Listen to CCCS Sponsored Events
The Bible, Rocks and Time:
An Hour with Davis Young & Ralph Stearley
The CCCS celebrated with Davis Young and Ralph Stearley on the publication of their book: The Bible, Rocks and Time (IVP Academic, 2008). Listen to a conversation with Susan Felch and the authors as they talk about the impact of this book in science classrooms among the general public.
Friday, November 14
3:30 PM
Science Building 010
Conversation--audio
(Note: file size is 23.8MB)"History of Geology at Calvin College"
A lecture by Clarence Menninga, presented April 10, 2001
Cosponsored by: Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship and Calvin College's GEO Department.
Writing the
History of the Church in the Renaissance:
Tradition and Innovation
Anthony Grafton
Henry Putnam University Professor of History
Princeton University
Anthony Grafton is one of the foremost authors and teachers of Renaissance cultural and intellectual history in the United States. His numerous books on Renaissance history and the history of scholarship include: What Was History?: The Art of History in Early Modern Europe; Christianity and the Transformation of the Book; The Footnote: A Curious History; Forgers and Critics: Creativity and Duplicity in Western Scholarship; and Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation.
Thursday, October 16
8:00 PM
Meeter Center
Lecture Hall
Lecture--audio
(Note: The file size is 25.6MB)
Lectures cosponsored by: Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, Calvin Seminary, and the departments of History, Classics, Religion, and English.
The Religious Heritage of Rights Talk: A Symposium
Two internationally-acclaimed scholars have a very different story to tell about religion and human rights.
John Witte, Jr.
Robitscher Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University,
will discuss
the roots and origins of a modern account of human rights in early modern Calvinism.
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology Emeritus at Yale, will dig back even further, arguing that modern intuitions about rights and justice are indebted to the Hebrew and Christian scriptures--and cannot be sustained by a wholly secular ethos.
March 31
7:00 PM
Commons Lecture Hall
Symposium -- Quicktime Movie (.mov)
(Note: The file size is 228MB; please be patient while the presentation loads.)
Symposium -- Audio
(Note: The file size is 59MB)
Cosponsored by: Service-Learning Center, Sociology and Social Work Department, and Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship
Public Lecture by Dr. Marion Taylor--March 4, 2008
Reading the Scripture with our Foremothers
Women have been thoughtful readers of scripture throughout the ages, yet the history of interpretation has not included their voices. Dr. Marion Taylor, Prof. of Old Testament at Wycliffe College, Toronto School of Theology, introduced attentive listeners to the riches that one can discover when uncovering these forgotten writings. Writings by such authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Christina Rossetti, Josephine Butler, Grace Aquilar and many others have much to teach us. Prof. Taylor has co-edited an anthology of women's interpretations of scripture, "Let Her Speak for Herself: Women Writing on Women in Genesis," (2006), and is working on a second volume in the series.
We also celebrated the recent publication of Recovering Nineteenth-Century Women Interpreters of the Bible (2007), a co-edited volume by
Dr. Marion Taylor and Dr. Christiana de Groot (Religion Department).
March 4
3:30 PM
Commons Lecture Hall
Lecture--Audio
(Note: file size is 28.5MB)
Sponsored by: Gender Studies, Religion Department, and the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship
Disability Enabling Theology -- February 15, 2008
Professor Amos Yong, associate research professor at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, VA, gave the following lecture at Calvin College:
Disability Enabling Theology: Reforming Christian Beliefs--Transforming Christian Practices
- a new theology for people with disabilities
- a new theology informed by the experiences of people with disabilities
Friday
February 15
8:00 PM
Meeter Center Lecture Hall
Lecture -- Audio
(Note: file size is 27.9MB)
Amos Yong Power Point Presentation (.ppt)
CCCS Hour Lecture Schedule -- Fall 2007
John Calvin Rediscovered:
The Impact of His Social and Economic Thought
James Bratt (History) will be discussed his new book that he co-edited with Edward Dommen (United Nations & World Council of Churches), John Calvin Rediscovered: The Impact of His Social and Economic Thought (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2007).
November 14, 2007
3:30 PM
Commons Lecture Hall
Lecture -- Audio
(Note: file size is 30MB)
Sponsored by: The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, the Department of History, and the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies.
J. Hillis Miller at Calvin, October 18, 2007
Literature and Scripture: An "Impossible Filiation"
October 18, 2007
7:00 PM
Calvin College Chapel
Presentation -- Quicktime Movie (.mov)
(Note: This is a 55-minute presentation so the file size is 185MB; please be patient while the presentation loads.)
Presentation -- Audio
(Note: file size is 23MB)
This lecture discusses the relation between literature and Scripture by way of what Derrida says about “impossible filiation.” Miller takes Beloved and The Divine Comedy as examples of literature and the Abraham and Isaac story and the Mary Magdalene story at the end of Luke (recognition of the risen Christ) as examples of Scriptural stories. Miller claims they make quite different claims on the reader's allegiance, but that Western literature, even the most secular, inherits essential things from Scripture. Miller concludes by discussing the so-called “turn to religion” in the humanities today from the perspective of a long career that has seen fads come and go, and religion relocate in university life.
Sponsored by: The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, the Office of the Provost, the Department of English, and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences.
Jeff Sharlet Spoke at Calvin on April 11, 2007
Fundamentalist History, Secular Myth, and the Media's God Problem
Sharlet offered the reflections of a journalist who's been exploring the spiritual geography of the nation in the post 9/11 era. Read Sharlet's abstract and bio »
February 2007 - CCCS Hour: Book Reception
Book reception for: Divided by a Common Heritage: The Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America at the Beginning of the New Millennium (Eerdmans, 2006). Authors Corwin Smidt and James Penning of Calvin's Paul Henry Institute and Political Science Department, discussed their extensive research on the current positions of both the CRC and RCA.
This was recorded on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Calvin College Listen to lecture
Fall 2006 - Slavoj Žižek at Calvin College
Dubbed "the Elvis of cultural theory" by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Žižek's current work interrogates the Christian tradition and argues that it is, in fact, worth saving. In keeping with this thematic, the title of Žižek's lecture for Calvin is "Why Only an Atheist Can Believe." While his lecture will certainly propose a reading of Christianity that is both decidedly non-western and non-orthodox, Žižek's perspective on Christianity as a intellectual from Eastern Europe and an atheist philosopher is sure to bring ideas that will be both provocative and stimulating for the Calvin College community. Streaming video is available in Real Audio format here.
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