LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS
FALL 2014
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
For more information, please go to westmont.edu/institute/lectures .
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
7 p.m., Hieronymus Lounge
Beauty for Ashes: The Mission of the Church in
Israel/Palestine
Azar Ajaj, President, Nazareth Evangelical
Theological Seminary
World Christianity Lecture
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
3:30 p.m., Winter Hall
Summer Research Celebration
Students share the results of their summer research in collaboration with faculty.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
4 p.m., Hieronymus Lounge
The Challenges for Christian Learning:
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History,
University of Notre Dame; Response by Tal Howard,
Professor of History and Director of the Center for
Faith and Inquiry, Gordon College
Erasmus Lecture—History
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
7 p.m., Porter Theater
Reel Talk: “The Intouchables”
Hosted by Chris Milner, Associate Professor of
Kinesiology, Westmont College
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
7 p.m., Hieronymus Lounge
Peter: False Disciple and Apostate According to Saint Matthew
Bob Gundry, Scholar-in-Residence, Westmont College;
Response by Mark Sargent, Provost, Westmont College
Provost’s Lecture
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
3:30 p.m., Hieronymus Lounge
Gender Dynamics at Two Christian Liberal
Arts Institutions
Edee Schulze, Vice President of Student Life,
Westmont College
Gender Studies Lecture
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
7:30 p.m., Hieronymus Lounge
Glory Bound: Jessie Van Eerden Reads
Jessie Van Eerden
Westmont Reading Series
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
7 p.m., Hieronymus Lounge
Participating in God’s Mission: The Servant and the Conclusions of Acts and Isaiah
Holly Beers, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies,
Westmont College; Responses by Bruce Fisk and
Rachel Winslow
Phi Kappa Phi Lecture
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
3:30 p.m., Hieronymus Lounge
“Holy in Body and Spirit”: The Lordship of Christ and Gender Roles in the Pauline Epistles
Judith Gundry, Research Scholar and Associate
Professor of New Testament, Yale Divinity School
Gender Studies Lecture