2004 Symposiums

"Participating in and Contributing to the Great Conversation”

January

30th: “What’s a Christian to do with The Magic Flute? Mysticism, Misogyny and Masons in Mozart’s Last Opera”

  • Prof. Debbi Richard

February

6th: “Believers and Birth Control”

  • Natalie Stilwell

13th: “Rethinking Ecclesiology: The Worldview-Driven Church—Part 3 The Ministerial Vision”

  • Dr. David Naugle

20th: "Christianity and Rock & Roll"

  • Scott Shiffer

27th: “The Limits of Logic: Going Beyond Reason in Theology, Faith, and Art”

  • Mark Boone

March 

5th: "The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-Earth" "Quotations from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings"

  • Dr. Ralph C. Wood, Prof. of English, Baylor University

12th: "The Psychology of Small Group Learning"

  • Dr. Wade Hemminger

26th: “The Impact of Attachment Theory on International Adoption"

  • Prof. Toby Buchanan

April

2nd: 7th Annual Paideia College Society Conf.—Keynote Speaker “The Abolition of Man? Theological Foundations of Bioethics"

  • Dr. Nigel Cameron, Dean, Wilberforce Forum

16th: "Information Literacy: Competencies to Mine Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge in the Information Age"

  • Prof. Linda Stephenson

23rd: “Covenant Theology: Insights for Christian Higher Education”

  • Dr. Chris Nkhoma

30th: “Information or Transformation? The Pedagogy of Jesus the Master Teacher and Its Implications”

  • Dr. Peggy Trammell
  • Bonnie Hinkle

September

10th: “Is Wisdom Really Better Than Gold? Reflections on Proverbs 2 and Its Educational Implications”

  • Dr. David Naugle

17th: “God's Will and Warfare: A Civil War Sermon”

  • Dr. Mike Williams

24th: “Why am I in School? Christian Liberal Arts Education: What, Why, & How”

  • Lamar Stockon (DBU Alumnus/Phil Major)

October

1st: "A Bad Set of Fellows": Victorian Views of Children and Great Expectations” (plus reflections on her summer at Oxford University)

  • Dr. Deborah McCollister

15th: “Christian Enemy #1: “Dualism Exposed and Destroyed”

  • Jeremy Shepherd (DBU Senior/Phil Major)

22nd: "Crisis Management in an Age of Terror: Shifting Strategies in the Business Community"

  • Prof. Ross O' Brien

29th: "Dispatches from the War Zone: Two DBU Alumni Report on their Recent Mission Experiences in Iraq"

  • L-Erika Wiegan
  • Stephen Rylander

November

5th: “Worship: A Cultural Analysis: Past, Present, Future”

  • Dr. Robert Webber (Formerly Wheaton College)

12th: "An Introduction to the World of Book Publishing and to Spence Publishing Company”

  • Mr. Tom Spence

19th: “Meaning and the Transforming Power of Musical Performance: Text and Technique in Henry Purcell’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’”

  • Prof. Wes Moore

December

3rd: “Exemplary Leadership at Christian Colleges and Universities”

  • Dr. Kerry Webb