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Past seminars and conferences sponsored with Seminars in Christian Scholarship

Henry Luce Foundation Sponsored Seminars

Seminars:

Summer 2007
Liturgical Identities: Global, National, Ecclesial—Michael D. Budde and Stephen G. Long

Teaching Hymnology—Bert Polman

Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching—Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

Transforming Voices: Worship and Preaching Among Afro-Christian Women—Michelle R. Loyd-Paige, Charsie Randolph Sawyer, and Barbara Omolade

Summer 2006
Christian Worship and the Practices of Visual Art—William Dyrness

Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching—Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

Liturgy and Politics: Is the Church a Polis?—William T. Cavanaugh

The Many Languages of African-American Christian Worship and Music—James Abbington

"Taste and See that the Lord is Good": Liturgical Participation and the Dynamics of Happiness—Ellen T. Charry

Teaching Hymnology—Bert Polman

The Transformation of Christian Worship: Recent History of Protestant and Catholic Practices (1960-2000)—John D. Witvliet

Writing as Christian Proclamation in Contemporary Contexts: The Truth's Superb Surprise—Debra Rienstra

Summer 2005
Christian Formation for Participation in Worship: How to Teach Worship in Congregations and Schools—John D. Witvliet

Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching—Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

Keeping and Talking the Word: Scripture Memorization for Contemplation, Formation, and Proclamation—Timothy Brown

Musical Theology: Past Lessons, Present Perspectives—Richard Plantinga and Clayton Schmit

Summer 2004
Afro-Christian Worship and Social Transformation—Michelle Loyd-Page, Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid, and Pic Charles Onwochei

Gather into One: Praying and Singing with Christians Worldwide—C. Michael Hawn

Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching—Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

The Preacher as Minor Poet—Craig Barnes

Summer 2003
Communicating Well for Ministry in a Technological Age—Quentin Schultze and Duane Kelderman 

Health and Transformation in Afro-Christian Worship—Charsie Sawyer, Alexis Abernethy, and J. Derek McNeil

Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching—Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. (repeated in 2004, 2005 and 2006)

Prospects of Historic Christian Liturgy in a Postmodern Age—Bryan D. Spinks

Summer 2002
The Arts, Aesthetic Theory, and the Practice of Christian Worship —Nicholas Wolterstorff

Conferences: 

Christianity, Cultures, & Worship Worldwide
Creation, Covenant, and Participation:  Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition
Bach the Preacher
Testimony of Place:  Building Churches and Neighborhoods