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Mini-Conference next week
The Center for the Study of Evangelicalism is hosting a mini-conference entitled, “Cultures of Evangelicalism: Past, Present, and Future” next week that is open to the public and free-of-charge.
The conference is on Friday, Nov. 7th from 1:00-7:30 pm (feel free to check in and check out at your leisure) at the Heller Center for the Arts just north of the UCCS main campus and across from the University Village Shopping Center. Map here.
The conference hosts five of the top scholars in the country on the subject of evangelicalism including two keynote addresses delivered by Matthew Sutton and Isaac Sharp. See the schedule below and hope to see you there for part or all of this exciting event!
Fall President’s Fund for the Humanities Mini-Conference
Cultures of Evangelicalism: Past, Present, Future
NOVEMBER 7TH, 2025, HELLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 1:00 – 7:30 P.M.
10:30 – 12:30: Brunch: La Baguette, downtown Colorado Springs, with guests and anyone who wants to join Students, faculty, anyone from CSE mailing list invited to join.
AFTERNOON CONFERENCE SESSIONS AT HELLER CENTER, 1 – 7:30 PM
1:00 – 1:30 Gather, Welcome, Announcements, Introductions
Introduction to the work of the Center for the Study of Evangelicalism
Jeff Scholes and Paul Harvey
Special in memoriam for the Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith: Dale Soden, Professor Emeritus, Whitworth College
1ST KEYNOTE:
1:30 – 2:20 Matthew Sutton, “Evangelicals, Politics, and the Politics of Evangelical History”
2: 20– 2:45 Conversation with Matthew Sutton
2:45 – 3:00 Break, Conversation, Refreshments
AFTERNOON CONVERSATIONS ON EVANGELICALISM, RACE,AND SPORTS
3:00 – 3:45 Karen Johnson, “Complicating Colorblindness: Evangelicals, Race, and the Importance of Place”
3:45 – 4:30 Ansley Quiros, “A Great Cloud of Witnesses: Charles Sherrod, Beloved Community, and Methodologies of Religious Biography”
4:30 – 4:50 Discussion Period with Karen and Ansley
4:50 – 5:00 Break
5:00 – 5:45 Paul Putz, “In The Arena: How Evangelicals Built a Lasting Movement in Sports—and What It Means for American Christianity"
5:45 – 6:00 Discussion Period and short break
2ND KEYNOTE
6:00 – 6:50 Isaac Sharp, “ ‘Not Just a Yankee Word’: How Southern Baptists Became Evangelicals”
6:50 – 7:30 Final Conversations and Reflections: Entire Group
8:00 Convene for Dinner downtown