“The State of the Evangelical Mind” Conference

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Here is the schedule:

Thursday, September 21, 2017

• 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM – Opening Dinner, Welcome – Jay Hein (Sagamore Institute), Opening Remarks and Tributes to John Wilson – David W. Wright (Indiana Wesleyan University)
• 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM – The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind: A Tripartite Review John Fea (Messiah College), Jay Green (Covenant College), & Eric Miller (Geneva College)
  Session Host — David W. Wright
• 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM – Reflections upon the Past Address – Mark A. Noll (University of Notre Dame) 
  Session Host – David W. Wright

Friday, September 22, 2017

• 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM – Continental Breakfast
• 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM – The Church 
  Keynote Address – Jo Anne Lyon (The Wesleyan Church) 
  Paper Overviews – Andrew Draper (Urban Light Community Church & Taylor University), Christopher Smith (The Englewood Review), & Maureen Miner Bridges (Excelsia College)
  Session Host – Mark Bowald (Christian Scholar’s Review)
• 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM – Break
• 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM – Para-Church Organizations 
  Keynote Address – David Mahan/Don Smedley (Rivendell Institute & Yale University Divinity School)
  Paper Overviews – Rachel Maxson (John Brown University), Mark Stephens (Excelsia College), & Tim Dalrymple (Polymath Innovations) 
  Session Host – Jon Boyd (InterVarsity Press)
• 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM – Lunch
• 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – The University 
  Keynote Address – Timothy Larsen (Wheaton College) 
  Paper Overviews – Rick Ostrander (Council for Christian Colleges and Universities), David Johnstone (George Fox University), & Jack Baker/Jeff Bilbro (Spring Arbor University)
  Session Host – Stacy Hammons (Indiana Wesleyan University)
• 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM – Break
• 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM – The Seminary 
  Keynote Address – Lauren F. Winner (Duke University Divinity School) 
  Paper Overviews – Karen Johnson (Wheaton College), Erin Devers (Indiana Wesleyan University), & Grant Taylor (Beeson Divinity School, Samford University)
  Session Host – Jerry Pattengale (Indiana Wesleyan University)
• 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Break
• 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM – Dinner
• 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM – Prospects for the Future Address – James K. A. Smith (Calvin College) 
  Session Host – David L. Riggs (Indiana Wesleyan University)
• 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM – Closing Remarks – Mark Galli (Christianity Today)

RECOMMENDED READING

THIS WEEK: The Conference of Faith and History AHA session on Eugene McCarraher’s The Enchantments of Mammon Asbury University revival roundup: Day 4 update Asbury University revival roundup: February 19, 2023 (9:30pm) Randall Balmer on the closing of his alma mater