Working Groups
2011-2012
The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship is pleased to announce that two Working Groups have been funded for the 2011-2012 academic year. If you would like to participate in one of these reading groups, please contact the leader(s) listed for further information.
Eating as an Act of Justice
Christopher Smit (CAS), Matt Halteman (Philosophy), and Steve McMullen (Economics)
"Political Discourse from the Perspective of Faith: What principles of dialogue and debate should guide participants, observers, reporters, and citizens who seek to bring their Christian faith to public issues?"
Michael Van Denend (Alumni Association) and Douglas Koopman (Political Science)
The CCCS Board is grateful for the continuing and creative interest of Calvin faculty in the cause of Christian scholarship, and looks forward to the conversations these groups will stimulate across departments and around the college.
2010-2011
Helping Without
Hurting: International Development and Shifting Paradigms
Mwenda Ntarangwi (Sociology and Social Work) and Jo Kuyvenhoven (Education)
Masculinity in American Christianity:
Recent Developments and Conflicting Directions
Simona Goi (Political Science) and William Katerberg (History)
God's Nature and Attributes:
Implications Across the Disciplines
Laura Smit (Religion)
Exploring the Impact of Faith on Educational Aspirations
Rhae-Ann Booker (Pre-College Programs)
2009-2010
Climate Change: Complexity, Uncertainty and the Precautionary Principle
Del Ratzsch (Philosophy), dratzsch@calvin.edu
Developing a deeper understanding of the impact of the economic recession on Reformed faith and practice
Michael Van Denend (Alumni), alumni@calvin.edu
and John Tiemstra (Economics), tmst@calvin.edu
Late Medieval Mysticism as the Inner Reformation of the Body and Soul
Henry Luttikhuizen (Art and Art History), lutt@calvin.edu
Faith Formation and Expression
Cheryl Brandsen (Dean for Social Sciences and Contextual Disciplines), brac@calvin.edu
and Laura DeHaan (Psychology), ldehaan@calvin.edu
2008-2009
Language, Prejudice, and Christian Witness: Towards a Reformed Response to English-Only Policies, Immigration, and Dialect-and Language-Based Prejudice
Nathan Bierma (CICW) and Karen Miller (Spanish).
Global Health Inequalities, Human Rights, & Justice
Cheryl Feenstra (Nursing) and Renae Boss Potts (Nursing).
Divine Action in a Random World
Stephen Matheson (Biology) and Randall Pruim (Mathematics and Statistics).
Christianity in Africa
Mwenda Ntatrangwi (Sociology and Social Work).
