A photographic retrospective of the 2010 CSC

Watch an interview with plenary speaker John Patrick Shanley

Other videos and reviews of the 2010 CSC on Lipscomb's LUmination site

Lipscomb University was pleased to host the 30th annual Christian Scholars' Conference, June 3-5, 2010, under the theme, "Beauty in the Academy: Faith, Scholarship and the Arts."  Highlights of the conference included:  

See video from John Patrick Shanley's plenary address.

Baptism in the Early Church: 
A Symposium on the Work of Everett Ferguson
This symposium brings together leading scholars to engage Ferguson's latest work and to honor its author's contribution to ecumenical theological scholarship.

A Dialogue with David Miller
This luncheon feautred Turney Stevens, Dean of Lipscomb University's College of Business, interviewing David Miller about the intersection of faith and work.

DOUBT by John Patrick Shanley
Michael Fernandez, Chair of Lipscomb University's Department of Theater, directed this performance of DOUBT.  "Talk-back" with Shanley's response to the production followed.

Paper and Panel sessions highlight the conference, bringing together fellow academics for collaboration and dialogue.  We invite you to participate!

 ♦ Ray Waddle of the Tennessean praises the 2009 Christian Scholars' Conference.  Read his article here.

♦ The 2009 CSC plenary address by Marilynne Robinson, “Wondrous Love,” has been reprinted in a special issue of Christianity & Literature organized by Scott LaMascus, Oklahoma Christian University.  From scholarly panels at the 2009 CSC and 2008 MLA convention LaMascus and the journal’s peer reviewers selected and edited six scholarly essays on Robinson’s novels Gilead and Home.  The issue is available to subscribers or as a single issue at www.pepperdine.edu/sponsored/ccl/journal/ 

Among other published essays from last year’s program, you may wish to see the recently launched, Journal of Faith and the Academy, Vol. II, Number 2, Fall 2009.

♦ You may also be interested in the Church of Christ Theology Students group on Facebook, here.

For conversation on the 2011 conference, please contact David Fleer at david.fleer@lipscomb.edu.  For questions related to the 2010 conference, please call Deidra Piatt at (615) 966-7609.