Schedule

All sessions will be held at the BU School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue.

The Friday and Saturday daytime sessions will be in Room # 520.
The Saturday evening public event will be in the Law School Auditorium beside the main entrance.

Friday, December 7th

8:00 am — Breakfast

8:45 am — Introduction to the Evangelical Intelligentsia Research Project
Timothy S. Shah, Peter L. Berger, and James C. Wallace.

9:15 am — Panel 1: Evangelical Intellectuals in History
George Marsden, Mark Noll, Joel Carpenter, Curtis Evans
(Moderator: Timothy S. Shah)

12:00 pm — Lunch

1:00 pm — Panel 2: Evangelical Intellectuals in Philosophy
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Alvin Plantinga, Christopher Eberle, Kyla Ebels-Duggan
(Moderator: Andrew Chignell)

3:30 pm — Break

4:00 pm — Panel 3: Evangelical Intellectuals in Sociology
Peter Uhlenberg, Nancy Ammerman, Robert Woodberry, John Schmalzbauer
(Moderator: Michael Lindsay)

6:30 pm — Dinner

7:30 pm — Free Time

Saturday, December 8th

8:00 am — Breakfast

9:00 am — Panel 4: Younger Evangelical Intellectuals in the Secular Academy
Andrew Schuman, Amy Reynolds, Jordan Hylden
(Moderator: John Wilson)

12:00 pm — Lunch

1:00 pm — Panel 5: Evangelical Intellectuals in Law
William Stuntz, David Skeel, Christopher Green, Amos Jones
(Moderator: James C. Wallace)

3:30 pm — Break

4:00 pm — Breakout Sessions by Discipline – History, Philosophy, Sociology and Law

4:30 pm — Student Breakout Group – Campus Student Journals (CBDF)

5:30 pm — Dinner: Conference Participants and Invited Guests
The Back Court – George Sherman Union Building

7:00 pm — “The Opening of the Evangelical Mind?: A Conversation.”
A public event with academics, students and guests from across New England

Saturday, December 8th: Evening Public Program

7:00 pm — Welcome and introduction
Timothy S. Shah, Senior Research Scholar, Emerging Evangelical Intelligentsia Project

7:10 pm — Keynote presentation – “How Fares the Evangelical Mind Today?”
Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame

7:30 pm — Shaping the evening’s conversation
Os Guinness, scholar and author

7:40 pm — Introduction of the panel
Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame
Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame
William Stuntz, Harvard Law School
Amos Jones, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC
Kyla Ebels-Duggan, Northwestern University
John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University
Michael Lindsay, Rice University

7:50 pm — Opening questions
Os Guinness, panel moderator

8:05 pm — Questions and interactive dialogue with the audience

8:55 pm — Conclusion and wrap-up

9:00 pm — Adjourn