2018 Symposiums

February 

2nd: "Reading the Bible with a Spanish Accent"

  • Dr. Justo Gonzalez, Columbia Theological Seminary, Professor Emeritus

9th: "Back to the Garden: Why a Tenth-Century Anglo-Saxon Eden Matters to Christ-Followers Today"

  • Dr. Jodi Grimes, Assistant Professor of English, Dallas Baptist University

16th: "The Creation Mandate and the Sciences: A Panel Discussion"

  • Dr. Thomas Bush
  • Dr. Deanna Noyes
  • Dr. John McCuin
  • Dr. Mark Bloom
  • Mr. Andrew LaFavers

17th: "Student Research Conference: Environmental Science and Faith"; 11:00 am "Climate Change" Facts, Fictions, and our Faith (in the IC); 1:00 pm "Loving our Global Neighbor (in the IC);

  • Dr. Katherine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University, Keynote Speaker

23rd: "All Cases are Unique, and very Similar to Others: Revisiting Roman Stoicism and Early Christianity"

  • Dr. Joseph Dodson, Ouachita Baptist University

March 

2nd: "Doubt without Fear: A Poetic Journey"

  • Tania Runyan, Author

3rd: Doxa Literary Festival

  • Tania Runyan, the author reads from her work

9th: "Following Christ while Serving Caesar: A Biblical perspective on Politics"

  • Scott Cain, Mayor, Cleburne, TX

16th: Spring Break

23rd: "The Aristotelian Plumber: The Liberal Arts for Practical People"

  • Dr. Peter Epps, St. Gregory's University

30th: Good Friday

April

6th: "A Zombie's Place: Graves, Gender and the Undead"

  • Dr. Rebecca Dark, Professor of English, Dallas Baptist University

13th: "The Excessive Event: Four British Church Dramas and the Communion of the Saints"

  • Dr. Philip Mitchell, Director of Honors Program, Dallas Baptist University

20th: "Christian Aesthetics"

  • Rob Moore, Dallas Independent School District

27th: "The Great Worship Divorce: Renewing the Marriage Vows of Sermon and Song"

  • Dr. Brent Thomason, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Dallas Baptist University