“White Evangelical Alignment with the Political Forces of our Time: New Ways of Understanding” The CSC has previously explored the relationship of the religious right with the political right especially critiquing those developments in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. But few subjects have provoked more public debate in the past decade than the…

One of the touchstones of our tradition is the importance of the Bible. Within churches we read the Bible as Holy Scripture. that discloses divine will. Within seminaries and universities, we read the Bible through the lens of biblical studies and evaluate it critically. Does biblical studies as a discipline help or hurt the faith…

We mourn the passing of David Edwin Harrell, Jr. a scholar, professor, colleague, and person devoted to the church. Ed earned a BA from Lipscomb University and then the PhD at Vanderbilt. He taught at several universities and served as the Breeden Eminent Scholar of Southern History at Auburn University until his retirement in 2006.…

Landon Saunders Lecturer: Miroslav Volf Miroslav Volf will return to the CSC in 2021 to deliver the Landon Saunders Lecture on the Human Being: the Nexus of World and Faith. The title of his lecture is “Meaning and Dimensions of Flourishing.” Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Center for Faith…

Steve McKenzie: The 2021 J.J.M. Roberts Lecturer in Old Testament Studies We are pleased to announce that Steven L. McKenzie will present the J.J.M. Roberts lecture in Old Testament Studies at the 2021 CSC. McKenzie is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Religious Studies and the Spence L. Wilson Research Fellow at Rhodes College. He has…

Ibram X. Kendi We are pleased to announce that Ibram X. Kendi will deliver the 2021 Fred D. Gray Plenary lecture in human and civil rights. A New York Times best-selling author, Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and the Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research and…

Tom Olbricht, the extraordinarily gifted founder of the Christian Scholars’ Conference, who shaped generations of scholars, ministers, and church leaders for more than 90 years, peacefully passed away on August 21 with his beloved Dorothy by his side. To Dorothy, their children, grandchildren, family and friends we send our deepest condolences. Director’s Comments Tom Olbricht…

CSC conferee Erik Tryggestad reflects on the press and “Christian” journalism after his experience on the CSC panel, “News Organizations and the Integrity of Information: How Do We Change the Perception of Trustworthiness?” For the full article in the Christian Chronicle, click here.

The work by scholars at the CSC is immensely relevant. Doug Mendenhall writes, “show some love to Christian scholars. God knows we need them to do their jobs. Well.” For the full article in the Abilene Reporter-News, click here.

The editorial board of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal praised the CSC and encouraged the local Texas community to attend and to commend its host, Lubbock Christian University. For the full article in the Avalanche-Journal, click here.