Symposium

Public Intellectuals and the Common Good: Opportunities for Evangelical Scholars

Public Intellectuals and the Common Good: Opportunities for Evangelical Scholars

Schedule

September 26, 2019

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM – Pre-Symposium Workshop: Writing for a Wider Public – Mark Galli, Christianity Today
5:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Reception of Guests
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM – Dinner – Jay F. Hein, Sagamore Institute & David W. Wright, Indiana Wesleyan University
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Public Intellectuals and the Common Good: A Theological Appraisal – Miroslav Volf, Yale University / Host – Kirsten Guidero, Indiana Wesleyan University
8:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Coffee and Dessert
8:30 PM to 9:30 PM – A University President’s Perspective – Linda A. Livingstone, Baylor University / Host – Stacy Hammons, Indiana Wesleyan University
Emcee – Jerry Pattengale, Indiana Wesleyan University

September 27, 2019

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM – A Foundation President’s Perspective – Heather Templeton Dill, The John Templeton Foundation / Host – Rod Read, Indiana Wesleyan University
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM – Break
10:30 AM to 11:30 PM – A Faculty Member’s Perspective – Emmanuel Katongole, University of Notre Dame / Host – Jim Vermilya, Indiana Wesleyan University
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM – Lunch – Max Bonilla, Expanded Reason Project
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM – A Journalist’s Perspective – Katelyn Beaty, Brazos Press / Host – Erin Devers, Indiana Wesleyan University
2:00 PM to 2:30 PM – Break
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM – Proposed Paper Overviews / Host – Mark Galli (Christianity Today), Darin H. Davis (Baylor University), Mark Eckel (IUPUI), Abson Joseph (Indiana Wesleyan University), Mark Stephens (Centre for Public Christianity & Excelsia College (AU)), Hank Voss (Taylor University)
4:00 PM to 4:30 PM – Break
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM – A Research Center Director’s Perspective – Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary / Host – Jon Boyd, InterVarsity Press
5:30 PM to 6:00 PM – Break
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM – Dinner – John R. Terrill, Stephen & Laurel Brown Foundation/Upper House
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM – The View from the Church – A Conversation with John M. Perkins / Host – David W. Wright, Indiana Wesleyan University
8:30 PM – Coffee and Dessert
Emcee – Jerry Pattengale, Indiana Wesleyan University