Friday, March 2, 2018
Christianity in the Academy Conference
"Christianity in the Academy 20 Years On: Exploring Methods and Strategies for the 21st Century"
Union University Germantown
2745 Hacks Cross Road
Germantown, TN 38138
The Christianity in the Academy Conference began during the last decade of the last century in the midst of a growing concern among Christians in higher education that we had somehow yielded the field to a materialist understanding of the world and all its operations. Recognizing that the Christian faith has a perspective on reality that often goes unheard in the clamor of competing philosophies and ideologies than animate the academy, this conference seeks to encourage Christians to recognize the issues in the many disciplines to which Christ speaks and to challenge assumptions and presuppositions that have slipped into disciplines unawares. We solicit papers that examine models for Christian engagement with the academy, as well as papers that demonstrate faith engagement with issues in particular disciplines.
Our keynote speaker will be Darin Davis who serves as vice president for university mission, director of the Institute for Faith and Learning (IFL), and clinical associate professor of moral philosophy in the Honors Program at Baylor University. Davis holds the PhD in Philosophy from Saint Louis University. He will speak on "Faith Animating Teaching."
Registration fee includes the luncheon and keynote address. Advance registration is $50 for adults and $25 for students and those who are retired. These fees go up to $55 and $30 respectively when paid at the door. Send your registration form with checks be made out to Union University and mailed to:
Dr. Harry Lee Poe
Union University
1050 Union University Drive
Jackson, TN 38305
Please address questions to Hal Poe at hpoe@uu.edu or 731-661-5404.
