DBU REPORT 26 Dr. Carl Trueman, an esteemed church historian, has in recent years become more well-known as a cultural commentator on the moral crises facing Western culture, particularly in analyzing the historical idolization of sexual identity and the erosion of any sense of transcendent divine authority. Dr. Trueman visited the DBU campus for the first time as the featured speaker of the fall’s Institute for Global Engagement lecture series. In his chapel message to DBU students, Dr. Trueman illumined the common nature of temptation. In our own time, and especially through the power of technology, Western moral culture has been steadily eroding by redefining what it means to be a human being and through deifying sexual identity preference because a world without God provides no grander, metaphysical purpose or a common ethic for human life and relationships. Dr. Trueman continued his remarks at a luncheon attended by DBU faculty and staff where he discussed the ways that technology has increasingly diminished our view of external authority. Dr. Trueman advised Christian leaders to think pastorally and philosophically about the implications of technological change and its ubiquitous impact on shaping psychological, social, and spiritual conditions. In closing, he stressed the critical need for building healthy community and ministry that is locally re-centered. Dr. Carl Trueman is professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College. He is a graduate of the Universities of Cambridge and Aberdeen and has taught on the faculties of the Universities of Nottingham and Aberdeen and Westminster Theological Seminary. Most recently, he was the William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. Dr. Trueman is the author of numerous books, most notably The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution. DR. CARL TRUEMAN SPEAKS AT FALL IGE LECTURE SERIES DR. STEPHEN MANSFIELD NAMED NEW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS DEAN Dr. Stephen Mansfield has been appointed as the new Dean of the College of Business and a Senior Advisor to the President for Strategy and Innovation at Dallas Baptist University. Dr. Mansfield served as President and CEO of Methodist Health System in Dallas from 2006 to 2019. Before joining Methodist in 2006, Dr. Mansfield served for seven years as President and CEO of St. Vincent Health System based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and for 23 years in various executive roles with Baptist Memorial Health System in Memphis. Dr. Mansfield has received numerous awards and accolades through the years for his commitment to the community, including the Health Award for Meritorious Service by the Dallas County Medical Society (2020); the honorary Doctor of Humanities from Dallas Baptist University (2019); the Lifetime Achievement Award from D Magazine; the Distinguished Business Leader Award from the Texas Association of Business (2015); Health Executive of the Year from the Dallas Business Journal (2014); the DBU-Oak Cliff Good Samaritan Award (2007); and Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young (2009). Dr. Mansfield continues to serve on a variety of local and regional boards and is Past-Chairman of the Dallas Regional Chamber. Dr. Mansfield holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee at Martin, and a bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Ottawa University. He and his wife, Marilyn, have one daughter. “We are thrilled beyond words that Dr. Mansfield has agreed to join the DBU Family in this strategic role,” said Dr. Adam Wright, DBU President. “He will bring to DBU a wealth of leadership experience, business insight, and proven Christian character into his new calling.”
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