Collegium on Christ, Knowledge and Wisdom

West Jackson Baptist Church

January 13-14, 2003

“There are many who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge:

that is curiosity.

There are others who desire to know in order that they

themselves be known: that is vanity.

Others seek knowledge in order to sell it:

that is dishonorable.

But there are those who seek knowledge in order to

edify others: that is love.”

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Monday January 13, 2003

9:00-10:00 Session One:

Integrating Faith and Learning: An Unapologetic Case for Christian Higher Education: David Dockery

10:00- 10:15 Q & A (Break)

10:15- 11:00 Session Two: Doctrinal Distinctives of Christian Higher Education: David Dockery

11:00- 1:30 Lunch & Viewing of Babette's Feast

1:30- 2:30 Session Three: The Doctrine of Creation and Implications for Faculty Discipleship at Union University:

Terry Morrison

2:30-3:00 Reflection Time

3:00- 4:00 Session Four: Case Study Discussion: Colleague Conflict

4:00 Closing Prayer

Tuesday January 14, 2003

9:00 -10:00 Session Five: The Doctrine of Incarnation and Implications for Faculty Discipleship

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15- 11:30 Session Seven: Case Study Discussion: The Plagiarism Plague

11:30- 12:30 Lunch

12:30- 1:30 Session Eight: The Doctrine of Redemption

1:30- 2:00 Time for Reflection

2:00-3:00 Session Nine: Case Study Discussion: Scholarship Apprehension

3:00- 4:00 Session Ten: Faith Integration: A Matter of Discipleship

Readings:

Learning in Wartime; The Weight of Glory; C.S. Lewis

The Spirit of the Disciplines; Dallas Willard pp 1-74; 130-191.

The Cost of Discipleship; Dietrich Bonhoeffer pp 45-86; 117-128.

Integrating Faith and Learning: An Unapologetic Case for Christian

Higher Education; David S. Dockery

“An appetite for knowledge and beauty exists in the human mind and God makes no appetite in vain. We can therefore pursue knowledge as such, and beauty as such, in the sure confidence that by doing so we are either advancing to the vision of God ourselves or indirectly helping others to do so."

C.S. Lewis; “Learning in Wartime;” The Weight of Glory