The Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College Presents
The De-Christianization of Europe
From Nicaea to Nietzsche
Schedule
Thursday, April 12

10:00-10:20 OPENING AND WELCOMING REMARKS
by Grove City College President Richard G. Jewell and Executive Director of The Center for Vision & Values Paul Kengor
Hall of Arts and Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

10:25-11:15 DEFINING EUROPE, NICAEA, AND CHRISTENDOM
by Dr. Mark Graham, author of News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire
Hall of Arts and Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

11:30-12:45 LUNCH (for registered attendees only)
LIFE FOR JEWS IN A DE-CHRISTIANIZED EUROPE
by Michael Medved
Pew Fine Arts Center / Pew Memorial Room
1:00-2:15 WILL WESTERN EUROPE LASH OUT AT MUSLIMS?
One-on-one with Ralph Peters, author and New York Post columnist
Interviewer: Dr. Paul Kengor
Hall Of Arts And Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

2:30-3:45 THE INKLINGS AND FRIENDS: WHAT WOULD TOLKIEN, LEWIS, AND SAYERS SAY?
A Panel Discussion with Jim Dixon, Paul Schaefer, and Janice Brown
Moderator: Gary Smith or Gil Harp
Hall Of Arts And Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

5:30-6:30 DINNER (for registered attendees only)
OPIATE OF THE MASSES: THE COMMUNIST DE-CHRISTIANIZATION OF EASTERN EUROPE
by Paul Kengor, Executive Director of The Center for Vision & Values and author of The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism
Pew Fine Arts Center / Pew Memorial Room

7:00-8:00 THURSDAY EVENING KEYNOTE LECTURE
by Dr. Grace Davie, University of Exeter, England.
Hall Of Arts And Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

Friday, April 13

9:00-9:50 MISREADING THE POPE: POPE PIUS IX AND EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN SOCIALISTS
by Dr. Guido Hulsmann, University of Angers, France
Hall Of Arts And Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

10:00-10:50Simultaneous Solo Lectures

SWEDEN AND THE FAILURE OF FAMILY POLICY
by Dr. Allan Carlson
Hall Of Arts And Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

THE DECLINE OF CHRISTIANITY? A CONTRARIAN VIEW
by Dr. T. David Gordon
Pew Fine Arts Center / Recital Hall

11:30-12:45 LUNCH (for registered attendees only)
ONE CHRISTIAN'S IMPACT: WILBERFORCE 200 YEARS LATER
by Mark Rodgers
Pew Fine Arts Center / Pew Memorial Room

1:00-1:50 THE MARRIAGE CRISIS AND BIRTH DEARTH IN EUROPE
One-on-one with Maggie Gallagher, Pres., Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
Hall Of Arts And Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

2:00-2:50Simultaneous Presentations

NIETZSCHE, POLANYI, AND THE GODS THAT FAILED
A Panel Discussion with Dr. Larry Harwood and Michael Palanski
Hall of Arts and Letters / Sticht Hall

WE DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING: SECULARIZATION AND PENTECOSTAL RENEWAL IN EUROPE
by Dr. Steven Jones
Pew Fine Arts Center / Recital Hall

3:00-3:50Simultaneous Views from the Field

GOD IN PARIS AND THE EU: A REPORT FROM FRANCE
One-on-one with Sylvain Charat, Director of Policy Studies, Eurolib Network (Paris and Brussels)
Pew Fine Arts Center / Recital Hall

FROM THE FRONTLINES: EVANGELIZING PARIS
A discussion with Kermit Horn and Reimer Holm, Europe-based evangelists
Hall Of Arts And Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

5:30-6:45 DINNER (for registered attendees only)
POPE BENEDICT XVI's INSIGHTS ON CHRISTIANITY AND SECULARIZATION IN EUROPE.
Samuel Gregg, Director of Research, Acton Institute
Pew Fine Arts Center / Pew Memorial Room

7:00-8:00 CONFERENCE KEYNOTE ADDRESS
by George Weigel, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II and The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America and Politics Without God
Hall of Arts and Letters / Sticht Lecture Hall

8:00 CLOSING REMARKS

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