Resource Documents - Papers and Presentations

The Christian Scholar in an Age of Global Christianity (pdf): Speech given by Joel A. Carpenter for the conference on Christianity and the Soul of the University, Baylor University, March 25-27, 2004
Community as Curriculum: Keynote address given by Claudia Beversluis, Dean for Instruction at Calvin's Fall Conference, September 3, 2003.
Agents of the Great Commission: Keynote address given by Joel A. Carpenter at Calvin's Fall Faculty/Staff Conference, September 4, 2002.
Christian Scholarship as a Worldwide Project: Lecture presented by Joel A. Carpenter to the Christian Professor Development Seminar, Luce Center for World Churches, Seoul, South Korea, July 23-25, 2002.
The Language and Literature of the Babylonians: The Christian Faith and the Humanities lecture presented by Joel A. Carpenter to the Christian Professor Development Seminar 2002, Luce Center for World Churches, Seoul, South Korea, July 23-25, 2002.
Christianity and Science: Perspectives from Calvin Faculty: Lecture presented by Claudia Beversluis to the Christian Professor Development Seminar, Luce Center for World Churches, Seoul, South Korea, July 23-25, 2002.
Head, Heart, Hand… in the Body:: Perspectives on Faculty and Student Development Lecture presented by Claudia Beversluis to the Christian Professor Development Seminar, Luce Center for World Churches, Seoul, South Korea, July 23-25, 2002.
What Is a Christian Worldview For?: The convocation address address given by President Gaylen Byker based on Colossians 1:15-22, September 4, 2001.
The State of Evangelical Scholarship (Listen in RealAudio): A panel discussion moderated by Joel A. Carpenter with panelist M. Bendroth, A. Leegwater, G. Marsden, R. Mouw, November 1, 2000 at Calvin College. Read the Atlantic's magazine article The Opening of the Evangelical Mind by Alan Wolfe here.
The Perils of Prosperity: Neo-Calvinism and the Future of Religious Colleges: Prepared by Joel A. Carpenter for the conference, The Future of Religious Colleges, held at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, October 6-7, 2000 (Internal Use Only).
Making a Career that Makes a Difference: Teaching and Research in the Life of a Scholar: Address to the Conference Studying American Religion: Contemporary Challenges, San Antonio, Texas, by Joel A. Carpenter, January 8-9, 1999.
Academic Freedom at a Pervasively Protestant Place: Paper given at Academic Freedom at Religiously Affiliated Institutions Conference sponsored by the Association of American University Professors Midland Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, October 24-26, 1997 by David A. Hoekema Professor of Philosophy and former academic dean.
The Calling of the Christian Scholar-Teacher: Carleton-Willson Lecture given at McMurry University by C. Stephen Evans, Former Dean for Research and Scholarship, October 8, 1998.
Signing the Form: Reformed Identity and Institutional Purpose at Calvin College: A speech given by David Diephouse, professor of History and former Academic Dean, at the Association of American Colleges and Universities/ American Conference of Academic Deans in Washington, DC, January 15, 1998.
Calvin's Expectations of Faculty as Scholars: Text of a luncheon talk given by C. Stephen Evans, Former Dean for Research and Scholarship, April 29,1998.