A Colorado College Symposium
October 18-21, 2006
All events are free and open to the public.
Providing opportunities to consider, discuss, and debate the various ways that religion and our public life interact and influence one another.
Program Agenda
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Wednesday, October 18 |
11 a.m. – Packard Hall
If We Want to Have a Good Fight, We Need a Ring
Michael Brooks, director of Hillel, University of Michigan |
3:30 p.m. – Shove Chapel
  Advising Presidents: Role of Religious Leaders in Politics
Phil Wogaman, past president, Interfaith Alliance; religious advisor to former President Bill Clinton
Ted Haggard, president, National Association of Evangelicals; senior pastor, New Life Church, Colorado Springs; religious advisor to President George W. Bush
*NOTE: Ted Haggard has canceled due to an emergency. Haggard has asked "God's Politics" author Jim Wallis to speak in his place. |
7:30 p.m. – Shove Chapel
 O’Connor Lecture – God's Politics
The Rev. Jim Wallis, author, God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It
Rev. Wallis will be signing copies of his book in Shove Chapel after the lecture. |
Thursday, October 19 |
12 p.m. – Bemis Great Hall
   Religion and Public Life: Issues in Science
Suzanne Holland, author, Beyond Cloning; associate professor, University of Puget Sound
Jane Lubchenco ’69, professor of marine biology, Oregon State University
Laurie Zoloth, professor of medical humanities and bioethics and professor of religion, Northwestern University |
3:30 p.m. – Gaylord Hall
  Public Interest and Private Lives: Religion’s Place in America Today
Linell Cady, professor, Arizona State University
Amy Sullivan, opinion journalist and former editor, Washington Monthly |
7:30 p.m. – Shove Chapel
 Keynote Lecture – God and Caesar in America
Gary Hart, author, God and Caesar in America: An Essay on Religion and Politics; past presidential candidate |
Friday, October 20 |
1 p.m. – Gates Common Room
 The Place of Religion in a Democratic Society
Robert Bellah, Elliott Professor of Sociology, emeritus, University of California, Berkeley; author/editor, Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life; The Broken Covenant: American Civil Religion in Time of Trial; and Beyond Belief: Essays on Religion in a Post-Traditional World |
3:30 p.m. – Gaylord Hall
  The Religious Other in America
George "Tink" Tinker, professor, Iliff School of Theology
Liyakat Takim, associate professor, University of Denver
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7:30 p.m. – Shove Chapel
   The Role of Religion in Struggles for Expansion of Democracy
Vincent Harding, friend and co-worker of Dr. Martin Luther King; co-founder and director, Veterans of Hope Project
Sulak Sivaraksa, founder, International Network of Engaged Buddhists; 1995 recipient of the Alternative Nobel Prize
Amber Tafoya, supervising attorney, Center for Immigrant and Community Integration Legal Services Office, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo, Colorado |
Saturday, October 21 |
2 p.m. – Gaylord Hall
 Religion and Public Life in an Age of the iPods, Cell Phones, and Blogs: Reasons for Fear and Hope
Vincent Miller, associate professor and Catholic theologian, Georgetown University; author of Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture |
7:30 p.m. – Shove Chapel
 Performance Event
Tissa Hami, comedian
sponsored by Colorado College Great Performers and Ideas |
The college is grateful to the Greenberg Center for Learning and Tolerance, Thomas Alan Kay Fund for the Department of Religion, McHugh Family Distinguished Chair in American Institutions and Leadership, Paul Sheffer Memorial Fund, the Daniel Patrick O'Connor Memorial
Lecture Endowed Fund, the college's chaplains' and president's offices, and various academic departments for their generous support.
For additional information, please contact the office of communications (719-389-6603).