Fall 2026 Symposiums

All symposiums meet on Fridays at noon in Rogers Theater, Pilgrim Chapel LL-14.

Schedule by Month

February

6th: The Moral Obligation to be Eloquent

  • Chance Gamble, Assistant Professor of English

13th: The English New Testament of 1526: Legacies of Vernacular Bible Translations at 500 Years

  • Michael Whiting, Assistant Professor of Christian History and Leadership

20th: Divine Hiddenness and Evidence for God

  • Charity Anderson, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Baylor University

27th: Henry Adams on the Dynamo and the Virgin: Technology’s Effect on Education

  • Susan Hanssen, Associate Professor of History, University of Dallas
March

6th: Does Qohelet Really Believe All is Vanity?

  • Mark Sneed, Professor of Bible, Lubbock Christian University

20th: Thoughts on the Writer’s Voice and the Fictional Point-of-View

  • Derek Updegraff, Associate Professor of English, Anderson University

27th: Scrolls, Screens, and Sounds: How to Engage with Scripture in a Multimodal World

  • John C. Dyer, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
April

10th: 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

17th: Divine Design: God’s Purpose for You Through Work

  • Joy Dahl, Business Strategist, Fractional CFO, and Workplace Ambassador

24th: Faith, the Sciences, and Christian Higher Education: Herman Bavinck's Christianity and Science

  • Jonathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Biology, DBU 
May

1st: Fairy Tales and Historical Mentalities: W. H. Auden and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

  • Dr. Philip Irving Mitchell, Director of the University Honors Program.