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Oxbridge 2002
Time and Eternity:
The Cosmic Odyssey


The Academic Conference
Oxford - Week 1 - St. Catherine's College, Rooms C & D


Monday, July 15 -
"A" Sessions - 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Eternity, Transcendence, and Despair
The Implications of Worldview Analysis for Our Understanding of the Nature of Man
Donald J. Oswald, Prof. of Economics, California State University, Bakersfield
The Despair of Societies
Sampsa Samila, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY

Lewis & The Inklings
The Inklings: Conversing Across Time and Eternity
Jane Stephens, Asst. Prof. of English, Elon College, Elon, NC
Lewis and Barfield: Conversing beyond the Battles of the 'Great War'
Jean Corey, Asst. Prof. of English, Lee University, Cleveland, TN

Monday, July 15 -
"B" Sessions - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Time and the Sciences
Demonstrating 'Fuzzy' Time
David Oakley, Assoc. Prof. of Physical Sciences & Math, Colorado Christian University, Denver, CO
Time and Eternity: An Epidemiological Approach
Dr. Lynn Underwood, Vice President, Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, MI C.S.

Lewis & T.S. Eliot
C. S. Lewis and T. S. Eliot Revise the Anglican Psalter
George Musacchio, Prof. of English, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
Lewis, Machines, and Mr. Eliot's 'Paper Money'
Aaron Belz, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of English, Saint Louis University

Tuesday, July 16 -
"A" Sessions - 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Lewis, Natural Law, and Natural Theology
Law as Eternal Pilgrimage
Donald McConnell, Asst. Prof. of Law, Trinity Law School, Santa Ana, CA
C.S. Lewis and the Case against Natural Theology
Rodney Howsare, Asst. Prof. of Theology, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA

Time, Personal History, and Autobiography
Personal History as Story in the Life of C.S. Lewis
David C. Downing, Prof. of English, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Creating Time: The Auto/Biographies of Dorothy L. Sayers
Crystal Downing, Assoc. Prof. of English & Film Studies, Messiah College, Grantham, PA

Tuesday July 16 -
"B" Sessions - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Lewis, Time, and Theology
Time and Eternity: C.S. Lewis on 'Transposition'
Larry Chapp, Assoc. Prof. and Chair, Dept. of Theology, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA
Time as a Tool for Transfiguration
David Fagerberg, Assoc. Prof., The Liturgical Institute, University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL

Lewis, Grief, and Death
A Time to Grieve through Eternal Faith
Rev. Dr. Rodger Murchison, Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia
C.S. Lewis, the Psalms, and a Theology of Life
William Apel, Prof. of Religion, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR

Thursday July 18 -
"A" Sessions - 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Lewis, Eternity, and Ethics
Educating the Christian Businessperson: Lessons from the Life and Writings of C.S. Lewis
John R. Elliott, Asst. Vice President & Lecturer, Business Admin., Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Lewis, Ethics, and Higher Education
Gabriele Greggersen, Prof. of Theology, Universidade Presbiteriano MacKenzie, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lewis, Mark Twain, and Henry Adams
Iconoclasts of a Feather: C. S. Lewis and Mark Twain
Richard Hill, Assoc. Prof. of Writing, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
The Cosmic Order in the Medievalism of C. S. Lewis & Henry Adams
Charles Connell, Prof. of History, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff

Thursday July 18 -
"B" Sessions - 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Lewis and Communications
The Land of Faery as Cosmic Cheat: A Lewisian Analysis of Robert Zemekis' "Contact"
Marc T. Newman, Chair, Dept. of Speech Communication, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
A Time to Keep Silence & A Time to Speak: The Embedded Communication Theory in the Writings of C.S. Lewis
Steven Beebe, Prof. and Chair, Dept. of Speech Comm., SW Texas State University, San Marcos

Lewis, Francis Bacon, Ruth Pitter, and Ngugi we Thiong'o
Francis Bacon and C. S. Lewis: 'Poetics of Enterprise' vs. 'Poetics of Grace'
Salwa Khoddam, Prof. of English, Oklahoma City University, OK
The Correspondence of Ruth Pitter and C.S. Lewis, 1946-1962
Don W. King, Prof. of English, Montreat College, Montreat, NC; Editor, Christian Scholars' Review
Seeing Far, Seeing Wide, Seeing Deep:Incarnation and Kenosis in the work of C. S. Lewis and Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Bruce Edwards, Assoc. Dean, Distance Learning & Int'l. Ed.; Prof. of English, Bowling Green State University, OH