L`Abri Conference 2015 Final.indd
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L`Abri Conference 2015 Final.indd
Rochester L’Abri Conference 2015 1465 12th Avenue, NE Rochester, MN 55906-4383 Return Service Requested Defending Life and Liberty In A Brave New World What is L’Abri? Plenary Speakers L’Abri is a French word that means “the shelter”. The first L’Abri community was founded in Switzerland in 1955 by Dr. Francis Schaeffer and his wife Edith. Dr. Schaeffer was a Christian theologian and philosopher who also authored books on theology, philosophy, general culture and the arts. Dick Keyes is the Director of L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, MA, where he has worked with his wife, Mardi, since 1979. He holds a B.A. in History from Harvard University and an M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Dick worked for L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland and England, where he also served as a pastor in the International Presbyterian Church in London. He has been an adjunct professor at Gordon Conwell Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary, and is the author of several books, including Beyond Identity and True Heroism. He has also contributed chapters in anthologies such as No God but God and Finding God at Harvard. The L’Abri communities are residential study centers in Europe, America, Canada, South Korea, and Brazil where individuals can seek answers to honest questions about God and the significance of human life. L’Abri believes that Christianity speaks to all aspects of life, and L’Abri conferences provide lectures, discussions and personal interaction on a variety of ethical and cultural issues. Accommodation The Kahler and affiliated hotels are offering special rates for the L’Abri conference. You must make your own room reservations with these hotels and mention that you are attending the L’Abri Weekend Conference. The Kahler Grand Hotel........................................$77.00+tax* 20 Second Avenue SW • Rochester, MN Rochester Marriott.................................................$97.00+tax* 101 First Avenue SW • Rochester, MN Kahler Inn & Suites 9 Third Avenue NW • Rochester, MN Standard................................................................$87.00+tax** Mini Suite..............................................................$97.00+tax** Rochester L’Abri Conference The Kahler Hotel February 13 & 14 2015 *Kahler Grand Hotel & Rochester Marriott for 1-4 people • Does not include breakfast. **Kahler Inn & Suites for 1-4 people • Includes continental breakfast Please make reservations before January 15, 2015 or guest rooms and Conference rates may not be available. For reservations or questions about the Kahler Grand Hotel & Kahler Inn & Suites call 1-800-508-5549. For reservations or questions about the Rochester Marriott call 1-877-623-7775. Travel If you choose to fly into the Minneapolis-St. Paul NON PROFIT STANDARD MAIL US POSTAGE PAID ROCHESTER, MN PERMIT NO 79 L'Abri Conference 2015 Final.indd 1 airport [often cheaper than flying into the Rochester airport], Rochester Shuttle Service provides shuttle services directly to the Kahler Hotel. The drive is 1 hour and 30 minutes. There are 14 daily departures from the airport. Let them know that you are attending the L’Abri Conference for a special rate of $46.00 round trip. Rochester Shuttle Service • (507) 216-6354 www.rochestershuttleservice.com Henk Reitsema is a member of the staff at Dutch L’Abri and one of the trustees of the international work of L’Abri. Along with his wife, he has been hosting guests at L’Abri for 20 years. Most recently, he completed a degree in the Philosophy of Technology at the Free University in Amsterdam. Mentoring, lecturing and engaging in dialogue about the issues that confront us today form an integral part of his work at L’Abri. He has published a variety of articles both scientific and popular in the disciplines of Apologetics, Philosophy of Technology, Ethics and music appreciation. Christopher Hook, M.D., a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, has completed training in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. After serving in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, he returned to the Mayo Clinic Rochester in 1994 and serves as Associate Professor of Medicine, the first Chair of the Mayo Enterprise Ethics Education Committee, and as a member of the Mayo Enterprise Ethics Committee. He has created several ethics advisory boards, including the Mayo Medical Center Ethics Consultation Service and the Reproductive Medicine Advisory Board. He is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and Adjunct Professor of Bioethics at Trinity International University and Lincoln Christian University. David Lyon, Ph.D., (University of Bradford), is a professor at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where he holds the Queen’s research chair in surveillance studies and serves as director of the Surveillance Studies Centre. Lyon is North American editor of Surveillance & Society and on the international editorial boards of seven other journals. He has authored over a dozen books, including Liquid Surveillance and Surveillance After 9/11. In 2008 Lyon was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2007, Lyon received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association Communication and Information Technology Section. He received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Canadian Sociological Association in 2012. Denis Haack is co-founder and co-director, with his wife Margie, of Ransom Fellowship, a ministry designed to help Christians stop being defensive and instead be discerning and faithful in our pluralistic world (www.ransomfellowship.org). He edits Critique, blogs at A Glass Darkly, and is in the process of writing books on learning to hear and on the shape of Christian faithfulness. He is a visiting instructor in practical theology at Covenant Seminary, teaching courses on film, popular music and small group leadership. Denis and Margie live in Savage, MN in a home they have named The House Between. Richard Winter, M.D., is Professor of Practical Theology and Director of the Masters Program in counseling at Covenant Theological Seminary. A psychotherapist and past member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK), he was trained in medicine and psychiatry in England and served on the staff and as a director of English L’Abri for 14 years. He is the author of a number of books including, most recently, When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression (IVP 2012). He is married, with four children and eight grandchildren. 11/5/14 12:16 PM Friday, February 13 8:00-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:05 Welcome 9:05-10:15 The Biblical Basis for Life and Liberty....Dick Keyes friday 10:30-11:45 • “A” Workshops A1 Social Media Surveillance: Navigating a New World Where Nothing is Private........................................................................David Lyon A2 The Advent of Exclusive Humanism............................................... Denis Haack A3 P erfecting Ourselves to Death: The Pursuit of Excellence and the Perils of Perfectionism.................................................... Richard Winter A4 C hristian Pro-Life Activism: A Winsome Witness in a Wild World.........................................Denny Hartford A5 A Glaring Contradiction: American Slavery and the Bible’s Message..........................................Tim Padgett A6 Christian Witness in a ‘Brave New World’.........................................Mark Ryan A7 ‘Let it Go’: The Inspirational Break-Up Song with All Humanity......Ben Keyes A8 T he Trinity and Western Thought....................................................John Hodges A9 I ntellectual Virtues and a Watching World....................................... Larry Snyder A10 In Defense of War.........................................................................Marvin Padgett 12:00-1:30 Lunch at the Marriot and Kahler Grand Hotels 2:00-3:15 Euthanasia and the Shifting Perception of Compassion............... Henk Reitsema friday 3:30-4:45 • “B” Workshops B1 God as Surveillance Agent? Reading the Bible Surveillantly............David Lyon B2 Jacques Ellul, Efficiency, and Faith............................................ Jennifer Alexander B3 Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment: Rediscovering Passion and Wonder............................................. Richard Winter B4 Jesus and Inerrancy..................................................................... Hans Madueme Workshop Speakers Tim Padgett Originally from Nashville, TN, Tim Padgett studied at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, where he worked at the Francis Schaeffer Institute. He and his wife Emmalee and their three boys now live in Chicago where he is a doctoral student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, working on 20th century American evangelicalism and United States foreign policy. Margie Haack and her husband Denis co-direct Ransom Fellowship, a ministry helping Christians love and engage the world in winsome, thoughtful ways. Margie is author of The Exact Place, a memoir of coming to faith, and a new collection of personal essays from Notes From Toad Hall. You can find her blogging at toadsdrinkcoffee.blogspot.com. Greg Jesson earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Iowa. He previously studied at UCLA and under Dallas Willard at USC. He has lectured widely in America and Europe, and currently teaches philosophy and directs the Center for Ethics and Public Life at Luther College. He has published articles on such topics as the nature of thought and knowledge and the portrayal of love and sex in modern film. Hans Madueme is Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant College in Georgia. He was born in Sweden and grew up in Nigeria and Austria. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic before going on to earn his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He recently co-edited a book on Adam, the fall, and original sin. Dr. Madueme and his wife, Shelley, have one son. Marvin Padgett earned his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Alabama. A teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, he served as Editorial VP at Crossway for nine years and then at P&R Publishing for seven. He currently serves as Interim Executive Director at Great Commission Publications. Marvin and his wife Jean have three children and ten grandchildren. L'Abri Conference 2015 Final.indd 2 B5 H ospitality in the Movies: Healing around the Table....................Margie Haack B6 The Barbarians are Inside the Gate: Relativism Undermining Character and Leadership.........................Greg Jesson B7 Being Christian in ‘A Secular Age’.............................................Richard Bradford B8 Moving Out and Moving On: Why It’s Important to Run Away from Home.......................Mary Frances Giles B9 Is Religion Useful for Atheists and Society? A Look at the New Atheist Alain de Botton.................................. Clarke Scheibe B10 Apocalypse Now: Fascist Aesthetics in Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind, Fight Club, and the Logic of Suicide............ Mike Sugimoto 5:00-7:00 Dinner on your own 7:00-8:15 The Scandal of Bioethics...... Dr. Christopher Hook 8:30-9:30 Life & Liberty in Music ..................................Hymn Sing Saturday, February 14 8:00-9:00 Registration 9:00-10:15 The Surveillance Stakes: Defending Freedom and Dignity....... Dr. David Lyon Saturday 10:30-11:45 • “C” Workshops C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 odern Tolerance: the Attack Dog of Modern Relativism............... Dick Keyes M Together Alone............................................................................. Henk Reitsema Conscience and Coercion in a Brave New World.................... Christopher Hook Aesthetics in Music............................................................................John Hodges Evolution and the Problem of Theodicy.................................... Hans Madueme Love For Humanity and Love For People..........................................Ben Keyes A n Alternative Vision of Freedom..........................................Richard Bradford Y ou Have A Friend Request: Saving Friendship From the 21st Century.............................Mary Frances Giles C9 N o Final Conflict: Does/Can Science Disprove God?............... Marvin Padgett C10 Life and Liberty Lost: Interpreting ISIS and Extremist Islam........... Mark Ryan Mark Ryan serves as the Director of the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. Together with his wife Terri, he also served for a number of years with L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, MA, and in Canada on Bowen Island. Mark and Terri have three children and enjoy bringing the emphases of L’Abri to their home and neighborhood where possible. Clarke Scheibe is the director of Canadian L’Abri. He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B.A. in Literature, with an emphasis in creative writing, and from Regent College in Vancouver, Canada with an M.Div. He has a wide variety of interests, such as baking, short stories, biblical hermeneutics, and early blues music. He and his wife Julia have two children, Samuel and Sarah Beth. Larry Snyder worked in L’Abri for over 40 years and recently moved to Saint Louis to be near family. Larry’s undergraduate degree was in history and political science. His M.Div. in theology is from Covenant Seminary. His primary interests are in the created order, the cultural mandate, and the history of the early church and the Reformation. Mike Sugimoto (PhD) teaches courses on Japanese history and film and Asian Great Books at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, with research interests in national identity and social theories of modernity. He worked at the Swiss L’Abri from 1979-84, attending the University of Minnesota and Cornell University for graduate work. He is married to Carolyn Sugimoto and has two boys, Michael and Jack. Mary Frances Giles is a worker at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, MA. A native of Tennessee, she holds a B.S.Ed. from the University of Georgia and an M.S. from Boston University, both in the area of speech-language pathology. She worked as a pediatric speech pathologist for ten years in the Boston area before coming to work at L’Abri. Her interests include human development, the arts, cities and urban design, vocational calling, and popular culture. 12:00-1:30 Lunch at the Marriot and Kahler Grand Hotels 2:00-3:15 Life and Liberty in the Movies................Denis Haack Registration Form Saturday 3:30-4:45 • “D” Workshops Send registration form to: L’Abri Fellowship 1465 12th Ave NE • Rochester, MN 55906 Make checks payable to L’Abri Fellowship (Please Print Clearly) D1 I mportant Questions to Ask......................................................................Dick Keyes D2 The Sense and Non-sense of a Right to Privacy.......................Henk Reitsema D3 History of American Eugenics and Its Implications for the Second Genetic Century........................................... Christopher Hook D4 The Mantra of Efficiency: The Worship of Productivity and Control.............................Jennifer Alexander D5 H ow Images Influence Us.........................................................Clarke Scheibe D6 C hristian Pro-Life Activism: A Winsome Witness in a Wild World..................................... Denny Hartford D7 T he Three Most Important Concepts in Life: Truth, Knowledge, and Reality......................................................... Greg Jesson D8 L iberty Anticipated: Freedom of Conscience in Christian History...................................Tim Padgett D9 E scape from Human: Redemptive Technologies, Human Enhancement, and the Burden of Being Human......... Mike Sugimoto D10 Intellectual Virtues and a Watching World.....................................Larry Snyder 5:00-6:15 S urrendering our Freedom in the Age of ‘Soma’: Living on the Edge of Addiction....... Dr. Richard Winter 6:15 Closing Remarks For more information call L’Abri Fellowship in Rochester, MN (507) 536-0108 or email us at rochester@labri.org Online Registration is now available, and this brochure can be downloaded, at www.labri.org. Workshop descriptions can also now be found online. Denny Hartford, Director of Vital Signs Ministries in Omaha, is a veteran pro-life activist who has been involved in almost every area of the movement: sidewalk counseling, creative protest, starting a crisis pregnancy center, hosting two long-running radio programs, international travel, and developing nursing home ministries, including the very popular “When Swing Was King.” John Mason Hodges worked for 15 years as an orchestral conductor and taught arts and cultural apologetics for 10 years at Crichton College. He founded and directs the Center for Western Studies, a tutorial program that teaches college-aged students a Christian worldview and the history of Western ideas. Hodges lectures on music, aesthetics, and education, and lives in Memphis with his wife Day. Richard Bradford has worked at Swiss L’Abri with his wife Karen for 14 years. He completed his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Trinity Western University and his Masters degree at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Richard and Karen have two children, Alexis and Simon. Jennifer Alexander is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. With a Ph.D. in History, she is a cultural historian with a special interest in modern industrial Europe. Her 2008 book, The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control, was awarded the 2010 Edelstein Prize of the Society for the History of Technology for outstanding book in the field. Her current book project, Technology and Belief, examines the intersection of technology and religion. Ben Keyes grew up at L’Abri Fellowship in Massachusetts. He did his undergraduate degree at Brown University in Ethnomusicology and is a musician in many different genres. He studied theology and the arts and directed a gospel choir for two years at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. Ben and his wife Nickaela have worked at L’Abri in Massachusetts since 2007. They have three children: Eleanor, Abigail, and Noah. Names (Please include the full names of each attendee) Student(s)* Single(s) Couple(s) Children (under 18)** Address City State ZIP Phone ( ) Email Address Please choose your workshops as this will help us assign rooms Sessions A B C D The conference fee includes two formal lunches. Due to limited seating, advance registration is necessary and must be received by Feb. 7, 2015. After February 7, 2015, please add a $20/person late registration fee. Attendees # Total Number of Students......$85 Each* Number of Singles......$105 Each Number of Couples............. $200 Number of Children.......$60 Each** Late Fee Per Person............... $20 After February 7, 2015 TOTAL DUE Check Number * For groups of 4 or more college students there is a discount rate of $65/person. ** Limited Childcare is available during the day through the YMCA – contact Jamie at jethcalv@aol.com for details Registrations will be accepted at the door but will not include lunch. There is a $30.00 non-refundable charge per registration form for cancellations. No refunds for no-shows. 11/5/14 12:16 PM