2023年10月9日
东德克萨斯浸会大学’s School of Christian Studies and Humanities hosted the inaugural Lyceum: Forum for Christian Thinkers, 作家, 和学者们, 10月9日, in the Woods Great Room in the Ornelas Student Center. The new academic forum on ETBU’s campus, set to take place each fall semester, 是专为学生提供的, 教职员工, the local community an opportunity to hear from a prominent Christian scholar whose work is presented and discussed in the context of Christian humanities.
“The term Lyceum can refer to a number of educational institutions in different historical and geographical settings,” Dean of ETBU’s School of Christian Studies and Humanities Sandy 胡佛说. “We chose the name Lyceum for this event in the context of Aristotle’s School, 始建于公元前335年的雅典.C. It was a place where curious people met to talk about how to make sense of the world. Aristotle taught philosophy, political sciences, the arts, other fields. 通过ETBU的Lyceum论坛, we hope to eng年龄 our God-given curiosity about the way the world works to be more intentional Christian thinkers.”
诗人, 作者, National Endowment for the Arts fellow Tania Runyan was selected as the speaker for the inaugural forum. Runyan has 作者ed several poetry collections including, 即将发生什么, 第二个天空, 一千艘船, 简单的重量, 美味的空气, which was awarded Book of the Year by the Conference on Christianity and Literature. Her first book-length creative nonfiction title, Making Peace with Paradise: An Autobiography of a California Girl该片于2022年上映. 润言的教学指南， 如何读诗, 如何写诗, 如何写一首形式诗, are used in classrooms across the country, her poems have appeared in publications such as 诗歌, 图像, 哈佛神学公报, 基督教世纪以及《赌钱软件免费下载版本》 Christian 诗歌 in America Since 1940.
在演讲厅, Runyan read several poems from different collections she 作者ed and lined out for attendees not only how Scripture inspired each piece but also how the poetry can be tied to moments in her own life or modern society. Following the poetry reading portion of the event, students were given the opportunity to ask questions and eng年龄 in conversation with a faculty panel, which included Professor of Christian Ministry Dr. Warren Johnson, Associate Professor of English Dr. Amy Carpenter, Associate Professor of English Dr. 埃利斯Purdie. Runyan shared with the group how the evolution of her poetry has positively impacted her walk with Christ and understanding of the Bible.
“At some point, I began to change how I approached creativity,” Runyan said. “Instead of writing poetry in order to fall in line or make some sort of evangelical 状态ment, I began to look at it with a sense of honesty and curiosity. I began to write poetry as a way to know God myself, to work through doubts and questions I had.”
The format for the Lyceum may vary each year, but the core practice to invite a Christian scholar to present material and then eng年龄 that material in conversation with the local and campus community will remain consistent.
“The conversation might take place through a panel discussion with faculty from the School of Christian Studies and Humanities, formal or informal questions-and-answer, or other formats as appropriate to the speaker’s discipline,” Dr. 胡佛说. “We have two goals: offer our community an opportunity to eng年龄 excellent faith-based thinking and scholarship, expand the audience’s understanding of how all Christians are called to incorporate their faith into whatever work they are doing.”