Addenda
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May 15, 2006 v Number 27
"At this moment in the Church's history in this country (and in the West more generally)it is less urgent to convince the alternative culture in which we live of the truth of Christ than it is for the Church to tell itself its own story and to nurture its own life, the culture of the city of God."
-- Robert Wilken, "The Church as Culture," First Things, April 2004
New on our desks
C. S. Lewis: Two doses, administered aurally
Many people who've read Lewis's Mere Christianity know that the content of the book was originally presented as a series of talks on the radio (or "wireless" to be more in keeping with the patois of the period). It has long been assumed by people who care about such things that no recordings of those talks survived. [Read more on C. S. Lewis]
Guests on Volume 79
The March/April 2006 issue of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal (Volume 79) features interviews with several guests who were interviewed on previous volumes of the Journal. Two of the several are Carson Holloway and Peter Augustine Lawler, both of whom also had their work reviewed in the Fall 2001 issue of The Intercollegiate Review. [Read more on Guests on Volume 79]
Citizens of Heaven, Sojourners on Earth: Civic Life in Gospel Perspective
In July, Ken Myers will be speaking at The Jonathan Edwards Institute's Annapolis 2006 conference at the Loews Annapolis Hotel in Maryland. The theme of the July 3 through 5 conference is "Citizens of Heaven, Sojourners on Earth: Civic Life in Gospel Perspective"; Myers's plenary address is titled "A Deeper Disestablishment: Why the Separation of Church and Culture Is Even More Important than the Separation of Church and State." In addition to the other five addresses (the speakers for which include Frank Young, Keith Pavlischek, Ron Sider, and Os Guinness), three seminar groups are scheduled, two of which Myers will lead.
Registration is required for the conference. Tuition price includes six plenary sessions, three seminars, and breakfast on July 4 and 5. Pre-registration rates apply through June 15. For more information, or to register, call The Jonathan Edwards Institute at 1.888.JEI.0797.
Neuroethics: The New Frontier
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity presents its 13th Annual Conference on Bioethics July 13 through 19, 2006, at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. "Neuroethics: The New Frontier" is described as a "major international conference on the ethical implications of neuroscience." Speakers, presenters, and session leaders include John F. Kilner, J. P. Moreland, Susan Haack, and Edmund Pellegrino.
For further information see the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity website (www.cbhd.org) or call 1.888.317.8101.
Subscriber Update
Volume 79 (March/April 2006) of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal has been distributed. You may view this issue's guestlist online; and you may listen to the CD bonus track (scroll to the bottom of the page), which features Roger Lundin, on the necessity of humility in the writing of biographies.
After Evangelism Conference Lectures
In February, Ken Myers gave four lectures at Christ Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia, under the heading "After Evangelism: The Cultural Lives of Christians and their Neighbors." Those lectures are now available on audio CDs through Christ Presbyterian Church. Information is available at the conference website, where one may also listen to a 38-minute portion from the first lecture (MP3).
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