Winter 2012
Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals
The CCCS invites the Calvin community to a public lecture by Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., followed by a vegan potluck. Learn more about the lecture here »
Lecture:
Monday, February 20
4:30 PM
Spoelhof Center 150Vegan Potluck:
6:00 PM
Lower Gezon Lobby
Sponosored by the Students for Compassionate Living and the CCCS.
The Best of the Reformed Journal
Please join the History department and the CCCS as we celebrate the publication of The Best of the Reformed Journal, Edited by James D. Bratt and Ronald A. Wells (Eerdmans, 2011).
Friday, February 17
3:30 PM
Meeter Center Lecture Hall
Event cosponsored by Eerdmans, the History department, and the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.
Wayne Pacelle @ Calvin
Few are in a position to speak for animals like Wayne Pacelle. As President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, he leads 11 million members and constituents in the mission of celebrating animals and confronting cruelty. Learn more about Wayne Pacelle »
Thursday, January 19
7:30 PM
Calvin College Chapel
Watch online here
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Animals and the Kingdom of God Lecture, 5th Annual Address
Bryant Terry is a chef, food justice activist, and author of three books, including his latest The Inspired Vegan. He is also the host of Urban Organic, a new multi-episode web series. More info »
Friday, January 20
3:30 PM
Covenant Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
Watch online here »
Lecture cosponsored by the Philosophy department, The Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.
Fall 2011
Blessed are the Meek: Showing Mercy to all Creation
Paul Shapiro is one of the vanguard voices on animal welfare in the United States. As Senior Director of Farm Animal Protection for the Humane Society of the United States (the largest, most influential animal protection organization in America with well over 10,000,000 members), Paul has overseen campaigns that have changed the legal and political landscape of the movement and fomented legislative change in states such as Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, and California.
Monday, November 21
4:30 pm
Spoelhof Center 150Watch the video »
Followed by a Vegan Thanksgiving Potluck
Monday, November 21
6:00 pm
Lower Gezon Lobby
Sponsored by the Students for Compassionate Living and the CCCS.
Barth, Bell, and Hell
The History Department invites you to hear Professor Kees van der Kooi of the Free University in Amsterdam speak on "Barth, Bell, and Hell." Professor van der Kooi is an expert on modern Christian theology with special interests in John Calvin and Karl Barth. His lecture will evaluate the controversial book by GR's pastor-author Rob Bell, Love Wins, according to the view of universal salvation expounded by Karl Barth, the 20th century Swiss Reformed theologian.
Wednesday, October 19
3:30 pm
Meeter Center Lecture Hall
Cosposnored by the History Department, the Religion Department, and the CCCS.
Spring 2011
Theology and Truth, Faith and Certainty . . .
What does it mean to make truth claims in theology? Is there such a thing as certainty about faith claims? Take advantage of two opportunities to explore these issues with Professor Bruce Marshall of Southern Methodist University on May 6 in the Meeter Center Lecture Hall:
Faculty Forum: "Trinity and Truth: Making Truth Claims in Theology"
Friday, May 6
12:30-1:30pm
Meeter Center Lecture HallPublic Lecture: "Faith and Certainty"
Friday, May 6
3:20-4:20pm
Meeter Center Lecture Hall
Cosponsored by the Religion Department, Human Origins Seminar Series, and Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.
"Every man" heard them speak in his own language
James Vanden Bosch, Professor of English at Calvin College, will describe the influence of the King James Bible on True Grit, Gilead, The Road, and other contemporary American novels.
Monday
May 4, 2011
3:30pm
Commons Lecture Hall
Cosponsored by Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, Hekman Library, H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin Seminary, Calvin College Departments of Congregational Ministries, English, History, and Religion.
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Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Leicester University, will lead a foray into the historical context of the King James Bible translation. Learn about the influence of William Tyndale, the "He" and "She" Bibles, and much more. Learn more about Gordon Campbell »
Friday
April 15, 2011
3:30pm
Calvin Seminary Auditorium
Cosponsored by Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, Hekman Library, H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin Seminary, Calvin College Departments of Congregational Ministries, English, History, and Religion.
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men
Public lecture with Dr. Michael Kimmel.
Tuesday
April 5, 2011
1:00pm
Commons Annex Lecture Hall
Cosponsored by Gender Studies, Residence Life, Sexual Assault Prevention Team, Sexuality Series, and the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.
Winter 2011
Does Religion Matter for Adolescents and Emerging Adults?
Professors Laura DeHaan and Julie Yonker (Psychology)
Although religious belief is common among most American adolescents and emerging adults (individuals 18 to 25), studies examining effects of religious beliefs on this population are limited. We analyzed all identified empirical studies from 1990 to 2010 that focused on adolescents and emerging adults, in which religion, spirituality and/or faith (R/S) was an identified variable. Studies were examined in terms of how R/S was conceptualized and operationally definition. Our next step was to conduct a meta-analysis to examine the association between R/S and outcome measures of risk taking behavior, depression, well-being, self-esteem, and personality.
Friday
February 25
3:30pm
SB 110
Cosponsored by Christian Perspectives in Science Seminars and the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CCCS).
Lecture Series:
"Thinking About and Responding to Climate Change"
Jane Austen & Climate Policy in a Perfect Moral Storm
Prof. Stephen M. Gardiner
Department of Philosophy
University of Washington
Ethical action on climate change is made more difficult by global, intergenerational and theoretical challenges, and puts us at risk of moral corruption. Jane Austen can help us to understand the threat of this "perfect moral storm."
Thursday
March 3
7:30pm
Science Building 010
Sponsored by the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CCCS), the Integrated Science Research Initiative (ISRI), and Calvin College. This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Best Science Money Can Buy:
How Fossil-fuel and Nuclear interests Manipulate
Climate-relevant Information
Prof. Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Departments of Philosophy and Biological Science
University of Notre Dame
Abstract of the talk:
Since at least 1995, peer-reviewed scientific journals have clearly established scientific consensusthat anthropogenic climate change is occurring. Many lay people have been misled, however, by fossil-fuelspecial interests who fund climate deniers. The same manipulation of scienceoccurs among those who argue that nuclear fission can address climate change.Carefully dissecting the relevant science, this talk shows (1) that scientific consensus has accepted anthropogenic climate change since at least 1995, (2) that nuclearfission is not a low-carbon-electricity source, (3) that it is not safe, asrevealed by Price-Anderson, and (4) that the nuclear industry "trims thedata" on atomic-energy costs.
Regarding costs, the talkshows that, if one corrects only 5 counterfactual assumptions, fission costs (excluding subsidies) can be shown to be 6 times higher than industryalleges. That is why the market will not provide nuclear loans, and why the industry requires taxpayers toprovide subsidies. The talk concludes by showing that good science, good economics, and good ethics allpoint in the same direction. Energy efficiency, conservation, wind, and solar photo-voltaic are ableto address climate change.
Thursday
February 10
8pm
Science Building 110
This talk is sponsored by the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CCCS), the Integrated Science Research Initiative (ISRI), and Christian Perspectives in Science Seminars. Everyone is welcome.
