by Allison Woods | May 30, 2010 | News Slider
Beauty in the Academy: Faith, Scholarship and The Arts will be the central theme Thursday-through-Saturday when experts gather at Lipscomb for the 30st annual Christian Scholars’ Conference. The conference boasts a diverse group of plenary speakers, all scholars in their own right, weighing in on subject areas of art, literature, theater and music. Conference attendees also will have opportunities to share their thoughts in paper-and-panel sessions. The conference’s goal annually is to create and nurture an intellectual and Christian community that brings individuals and institutions together to stimulate networks of scholarly dialogue and collaboration. The conference was created by Dr. Thomas H. Olbricht of Pepperdine University and has been hosted by Church of Christ schools across the country. But now, the CSC calls Lipscomb University home most of the time. The conference attracts Christian scholars, from a wide variety of disciplines in the liberal arts and sciences, who wish to develop their own academic research. Professor David Fleer, advisory board chairman of the conference, coordinates the event for Lipscomb. “It’s as deep as scholarship as exists,” he said. Plenary Addresses–The Beauty The conference is structured around four plenary addresses, each featuring a scholar of focus in a later panel session. The Lipscomb Art Department supported the first speaker to lead the Colloquium for the Fine Arts. James Elkins is E.C. Chadbourne Professor in the Department of Art History, Theory and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has written many books of art criticism, with a focus on the history and theory of images in art. His address, titled “Ongoing Issues between Religious Art and the Art World,” will open the conference in Alumni Auditorium at 9:30 a.m. Second in...
