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Love & Humility in Politics

The Table Conference 2016

Cost and Admission

This is a paid event.


The Table Conference 2016 / Sept 16-17 / Biola University

Students: $9 / General: $49 / VIP: $99 / Online: $9
Special 50% Off Code for Biola Faculty and Staff: Table16BiolaFriends (applicable to General and Online Stream tickets)
Love overcomes fear. Humility subverts pride.
These are anxious and fearful times in national and world politics. How can Christian's embody Christ-like love and humility when it comes to political engagement? The Table 2016 will focus on politics beyond the media-hype and the presidential election, to explore love and humility in the politics of race, gender, neighborhood development, criminal justice, education, and interpersonal relationships.
Featuring: Civil rights icons Terrence Roberts (of the Little Rock Nine that desegregated Little Rock High School) and Carolyn McKinstry (who survived the catalytic 16th Street Baptist Church bombing); R.R. Reno of First Things Magazine, Ronald Sider of Evangelicals for Social Action, Soong-Chan Rah of North Park University, and many other speakers, including several Biola professors.
SPEAKERS

Terrence Roberts

Civil Rights and Reconciliation / One of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who volunteered to desegregate schools in Arkansas / Reconciliation Consultant / Author of Lessons from Little Rock

Carolyn McKinstry

Civil Rights and Reconciliation / Survivor of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, AL, which was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Author of While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement

Ronald J. Sider

Theology and Public Policy / Senior Distinguished Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry and Public Policy at Palmer Theological Seminary / President Emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action / Author of over 30 books, including Just Politics: A Guide for Christian Engagement; Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity; The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World?; and many more.

R.R. Reno

Theology and Ethics / Editor of First Things Magazine / Author of several books, including Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society; In the Ruins of the Church: Sustaining Faith in an Age of Diminished Christianity; Fighting the Noonday Devil; and Redemptive Change: Atonement and the Christian Cure of the Soul

Soong-Chan Rah

Urban Development / North Park Theological Seminary / Author of several books including Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church and The Next Evangelicalism: Releasing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity

William Cavanaugh

Theology, DePaul University / Author of several books, including Field Hospital: The Church's Engagement in Markets, Politics, and Conflict; Theopolitical Imagination: Discovering the Liturgy as a Political Act in an Age of Global Consumerism; and Migrations of the Holy: Theologies of State and Church

Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Theology & Psychology / Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Mercer University / Author of Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength

Laura Turner

Faith and Culture / Columnist for Christianity Today and Religion News Service

Thomas Crisp

Practical Ethics and Immigration / Professor of Philosophy, Biola University and Scholar-in-Residence at Biola University's Center for Christian Thought

Deshonna Collier-Goubil

Race and Criminal Justice / Azusa Pacific University

Kyle Strobel

Spiritual Theology and Formation / Biola University / Author of Beloved Dust: Drawing Close to God by Discovering the Truth About Yourself

Jennifer Fitzgerald (Biola Alum!)

Local Politics / Mayor of Fullerton, CA

Todd Allen

Peace-Conflict and Civil Rights / Professor of Communication Studies / Grove City College

Jason Baehr

Intellectual Virtues / Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University / Author of The Inquiring Mind

Jacquie Bryant (Biola Alum!)

Intellectual Virtues / Principal, Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach

Scott Jones

Neighborhood Development / Executive Director, We Love Long Beach

Elizabeth Hall

Gender and Justice / Professor of Psychology, Rosemead School of Psychology

Erin Dufault-Hunter

Christian Ethics / Fuller Theological Seminary / Author of The Transformative Power of Faith

Nery Gabriel Lemus

Art / Los Angeles-based artist

Jon Anderson

Art / Biola University / Author of Modern Art and the Life of a Culture
Conference liturgy and live concert featuring The Brilliance. Click here to register.

Questions?

Contact Laura Pelser at:
562-777-4081
laura.n.pelser@biola.edu


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