Fall 2026 Symposiums

11th: Woes, Words, and the Word Made Flesh: Framing a Narrative Theodicy

• Sam Still, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Assistant Director of the Honors Program

18th: His Mercy is for Those Who Fear Him: A Study of Justification by Faith in the Old Testament

• Camden Ammons, Graduate Student, Dallas Theological Seminary

25th: Habitation of Wonder

• Abigail Carroll, Author of Habitation of Wonder

2nd: Ghosted: Verses that Went Missing from the NIV (and Other Modern Bible Translations)

• Joseph Matos, Professor of Biblical Studies, DBU

16th: Labor and the Imago Dei: Can Faith Redeem Capitalism

• DBU Faculty: Richard Martinez, Ross O’Brien, Bob Reader

23rd: Why Leaders Should Be Readers: Recovering Empathy through Fiction

• Mary Nelson, Professor of English and Leadership, DBU

30th: John Henry Newman on Faith and Reason

• Fred Aquino, Professor of Systematic Theology, Southern Methodist University

6th: Understanding and Responding to the False Promise of a Digital Eternity

• Matthew Eppinette, Executive Director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD)

13th: The Joy and Trail of Attention in Learning: A Multidisciplinary Panel

• DBU Faculty: Karen Alexander, Mary Flickner, Chance Gamble, Kenneth Koester, JoBeth Quillian

20th: G.K. Chesterton and the Illusion of the Ordinary

• Landon Loftin: English, History, and Bible Faculty, Gravitas

4th: Empathy and History: R.G. Collingwood’s Re-Enactment as Spiritual Formation

• Philip Irving Mitchell, Director of the University Honors Program