The Future of Reconciliation

Conference Schedule

All events will be held in the Eastlund Room unless otherwise noted.

6:30-7:30 p.m. | Preconference
"Daughters of Africa"
The Underground Mixed Blood Theater Production

10:20-11 a.m. | Chapel
Dr. Korie Edwards
"Exploring Our Role in the Future of Reconciliation"

11 a.m.-noon | Lunch break

noon-12:15 | Welcome
Dr. Curtiss DeYoung, Conference Chair
Dr. Deb Harless, Provost

12:15-1:30 p.m. | Keynote
Dr. Korie Edwards
"Back to the Future: How Our Past and Present (Might) Predict the Future of Reconciliation"

1:30-1:45 p.m. | Break

1:45-4:25 | Presentation session 1

Kimberly Vrudny
"Restorative Theory of Atonement"
Marthe Hesselmans
"When Divisions are no Longer Divine: A Socio-Historic Study of Churches and Reconciliation in South Africa and the United States"
Harley Schreck
"The Promise and the Challenge of a Multicultural Church Network in Amsterdam"
Leon Rodrigues and Tanden Brekke
"We Can't Change the Past, But We Can Shape the Future: Using the Civil Rights Movement to Fuel Capacity for Christian Social Change"
Ahmed Odushola
"The Power of an Ideology: How Greenspan Ruled the World"

8-8:30 a.m. | Continental breakfast

8:30-10:30 a.m. | Presentation session 2

Ripley Smith
"Prophetic Grace and the Future of Reconciliation"
Edee Schulze
"Gender Dynamics at a Christian Evangelical Liberal Arts College"
Samuel Zalanga
"Juxtaposing Austrian Social Thought and Hayekian Ethics with the Struggle for a More Just Society by Christians: Lessons for Reconciliation and the Struggle for Social Justice"
Andrew Johnson
"Brazilian Prisoners, Howard Thurman and Luke Chapter 7: Thoughts on Reconciliation between Prisoners and Society"

10:30-10:45 a.m. | Break

10:45-11:45 a.m. | Keynote
Dr. Randy Woodley
"Possibilities of a Shalom Future"

11:45-12:45 p.m. | Lunch

12:45-2:45 p.m. | Presentation session 3

Marion Larson and Sara Shady
"Loving my Religious Neighbor: Lessons from The Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan"
Hans Gustafson
"Sacramentality as a Philosophical Model of Mediation and Reconciliation: with an Emphasis on Christian Theology and Spirituality"
Ryan Steel
"Socioeconomic Inequality, Power Differential, Religious Beliefs, and the Status Quo: A Case Study of a Faith-based Inner-City Immersion Tour and the Role of Religion in Society"
Joshua Bau
"Why Diversity Doesn't Matter"

2:45-3 p.m. | Break

3-4:50 p.m. | Presentation session 4

Katherine Fontaine
"The 2012 World Conference on International Telecommunications (ITU): Technology and the Struggle for Social Justice, Increased Democratization and Reconciliation"
Dr. Naomi Ludeman Smith and Student Panel (Tara Clark, Courtney Stoesz, Kaylee Eytchison, Jacky Arness)
"The Future of Reconciliation: Distinctly the Future, Delineated From the Past"
Dr. Samuel Zalanga and Student Panel (Lynnae Supplee, Emily Weber, Marisa Tillman, Kate Schneewind)
"Applying Sociological Imagination and Insights to the Struggle for Social Justice and Reconciliation"

4:50-5 p.m. | Closing remarks
Dr. Harley Schreck