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Oxbridge 2002
Time and Eternity:
The Cosmic Odyssey


The Academic Conference
Cambridge - Week 2 - New Hall - Buckingham House


Monday July 22 -
"A" Sessions - 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Popular Culture & Eternity
Knockin' on Heaven's Door: Icons of Eternity in Rock Music
Ken Stephenson, Assoc. Prof. Music Theory, University of Oklahoma, Norman
'Double-Listening' to The Matrix: Icons of Eternity at the Movies
Harold K. Bush, Jr., Asst. Prof. of English, Saint Louis University

Monday July 22 -
"B" Sessions - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Chronicles of Narnia, Screwtape, and Time
Aslan Thickens Time
Gretchen Erhardt, Lecturer, Dept. of English, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Time as Text and Anti-Text: Some Observations of "The Screwtape Letters"
David Landrum, Prof. of Humanities, Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, MI

Eternity, Individualism, and Choice
Abundance and Scarcity: Reflections on the Cultures of Life and Death
Michael Scaperlanda, Professor, College of Law, University of Oklahoma, Norman
Choices Along Life's Journey: The Intersection of Time and Eternity in "The Great Divorce"
William Isley, Prof. of Theology & Church History, El Seminario ESEPA, San Jose, Costa Rica

Tuesday July 23 -
"A" Sessions - 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Lewis & Sehnsucht/Joy
A Time For Joy: The Ancestry and Apologetic Force of C.S. Lewis' "Sehnsucht"
James Helfers, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
Something Other and Outer: C.S. Lewis' Quest for Reality
Bruce Young, Assoc. Prof. of English, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Time, God, and Cosmology
The Great Divorce: Influences from Modern Cosmology
James Powell, Assoc. Prof. of Chem.; Chair of General Ed., Ivy Tech State College, South Bend, IN
The A-Theory of Time and the Physicality of God
Joe Klein, Ph.D. Cand., Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Tuesday July 23 -
"B" Sessions - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Church and Culture
There Were Giants in those Days
Jonathan Evens, Anglican Ordinand, Essex, UK
Christian Intellectuals and the Local Church: Can We Help?
Ronald Ratliff, Humanities Reference Librarian, Kansas State University Libraries

Lewis and Myth
C.S. Lewis: Remythologysing Christianity for the Popular Media
Paul Trathen, Anglican Ordinand; former Head of Media, Film & Cultural Studies, Leeds College of Art and Design, London
Myth as Theological Reflection in C.S. Lewis's Out of the Silent Planet"
Nancy Yacher, Lecturer, Dept. of English, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence; V.P. of C.S. Lewis Society, KS

Thursday July 25 -
"A" Sessions - 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Eternity and Literary Theory
The Fiction of C. S. Lewis: The View from Other Worlds
Luci Shaw, Writer in Residence, Regent College, Vancouver, BC; poet, essayist
Australian Notions of the End: White and Murray
Greg Clarke, Editor, Matthias Media - evangelical publishing, Australia

Thursday July 25 -
"B" Sessions - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Lewis, Law, and Policy
Timeless Law and the Statutes of Babel
Timothy L. Hall, Prof. of Law, University of Mississippi Law School
Justice and Mercy: C.S. Lewis and the Future of Punishment
Milton L. Rhodes, Prof. of Sociology, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX