Newberg, OR (Vocus) 1 October 2010

About 200 researchers from around the country for George Fox University is the biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith and History stay October. 7-9. The conference will be preceded by an undergraduate student conference October 6 to 7.

The event brings together a community of researchers exploring the relationship between Christian faith and history. It consists of members from various Christian traditions around the world and researchers from countries outside the Christian tradition. Ultimately, the Conference? The goal is to â? Encourage excellence in the theory and practice of history from the perspective of historic Christianity, â? depending on the conference website.

than 150 lectures will be presented at the conference, whose theme? The search for peace, justice and Equality.â? Check-in will begin at 17.00 clock Thursday, October 7, in the lobby of the universityâ? S Hoover Academic Building.

plenary, entitled â? Is there a â? Latin American Christianity? â? Negotiating religious identity and space in the 19th and 20 Century â? followed by 19 clock in Hoover 105th

Several sessions are held throughout the weekend and discussions on faith, the faith-based perspective, Christianity in early America and sexuality and gender, among many others. The chairmen of the different sessions represented universities such as Georgetown, Baylor and Wheaton College.

The conference will end with a plenary address by Professor Elizabeth Todd George Fox at noon, Saturday, 9 October, in Hoover 105th

register or learn more about the conference, visit georgefox.edu, and look for the Conference on Faith and History.

undergraduate student conference will be a presentation by Allie Duncan, a junior history major from George Fox. To register for the conference of students, please contact Caitlin Corning 503-554-2673. The students are not charged to visit, but there are the costs of meals and school expenses for a banquet of the faculty.

Conference on Faith and History is a subsidiary of the American Historical Association.


George Fox University is ranked by Forbes

as a top Christian college in the Pacific Northwest and the first three Christian colleges in the country. George Fox is the only Christian university in the northwestern United States ranked by News & World Report as a first tier National University. More than 3,400 students attend classes on the universityâ? S campus in Newberg, Oregon, and training centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor? S degree in 40 majors, programs for graduation for adults, five seminary degrees and 11 master’s thesis? S’s and doctoral degrees.


Contact

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Caitlin Corning
Professor of History

503-554-2673

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