Due to Hurricane Isabel Professor Jenkins was unable to travel to the conference. In his place Dr. Paul Freston, Byker Chair at Calvin College, delivered the keynote and panel lecture on the topic. We are grateful to Dr. Freston for his willingness to step in under the unavoidable circumstances and with such short notice. We were also grateful that Professor Jenkins and his family were uninjured in the catastrophic damage wreaked by hurricane Isabel.

The Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture is hosting its  fourth annual Fall conference at the Kellogg Center Auditorium, Michigan State  University , East Lansing, Michigan on Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September  20, 2003.

Our presenter this year will be Philip Jenkins , Distinguished Professor of History and  Religious Studies at Penn State University . He is the author of Hidden Gospels,  Pedophiles and Priests, Mystics and Messiahs and most recently The Next  Christendom . Professor Jenkins will be delivering a lecture on Friday evening September  19th and will be participating in a panel discussion on Saturday morning September 20th.  This will be followed by an afternoon roundtable discussion with various regional faculty  participating.

Each Session of this conference will include a time to respond to questions from conference participants.

The three sessions for this conference will be:

Friday, September 19
7:30 PM Kellogg Center Auditorium
Globally - Shall the Fundamentalists Win? (Details)
Questions from conference attendee's moderated by Amy DeRogatis, Michigan State University

Saturday, September 20
9:30 AM Kellogg Center Auditorium
What Are The Political and Social Implications of a Rising Global Christianity?
Followed by three responses to Professor Jenkins, moderated by Sam Thomas, Michigan State University. (Details)

12:30, Lunch
Provided to all registered conference participants at the Kellogg Center.

Saturday, September 20
2:00 PM Kellogg Center Auditorium
Round Table Discussion, "Towards a Definition of Fundamentalism for Today" moderated by Harold K. Bush , St. Louis University (Details)

For a recent interview with Philip Jenkins you may check this Atlantic Monthly site.