The Maryville Symposium

2008 Program

“Discerning a Moral Environmental Ethic”

12:00-2:00: Registration for guests staying at RT Lodge; room check-in
2:00-2:30: Registration for non-residential guests; Wilson Center for Campus Ministry
2:30-300: Welcomes and Opening Remarks [Wilson Center]
3:00-4:00: “Caring for Nature: From Respect to Reverence”; Holmes Rolston, III, Distinquished University Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University
4:00-4:20: Coffee Break
4:20-5:45: Comments and Plenary Discussion; Drew Crain, Associate Professor of Biology, Maryville College; Brian Austin, Professor of Philosophy, Carson-Newman College
6:00-7:00: Banquet at Proffitt Dining Room
7:00-8:30: Evening Program [Wilson Center]; “The Greening of a Curriculum”; Mark O’Gorman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Maryville College; ”The Greening of a Campus“; John Casey, Professor of Philosophy, Warren Wilson College
8:30-9:30: Reception at Willard House

8:30-9:30: “Shalom and the Character of Earthkeeping”; Steven Bouma-Prediger, John Jacobson Professor of Religion, Hope College
9:30-10:30: Comments and Plenary Discussion; Ben Cash, Associate Professor of Biology, Maryville College; Errol Rohr, Professor of Philosophy and Chaplain, King College
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
11:00-11:45: Resources in Religious Traditions; “Catholic Social Teaching and Environmental Justice”; Cecilia Calvo, Director Environmental Justice Program, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; “Evangelical Christianity and Creation Care”; Rusty Pritchard, Director, The Evangelical Environmental Network
11:45-12:45: Comment and Plenary Discussion; Margaret Parks Cowan, Professor of Religion, Maryville College
12:45 -1:45: Lunch at Proffitt Dining Room
2:00-3:00: Wrap-Up Session: “What We’ve Heard”; Ronald Wells and Thomas Kennedy, Academic Dean, Berry College