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______ LFP NATIONAL CONFERENCE _____
The 15th annual LFP National Conference,
hosted by the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts,
September 30, through October 2, 2005, was attended by more than one
hundred LFP representatives and Lilly Fellows. The conference, “Keeping
the Faith: Four Religious Perspectives on the Creation of Tradition,”
was addressed by four insightful and engaging speakers, each focusing
on distinctive faith tradition. The speakers and their papers were:
“Tradition and Change in Methodism”
William J. Abraham, Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies
and Distinguished Teaching Professor, Southern Methodist University
“Creating an Authentic Faith: Traditions and Traditionalism in Judaism”
Alan Avery-Peck, Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies,
The College of the Holy Cross
“Liberating Reformed Tradition:
The Challenge of Christian Vocation in a Twenty-First Century World”
Margaret L. Bendroth, Executive Director, American Congregational Association
“Faithfulness to Tradition: A Roman Catholic Perspective
John E. Thiel, Professor of Religious Studies, Fairfield University
On
Saturday evening the Holy Cross College Choir, Pamela Getnick, music
director, presented “Voices of the Spirit,” a spirited concert of new
and traditional Latin American choral works, including selections from
La Pasión según San Marcos, composed by Osvaldo Golijov, Associate
Professor of Music at Holy Cross. The concert was conducted by Maria
Guinard. The choir was joined by soprano Dawn Upshaw and pianist
Gilbert Kalish for a series of solo works by Golijov, Olivier Messiaen,
and others.
The LFP Staff was especially pleased to greet former Lilly Fellows, Lisa DeBoer (LF 1996-98), Westmont University; Martha Greene Eads (LF 2001-03), Eastern Mennonite University; John Fea (LF 2001-2003), Messiah College; Thomas Howard (LF 1997-99), Gordon College; and Caryn Riswold (LF 2000-02), Illinois College. Stephanie Yuhl (LF 1998-2000), now at Holy Cross, introduced and moderated the final plenary session of the conference.
Many
thanks are due Thomas Landy, Patricia Hinchliffe, and William Shea at
the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture at Holy Cross for their
splendid work in conceiving, planning, and organizing the conference.
_____ NEWLY APPROVED PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES _____
At
its semi-annual meeting September 29-30, 2005, the National Network
Board of the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts awarded
funding to several network schools to host LFP programs. The Board
approved:
Regional Conferences proposed by Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (“Together and by Association, a Conference for College and University Faculty”), and by the University of Notre Dame (“Singing God’s Song Faithfully”);
Network Exchange Programs proposed by Calvin College (“Entrada Scholars Program”), and by Loyola College in Maryland (“Catholic Studies Program”); and
Mentoring Programs proposed by Belmont Abbey College, Bethel University, and Westmont College.
_____ THE ARLIN G. MEYER PRIZE _____
It was my great honor and pleasure to present the first Arlin G. Meyer Prize
at a special reception prior to the conference banquet on Friday,
September 30. The setting was the splendid Renaissance Court of the
Worcester Art Museum. We were greatly pleased to have Arlin Meyer
present for this inaugural event. Dr. Meyer was the director of the
Lilly Fellows Program from its inception in 1991 until his retirement
in 2002.
The prize of $3000 was presented to Robert Cording,
Professor of English and Poet in Residence at the College of the Holy
Cross, for his collection of poetry, Against Consolation. One of the
jurists wrote in response to the book, “these poems ring so true—poems
about illness, trauma, and aging—and also marriage and natural beauty.
The reality of deep affliction is never denied, and yet a sense of the
sacramental remains—like the fishbone in the shape of the cross,
Bonhoeffer’s sanctity, Sam Cooke’s voice, and those ‘accidental moments
that can stop us in our tracks and wake in us again.’ “
Nominations
are now being accepted for the 2006 Arlin G. Meyer Prize in the Visual
Arts, which will be presented at the National Conference at Xavier
University-Cincinnati, October 13-15, 2006. The deadline for
nominations is March 1, 2006.
_____ NEW MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL NETWORK BOARD _____
The National Network Board voted the following LFP representatives to the National Network Board:
Lori Askeland, Wittenberg University
Al DeCiccio, Rivier College
Kang Na, Westminster College
The
four-year terms of these board members will begin with the National
Network Board meeting in April, 2006. We welcome these colleagues to
the Board and thank retiring Board members Angela Christman, Ruth Kath,
Phil Linden, and Arlin Migliazzo for their years of faithful service to
the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts.
NEW MEMBER INSTITUTIONS
OF THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF
_____ CHURCH-RELATED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES _____
The National Network Board also approved membership into the LFP National Network
for church-related colleges and institutions for four institutions.
Listed along with their appointed official LFP representatives, they
are:
Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California
Marsha Fowler, Department of Theology
Carole Lambert, Department of English
Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee
Darrell Gwaltney, Dean of the School of Religion
Todd Lake, Vice President for Spiritual Development
Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho
Ron Ponsford, Dean, School of the Arts
Julie Straight, Department of English
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
Father Wayne Hellman, Chair, Department of Theology
Mark Edward Ruff, Assistant Professor of History
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