The Humanities and the Christian Faith

Rev. Dr. Bill Anderson

Rev. Dr. Bill Anderson, Director of the Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith (CCSCF), invites members of Lutheran Church–Canada to attend the centre’s first annual conference May 3-4, 2012 at Concordia University College of Alberta (Edmonton). The conference’s theme is “The Humanities and the Christian Faith.”

Dr. Anderson explained the importance of the CCSCF in this way. “We are excited about sharing the insights that come out of our various disciplines and how they— to quote our mission statement—‘illuminate the relationship between the Christian Faith, academic learning and the contemporary world.’”

“Our conviction is that the Christian Faith is alive and well,” he continued. “We still think that the background of the Christian Faith has much to contribute to knowledge and learning in a university setting.”

Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey

The keynote speaker for the CCSCF’s first annual conference will be Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey. Dr. Jeffrey is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities at Baylor University. His publications are numerous and include writing the widely acclaimed People of the Book and editing/co-authoring A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. His book Christianity and Literature, coauthored with Dr. Gregory Maillet, was released by InterVarsity Press in 2011. For more information on Dr. Jeffrey, visit the extended biography on CCSCF’s website.

Scholars are welcome to submit papers for the upcoming conference from any of the following disciplines: English Literature, History, Languages, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. Papers should relate to the conference’s theme of the Humanities and the Christian Faith. Proposals should include an abstract close to 250 words outlining the topic related to the theme, method and purpose. The paper should be close to 2500 words. The presentation should last around 25 minutes with approximately five minutes for a question-answer period. Powerpoint, DVD and internet are available for the presentation. Scholars who want their original unpublished papers for the conference published in the Centre’s online journal must submit them for adjudication by June 1, 2012. Just go to the CCSCF’s website and fill out the online proposal form.

“We invite you to join our community of scholarship, [engaging] the public in an ongoing dialogue to understand our existence in the ever-increasingly complex world we live in,” Dr. Anderson said. “We welcome your contributions to our community of learning!”

For more information on the Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith, visit the centre’s website.

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