2012 Symposiums

January

27th: The Vocation of Christian Scholars

  • Dr. David Naugle, Chair and Professor of Philosophy

February

3rd: A Little Too Close to Home: Human Trafficking in Texas

  • Dr. Shannon Wolf, Assistant Professor of Counseling

10th: Toni Morrison and the Re-canonization of African American Femininity

  • Dr. Michelle Henry, Assistant Professor of English

17th: Climate Science: Misconceptions, Controversies, Current Findings, and Future Projections

  • Dr. John McCuin, Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics

24th: Faith Perspectives on Mathematics in the 21st Century

  • A Panel Discussion with DBU Professors and Students

March 

2nd: Are Bioethicists Immoral Experts? Or, Why We Need a Richer Bioethics

  • Dr. Adam Briggle, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas

9th: Sympathy for the Devil? G. K. Chesterton on Original Sin and History's Educational Purpose

  • Dr. Philip Mitchell, Associate Professor of English and Director of the University Honors Program

16th: Spring Break

23-24th: PCS/UHP Spring Conference - Restless Hearts, Refreshed Minds: Faith, Learning, and the Lordship of Christ: St. Augustine, Emily Dickinson, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer Friday & Saturday, International Center

  • Dr. Roger Lundin, Professor of English at Wheaton College and author of books such as Believing Again: Doubt and Faith in a Secular Age, There Before Us: Religion, Literature, and Culture from Emerson to Wendell Berry, and From Nature to Experience: The American Search for Cultural Authority

30th: "Sifted but Saved": W. W. Melton--Cowboy, Preacher, Denominational Servant

  • Dr. Mike Williams, Professor of History

April

6th: Good Friday

13-14th: DOXA Literary Festival - Patience in Poetry

  • Dr. John Poch, Professor of Creative Writing at Texas Tech University, author of four collections of poetry, such as Dolls and Two Men Fighting with a Knife

20th: Multisource Feedback: Do Ratings Matter?

  • Dr. Margo Parker, PhD in Leadership Studies from Dallas Baptist University

27th: A Fistful of Nihilism: A Christian Perspective on the Films of Sergio Leone

  • Prof. Robert Sullivan, Interim Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Professor of Political Science

September

7th: "With Their Christianity Latent: C. S. Lewis on the Arts"

  • Dr. David Naugle, Th.D., Ph.D., Chair and Professor of Philosophy

14th: "Planet Narnia"

  • Dr. Michael Ward, Ph.D., Oxford University

21st: "Socialism: An Explanation"

  • Dr. Andrew Schaffer, J.D.

28th: "C. S. Lewis vs. Alvin Plantinga ... on Naturalism"

  • Dr. John M. DePoe, Ph.D., Marywood University, Scranton, PA.

October

12th: "'Receiving the Day' - A Panel on Sabbath Keeping"

  • Panel Discussion

19th: "From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology"

  • John Dyer, Dallas Theological Seminary

26th: "The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper"

  • Dr. Vince Bacote, Ph.D., Wheaton College

November

2nd: "Are Bioethicists Immoral Experts? Or, Why We Need a Richer Bioethics?"

  • Dr. Adam Biggle, Ph.D., University of North Texas

9th: "G. K. Chesterton - An Impersonation"

  • Dr. John “Chuck” Chalberg, Ph.D., Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota

16th: "But Grace is not Infinite: Tolkien’s Explorations of Nature and Grace in His Catholic Context"

  • Dr. Philip Mitchell, Ph.D.

30th: "Blood and Spirits: Viewing The Passion of the Christ as an Action & Horror Film"

  • Dr. Kevin Neece, Fort Worth, TX