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Scholarship & Faculty Development: Public Lectures (Archive 2001)

Lecture series:

  • Noted Christian physicist, Dr. John Polkinghorne lectured on the Whitworth campus in April 2001.
  • During the spring of 2001, the Center brought Dr. Joel Carpenter, provost at Calvin College, to speak on "The Christian College: A Bright Future or Inevitable Retreat" and Dr. Ted Peters, professor of systematic theology at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Dr. Peters spoke on the topic of, "Are We Playing God with Our Genes? The Cloning and Stem Cell Controversies in Theological Perspective."
  • David Rawson, former U.S. ambassador to Mali and Rwanda, spoke on the topic "Justice, Forgiveness, Peace: The Moral Challenge of Genocide" in November. This lecture was sponsored by the Center for Christian Faith and Learning and Partners International, a Spokane-based international Christian organization that supports indigenous ministries in the least Christian regions of the world.

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