Upcoming Conference: "The True, The Good, and The Beautiful"
NINTH ANNUAL STUDENT CONFERENCE
“The True, The Good, and The Beautiful”
Hosted by the Paideia College Society, the University Honors Program, and the DBU Music Department
February 24-25, 2006
Keynote Speaker: Dr. William Edgar
Dr. Edgar is a modern day Renaissance man—a true man of the arts and letters. Much of his work has been to connect objective theological truths with subjective, aesthetic experience. As a professional Jazz pianist, ordained PCA minister, and Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Dr. Edgar is able to appeal to the artistic and intellectual elements in all of us. His published works include “Reasons of the Heart”, “The Face of Truth: Lifting the Veil”, and “Truth in All Its Glory: Commending the Reformed Faith” and he holds degrees from Harvard University, Westminster Theological Seminary, and the University of Geneva.
Conference Program:
Friday, February 24, 2006
Lectures with Dr. Edgar
12 noon, Friday Symposium, Great Hall, Mahler Student Center, DBU Campus: “The Revenge of the Aesthetic: The Decline and Reemergence of Beauty”
1:15 pm, Presentation and Concert, Great Hall, Mahler Student Center, DBU Campus: “An African- American Musical Journey: From Slavery to Early Jazz”
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Paper presentations will begin at 9am and continue until 3:30
Morning Liturgy, Lecture with Dr. Edgar & Lunch
Liturgy:
“With His help, I shall love Him the more ardently the more I advance in learning.”
— Adeodatus (St. Augustine’s son)
11:00-12:30 pm, International Student Center; Lecture: Dr. William Edgar
“Can We Be Good without God.” (The lecture will be illustrated with accounts of goodness and power in Augustine’s Confessions, in Chinese Cultural Christians, and in the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon during the Second World War.
Concluding Banquet and Lecture with Dr. William Edgar: “The Art of Persuasion and Christian Apologetics”
Banquet at 6:00 pm
La Madeleine French Bakery and Restaurant
3906 Lemmon Ave., Suite 110,
Dallas, Texas 75219
For more information contact, Dr. David Naugle d1naugle@aol.com.
5 Responses so far
3:53 pm
SO…this was the event in texas that Dr. Edgar raced out of ethics class for today….
Cynthia, Are you presenting and/or participating in the conference?
It looks like a lot of fun!
-a pining aesthetic intellectual soul here in cold wet Philly
7:04 pm
The irony of this is just sickening….
9:06 pm
Hi Mark,
It will be great to see Dr. Edgar. I am not presenting (however several UD students are presenting papers), and unfortunately will only be able to attend Dr. Edgar’s Friday lectures–but that’s at least something!
FYI: The weather in Texas has been cold and rainy too–so I’m pining away as well.
Hi Mike,
It is sortof ironic isn’t it:)
12:45 pm
On the subject of reformed theology and the arts have any of you read Hans Rookmaaker’s Modern Art and the Death of A Culture (1970)?
Here is an excerpt from a work in progress called “Mentors” which will remain in progress for ever:
Date late summer 1970, friends and colleagues take a trip from Seattle to Bellingham (160miles) to hear Hans Rookmaaker:
The group:
My close friend and colleague Ann Baramore was working on her MA in English lit, writing a critique of the “New Criticism” and a defense of author (ala E.D. Hirsch). Ann’s best friend was Naomi Collins (headed for a Phd in art History) who was engaged to Rodger (taught philosophy at MIT), Rick J. was headed for a Pepperedine PhD in Psychology, Darrel G. for a Phd in Music History, Dave Hastings (artist, M.Div Denver Seminary), Steve Graham was just back from a year at L’Abri (F.Schaeffer) and touring Europe and the middle east.
… we packed up some sandwiches and beer and drove up to Bellingham to hear and address by H. Rookmaaker (Art Historian). We had our picnic on Lake Whatcom before the lecture.
After Rookmaaker finished speaking and opened up for questions Naomi Collins (art history guru) remained silent which I found totally amazing, she wasn’t the silent type, turned out she was just remaining aloof. I asked him a pointed one about the rock opera “Tommy” by The Who. How can a deaf dumb and blind boy be saved? The issue was the efficacy of mystical encounters which by-pass the spoken and written WORD. Rookmaker instantly understood where I was going and reacted with an angry dogmatic pronouncement that mystical encounters are not efficacious for salvation. I don’t remember anyone else from our group asking a question. We were almost the entire audience, not much interest in art history among evangelicals in 1970.
We had long discussions of Rookmaaker over the next year or two. Dave Hastings (artist) borrowed my copy of Modern Art and the Death of A Culture and Steve Graham’s dog got a hold of it and chewed it up. We discovered that the book was out of print for some reason and couldn’t find another copy.
another story from Clay, who likes to tell stories
6:59 pm
Hi Clay,
I haven’t read the book yet, but I did pick up a copy at a used book sale not long ago.
By the way, since you are familiar with Rookmaaker and enjoy “stories” as I do, I thought that I’d pass on this link where Dr. Edgar tells a bit of his story in a recent article review relating to Rookemaaker’s works.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/
bc/2006/001/15.12.html
Best,
Cynthia
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