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Upcoming Events 2007-2008
Completed Events 2007-2008
- September 18, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, Following the Rolling Stone: From Bach to Cobain: The West after the amputation of its soul, Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- September 21, 2007
- Dueling with Darwin: A Night with GK Chesterton, Dr. Chuck Chalberg, Normandale College (Professor of History) and Dale Ahlquist, American Chesterton Society (President). Lecture MP3. Lecture Summary.
- September 25, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, From Da Vinci to Dan Brown: The skeptic as the new cultural authority, Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture MP3. Lecture Summary.
- October 2, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, From Science to Sorcery, Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- October 5, 2007
- Interpersonal Forgiveness: What's So Good About Loving Your Enemy?, Dr. Gayle Reed, University of Wisconsin Extension (Instructional Specialist). Lecture synopsis. Lecture Summary. Lecture MP3.
- October 9, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, The Devolution of Man: If God is dead, can Psychology save "The Dignity of Man?", Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- October 16, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, Martin Luther’s Vicarage to Hugh Hefner’s Harem: Turning men into (Play)boys and women into "Desperate Housewives", Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- October 17, 2007
- Wedded Bliss: What Makes for Happy Marriages, Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia (Assistant Professor of Sociology). Lecture MP3. Lecture PowerPoint.
- October 23, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, From Scottish Reformation to Iraqi Quagmire: Does Washington Know the West’s Recipe for Freedom?, Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- October 25, 2007
- Pacifism in the Old and New Testaments: What Did Moses Teach That Inspired Jesus's Nonviolence?, Philip Friesen, Galilean Center (Fellow). Lecture MP3.
- October 30, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, Ancient Levees and the Coming Katrina: Economic consequences if a postmoral West becomes more corrupt than the contemporary non-West, Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- November 2, 2007
- The Innocence of God, Udo Middelmann, MacLaurin Institute (Francis A. Schaeffer Fellow). Lecture MP3. Lecture Summary.
- November 6, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, Hollywood and Western Heroism: Can a defeated Messiah conquer Hollywood heroes?, Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- November 8, 2007
- Twelfth Annual Holmer Memorial Lecture, Theological Knowledge and the Knowledges of the University, Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School (Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics). Lecture Summary. Lecture MP3.
- November 13, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, Terrorism and Tolerance: Why do taxpayers pay advocates to defend lawbreakers?, Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- November 16, 2007
- Second Annual Faith and Literature Lecture, Modern Literature and the Question of Belief, Dr. Roger Lundin, Wheaton College (Blanchard Professor of English). Lecture MP3. Lecture Summary.
- November 20, 2007
- Must the Sun Set on the West? An Indian Explores the Soul of Western Civilization, Must the Sun Set on the West? Can the West recover its soul? Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi, MacLaurin Institute (Fellow). Lecture Summary.
- December 6, 2007
- First Annual Faith and Business Lecture, Business Ethics: Succeeding Without Selling Your Soul, Dr. David Miller, Yale Divinity School (Executive Director, Yale Center for Faith and Culture; Assistant Professor [Adjunct] of Business Ethics). Lecture MP3.
- Sixth Annual Faith and Bioethics Lecture, The Challenge of Disposable Elders: A Thought Experiment, Dr. Christopher Hook, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Consultant and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Ethics Education), 12:15 p.m., Moos Tower, 2-530. Bioethics and the Church: Present and Future Challenges, 7:00 p.m., Bethlehem Baptist Church (downtown campus). Lecture synopsis.
- Third Annual Faith and Economics Lecture, Faith and Charity, Dr. Arthur Brooks, Syracuse University (Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Non-Profit Studies Program), 7:00 p.m., Classroom Office Building, B35 (St. Paul campus)
- February 22, 2008
- Economic Parables: The Monetary Teachings of Jesus, Dr. David Cowan, pastor, speaker, writer, and theologian; currently doing research at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, 7:00 p.m., Nolte Center, 140
March 12, 2008
- Fourth Annual Faith and Law Lecture, Doug Kmiec, Pepperdine University School of Law (Professor of Constitutional Law and Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law), 7:00 p.m., Mondale Hall (Law School), 25
March 28, 2008
- Second Annual Faith and the Environment Lecture, Troubling Questions in Conservation Biology: Do Values and Purpose Matter in Biodiversity Conservation?, Dr. Fred Van Dyke, Wheaton College (Professor of Field Biology), 7:00 p.m., McNeal, 144 (St. Paul campus)
- April 7, 2008
- Second Annual Faith and Human Rights Lecture, Making Disciples or Making Enemies: The Rights and Limits of Proselytism in the New Religious World Order, Dr. John Witte, Emory University Law School (Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion), 3:00 p.m., Mondale Hall (Law School), 40
- April 18, 2008
- The Talpiot Graves: Do They Contain the Bones of Jesus?, Dr. Ben Witherington, Asbury Theological Seminary Professor of New
- Testament Interpretation), 2:30 p.m., Peik Hall, 28
- April 26, 2008
- Documentary Film Screening, As We Forgive, directed and produced by Laura Waters Hinson, 7 p.m., Bethlehem Baptist Church (downtown campus).
- May 1, 2008
- Population Demographics: Ideologies in Conflict, Walter Benjamin,
- Hamline University (Emeritus Professor of Religion), time and location to
- be determined. Lecture synopsis
- May 8, 2008
- Documentary Film Screening, As We Forgive Those, directed and produced by Laura Waters Hinson. The Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation is a co-sponsor of the lecture. Dr. Arthur Rouner, Pilgrim's founder, will lead a discussion following the May 8 showing. The screening begins at 7 p.m., Oak Street Cinema ($5 donation at the door).
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