Lectures and Conferences
The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies hosts a variety of lectures and conferences throughout the year that are open to the public.
Lectures
Each fall, The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies invites internationally known scholars primarily in the field of early Christian studies to lecture on topics of that nature. The Other Lectures were established in honor of Drs. Frank and Julie Papatheofanis whose vision and sacrifice were principally responsible for the foundation of The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies.
Other speakers from around the community and the world are invited to speak in the fall and spring semesters on a wide range of topics.
Conferences
On alternating years, The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies hosts conferences or discussions in the form of colloquia for the benefit of the Church, community, and students.
Past Conferences:
- 2016: On Christian Dying
Co-sponsored with The Center for Scriptural Exegesis, Philosophy and Doctrine at University of St. Mary of the Lake. Our guests included:- Michel Barnes (Marquette University)
- John Cavadini (University of Notre Dame)
- Marc Cortez (Wheaton College)
- Brian Daley (University of Notre Dame)
- Paul Gavrilyuk (University of St. Thomas)
- David Luy (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
- Mark Macintosh (Loyola University Chicago)
- Gilbert Milaender (Valparaiso University)
- Cherith Fee Nordling (Northern Seminary)
- Cyril O'Regan (University of Notre Dame)
- Sheryl Overmyer (DePaul University)
- Marcus Plested (Marquette University)
- Brent Waters (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary)
- 2015: Divine Simplicity: A Necessary Doctrine?
Co-sponsored with The Center for Scriptural Exegesis, Philosophy and Doctrine at University of St. Mary of the Lake. Our guests included:- Lewis Ayres (Durham University)
- Michel Barnes (Marquette University)
- John Behr (St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary)
- Brian Daley (University of Notre Dame)
- Pavel Gavrilyuk (University of St. Thomas)
- Kevin W. Hector (University of Chicago Divinity School)
- George Kalantzis (Wheaton College)
- D. Stephen Long (Marquette University)
- Keith Johnson (Wheaton College)
- Matthew Levering (University of St. Mary of the Lake)
- Thomas McCall (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
- David Luy (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
- Marcus Plested (Marquette University)
- Andrew Radde-Gallwitz (University of Notre Dame)
- 2013: Christian Political Witness >>
Co-sponsored with the School of Biblical and Theological Studies for the annual Theology Conference. - 2010: Evangelicals and the Early Church >>
Christian Political Witness
The twelve essays in this volume, originally presented at the 2013 Wheaton Theology Conference, present biblical, historical and theological proposals for thinking responsibly about the intersection of church and state in the contemporary cultural situation. Prophetic and pastoral, this book offers a fresh look at a crucial and contested dimension of the Christian life.