement:  The Murch Witty Unity Meetings”
 
“Reconciliation of Genesis with Modern Science: A Revisiting of the Data Concerning ‘Junk’ DNA”
   Kirt Martin, Lubbock Christian University, Convener
 
  • William Brooks, Harding University, “Recent Findings on the Functions of Non-Protein-Coding DNA”
  • Kirt Martin, Lubbock Christian University, “Francis Collins:  The Language of Science and Faith"
  • Joe Deweese, Lipscomb University, “Reconciling the Evidence: Effects of Design and Decay?”
 
“Reconciling At-Risk Youth within Primary Relationships: Theory and Practice in Residential Child Care”
   Ron Bruner, Westview Boys’ Home, Hollis, Oklahoma, Convener
 
  • Ron Bruner, Westview Boys’ Home, Hollis, Oklahoma, “Reconciling At-Risk Youth in Residential Care with God”
  • Ralph Richardson, Hope Harbor, Claremore, Oklahoma, “Reconciling Youth in Residential Care to Their Families”
  • Rob Salley, Sunnybrook Children’s Home, Jackson, Mississippi, “Self-Reconciliation of Troubled Youth in Residential Care”
  • Penny McGlawn, Harding University, Respondent
  • Kavian McMillon, Abilene Christian University, Respondent

“Reconciling Church Gender Roles and Miroslav Volf’s Theology of Gender Identity”
   Lynette Sharp-Penya, Abilene Christian University
 
  • Jennifer Jeanine Thweatt-Bates, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, “Not Without the Others: Volf and Haraway on Gendered Humanity”
  • Ken Cukrowski, Abilene Christian University, “A Theology of Gender: What Can Scripture Tell Us?”
  • Garry Bailey, Abilene Christian University, “A Gendered God and Gender Role Tensions in Church: Perspectives from Relational Dialectics, Social Identity and Integrated Threat Theories”
  • Suzanne Fournier Macaluso, Abilene Christian University, “Gender Identity Construction: Role Theory and Symbolic Interaction in Religious Contexts”
  • Miroslav Volf, Yale Divinity School, Respondent
 
“Scholarship, Activism, Leadership & Faith: A Roundtable on Experiences in Higher Education”
   Thomas Chase Hagood, Abraham Baldwin College, Convener.
 
  • Todd Lee Goen, The University of Georgia and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
  • Daleah B. Goodwin, The University of Georgia
  • Thomas Chase Hagood, Abraham Baldwin College.
  • Jillian H. Hurst, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
 
"Service-Learning: A Cross-Disciplinary Reconciliation of Theory and Practice"
   James Huff, Harding University / Purdue University, Convener
 
  • Larry Bland, John Brown University, “A Locally Sustainable Model of International Service”
  • Todd Patten, Harding University, “Ansanm: A Case Study of ‘Service’ and ‘Learning’”
  • James Huff, Harding University / Purdue University, “Developing Social Awareness in Engineers: Reconciling Service and Learning Outcomes”
  • Christin Shatzer, Lipscomb University, Respondent
 
“The Significances of Nature in Literature”
   Jeremy Elliott, Abilene Christian University, Convener
 
  • Everett Reed, University of the South, “Land as Curse, Land as Gift: the Ecology of Tragedy in Faulkner and Berry”
  • Jeremy Elliott, Abilene Christian University, “Janisse Ray’s Complicated Vision of Human Labor in Nature”
  • Terry Engel, Harding University, “The Need for Wilderness: Reading Wallace Stegner and Edward Abbey”
 
“Sustainability & Reconciliation: A Theological Reflection,”
   Chris Doran, Pepperdine University
 
  • Chris Doran, Pepperdine University
  • Dodd Galbreath, Lipscomb University
  • Cliff Barbarick, Abilene Christian University
 
“Textual Discoveries and Research Developments of the Green Scholars Initiative”
   Curt Niccum, Abilene Christian University, Convener
 
  • Scott Th. Carroll, Director of the Green Collection
  • Jerry Pattengale, Director of the Green Scholars Initiative
 
“Together We Thrive:  Obama, Tucson and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation”
   John M. Jones, Pepperdine University, Convener.
 
  • Keri Thompson, University of Texas at Austin
  • David Holmes, Pepperdine University
  • Mike Milford, Auburn University
  • John M. Jones, Pepperdine University
 
“Two Exercises in Analytic Theology: Investigating Faith and Free Will”
   Kraig Martin, Baylor University, Convener
 
  • Mark Wiebe, Southern Methodist University, “Molina and Farrer on Providence and Libertarian Freedom”
  • Kraig Martin, Baylor University, “Faith and the Rationality of Closing Inquiry”
  • Chris Shrock, Abilene Christian University, Respondent
  • Bruce Marshall, Southern Methodist University, Respondent
 
“What Does it Mean to be Human?”
   Marguerite Cronk, Harding University, Convener
 
  • Alvin Ray Yount, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, “Morality - Knowledge – Love:  A Consummate Homogenous Inception of Man”
  • Michael Potts, Methodist University, “Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mind Reading, and the Soul”
  • Brandon Pierce, Abilene Christian University, “The Pain of Being and Becoming Human: Pain in Christian Ascetic Theological Anthropology”