2007 Summers Lecture

11:30 a.m. Thursday, February 15, 2007

SERENE JONES
Titus Street Professor of Theology, Yale Divinity School

"Rethinking the Dynamics of Faith"

The lecture will explore the complex terrain of faith in our contemporary world, reflecting specifically on the roles that desire, beauty, beliefs, practices and apocalyptic expectations play in everyday Christian conceptions of God.

Schedule

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Pre-lecture class: Insiders, Outsiders: How Should We Respond?
Academic Complex 215
What would it mean to think theologically about the current immigration debate? This session is an introduction to the debate.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. - Summers Lecture: Rethinking the Dynamics of Faith
Recital Hall, Academic Complex

12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. - Thinking it Through: Lunch and Responses to the Lecture
Rooms B & C Leggett Center, Campbell College Center
(Lunch cost: $5 or bring your own)
Chaired by Dr. Darby Ray of the Millsaps College Department of Religious Studies.
Panelists will include:
Reverend Sally Bevill, B.A. 1981, Coordinator of Hispanic Ministries on Mississippi Gulf Coast, Beauvoir United Methodist Church, Biloxi
Dr. Barry Click, Samaritan Counseling Services & First Christian Church, Jackson
Dr. Steven G. Smith, Millsaps College, Department of Religious Studies
Reverend Maxine Bolden, Flowood United Methodist Church
Jessica Hoffpauir, Millsaps College, Class of 2007

1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Dessert and Discussion
Room A Leggett Center
A plenary talk-back session with the Rev. Dr. Serene Jones

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Persons may participate in as many of the activities as their schedules allow. Those seeking ½ CEU must attend all activities to receive certification.

For more information or to register, call the Office of Church Relations, 601-974-1483, or e-mail Kay Barksdale at barkskb@millsaps.edu. There is no registration fee. The lectures are open to the Jackson community at no charge and are coordinated by the Department of Religious Studies at Millsaps. Participants may order a box lunch for $5 or bring their own.

The Summers Lectures, presented annually, are endowed by a gift from the Reverend Lemuel C. Summers and by the Reiff-Lewis Endowment Fund.