Conference Schedule
All events will be held in the Eastlund room unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, February 16
6-10 p.m. Conflict Resolution Workshop
Pre-Moberg Conference Event
Friday, February 17
10:20-11 a.m. | Chapel/Convocation Address
Dr. Joseph Liechty
"This Is How Powerful Forgiveness Is"
Benson Great Hall, Community Life Center
11-11:45 a.m. | Lunch Break
Box lunches provided for prepaid registrants.
11:50 a.m.-noon | Welcome
noon-1:15 p.m. | Keynote Presentation
Dr. Joseph Liechty
"Real Difference and Real Engagement: Seeking Authentic Interfaith Encounter"
1:15-1:30 p.m. | Break
1:30-4:15 p.m. | Presentation Session #1
- Ebony Adedayo
“Communion as a Model for Reconciliation Between People and God and Among People with Each Other” - Carol Hargate and Marjorie Schaffer
“Moving Toward Reconciliation through Dialogue with Community Partners and Communities of Faith” - Jason Li and Chris Frank
“Seeking to Understand Barriers to Race Dialog” - G. W. Carlson
“The Quest for the ‘Beloved Community’ at Bethel University”
7-8:30 p.m. SING A New Song: A Gospel Concert and Worship Experience
Hosted by Black History Month
Benson Great Hall
Saturday, February 18
8-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast
8:30-10 a.m. | Presentation Session #2
- Ted Lewis
“Restorative Justice Reconciliation: Building Bridges Between Offenders and Victims of Crime" - Marque Jensen and Jim Miller
“Horses for Healing: Reconciliation through Shared Symbolism that Transcends Religion” - Andrew Johnson
“Religion in Prison and its Potential for Reconciling Prisoners to Society”
10:00-10:15 a.m. | Break
10:15-11:45 a.m. | Presentation Session #3
- Louis Oliverio
“Reconciling American Evangelicals and Secularists” - Darin Mather
“Public Religion in a ‘Christian Nation’ ” - Naomi Ludeman Smith
“Training, Reconciliation, and Intercultural Development”
noon-1:45 p.m. | Lunch Break and Keynote Presentation
Dr. Mohammed Abu-Nimer
"Interfaith Dialogue: Lessons Learned and Future Implications of An Emerging Field"
The Underground
1:45-2 p.m. | Break
2-4 p.m. | Presentation Session #4
- Jason Poling
“Joint Scripture Study as a Bridging Practice between Christians and Other Faiths” - Steve Sandage
“Developing Intercultural Competence” - Sara Shady and Marion Larson
“Why Should Christians Engage in Interfaith Dialog? Drawing from Volf and West” - Naomi Ludeman Smith, Michelle Rabedeaux, Pakou Vang, and Eric Park
“Change Agents, Faith, and Conflict: Students Immersed in the Middle East”
4-4:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks by David Moberg
“The Future of Reconciliation Studies”
