Mike Goheen and Craig Bartholomew’s follow up to their bestselling The Drama of Scripture: Finding our Place in the Biblical Story (Baker Academic 2004, SPCK) has recently been published namely, Living at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Christian Worldview (Baker Academic 2008). This new book explores the interface of mission and worldview arguing that such a combination helps us to see how to live at the tense crossroads of the Western story and the biblical story. The book concludes with discussions of what this might mean for business, politics, creativity, sport, education and scholarship. 

This conference uses Living at the Crossroads as a launching pad for an exploration of what mission and worldview mean for the Christian university today. The university was largely a Christian invention and it has always played a strategic role in the mission of the church. Universities remain as influential as ever but in our global, consumerist culture what should be the priorities of the Christian university?

Ten internationally know speakers will provide keynote addresses in relation to this theme and their area of expertise. They will also offer seminars developing these themes further. Departments at Redeemer University College are involved in shaping up these seminars to relate closely to the different disciplines. Disciplinary areas represented are: philosophy, theology, language and culture, the sciences, psychology, sociology and social work, education, business, politics, sports science, and literature. Keynote addresses and seminars will be aimed at a high level but one accessible to undergraduates.

Participants are invited to submit proposals for short papers relating to the major theme of the conference or to specific disciplines. Paper sessions will run for 1 hour and 15 minutes, during which time 3 papers will be given, consisting of 20 minute presentations and 5 minute question time. Papers can be at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Proposals should be submitted to ddyck@redeemer.ca by Monday 1 December 2008 at the very latest with a title and paragraph indicating the content of the paper. We welcome earlier submission of proposals and will confirm acceptance of papers asap.