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March 5, 2002- Dr. Steven Davis - The Four Great Intellectual Movements
Dominating Academia Today
What are these movements and how should we relate to them. Dr. Davis will
show how these movements are connected to our basic understanding of relativism
and truth. He will focus on the concept of pluralism, and especially religious
pluralism.
Stephen T. Davis is professor of philosophy and religious studies at Claremont McKenna College. His degrees are from Whitworth College (B.A.), Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and the Claremont Graduate University (Ph.D. in philosophy). He is the author or editor of thirteen books and over sixty articles in such areas as the philosophy of religion, Christian thought, ancient philosophy, and higher education. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister, and served for twenty-nine years as head men's soccer coach at Claremont McKenna College.
January 8, 2001, St. John 302
Dick Green provided an introduction to Islam from a Christian perspective. Some
of his presentation was from a recent best-selling book The Clash of Civilizations
and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington, a professor at
Harvard, who was director of security planning for the National Security Council
in the Carter administration.
November 13, 2001, St. John 302
Alan Stockton presented
three views Christians hold on the nature of God's creative activity, based
on their understanding of Scripture and on the observation of the created order.
His main focus was trying to understand, for each basic view, why some Christians
hold these views and why other Christians do not.
A group discussion of the underlying, key issues followed the presentation,
focusing on how our answers to these questions affect (1) our view of education
and (2) our ability to evangelize?
Here's a related site with descriptions and reviews of relevant books taking all sides except "young-earth."
October 9, 2001, St. John 302
Chuck Hayes took us on a PowerPoint®
tour of the thinking of religious leaders of the 5th Century, especially
focusing on their views of evolution and Creationism.
May 9, 2001, Student Services Building 412
World class scientist and recently retired director of the Royal
Botanic Gardens at Kew, England, Professor
Sir Ghillean Prance met with FCFS members and shared his insights about
God's creation and how Christians can care for it. Currently he is Scientific
Director of the Eden Project
in Cornwall, Visiting Professor at Reading University and McBryde Professor
at the US National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii. See also Plant
Life: An interview with Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, Director of The
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
During the meeting, he referred to the book The Earth Under Threat: A Christian Perspective.
For additional information on him, see A Passion for Plants: From the Rainforests of Brazil to Kew Gardens, The life and vision of Ghillean Prance, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew by Clive Langmead. 1994, 208pp, HB £16.99. Lion Publishing, Peter's Way, Sandy Lane West, Oxford OX4 5HG. The biography of what motivates the well-known botanist.
April 4, 2001, St. John 302
June Firing led the discussion on Tolerance & Truth: Illusion of Moral Neutrality,
using the tape of Dr. J. Budziszewski from the 1998 Veritus Forum at The University
of Florida. These tapes will be added to the tape library with Duane Stevens.
Mach 7, 2001, St. John 302
We discussed some some of the underlying ideas of Postmodernism, based on The
Death of Truth (McCallum). The table
of contents, Chapter 1,
and other information are on-line.
February 7, 2001, St. John 302
Dick Green played the Allister McGrath tape (from the God
and the Academy series) about World Views in Conflict and led a discussion.
The January meeting was canceled.
December 6, 2000, in St. John 302
Kelii Akina of the Hawaii branch of Youth for Christ (YFC) and Brenda Wong of
the Manoa branch of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) shared information
about their organizations. Brenda indicated that FCFS can partner with YFC in
their efforts through prayers, attending any or all of their meetings, presenting
seminars, and making financial donations. Kelii told us Youth for ChristÕs on-campus
activities are aimed at facilitating intellectual engagement with the intent
of demonstrating the intellectual coherence of Christianity. He provided copies
of the book The Death of Truth, Dennis McCallum (ed.), a collection of
articles on postmodernism and its impacts on the various disciplines.
November 1, 2000, in St. John 302
Gordon Newman of Campus Crusade for Christ, members of the staff, and student
members shared information about their organization and about the "I Agree
with Audry" week. An open invitation was given to attend the closing rally
at the Campus Center Ball Room. Gordon said mentoring Christian students is
a need on campus. He pointed out that there are many students struggling with
academic as well as emotional issues who could benefit from faculty who are
willing to listen and perhaps counsel them. Gordon is willing to facilitate
the meeting of individual FCFS members with groups of 3 to 4 students to be
in a mentoring relationship.
The Campus Crusade for Christ meets Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.
in the Ocean (AKA: Marine) Science Building, room 100. FCFS members are invited
to attend.
October 4, 2000.
Dr. Karen Jolly - Christian Historian or Historian of Christianity?
Using her webpages as an archive of her experiences and thoughts, we explored
the boundaries of faith and reason in the daily life of a Christian in the humanities
at a secular university.
September 5, 2000.
Dick Green reported on sessions he attended at the conference "God and
the Academy." The set of tapes he brought from the conference are available
from Duane Stevens. Contact Duane
to borrow a tape.
June 13, 2000, Gregg Geary shared from Schaeffer's book Addicted to Mediocrity.
May 2, 2000, Will McClatchey shared how he approaches the issue of origins in his biology courses.
April 4, 2000, Cheryl and Randy Lee visited from California and shared some of the ideas and programs at campuses there.