Twenty-Eighth Annual National Conference
Robust and Receptive Ecumenism
Hope College, Holland, Michigan
October 12-14, 2018
The 28th National Conference, Robust and Receptive Ecumenism, will take place on the campus of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, October 12-14, 2018.
The faculty, staff, and students at institutions in church-related higher education are increasingly more ecumenically diverse than the historical or present-day denominational affiliations of colleges and universities might suggest. The intent of robust and receptive ecumenism is to encourage people to speak willingly and openly from their particular Christian perspectives, ask for clarification when others’ ways of speaking need translation, and work at genuine understanding, which might include informed disagreement. Indeed, robust and receptive ecumenism does not assume that everyone must adopt a lowest common denominator stance with respect to differences. Rather, it proposes that, in order for authentic conversation to take place, people must honestly express deeply held views they hold as true.
Speakers include:
- Lisa DeBoer, Professor of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California
- Steven Harmon, Associate Professor of Historical Theology, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina
- Daniel Keating, Professor of Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan
