Presentations
2024
Kuyers/INCHE/de Vries Institute conference: Integrated Education in a Reductionist Age, October 10-12
Plenary 1: Interpreting Our World: Magnetic Questions and Capacious Curiosity
Justin Ariel Bailey
Associate Professor and Theology Department Chair
Dordt University
Plenary 2: Resisting Reductionism through the Complex Mission of God
Matthew Kaemingk
Richard John Mouw Assistant Professor of Faith and Public Life, director of the Richard John Mouw Institute of Faith and Public Life
Fuller Theological Seminary
Plenary 3: Aesthetic Conditioning in a Reductionist Age
Katie Kresser
Professor of Art History and Visual Studies
Seattle Pacific University
Kuyers/INCHE conference: Faith and Pedagogy Amid Educational Change, October 6-7
Plenary 1: Why You Need a Diversity Playbook
Michelle Loyd-PaigeÂ
Executive Associate to the PresidentÂ
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Plenary 3: Panel: Educational Change: The Press and the Pause
Marlene Wall, President, LCC International UniversityÂ
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Jan Hábl, University of Hradec Králové
2019Ìý
Kuyers/INCHE conference: Shaping Christian Learning
Plenary 1: Conversion, agency, and education: Reflections on how to theologically narrate and imagine change
Luke BrethertonÂ
Professor of Theological Ethics and Senior FellowÂ
Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Plenary 2: African Christian designs for learning: A panel
Tersur Aben, Theological College of Northern NigeriaÂ
Faith Nguru, Daystar University, KenyaÂ
Marilyn Naidoo, University of South Africa
Plenary 3: Design before planning: A biblical/theological frame
Ken BadleyÂ
Professor of EducationÂ
Tyndale University College
2017Ìý
Conference: Christian Teaching and Learning: Pathways and Possibilities
Plenary 1: "Beyond Hospitality: Finding Wisdom at the Intersections of Practices"
Christine PohlÂ
Associate Provost and Professor of Christian EthicsÂ
Asbury Theological Seminary
Plenary 2: "Redeeming the Buzzwords: A Distinctively Christian Approach to Innovation in Education"
Beth GreenÂ
Program Director for EducationÂ
Cardus
Plenary 3: "What Do We Mean by Christian Education?"
Trevor CoolingÂ
Professor of Christian EducationÂ
Canterbury Christ Church University
2015Ìý
Conference: Faith and Teaching: Virtue, Practice, Imagination
Plenary 1: "Teaching at Table/Learning to Eat"
Susan M. FelchÂ
Professor of EnglishÂ
Director, Calvin Institute for Christian Scholarship
Plenary 2: "Courage in the Classroom"
Candace VoglerÂ
Professor, Department of PhilosophyÂ
University of Chicago
Closing session: "'A Cold Heart Cannot Catch Fire': Imagination, Faith, and Teaching"
David I. SmithÂ
Director, Graduate Studies in EducationÂ
Director, Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning
2013
Conference: "Virtues, Vices, and Teaching"
Held in October 2013, this conference explored the implications of a focus on virtues and vices for the way Christian teaching and learning are approached. Audio files (MP3) of the three plenary speakers (Jennifer Herdt, Yale Divinity School; L. Gregory Jones, Duke Divinity School; and David K. Naugle, Dallas Baptist University) are available at the .