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Monday, October 19
"Foundational Reflections"

7:30 a.m. Registration, Student Union Building
8:15 Devotional, David S. Dockery, Union University, Harvey Lecture Hall
8:30 Plenary I - "A Recent History of Evangelical Political Engagement"
Michael Cromartie, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Harvey Lecture Hall
10:00 Chapel/plenary II - "Christian Faith and Public Policy: A Reformed Perspective"
Jim Skillen, Center for Public Justice, G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel
11:15 Plenary III - "Christian Faith and Public Policy: A Catholic Perspective"
John L. Carr, U.S. Catholic Bishops, Harvey Lecture Hall
12:30 p.m. Lunch/plenary IV - "Religion and the American Democracy"
Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago Divinity School, Coburn Dining Room
2:00 Plenary V - "Towards an Evangelical Political Philosophy"
Ronald J. Sider, Evangelicals for Social Action, Harvey Lecture Hall
3:15 Panel discussion--Monday speakers
5:30 Dinner/plenary VI - "Christian Faith and Public Policy: A view from the sidelines"
Harry L. Poe, Union University, Coburn Dining Room
8:00 Plenary VII - "Evangelicals and Politics in the Third World"
Paul Freston, Methodist University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Harvey Lecture Hall

Tuesday, October 20
"Contemporary Issues"

7:30 a.m. Devotional - Harvey Lecture Hall
7:45 Plenary VIII - "Education"
Charles L. Glenn, Boston University School of Education, Harvey Lecture Hall
9:00 Plenary IX - "The Divorce Epidemic: Should Christians Advocate a Policy Response?"
David P. Gushee, Union University, Harvey Lecture Hall
10:15 Plenary X - "Christian Reflections on Refugee Issues"
Christine D. Pohl, Asbury Seminary, Harvey Lecture Hall
11:20 Plenary XI - "Abortion"
Richard D. Land, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, SBC, Harvey Lecture Hall
12:30 p.m. Lunch/Plenary XII - "Where Church and State Intersect"
Steve V. Monsma, Pepperdine University, Coburn Dining Room
2:00 Plenary XIII - "Welfare Reform"
Stanley Carlson-Thies, the Center for Public Justice, Harvey Lecture Hall
3:30 Plenary XIV - "Just Peacemaking"
Glen Stassen, Fuller Theological Seminary, Harvey Lecture Hall
7:00 p.m. Second Annual Scholarship Address - Lady Margaret Thatcher,
Jackson Civic Center