Mini-conference tomorrow!

Reminder that our mini-conference is tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 7tth, 1:00-7:30 pm at the Heller Center (map).

It features five top scholars who will be giving talks and having discussions on various approaches and analyses of Evangelicalism. Feel free to drop in and leave at any time (it’s free admission). See the schedule below.

Hope to see you there!

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

1^ST 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

2^ND 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