Speaking of Law and Religion: A Symposium to Celebrate 25 Years ...

2:00–3:30 p.m. PLENARY PAPER:
“Beyond Theocracy and Secularism (Part II): The New Religious Pluralism
and a Post-Secular Paradigm for Law and Religion”
Mark Modak-Truran, J. Will Young Professor of Law,
Mississippi College School of Law
Howard J. Vogel, Moderator
3:30–3:45 p.m. Break/Displays
3:45–5:15 p.m. CONCURRENT PAPERS:
“Must Theology Always Sit in the Back of the Secular Bus?: The Federal Courts’
View of Religion and its Status as Knowledge”
Francis Beckwith, Professor of Philosophy & Church-State
Studies, & Fellow, Institute for the Studies of Religion,
Baylor University
Emily Hartigan, Moderator
“Transcending Tradition: An Examination of the Manner in which the Law Induces
Change in Institutions Defi ned by Religion”
Abhinav Shrivastava, Student, NALSAR University of Law, India
Paula Cooey, Moderator
5:15 p.m. Dinner is on your own
Saturday, October 25, 2008
7:45 a.m. Breakfast Buff et
8:15–9:45 a.m. CONCURRENT PAPERS:
“Religion, Democracy and the Public Schools”
Michael Davis, Centennial Teaching Professor of Law,
University of Kansas
Darryl Trimiew, Moderator
“The Continuing Ambivalence of Evangelical Christians’ Support for Human Rights”
Joel A. Nichols, Associate Professor,
University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minneapolis)
Robin Lovin, Moderator
9:45–10:00 a.m. Break/Displays
10:00 a.m.–noon PLENARY PRESENTATION and CLOSING PANEL:
“Speaking of Law and Religion: What are the New Possibilities for the Conversation
in the Years Ahead?”
Presentation: “Congregations as Public Moral Companions in the 21st Century”
Gary Simpson, Professor of Systematic Theology,
Luther Theological Seminary
For more information, visit www.hamline.edu/law/jlr
or email Linda Berglin at LBerglin@hamline.edu