What is the kingdom of God? How does it relate to daily life? What is culture? Is there such a thing as Christian culture? Is Christ Lord or are we “making him Lord” over all things? How should we think about educating our children? These are just some of the questions the WSC faculty will address in the annual faculty conference. Here are the speakers and topics:
- Bob Godfrey – “Every Square Inch”
- Steve Baugh– “The Kingdom in the NT”
- David VanDrunen– “Christ and the State”
- Dennis Johnson– “Christ and Education”
- Michael S. Horton– “Christ and the Workplace”
- Bob Godfrey– “The King and His Kingdoms”
If you’re thinking about attending the conference, and you should be thinking about it, please register early. Every conference but one since it began has sold out.
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.
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Is anthroposophy just another form of, as was-so-expertly-put, semi-Peligianism or is it a possible detente in the cutlure wars between Church and State (i.e., a viable/workable interpreations of the Reformed Two Kingdoms view)?
Other interesting and related efforts:
Scottish Camphill Movement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camphill_Movement )
Lutheran Christian Community ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christian_Community )
Waldolf-Astaroria Education ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education )
Could this conference address what it would mean in an education context to be “spiritual” but not “religious”?
For example, Anthroposophy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy ) seems to be an up and coming foundation in children educational institutions for Wa (http://www.whywaldorfworks.org/03_NewsEvents/index.asp , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Waldorf_schools).
A retired Columbia University professor ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_M._Sloan ) has even gone to bat for this “philosophy” in a court room ( http://www.waldorfanswers.com/Declaration-of-Douglas-Sloan.pdf ) no less, stating that it is “spiritual” but not “religious.”
Sloan’s book ”Faith and Knowledge” (Westminster John Knox Press, 1994) is actually used as a reference by the Reformed historian D.G. Hart in his work ”The university gets religion: religious studies in American higher education” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999).