We invite you to join with Christian faculty, administrators, trustees, and graduate students from across the United States and Canada and from across the denominational spectrum for an engaging consideration of the implications of September 11th for the academic community, particularly with respect to a newfound openness to both acknowledge and address issues of good and evil.

   The current situation provides fresh opportunities to offer constructive contributions at many levels. Our goal is to seek to explore all appropriate Christian responses to the current climate of fear, anger, confusion, and deep soul-searching.

   The Forum concerns cut across political, theological and disciplinary interests and orientations to bring together a network of those of historic Christian faith, including Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox, from the political left and right.

 “ …badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness . . . Evil is a parasite, not an original thing.”
C.S. Lewis - Mere Christianity, II, 2, para. 10

 “Evil usually contains or imitates some good, which accounts for its potency.”
C.S. Lewis – Letters to Arthur Greeves, p. 176, L 17 Jan 40

Peter Kreeft - Renowned author, Christian apologist, philosopher and Lewis scholar, Dr. Peter Kreeft of Boston College will present the keynote address. He is the author of forty books including Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Between Heaven and Hell, C.S. Lewis for the Third Millenium, and Ecumenical Jihad.

T. Grady Spires – Professor of Philosophy, Gordon College, Wenham, MA; Lecturer, Ockenga Institute, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, will set the tone for the day with a biblical reflection on our conference theme.

Lawrence Geraty – President and Professor of Archeology, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA; active field archeologist and scholar of antiquities; author and lecturer who has served as president of several scholarly societies; a citizen of the world who has lived and taught in many nations and is committed to the values of diversity.

Panelists: Peter Kreeft and Lawrence Geraty will be joined by:

George Giacumakis - Professor of History, CSU – Fullerton; specializing in Ancient Near East, Mediterranean Peoples, Modern Middle East, Jewish History, World Civilizations

Hendrika Vande Kemp – Clinical Psychologist and Historian of Psychology whose writing focuses on the relationship between psychology and religion. After 25 years on the faculty of the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Seminary, she is now an independent scholar.

John Walsh – Director, Jameson Center for the Study of Religion and Ethics and Chaplain, University of Redlands, CA; former Baptist Chaplain at Harvard and Princeton Universities and Middlebury College.

Mark Jennings - Writer and performer for Face to Face Theatre Co.; coach and player for San Diego Theatresports; motivational speaker "Sir Arthur Dimworthy"

Tony Lawton - Teacher of acting and directing at University of Notre Dame; his one-man shows include his own adaptations of C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters, and, most recently, Frederic Buechner's Godric. Founder of The Mirror Theatre Company, the mission statement of which is: "Spiritual theatre for a secular audience."

8-9 am
Registration – Continental Breakfast

9:00
Opening Plenary Session
   Meditation – Dr. Grady Spires
   Address – Dr. Peter Kreeft

10:30
Refreshment Break

10:50
Concurrent Academic Paper Sessions

12:15 pm
Distinguished Christian Faculty Awards Luncheon
   Recipient Remarks

2:00-3:15
Discussion Groups – “Evil in Film & Literature”

3:15
Coffee Break

3:30
Panel Discussion

6:00
Dinner Program
   Address – Dr. Larry Geraty

7:30-9:00 pm
The Great Divorce   Tony Lawton

“The UCLA Forum was a valuable experience for me. I came away encouraged and challenged professionally, personally, and spiritually. I met people who were facing the same kind of issues and problems I do as a Christian administrator in a non-Christian University setting . . . . . Speakers, panelists and dinner partners shared personally how their faith is lived out practically in the classroom, in research, and in conversations with students. I was invigorated by their ideas, their Christian commitment, and their courage to stand, as C.S. Lewis did, for Christian values in the academic arena.”
   Director of Graduate Studies, Cal State University

“The primary effect of the faculty forum was on my prayer life. I have always prayed over my teaching and calling at the university, but this challenged me to be more disciplined and more specific in praying for faculty, staff, administrators, students, Christian ministries on campus, and for other universities. The faculty forum was a tremendous encouragement and I hope that I can attend another one some day.”
   Mathematics Professor, University of Puget Sound

“I teach with renewed confidence in the Christian philosophic foundations of much literature and the hunger of students to discuss those qualities. Further, I particularly connected with three people at the Forum and now am in touch with three people here, through my going there, and I am in touch with another conferee about a project. Thank you thank you!”
   Lecturer in English, University of Kansas

"The C.S. Lewis Faculty Forum widened my sense of calling to embrace secular vocation as truly sacred when viewed through the eyes of Christ. I was challenged and inspired by such a gathering of faithful ambassadors for our Lord to the secular university.”
   Grad Student