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Session One




                                                             1:20-2:05 PM







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         Title            Description                                                           Presenter      Meeting
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         To the “panta    The mission of Christ Church is to share the Gospel with every people group—  Galen Jones
         ta ethne:"       panta ta ethne. Racism has impeded the Church and her mission to reach all
         Racism and       people with the knowledge of the Savior. This presentation posits that humanity is   Samford   Join Here
                          in solidarity with itself. That is, every person rightly bears the Imago Dei and is
         the Challenge                                                                          University,
                          deserving of dignity. I will argue that the exercise of Biblical Justice is inherent to
         of Biblical      the Church and is the existential proclamation of the Gospel.         Faculty
         Justice for All


                          Learning is shaped within the academic environment through the personal agency
         Agents of                                                                              Marie C.
                          of the instructor who introduces and reinforces what others experience.
         Change: A        Concurrently, learning is affected by students' thoughts and self-beliefs and their   White
         Christian        interpretation of the context. Instructors should design a learning environment
         Approach to      that promotes the interactive relationship between environmental, personal, and   Gordon   Join Here
         Cultural         behavioral factors for the learner. The instructor can be an agent of culturally   College,
                          proactive change by systematically examining the lens through which differences   Faculty
         Awareness
                          are perceived.

                          When pondering the theme of “Dignity and Humanity” as it relates to the image of
         Dignity and      God, we must assess the impact of current events on the glaring hypocrisy of the   Sarai Baylor
         Humanity:  Is    Church.  Current events have exposed the divide between ethnicity/race, gender,
         the Church       and class in these United States of America.  Jesus loves the poor, the orphans,   Biola   Join Here
                          the widows, the prisoners, and those who are bound, both Jew and Gentile alike.    University,
         Modeling Pure
                          Dignity and humanity is the focus of James’ epistle in his description and definition   Talbot School
         and Undefiled    of pure and undefiled religion.  Is today’s church modeling pure and undefiled   of Theology
         Religion?        religion according to the Book of James?




         Going to         A central concern of the novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson is the
         School with      sacredness of the world. Mere existence is a delight in her work.     Alex Sosler
         Marilynne        Borrowing from her philosophical foundations, I will argue that how
                          teachers view reality in the classroom and how teachers view those in the
         Robinson:                                                                              Montreat
         Sacramental      classroom is always assumed—even if it is not articulated. In seeing reality   College,   Join Here
                          as sacramental and the soul as having intrinsic worth and excellence,
         Education as                                                                           Faculty
                          educators can see and equip students with eyes to see that “the world can
         New Paradigm     shine like transfiguration”—even in a normal classroom on an ordinary
         for Faith        day.
         Integration


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