2012 Summer Seminars
Singing What We Believe: Theology and Hymn Texts
June 18 - 22, 2012
Bert Polman, Calvin College
American Frontiers in Global Perspective
NEH Summer Institute for Teachers
June 24 - July 14, 2012
William Katerberg, Calvin College
Virtues and Vices, for Chinese Scholars
June 24 - July 20, 2012
Christina Van Dyke, Calvin College
Kevin Timpe, Northwest Nazarene University
Religion, Modernity, and the Hermeneutics of Science
July 8 - 21, 2012
Peter Harrison, University of Queensland
The Economics of Global Poverty
July 9 - 12, 2012
Christopher Barrett, Cornell University
Cognitive Science of Religion and Christianity, Part 2
July 23 - 27, 2012
Justin Barrett, Fuller Theological Seminary
Globalization and Worship: Soundings from the Worldwide Church
July 23 - August 3, 2012
Charles Farhadian, Westmont College
Communitas: A Visiting Scholar Program
Available for four weeks over these five weeks: June 25 – July 27, 2012
2011 Summer Seminars
View the 2011 Photo Album
Reflective Pedagogy and Christian Practices
David I. Smith, Ph.D. (Calvin College)
June 20 - July 1, 2011
From Worldview to Worship: The Liturgical Turn in Cultural Theory
James K.A. Smith, Ph.D. (Calvin College)
June 20 - July 8, 2011
Communitas: A Visiting Scholars Program
June 20 - July 22, 2011 (four weeks over these five weeks.)
Congregations & Social Change: Adaptations and
Innovations among Religious Communities
Gerardo Marti, Ph.D. (Davidson College)
June 27 - July 22, 2011
Values and Virtues (For Chinese Scholars)
Ted Davis, Ph.D. (Messiah College) and Robin Collins, Ph.D. (Messiah College)
June 27 - July 22, 2011
Philosophy of Religion (For Russian, Belarus, and Ukraine Scholars)
Michael Rota, Ph.D. (University of St. Thomas) and Kenneth W. Kemp, Ph.D. (University of St. Thomas)
July 9 - July 30, 2011
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Ph.D. (Calvin Theological Seminary)
July 11 - July 22, 2011
Engaging the Texts, Preaching the Word
Frederick Dale Bruner, Ph.D. (Fuller Theological Seminary)
and Scott Hoezee, M. Div (Calvin Theological Seminary)
July 18 - July 22, 2011
Cognitive Science of Religion and Christianity
Justin Barrett, PhD. (University of Oxford)
July 25 - August 5, 2011
2010 Summer Seminars
2010 Photo Album
Seven Deadly Sins (Capital Vices) in the Christian Tradition
Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Ph.D. (Calvin College)
and Robert Kruschwitz, Ph.D. (Baylor University)
June 21-July 2, 2010
The Power of Race in American Religion
Michael Emerson, Ph.D. (Rice University)
June 21-July 9, 2010
Case Studies from the History of Worship: Prospects for Research and Pedagogy in a Variety of Theological Disciplines
Lester Ruth, Ph.D. (Asbury Seminary)
June 28-July 16, 2010
Religion, War, and the Meaning of America
Harry Stout, Ph.D. (Yale)
June 28 - July 16, 2010
Faith and Globalization
Miroslav Volf, Th.D. (Yale)
July 12- July 23, 2010
From Text to Sermon
Frederick Dale Bruner, Ph.D. (Fuller Theological Seminary)
and Scott Hoezee, M. Div (Calvin Theological Seminary)
July 19-July 23, 2010
Communitas: A Visiting Scholars Program
June 21- July 23, 2010
2009 Summer Seminars
2009 Photo Album
Deliver Us From Evil: Genocide and the Christian World
James E. Waller, Ph.D. (University of Vermont)
June 22 - July 10, 2009
Philosophical Reflections on Liturgy
Nicholas P. Wolterstorff, Ph.D. (Yale University)
and Terence D. Cuneo, Ph.D. (University of Vermont)
June 22 - July 10, 2009
Professing Literature: Christian Engagement with Contemporary Literary Studies
Susan VanZanten Gallagher, Ph.D. (Seattle Pacific University)
and Roger W. Lundin, Ph.D. (Wheaton College)
July 6-10, 2009
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Ph.D. (Calvin Theological Seminary)
July 6 - 17, 2009
Business as Ministry: Exploring the Issues, Trends and Challenges
Steven L. Rundle, Ph.D. (Biola University)
and C. Neal Johnson, Ph.D., J.D. (Bakke Graduate University)
July 13-24, 2009
Taste and See: How to Teach for Depth in Worship
John D. Witvliet, Ph.D. (Calvin College)
July 13-24, 2009
Flame of Love: Social Science and Theology
on the Great Commandment
Stephen Post, Ph.D. (SUNY Stony Brook)
Margaret Poloma, Ph.D. (University of Akron)
Matthew Lee, Ph.D. (University of Akron)
July 13 - 24, 2009
From Text to Sermon
Frederick Dale Bruner, Ph.D. (Fuller Theological Seminary)
and Scott Hoezee, M. Div (Calvin Theological Seminary)
July 20-24, 2009
Communitas: A Visiting Scholars Program
June 22-August 1, 2009
2008 Summer Seminars
Being Muslim in the United States
Lamin Sanneh, Yale Divinity School
Teaching and Learning as Spiritual Disciplines
Frans van Liere, Calvin College and
Dale M. Coulter, Regent University
Congregations and Religious Diversity in Contemporary America
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago
Communitas: A Visiting Scholars Program
Christian Hymnody in Historical Perspective
Edith Blumhofer, Wheaton College
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Calvin Theological Seminary
From Text to Sermon
Frederick Dale Bruner, Fuller Theological Seminary
and Scott Hoezee, Calvin Theological Seminary
Science, Philosophy, Belief:
A Seminar for Chinese Scholars
Del Ratzsch, Calvin College
and Michael Murray, Franklin and Marshall University
2007 Summer Seminars
Liturgical Identities: Global, National, Ecclesial
Michael L. Budde, DePaul University and
D. Stephen Long, Marquette University
Shaping Communities: The Role of Theatre in the Christian Academy
Debra L. Freeberg, Calvin College
John Steven Paul, Valparaiso University, and
Michael Stauffer, Wheaton College
Biblical Studies Across the Curriculum: Discerning Scripture for the Disciplines
James K. A. Smith, Calvin College and
J. Richard Middleton, Roberts Wesleyan College
Business as Ministry: Exploring the Issues, Patterns, and Challenges
Steven L. Rundle, Biola University and
C. Neal Johnson, Belhaven College
Communitas: A Visiting Scholars Program
Funds for Communitas fellowships provided by the
Provost's Office of Calvin College
Teaching Hymnology
Bert Polman, Calvin College
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Calvin Theological Seminary
Transforming Voices: Worship and Preaching Among Afro-Christian Women
Michelle R. Loyd-Paige, Calvin College,
Charsie Randolph Sawyer, Calvin College, and
Barbara Omolade, Calvin College
Primal Religions as the Substructure of Christianity
Andrew F. Walls, University of Edinburgh;
Kwame and Gillian M. Bediako, Akrofi-Christaller Institute
2006 Summer Seminars
Teaching Hymnology
Bert Polman, Calvin College
The Many Languages of African-American Christian Worship and Music
James Abbington, Emory University
Communitas: A Visiting Scholars Program
Christian Worship and the Practices of Visual Art
William Dyrness, Fuller Theological Seminary
The Transformation of Christian Worship:
Recent History of Protestant and Catholic Practices (1960-2000)
John Witvliet, Calvin College & Seminary
Liturgy and Politics: Is the Church a Polis?
William Cavanaugh, University of St. Thomas
"Taste and See that the Lord is Good":
Liturgical Participation and the Dynamics of Happiness
Ellen Charry, Princeton Theological Seminary
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Calvin Theological Seminary
Faith in the Classroom:
Christian Perspectives on Teaching and Learning
David Smith, Calvin College
Writing as Christian Proclamation in Contemporary Contexts:
The Truth’s Superb Surprise
Debra Rienstra, Calvin College
Consultation of Afro-Christian Scholars in Higher Education
Barbara Omolade, Calvin College, and
Willie Jennings, Duke Divinity School
2005 Summer Seminars
Musical Theology: Past Lessons, Present Perspectives
Richard Plantinga, Calvin College and
Clayton Schmit, Fuller Theological Seminary
Keeping and Talking the Word: Scripture Memorization for Contemplation, Formation, and Proclamation
Timothy Brown, Western Theological Seminary
Faith in the Classroom:
Christian Perspectives on Teaching and Learning
David Smith, Calvin College
Communitas: A Visiting Scholars Program
Making Markets Work for the Rural Poor: Christian Mission and Global Enterprise
Chris Barrett, Cornell University and
Thomas Reardon, Michigan State University
CCCU Disciplinary Workshop on Philosophy: What Does it Mean to Be a Christian Philosopher Today?
C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University and
Eleonore Stump, St. Louis University
Christian Formation for Participation in Worship:
How to Teach Worship in Congregations and Schools
John Witvliet, Calvin College
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Calvin Theological Seminary
A Consultation of Afro-Christian Scholars in Higher Education
Barbara Omolade, Calvin College and
Willie J. Jennings, Duke University
Spirituality, Justice, and Pedagogy
a conference hosted by the
Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning
Secularity and Globalization: What Comes after Modernity?
The Fifth Annual Lilly Fellows Program National Research Conference
The “Nature” of Belief: Evolutionary Explanation, Biological Function, and Divine Purpose
Alvin Plantinga University of Notre Dame
Jeffrey P. Schloss Westmont College
2004 Summer Seminars
Works of Love: Scientific and Theological Perspectives on Altruism
Stephen G. Post, Case Western Reserve University and
Institute for Research on Unlimited Love
Nature in Belief: Evolutionary Explanation, Biological Function, and Religious Purpose
Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame and
Jeffrey Schloss, Westmont College
Gather into One: Praying and Singing with Christians Worldwide
C. Michael Hawn, Perkins School of Theology,
Southern Methodist University
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Calvin Theological Seminary
CCCU Disciplinary Workshop on Theatre:
What's Right about Theatre in the Christian Academy
Debra Freeberg, Calvin College
Writing the World History of Christianity Since 1900
Mark Noll, Wheaton College
Afro-Christian Worship and Social Transformation
Michelle Loyd-Paige, Calvin College
Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid, Walla Walla College
Pic Charles Onwochei, University of Jos
The Preacher as Minor Poet
Craig Barnes, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Conceptual Models for Integrating Christian Faith
and Social Work Practice
Cheryl Brandsen, Calvin College
Beryl Hugen, Calvin College
2003 Summer Seminars
Bach the Preacher: a symposium with insights from theology,
musicology, performance, liturgy, & pedagogy
Agricultural Biotechnology & Sustainability: Food for Thought
a conference hosted by David Koetje and Uko Zylstra, Calvin College
Revisiting the Reformed Confessions:
Everything You've Wanted to Know but Were Too Busy to Ask
Frank Roberts, Calvin College
Written on the Heart: The Tradition of Natural Law
J. Budziszewski, The University of Texas at Austin
Christian Perspectives on Foreign Language Education
Barbara Carvill and David Smith, Calvin College
Prospects of Historic Christian Liturgy in a Postmodern Age
Bryan D. Spinks, The Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University
Christian Environmentalism With/Out Boundaries:
Living as Part of God's Good Earth
Mark Bjelland, Steve Bouma-Prediger, Susan Bratton,
Janel Curry & John R. Wood
A Consultation of Afro-Christian Scholars in Higher Education
Barbara Omolade, City College of the City University of New York &
Willie Jennings, Duke University
Health and Transformation in Afro-Christian Worship
Charsie Sawyer, Calvin College
Alexis Abernethy, Fuller Theological Seminary
J. Derek McNeil, Wheaton College
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Calvin Theological Seminary
Communicating Well for Ministry in a Technological Age
Quentin Schultze, Calvin College &
Duane Kelderman, Calvin Theological Seminary
Creation, Covenant, and Participation:
Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition
a conference hosted by James K.A. Smith, Calvin College
Exploring Your Vocation in Christian Academic Institutions
A conference for undergraduate honors students from Lilly Network Schools
Christianity, Cultures, & Worship Worldwide
a conference hosted by Charles Farhadian, Calvin College
2002 Summer Seminars
From Tertullian to Tutu: Africa's Place in Two Millennia of Christian History
Andrew Walls, University of Edinburgh
Hermeneutics at the Crossroads: The Disciplines of Text Interpretation
Kevin Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
American Literature and the Question of Belief
Roger Lundin, Wheaton College
The Arts, Aesthetic Theory, and the Practice of Christian Worship
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University
Natural Science in the Calvinist Tradition
Davis Young and John Schneider, Calvin College
A Consultation of African American Christian Scholars
in Higher Education
Barbara Omolade, City College of the City University of New York &
Willie Jennings, Duke University
The Testimony of Place: Building Churches and Neighborhoods
a conference hosted by Lee Hardy, Calvin College
2001 Summer Seminars
The Loss of the Self in a Postmodern Therapeutic Culture
Paul Vitz, New York University
Morality, Culture, and the Power of Religion in Social Life
Christian Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
New Urbanism and Communities of Faith
Philip Bess, Andrews University and Thursday Architects
Biology and Purpose: Altruism, Morality, and Human Nature in Evolutionary Theory
Philip Clayton, Sonoma State University and
Jeffrey Schloss, Westmont College
The Practice of Business: Reformed Christian Perspectives
Shirley Roels, Calvin College and John Visser, Dordt College
CCCU Disciplinary Faculty Workshop in History
George Marsden, University of Notre Dame
Consultation of African American Christian Scholars in Higher Education: Integrating Faith and the Scholarly Disciplines
Barbara Omolade, City College of New York and
Susan Felch, Calvin College
Christian Scholarship . . . for What?
an international interdisciplinary conference
2000 Summer Seminars
Christianity as a World Religion
Lamin Sanneh, Yale University
Modernity, Postmodernity, and the Future of Hope
Miroslav Volf, Yale University
Design, Self Organization, and the Integrity of Creation
William Dembski, Baylor University
Kierkegaard: A Man for All Disciplines
C. Stephen Evans, Calvin College
1999 Summer Seminars
God and Evil
Peter van Inwagen, University of Notre Dame
Realism and Antirealism
William Alston, Syracuse University
Postmodernism and the Humanities
Susan Felch and Lee Hardy, Calvin College
American Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism: An Historical Overview
George Marsden, University of Notre Dame
1998 Summer Seminars
Political Theory After Liberalism
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University
Theology and the New Physics
John Polkinghorne, Cambridge University
Anselm: Faith Seeking Understanding
Eleonore Stump, St. Louis University
1997 Summer Seminars
Puritanism and Its Discontents
Laura Lunger Knoppers, Pennsylvania State University
Globalization and Inequality
J. David Richardson, Syracuse University
1996 Summer Seminars
Tradition and Literary Study
Donald Marshall, University of Illinois at Chicago
Postmodern Philosophy and Christian Thought
Merold Westphal, Fordham University
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