| Friday, June 25th |
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| 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. |
Breakout Seminars I |
| Serra Hall 313 |
Mel Gibson or Peter Jackson: What's a Christian
Movie? – Janice Daurio, Prof. of Philosophy, Moorpark
College
Unlike Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," Jackson's
movie, “LOTR" does not, at first viewing, seem at
all "Christian." Our goal – to discern just
why a Christian writer might approach the writing of a consciously
Christian novel by taking out “all references to anything
like religion,” let alone Christianity. |
| Hahn UC Forum |
Baptized Imaginations, Transformed Minds, Surrendered
Hearts: The Theology of The Chronicles of Narnia –
Paul Ford
A discussion of why Lewis wrote these seven books, why it is
important for our feelings and our imaginations to be converted,
how to read the Chronicles with the heart, and point out their
major themes. |
| Hahn UC Room 103 |
The Accepted Image – Nigel Goodwin
Discovering our gifts, the place and purpose of creativity within
every human being – the Wow! |
| Hahn UC Forum B |
The Philosophy of Plato: Is It All in Tolkien? –
Peter Kreeft
C.S. Lewis’ protagonist in The Last Battle, Professor Digory
Kirke, exclaims, “It’s all in Plato, all in Plato!
Dear me, what do they teach them in the schools nowadays?”
Was Tolkien a Platonist too? And just what would a Christian Platonist
look like? |
| Serra Hall Room 314 |
The Fantastic Book of The Revelation - Ben Patterson
The Book of Revelation is a fantastic book – vividly pictorial,
dramatic and symbolic to a high degree. God’s truth comes
to us through John the Apostle in scenes of cosmic upheaval and
conflict, amid strange creatures and splashes of blinding light
and brilliant color. It is a boisterously perplexing and illuminating
page-turner – and a blessing to all who read and hear it.
This seminar will aim at hearing – and seeing! – the
message of the book on its own terms. |
Serra Hall Room 315 |
Tolkien’s Philosophy of Myth – Joseph Pearce
Professor Pearce will delve into Tolkien’s philosophy of
myth in greater depth, covering its application to the realms
of religion and politics. A chance for more in-depth Q & A.
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Serra Hall Room 212 |
Lewis' Ideas: Big, Bad and Bodacious – Jerry Root
This seminar is designed to assess Lewis’ ideas with regard
to both his preeminence and vulnerability as a thinker. Undoubtedly
brilliant by most measures, he was also capable of somewhat flawed
thinking in response to certain problems and issues. We will take
this occasion to examine materials on both sides of the equation.
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Serra Hall Room 211 |
Lewis & Tolkien: Models for Authentic Cultural Engagement
– Dick Staub
American Christianity’s relationship with culture has been
characterized by cocooning, combat and conformity, none of which
has produced influence. By understanding & incarnating their
artistic, alien (outsider) and ambassadorial callings, Lewis and
Tolkien set an example for culturally savvy Christianity so needed
today.
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3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
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Breakout Seminars II |
| Hahn UC Forum A |
That Hideous Strength: Human
Meaning in a Cosmic Context – Paul Ford
In the "Ransom Trilogy” Lewis launched us into space
so that we could see the human situation from a new perspective.
Focusing particularly on That Hideous Strength, Dr. Ford will
lay out the complex plot of this magnificent book and its relation
to Lewis' The Allegory of Love, The Abolition of Man, and Surprised
by Joy to help readers understand Lewis' insights about man and
woman, marriage, science, conversion and holiness. |
Hahn UC Room 103
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The Responsible Image – Nigel Goodwin
Offering our gifts, the role and mandate of being human - the
Wonder! |
| Hahn UC Forum B |
Sehnsucht and the Sea
in Tolkien: Can There Be a Christian Nature-Mysticism? –
Peter Kreeft
Tolkien was haunted by dreams of a “great grey ineluctable
wave” and by the Atlantis myth. Tolkien’s elves
were also haunted by a longing for the sea. Is this just pagan
nature-mysticism? Or could it be Christian?
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Serra Hall Room 314
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The Fantastic Book of The Revelation – Ben Patterson
The Book of Revelation is a fantastic book: vividly pictorial,
dramatic and symbolic to a high degree. God’s truth comes
to us through John the Apostle in scenes of cosmic upheaval and
conflict, amid strange creatures and splashes of blinding light
and brilliant color. It is a boisterously perplexing and illuminating
page-turner – and a blessing to all who read and hear it.
This seminar will aim at hearing – and seeing! – the
message of the book on its own terms. |
Serra Hall Room 315
|
Tolkien’s Philosophy of Myth – Joseph Pearce
Professor Pearce will delve into Tolkien’s philosophy of
myth in greater depth, covering its application to the realms
of religion and politics. A chance for more in-depth Q & A
|
| Serra Hall, Room 204 |
Lewis' Ideas: Big, Bad and Bodacious – Jerry
Root
This seminar is designed to assess Lewis’ ideas with regard
to both his preeminence and vulnerability as a thinker. Undoubtedly
brilliant by most measures, he was also capable of somewhat
flawed thinking in response to certain problems and issues.
We will take this occasion to examine materials on both sides
of the equation.
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Serra Hall Room 313
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The Poetry of C.S. Lewis – Luci Shaw
Selections read from the corpus of Lewis’ poetic writings
with commentary and discussion. |
Serra Hall Room 211
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Lewis & Tolkien: Models for Authentic Cultural Engagement
– Dick Staub
American Christianity’s relationship with culture has been
characterized by cocooning, combat and conformity, none of which
has produced influence. By understanding & incarnating their
artistic, alien (outsider) and ambassadorial callings, Lewis and
Tolkien set an example for culturally savvy Christianity so needed
today. |
