PAST NATIONAL CONFERENCES
2007-2023
2023 Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
Contemplating Integral Ecology for the Common Good
Kerry Andrew Emanuel, “Climate, Energy, Poverty and Population: Four Interwoven Challenges of Our Times”
Marie I. George, “Augustine and Aquinas on Integral Ecology”
Debra Rienstra, “Refugia Faith: A Way Forward”
2022 Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
Implicit Racial Bias and the Academy
Eddie Glaude, Jr., Princeton University
Tabatha Jones Jolivet, Azusa Pacific University
Forrest E. Harris, Sr., American Baptist College and Vanderbilt University
2021 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Science, Faith, and the Common Good
Stephen Barr, University of Delaware
Thea James, Harvard University and Boston Medical Center
Nancey Murphy, Fuller Theological Seminary
2020 St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX (online)
Tranquillitas Ordinis: Education and the Common Good
Jeremy D. Wilkins, Boston College
Nathan Cornelius, Johns Hopkins University
Joel Scott Davis, Samford University
Daniel Gee, University of Southern California Thornton School of Music
2019 Baylor University, Waco, TX
The Character of the University
Talbot Brewer and Candace Vogler, "The Character of the University: Pathologies and Prospects"
Elizabeth Newman and Fancis Su, "How Do We Make Room for Human Flourishing"
2018 Hope College, Holland, MI
Robust and Receptive Ecumenism
Lisa DeBoer, "The Accidental Ecumenist"
Steven Harmon, "Redemptive Ecumenism and the Construction of Christian Identity in Christian Higher Education"
Daniel Keating, "Robust and Receptive Ecumenism: Challenges and Opportunities"
2017 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Discernment, Engagement, Reflection
Stephanie Paulsell, “A ‘whole made of shivering fragments’: Contemplation, Creativity, and Education”
Douglas Christie and Rubén Martínez, “Mystics, Migrants: Desert Practices in an Age of Exile"
2016 Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
Semper Reformanda: Reformed and Always Reforming, Faith, Science, Art and Culture
Brad Gregory, “Why the Reformation Still Matters (Whether We Want It To or Not)”
Lea F. Schweitz, “Seeing the Infinite in the Finite and Reforming Our Visions of Nature”
Joanna Reiling Lindell, “Impressions of Change: Reformation Era Print Culture and Beyond”
2015 Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Created for Creativity: Music, Culture and Faith
Steve Guthrie, “From Possession to Gift: A Theology of Creative Generosity”
Panelist Discussion on Christianity and the Arts featuring: Ginny Owens, William Powell & Rod Riley
Music, Culture, and Faith Performance
2014 Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
A Future City, A New Creation: Equal on All Sides
Monya Stubbs, “Indebted Love: Paul's Subjection Language in Romans”
Elijah Anderson, “The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life”
John Ware, performance of “Freedom Rides”
2013 University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Faith and Academic Freedom in Civic Virtue
Rob Kapilow, Performative Presentation
2012 University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Incorporating Service: The Body at Work
2011 Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Reconciliation in History, Music, and Literature
Charles Marsh, “Are We Still of Any Use?: The Audacious Hope of the Engaged Scholar”
Rosephanye Dunn Powell, "African-American Spirituals and Gospel: Song Creating Community”
2010 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Face to Face in Time and Place: Perspectives on Place in Higher Learning
2009 Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Practicing Cosmopolitanism
Angela Christman, “The Cosmopolitan Church: Voices from the Tradition”
Amir Hussain, “Building Faith Neighbors: Church Colleges and Muslim Communities”
Suresh Canagarajah, “The Possibility of a Community of Difference”
2008 Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington
Beauty: What’s Justice Got To Do With It?
2007 Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
Three Mirrors: Reflections on Faithful Living: The Legacy of Robert Shaw, Flannery O’Connor, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
PAST NATIONAL CONFERENCES
1991-2006
2006 Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
A Blessed Heritage: The Contributions of American Church-Related Higher Education
2005 College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Keeping the Faith: Four Religious Perspectives on the Creation of Tradition
Alan Avery-Peck, “Creating an Authentic Faith: Traditions and Traditionalism in Judaism”
John E. Thiel, “Faithfulness to Tradition: A Roman Catholic Perspective”
2004 St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
“fling yourself farther”: Metaphor, Faith, and Learning
Gregg Muilenburg, “The Cretan Glance: Toward a Theory of Metaphorical Responsibility”
Julia Kasdorf, “‘Same, same!’: Pleasures and Purposes of Metaphor”
John Ferguson, “Performative Presentation of the Magnificat”
2003 Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Christianity and Liberal Learning: Revisiting the Connection
Jeanne Heffernan, “Liberal Learning and the Light of Faith: An Initiation into Wholeness”
Roger Lundin, “‘What We Have Loved’: Memory and the Heart of Learning”
Christopher Parkening and Jubilant Sykes, Performative Presentation
2002 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Vocation, Liberal Learning, and the Church-Related Academy
2001 Rivier College, Nashua, NH
“What, Then, Must We Do?” Social Justice, Service, and Religious Mission in Higher Education
Stephen Webb, “Beyond Politics: Possibilities for Transformation in the Post-Secular University”
Rebekah Miles, “That’s All a Mule Can Do: Rethinking Work and Vocation in American Culture”
Regina Shearer, Performative Presentation
2000 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
Moving Images: Film, the Sacred, and Higher Education
Richard Blake, “Uncovering the Sacred: Substance and Style in the American Film”
Tony Bui, “Conversations with the Director of ‘Three Seasons’”
1999 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
From Hellenistic to Pluralistic: Christianity and the Religions of the World
Antonie Wessels, “The Role of Storytelling in Interreligious Dialogue”
Nelly Van Doorn-Harder, “Sharing the Gold: The Dialogues of Life and Action”
1998 Saint Mary’s College / University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Athens and Jerusalem: Sacred Learning and Secular Culture
Nicholas Wolterstorff, “Tertullian’s Enduring Question: What Does Athens Have to Do with Jerusalem?”
Michael Buckley, “Science and Religion: Antinomy, Dependence or Coordination?”
Libby Larsen, “The Canticle of Mary: A Setting for the Magnificat”
1997 Baylor University, Waco, Texas
The City of God Revisited: Church and State in the Twenty-First Century
Kent Greenawalt, “Religious and Secular Arguments in Liberal Democratic Discourse”
Eileen Barker, “Religious Pluralism and America’s Public Philosophy”
James M. Dunn, “Christian Citizenship and Political Advocacy”
1996 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Nurturing Souls: Scholarship and the Christian World View
Richard Mouw, “Christian Scholarship: The Difference a World View Makes”
Robert VerEecke, “Dance and Religion: Reforming the Sacred Circle”
1995 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN
Nurturing Souls: Learning and the Sciences of Human Development
David Morgan, “The Role of Images in Religious Education”
1994 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Nurturing Souls: Teaching and the Arts of Formation
Mary K. Oyer, “The Nurturing Spirit”
Shirley H. Showalter, “Teachers Teaching Teachers: What We’ve Learned”
1993 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Communities of Learning
Parker J. Palmer, “‘Only Connect’: On Living and Learning in Community”
Barbara Doherty, “The Diversity of Spiritualities in the Community of Learners”
Walter M. Wangerin, Jr., “‘Saxifrage’ - A Story of, from and for One Christian Community”
1992 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Spirituality and Higher Learning
Bernard McGinn, “The Letter and the Spirit: Can Spirituality Be an Academic Discipline?”
Roberta C. Bondi, “Re-Envisioning the Rational: Loving, Praying and Thinking”
1991 The Inaugural Conference, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Christianity and the Academic Vocation
Frank Burch Brown, “Teachers, Mediums and Magi: Christian Educators in Humanities and the Arts”
Sallie McFague, “The Planetary Agenda and an Earthly Theology