2017 Symposium

Schedule

Thursday, September 21, 2017

  • 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM – Preconference Roundtable (filmed live): Comments in Context – Donald Cassell (Sagamore Institute) & Abson Joseph (Indiana Wesleyan University)
  • 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM — Reception of Guests
  • 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM – Opening Dinner, Welcome – Jay Hein (Sagamore Institute), Opening Remarks and Tributes to John Wilson – David W. Wright (Indiana Wesleyan University)
  • 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM -The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind: A Tripartite Review

    John Fea (Messiah College), Jay Green (Covenant College), & Eric Miller (Geneva College)
    Session Host — Abson Joseph

  • 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM – Reflections upon the Past

    Address – Mark A. Noll (University of Notre Dame)
    Session Host – David W. Wright

Emcee – Jerry Pattengale (Indiana Wesleyan University)


Friday, September 22, 2017

  • 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM – Continental Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM – The Church

    Keynote Address – Jo Anne Lyon (The Wesleyan Church)

    Paper Overviews – Andrew Draper (Urban Light Community Church & Taylor University),

    Christopher Smith (The Englewood Review), & Maureen Miner Bridges (Excelsia College)

    Session Host – Mark Bowald (Christian Scholar’s Review)

  • 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM – Break
  • 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM – Para-Church Organizations

    Keynote Address – David Mahan/Don Smedley (Rivendell Institute & Yale University Divinity
    School)

    Paper Overviews – Rachel Maxson (John Brown University), Mark Stephens (Excelsia
    College), & Tim Dalrymple (Polymath Innovations)

    Session Host – Jon Boyd (InterVarsity Press)

  • 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM – Lunch
  • 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – The University

    Keynote Address – Timothy Larsen (Wheaton College)

    Paper Overviews – Rick Ostrander (Council for Christian Colleges and Universities), David
    Johnstone (George Fox University), & Jack Baker/Jeff Bilbro (Spring Arbor University)

    Session Host – Stacy Hammons (Indiana Wesleyan University)

  • 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM – Break
  • 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM – The Seminary

    Keynote Address – Lauren F. Winner (Duke University Divinity School)

    Paper Overviews – Karen Johnson (Wheaton College), Erin Devers (Indiana Wesleyan
    University), & Grant Taylor (Beeson Divinity School, Samford University)

    Session Host – Jim Vermilya (Indiana Wesleyan University)

  • 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Break
  • 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM – Dinner
  • 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM – Prospects for the Future

    Address – James K. A. Smith (Calvin College)

    Session Host – David L. Riggs (Indiana Wesleyan University)

  • 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM – Closing Remarks – Mark Galli (Christianity Today)

Emcee – Jerry Pattengale (Indiana Wesleyan University)


Download the schedule as a PDF

InterVarsity Press Christianity TodayMuseum of the Bible Sagamore Institute Excelsia CollegeIndiana Wesleyan University