NCB Seminars
On a regular basis, the New College
Berkeley community of faculty and people interested in Christian
scholarship gathers in faculty homes to discuss papers and projects a
faculty member is working on. Topics span the range of
interests in the community, and presenters may bring a chapter of a
book in progress, an academic paper draft, a paper for a graduate
course, a lecture for future presentation, or a letter or communique to
the editor of a journal. The papers may be for use in a secular setting
and the presenter is seeking Christian reflection on its content and
style.
The Seminar is a regular part of New College
Berkeley's academic life and is attended regularly by a core group of
scholars and students. In addition to this core group, each Seminar
attracts colleagues of the presenter and others interested in the
subject under discussion. It is rare to find a fellowship of Christians
willing to think theologically about papers ranging in subject from
psychoanalysis to chemistry to seventeenth century English poetry.
Here, as in the rest of New College Berkeley's ministry, the commitment
is to thorough integration of Christianity with all areas of our lives.
Recent seminars have included:
- Christianity Embattled in Its Birthplace: Reflections on the State of Israel —Robin Wainwright, M.Div.
- Out of Bounds: Bay Area Christian Artists Network —David and Susan English Fetcho.
- A Postmodern Rethinking of Health and Wholeness —Jane Bacon, M.A., and Mary Sue Heilemann, R.N., Ph.D.
- The Making of "Toy Story "—Pete Docter
- Belief Unnerved: Convenience, Choice, Leisure, and Privacy —Steven Snyder, M.Div., Ph.D.
- Life Is a Pilgrimage of Spirit —Margaret Alter, Ph.D.
- Building Community and Spirituality with Kingdom Values —Joel T. Mackey, M.Div., J.D.
- Slavery as a Metaphor for Morality —Bonnie Howe, M.A., Ph.D. Cand.
- The Light through Every Thing: Understanding Form and Incarnation in the Iconography of Michel Burgard —David S. Fetcho.
- A Conversation about Independent Scholarship —Raymond Yee, Ph.D.
- Emotion and Silence in the Poetry of Spirituality —Jade Fleck, Ph.D.
- The Future of Missions in Africa in Light of the Colonial History —Remy Tshihamba, M.Div., Ph.D.
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