2006 Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

A Blessed Heritage: The Contributions of American Church-Related Higher Education

• Rhonda Jacobsen and Douglas Jacobsen, “Protestant Universities and American Experiences: Vanity, Variety, Vision”

• David O’Brien, “Higher Education: Catholic and/or American: The Contribution of Catholic Higher Education to the American Experience”

• Walker Gollar, “The Role of Midwestern Christian Education in the Abolition of Slavery”

2005 College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Keeping the Faith: Four Religious Perspectives on the Creation of Tradition

• William J. Abraham, “Tradition and Change in Methodism”

• Alan Avery-Peck, “Creating an Authentic Faith: Traditions and Traditionalism in Judaism”

• Margaret Bendroth, “Liberating Reformed Tradition: The Challenge of Christian Vocation in the Twenty-First Century World”

• John E. Thiel, “Faithfulness to Tradition: A Roman Catholic Perspective”

2004 St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

“fling yourself farther”: Metaphor, Faith, and Learning

• Gregg Muilenburg, “The Cretan Glance: Toward a Theory of Metaphorical Responsibility”

• Julia Kasdorf, “‘Same, same!’: Pleasures and Purposes of Metaphor”

• John Ferguson, “Performative Presentation of the Magnificat”

2003 Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

Christianity and Liberal Learning: Revisiting the Connection

• Jeanne Heffernan, “Liberal Learning and the Light of Faith: An Initiation into Wholeness”

• Roger Lundin, “‘What We Have Loved’: Memory and the Heart of Learning”

• Christopher Parkening and Jubilant Sykes, Performative Presentation

2002 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Vocation, Liberal Learning, and the Church-Related Academy

• Father James Heft, “The ‘Gentleman’ and the Christian”

• Peter Mercer Taylor, “J.S. Bach: Influences on His Music”

• Stephanie Paulsell, “Life Work”

2001 Rivier College, Nashua, NH

“What, Then, Must We Do?” Social Justice, Service, and Religious Mission in Higher Education

• Stephen Webb, “Beyond Politics: Possibilities for Transformation in the Post-Secular University”

• Rebekah Miles, “That’s All a Mule Can Do: Rethinking Work and Vocation in American Culture”

• Regina Shearer, Performative Presentation

2000 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

Moving Images: Film, the Sacred, and Higher Education

• Richard Blake, “Uncovering the Sacred: Substance and Style in the American Film”

• Fredrick Barton, “Cultural Revelation and Historical Obfuscation: The Potentials and Dangers in Cinema as a Tool of Education”

• Tony Bui, “Conversations with the Director of ‘Three Seasons’”

1999 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

From Hellenistic to Pluralistic: Christianity and the Religions of the World

• Paul J. Griffiths, “Seeking Egyptian Gold: A Fundamental Metaphor for the Christian Intellectual Life in a Religiously Diverse Age”

• Antonie Wessels, “The Role of Storytelling in Interreligious Dialogue”

• Nelly Van Doorn-Harder, “Sharing the Gold: The Dialogues of Life and Action”

1998 Saint Mary’s College / University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Athens and Jerusalem: Sacred Learning and Secular Culture

• Nicholas Wolterstorff, “Tertullian’s Enduring Question: What Does Athens Have to Do with Jerusalem?”

• Michael Buckley, “Science and Religion: Antinomy, Dependence or Coordination?”

• Libby Larsen, “The Canticle of Mary: A Setting for the Magnificat”

1997 Baylor University, Waco, Texas

The City of God Revisited: Church and State in the Twenty-First Century

• Kent Greenawalt, “Religious and Secular Arguments in Liberal Democratic Discourse”

• Eileen Barker, “Religious Pluralism and America’s Public Philosophy”

• James M. Dunn, “Christian Citizenship and Political Advocacy”

1996 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Nurturing Souls: Scholarship and the Christian World View

• Jeanne Knoerle, “Love of Learning and the Desire for God”

• Richard Mouw, “Christian Scholarship: The Difference a World View Makes”

• Robert VerEecke, “Dance and Religion: Reforming the Sacred Circle”

1995 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN

Nurturing Souls: Learning and the Sciences of Human Development

• Sharon Daloz Parks, “Led Where We Did Not Plan To Go”

• Mary C. Boys, “The Grace of Teaching”

• David Morgan, “The Role of Images in Religious Education”

1994 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Nurturing Souls: Teaching and the Arts of Formation

• Arthur F. Holmes, “Teaching as Formation”

• Mary K. Oyer, “The Nurturing Spirit”

• Shirley H. Showalter, “Teachers Teaching Teachers: What We’ve Learned”

1993 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Communities of Learning

• Parker J. Palmer, “‘Only Connect’: On Living and Learning in Community”

• Barbara Doherty, “The Diversity of Spiritualities in the Community of Learners”

• Walter M. Wangerin, Jr., “‘Saxifrage’ - A Story of, from and for One Christian Community”

1992 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Spirituality and Higher Learning

• Bernard McGinn, “The Letter and the Spirit: Can Spirituality Be an Academic Discipline?”

• John Steven Paul, “Lord, Hear and See Our Prayer: Artistic Performance as Expression of Personal Spirituality”

• Roberta C. Bondi, “Re-Envisioning the Rational: Loving, Praying and Thinking”

1991 The Inaugural Conference, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Christianity and the Academic Vocation

• Lawrence Cunningham, “Gladly wold he Lerne and gladly teche: The Catholic Scholar in the New Millennium”

• Frank Burch Brown, “Teachers, Mediums and Magi: Christian Educators in Humanities and the Arts”

• Sallie McFague, “The Planetary Agenda and an Earthly Theology