“Faith Journeys and Public Life”
The Christ at the Core Fall Series features co-curricular events throughout the fall semester that highlight key themes of the core curriculum. These multi-disciplinary events allow Wheaton College to discuss the enduring value and significance of using a Christ-centered approach to study the liberal arts. For 2024, the Fall Series will address the question, "Faith Journeys and Public Life. "
September 12
7:00pm
Our Hope, Your Vote, and What Really Matters
Tim Alberta and Curtis Chang
Barrows Auditorium
Sponsored by CACE (Center of Applied Christian Ethics)
October 3 - Core Book Event
3:30pm-5:30pm
Core Book Panel
“Sing for our Time Too: Literary Odysseys, Ethics, and the Search for the Good Life”
Alex Loney and Emily Austin (U of Chicago), and Tamara Townsend and Christina Bieber Lake
Blanchard 339
October 4 – Core Book Events
8:30am-4:30pm
“Wheaton Wanderings: A Semi-Staged Multi-Site Read Aloud of Homer’s Odyssey”
Various locations around campus
7:30pm
Odyssey themed Homecoming Concert
With a lighted sculpture
Processional music composed by Xavier Beteta
Edman Chapel
October 10
6:30pm
Silence screening
Barrows Auditorium
October 16
7:00pm
An Evening with Molly Worthen (University of North Carolina)
Historian of Religion in America
Blanchard 339
Sponsored by the History Department
November 19
7:30pm First Year Seminar Faculty Panel
Barrows Auditorium
All events are free, and members of the public are welcome.