Roundtable V - Imagination & the Gospel
Schedule
Updated March 18, 2008
All Events (except for film night) held at the BGC Wilson Suite 4th Floor, on the campus of Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

4:00 pm Registration Opens
5:30 pm Opening Dinner
7:00 pm Session 1 (Introduction)…………………….. Chris Mitchell/Rick Richardson
How does the gospel address the deeply felt need in our culture for reenchanting the world?
8:00 pm Session 2………………………………………Trevor Hart
A suspicion Observed: Christian responses to the imagination.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

8:15 am Opening Hymn
8:20 am Prayer and Devotions………………………… Paul Larsen
8:30 am Session 3……………………………………… Kevin Vanhoozer
The Drama of the Christ: The Gospel as thing done and word made

10:00 am Break

10:30 am Session 4………………………………………. Read Schuchardt
What are communication scholars telling us about the source and role of the imagination?

12:00 pm Lunch (On your own)

1:30 pm Session 5………………………………………. Rick Richardson
Gospel Hermeneutics: using story and myth in popular culture to communicate he Gospel

3:00 pm Break

3:30 pm Session 6………………………………………. Craig Detweiler
The Gospel & the Cinematic Imagination: A journey into the dark

5:00 pm Dinner (On your own)

7:00 pm Session 7………………………………………. Craig Detweiler/John Marks
Film Showing: Purple State of Mind (Location: Blanchard 339)

Friday, April 25, 2008

8:15 am Opening Hymn
8:20 am Prayer and Devotions…………………………. Paul Larsen
8:30 am Session 8……………………………………… Chris Mitchell
How Lewis and the inklings engaged their culture, integrating reason and the imagination in their Gospel communication

10:00 am Break

10:30 am Session 9………………………………………. Ralph Wood
G. K. Chesterton as Imaginative Witness to the Gospel

12:00 pm Lunch (On your own)

1:30 pm Session 10………………………………………. Robert Smith
Storytelling and mythmaking to engage culture: using African American preaching style as a case study. Session includes paper and preaching experience.

3:15 pm Break

3:45 pm Session 11………………………………………. Lon Allison
Imagination and Declaration of the Gospel. Session includes paper and preaching experience.

5:30 pm Dinner (On your own) and Evening off or for Sub-group meetings

Note: The Billy Graham Center Museum will be open for a special time: from 5:30-6:30 pm for Roundtable partipants who may wish to visit the Museum

Saturday, April 26, 2008

8:15 am Opening Hymn
8:20 am Prayer and Devotions………………………..… Paul Larsen
8:30 am Session 12……………………………………… Charissa Holland
Artists and the Imagination

10:00 am Break

10:15 am Reflections from Key Presenters
10:45 am Session 13 (Conclusion)…………………………. George Hunter
Role of "Sublime" Experience in Christian Evangelism

11:30 am Depart