Seminars in Christian Scholarship
2009 Summer Lecture Series

The Seminars in Christian Scholarship Summer Lecture Series events are free and open to the public. All lectures will be held at Calvin. Please see below for more information about speakers, general topics, and locations.

Lunch Lectures | Evening Lectures

Lunch Lecture Series

All lunch lectures will take place at noon in the Alumni Board Room on the top floor of the Commons Annex building. Please feel free to bring your own lunch or to purchase a lunch at Johnny's Cafe (located in the Commons building) to enjoy during these talks.

Victoria Barnett
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Reflections on an ‘Unfinished’ Hero
Thursday, June 25, 12:00 pm
Alumni Board Room (in the Commons Annex)

John Roth
Topic: Forgiveness
Tuesday, June 30, 12:00 pm
Alumni Board Room (in the Commons Annex)

Stephen Dintaman of LCC International University
Topic: Teaching in Lithuania
Thursday, July 16, 12:00 pm
Alumni Board Room (in the Commons Annex)

Evening Lecture Series

James Waller
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing
Listen to the lecture
Wednesday, June 24, 7:30 pm
Gezon Auditorium (in the Spoelhof Building)

Nicholas Wolterstorff
What Do Beauty, Love, Justice & Worship Have to Do
with Each Other?
Listen to the lecture
Wednesday, July 1, 7:30 pm
Commons Annex Lecture Hall

Susan VanZanten
Topic: The Reading Life – How Reading/Engaging Feed Each Other
Listen to the lecture
Wednesday, July 8, 7:30 pm
Gezon Auditorium (in the Spoelhof Building)

Stephen G. Post
Why Good Things Happen to Good People:
How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving
Listen to the lecture
Wednesday, July 15, 7:30 pm
Gezon Auditorium (in the Spoelhof Building)

Wayne Jacobsen
What If There Is A God Who Really Loves You?
An Examination of Themes from The Shack by Wayne Jacobsen, Collaborator and Publisher of The Shack
Listen to the lecture
Monday, July 20, 7:30 pm
College Chapel with overflow in Gezon Auditorium (in the Spoelhof Building)

Frank D. Macchia
Behind the God of the Shack: Recent Revolutions in the Theology of God
Listen to the lecture
Wednesday, July 22, 7:30 pm
Gezon Auditorium (in the Spoelhof Building)

For further information contact:
Seminars in Christian Scholarship
Calvin College
1855 Knollcrest Circle SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546-4402
616.526.8558
fax 616.526.6682
seminars@calvin.edu