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November 2, 2016 – Dr. Derrick Lemons

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Time: 12:15 to 1:15 pm Location: Tate Room 473 (room above the food court) Speaker: Dr. Derrick Lemons, UGA Asst. Professor of Religion Topic: Theologically-Engaged Anthropology: What Can Theology Contribute to Cultural Anthropology and Ethnography? Abstract:  There is a great need in anthropology for a theologically-engaged theoretical framework. Anthropologists experience new insights when they […]

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October 6, 2016 – Dan Crescenzo

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016 Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Location: Tate Room 473 (room above the food court) Speaker: Dan Crescenzo, Ph.D. Candidate, UGA Dept. of Philosophy Topic: “On the Importance of Preparatory Apologetics” Abstract: Often nonbelievers have a dismissive attitude toward the idea of a supreme Creator and Savior. However formidable an apologist’s arguments may be,

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August 31, 2016 – Dr. Marshall Shepherd

Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Time: 12:15 to 1:15 pm Location: Tate Room 473 (room above the food court) Speaker: Dr. Marshall Shepherd, UGA Professor of Geography Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor  & Director for Program in Atmospheric Sciences; former president of the American Meteorological Society Topic: “A Faith-Based Case for Addressing Climate Change” Abstract:  Science and faith are not inconsistent.

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April 7, 2016 – Dr. Jeff Dorfman

Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016 Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Location: Tate Room 473 (Formerly The Taste of Home Cafe) Speaker: Dr. Jeff Dorfman, UGA Professor in Agricultural and Applied Economics Topic: “Economics, Christianity, and Today’s Debate about Inequality” Abstract:  For two thousand years Christian thinkers have debated the topics of wealth, poverty, and charity. In today’s debate about economic inequality,

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March 2, 2016 – Dr. Jefrey Breshears

Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Time: 12:15 to 1:15 pm Location: Tate Room 473 (Formerly The Taste of Home Cafe) Speaker: Dr. Jefrey Breshears, Founder and Director of the Areopagus Christian Study Center, Atlanta, GA Topic: “The Problem of Christian Anti-Intellectualism: Why Christians Should Study Apologetics” Abstract:  We are often reminded that we live in a ‘post-Christian’ culture, but most Christians

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February 4, 2016 – Dr. Allen Barton

Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Location: Tate Room 473 (Formerly The Taste of Home Cafe) Speaker: Dr. Allen Barton – Postdoctoral Research Associate – UGA Center for Family Research Topic: “Marriage, Gratitude, and the Gospel” Abstract: In a recently published study, my colleagues and I found spouses’ sense of feeling gratitude and appreciation from

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