CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
June 2-16, 2009
The CCCU and Nagel Institute are sponsoring a
Faculty Development Seminar:
PUBLIC THEOLOGY: The South African Experience
Around the world, new Christian political movements are arising. Nigerian Chrisitans respond to the institution of Sharia law. Evangelicals in the United States debate about the Religious Right. "People Power" movements, spurred by Christian NGOs, have become a feature of Filipino politics. And in Brazil, the most prominent Pentecostal denomination sponsors a slate of legislative candidates. Christians worldwide are politically active and often influential, whether or not they have engaged in careful, principled thought.
In order to engage North American and African Christian scholars in some fresh Christian political thinking, the CCCU and the Nagel Institute are offering an interdisciplinary seminar in Johannesburg/Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa.
Christian art beyond the borders
Calvin's Jo-Ann Van Reeuwyk, professor of art education and a fiber artist, and Daniel Garcia, professor of communication arts and sciences and film maker, joined colleagues from a variety of CCCU schools for the pilot project, called Christianity and the Visual Arts. Read more »
Linking Scholars Worldwide
The Nagel Institute was founded in 2006 as a service of Calvin College to those who study the rise of Christianity in the global south and east, and to others who are eager to see Christian thought and cultural engagement flourish in those regions. - Read more »