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