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Friday February 27, 1998
Vanderbilt University Divinity School, G-23

Sponsored by the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality

The symposium will review From Culture Wars to Common Ground: Religion and the American Family Debate, co-authored by Don Browning, Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Pamela Couture, K. Brynolf Lyon, and Robert Franklin.

Program:

9:30 a.m. General Welcome

John R. Fitzmier, Associate Dean, Vanderbilt Divinity School

9:35 a.m. Introducing the Book

Don Browning, The University of Chicago Divinity School

Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt Divinity School

9:45 a.m. Resources and Past Traditions: Where Have We Been?

A.J. Levine, Vanderbilt Divinity School (Moderator)

Carolyn Osiek, Catholic Theological Union

John A. Coleman, Loyola marymount University

Stephen J. Pope, Boston College

Alan J. Avery-Peck, College of the Holy Cross

11:45 a.m. Recess for lunch

1:30 p.m. Current Voices and Future Possibilities: Where are We Going?

Gay Welch, Vanderbilt Divinity School (Moderator)

William Doherty, University of Minnesota

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College

Christine E. Gudorf, Florida International University

Glen Stanton, Palmetto Family Council

For further information, or to register, contact The Carpenter Program at Vanderbilt Divinity School, or write its Director, Prof. A.-J. Levine, Room 206, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, TN 37240-2701.