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Landon Saunders' Lecture

Fifth Annual Landon Saunders’ Lecture, The Human Being: The Nexus of the World and Faith, “Meanings and Dimensions of Flourishing: A Programmatic Sketch”

When: June 9, 2021, 2:45 pm - Wednesday

Where: Shamblin Theater

Session 2

Session Abstract

A major challenge in the current research about human flourishing – about the good life, happiness, well-being, the true life and other designations under which the topic is discussed – is lack of agreement on what we mean by “flourishing.”  The purpose of this lecture is (1) to propose a formal model of flourishing, a tripartite structure of flourishing life (life being led well, life going well, and life feeling as it should), and (2) to suggest how these three dimensions of flourishing are integrated in one Christian account of flourishing, namely that of the Apostle Paul.

Speakers
  • Miroslav Volf, Yale Divinity School, Lecturer
  • Kathy Pulley, Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University, Convener
  • John D. Barton, Pepperdine University, Respondent
  • Arthur Sutherland, Loyola University, MD, Senior Scholar, Respondent
  • Miroslav Volf, Yale Divinity School, Reply

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James Cone with conferee at the CSC in 2017

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Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson delivering the CSC plenary address

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Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), delivering the CSC plenary address.

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US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith delivering the CSC plenary address

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David Brooks engaging conferees during breakfast at the CSC

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