Worldview Forum Information

2008-2009 Schedule

Worldview Forum Mission
The intent of the Worldview Forum Series is to provide the community with an opportunity to practice critical thinking and civil dialogue in the comparison of various worldviews in a professionally moderated, academic environment.  It is expected that the forums will help those who attend learn to identify the constituent elements of differing worldviews as well as their implications upon belief and practice.
In the fall of 1999 Dr. John Geib, former Malone professor, in working with a small group of students intitiated the Worldview Forum Series.  Since its inception, the Worldview Forum Series has presented various forums including explorations of atheism; paganism; Earth-centered religions; the commonalities between the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant faiths; just-war and pacifism; homosexuality; Islam; Buddhism; capital punishment; and the 2004 presidential election.

 
 
2008-2009
 
Thursday, September 25, 2008
        Being Christian; Being Citizen
        The Johnson Center
        7:00 p.m. 
              Proponents:       David P. Gushee, Ph.D., Distinguished University of Christian Ethincs,
                                        Mercer University, The University of Notre Dame     
                                        Michael Baxter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Theology, The University of Notre Dame
                                        John Roth, Ph.D.,Professor of History. Goshen College
              Moderator:         Geoff Bowden, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor of Political Science,
                                        Malone College 

Tuesday, November 18 2008
        Why Didn't Canton Riot in 1968? It's More Than Black and White
           A discussion on race relations
        The Johnson Center
         7:00 p.m.
                Proponents:       Ron Ponder, Owner, Ponder Systems Media and Marketing
                                          Lori Stokes, Director of the Canton Fair Housing Commission,
                                          Malone College Alumna
                                          Arvis V. Averette, Professor of Economics at Columbia College
                                          Chicago, Director of Social Work Education, Chicago Center
                                          and President and CEO of WECAN CDC
                                          Robert Fisher,Ph.D., President of Fisher Associates
                Moderator:        Jacci Stuckey Welling, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Malone
                                          College

Monday, January 26, 2009
        Paths to Peace
        The Johnson Center
        7:00 p.m.
                Proponents:        Matt Chandler, Christian Peacemaker Team Member
                                           Staff Sergeant Thomas Hersman, U.S. Air Force
                Moderator:          Davis Geib, Ph.D.,, Dean, The Logos Institute, Founder and President, Ezra Enterprises                                                 and Founder of THe Worldview Forum Series.
 
Monday, March 23, 2009
        Emerging or Diverging:  In What Direction if The Emerging Chuch Movement Headed?
        The Johnson Center
        7:00 p.m.
                Proponents:     Brian McLaren, Author, Speaker Pastor, and Activist
                                        Bryan Hollon, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor of Theology,
                                        Malone College
                Moderator:       Suzanne Nicholson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies,
                                        Malone College
 




 

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