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Centers and Institutes: Events 2008

January 2008:

Symposium on Worship

January 24-26, 2008

Calvin College & Seminary | Grand Rapids, Michigan


February 2008

Celebrate Calvin Authors at a Book Signing Reception Held by Calvin’s Centers & Institutes!

February 8, 2008

Calvin College | Campus Store | 4:00-6:00PM

 

The Rule of Law and the Role of Religion in Contemporary China

Feburary 13, 2008

Calvin College | Commons Lecture Hall | 3:30PM

 

In Expectation of the Advent: Premillennialists' Views of American Politics

Feburary 27, 2008

Calvin College | Commons Lecture Hall | 3:30PM


March 2008:

The Inaugural lectures of the Korean Lectureship

What Should Christians Do about North Korea?

March 26, 2008

Calvin College | Meeter Center Lecture Hall | 3:30PM

Why Should Koreans Care about North Korea?

March 27, 2008

Calvin College | Calvin Seminary Auditorium | 3:30PM

 

Religious Tolerance -- Love Your Neighbor

March 31, 2008

Calvin College | Great Hall East, Prince Conference Center | 7:30PM

 

The Religious Heritage of Rights Talk: A Symposium

March 31, 2008

Calvin College | Commons Lecture Hall | 7:00PM

 


April 2008:

Transforming Culture: A Vision for the Church and the Arts

April 1-3, 2008

Austin, Texas

 

Center for Social Research Open House

April 3, 2008

2041 Raybrook, Grand Rapids

 

Many Branches, One Vine

April 11, 2008

LaGrave Christian Reformed Church | Grand Rapids, MI | 8:00PM

 

A Choral Retreat: Workshop

April 12, 2008

Calvin College | Chapel | 9:30AM-11:45AM

 

Festival of Faith and Writing

April 17-19, 2008

Calvin College

 

Cal Thomas, Conservative American syndicated columnist and author

April 21, 2008

Calvin College | Gezon Auditorium | 7:30 PM

 

4th Biennial Symposium on Religion and Politics

April 24-26, 2008

Calvin College | Prince Conference Center


May 2008:

African Christian Initiatives: Some Lessons for the West

May 6, 2008

Alumni Association Board Room

 

Faculty Scholarship Showcase - 2nd Annual Celebration

May 16, 2008

Library Lobby and Meeter Center Lecture Hall

 

Philosophy and Liturgy: Ritual, Practice, and Embodied Wisdom

May 20-22, 2008


June 2008:

Henry Institute Graduate Student Workshop on Survey Research and American Religion

June 12-19, 2008

Henry Institute Executive Director Corwin Smidt, Lyman Kellstedt (Wheaton College) and James Guth (Furman University), Calvin College DeVos Communication Center

 

Mathematics Workshop: Fostering Moral and Spiritual Development in the Mathematics Classroom

June 23-27, 2008

Jim Bradley, Gary Talsma, Calvin College

Congregations and Religious Diversity in Contemporary America

June 23-July 18, 2008

R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Science, Philosophy, Belief

June 23-July 18, 2008

Del Ratzsch, Calvin College and Michael Murray, Franklin and Marshall University

 

An Overview of Christian Hymnody in Historical Perspective

June 23-July 3, 2008

Edith Blumhofer, Wheaton College

 

Can a Scientist Believe in a Destiny Beyond Death?

June 26, 2008

Calvin Theological Seminary Chapel


July 2008:

Science and Religion: Why Does the Debate Continue?

July 2 , 2008

Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame

 

Congregations and Religious Diversity in Contemporary America

June 23-July 18, 2008

R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Science, Philosophy, Belief

June 23-July 18, 2008

Del Ratzsch, Calvin College and Michael Murray, Franklin and Marshall University

 

An Overview of Christian Hymnody in Historical Perspective

June 23-July 3, 2008

Edith Blumhofer, Wheaton College

 

Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching

July 7-18, 2008

Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Calvin Theological Seminary

 

The Color Wall: Lessons for Grand Rapids and the U.S.

July 9, 2008

Michael Emerson, Rice University

 

The Divine Handiwork: Evolution and the Wonder of Life

July 9, 2008

Owen Gingerich, Harvard University

 

What Kinds of Religious Book Manuscripts are Publishers Looking For - and Why?

July 12, 2008

Quentin Schultze, Calvin College

 

Christian-Muslim Relations in the United States

July 14 - August 1, 2008

Lamin Sanneh, Yale Divinity School

 

God and Morality

July 16, 2008

Richard Swinburne, Oxford University

 

Teaching and Learning as Spiritual Disciplines

July 21-25, 2008

Frans van Liere, Calvin College and Dale M. Coulter, Regent University

 

Practices Initiative Workshop

July 28-August 1, 2008

Funded by the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning at Calvin College


August 2008:

Christian-Muslim Relations in the United States

July 14 - August 1, 2008

Lamin Sanneh, Yale Divinity School

 

Practices Initiative Workshop

July 28-August 1, 2008

Funded by the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning at Calvin College