Future of the Church in a Globalized World
Date
April 1-3, 2004
Location
University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, VA
Host
Center for Christian Study
CD and cassette recordings of this conference are now available
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E-mail Carl Briggs at carl@studycenter.net or
or call (434) 817-1050 with questions about the conference audio resources.
Conference Sponsors
Center for Christian Study, Charlottesville, VA
Center on Religion and Democracy at the University of Virginia
Christ Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA
Reformed University Fellowship at the University of Virginia
St. Paul's Memorial Church/Kononia, Charlottesville, VA
The Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia
University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, VA
Conference Presenters
Plenary Speakers
D.G. Hart,
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Philip Jenkins,
Pennsylvania State University
Lamin Sanneh,
Yale University
Andrew Walls,University of Edinburgh
Featured Presentations
Charles Farhadian,
Westmont College (formerly at Calvin College)
Special Seminars
I.J. Kim, Grace Christian Fellowship at the University of Virginia
Frederica Mathewes-Green,
Writer and Commentator
About the Speakers
CHARLES FARHADIAN is Assistant Professor of World Religion at Westmont College (formerly Assitant Professor of Religion at Calvin College), where he teaches courses on world religions, Christian mission, and theology. He is the author of several articles on mission, conversion, and non-Western Christianity and has conducted research on culture and religion in society in South America and Southeast Asia.
D.G. HART is Director for Academic Projects and Faculty Development for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. His books include Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham and Recovering Mother Kirk: The Case for Liturgy in the Reformed Tradition.
PHILIP JENKINS is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His books include The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice and The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity.
FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN is the author of six books, including At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy.
LAMIN SANNEH is D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale University. His books include Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa and Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture.
ANDREW WALLS is Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh, Director of the Scottish Institute of Missionary Studies at the University of Aberdeen, and Professor at the Akrofi-Christaller Centre in Ghana. He is the author of The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in the Transmission of Faith.
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