Christianity and Economics Conference
Overview

Thursday, November 7th Friday, November 8th Saturday, November 9th

 

Thursday, November 7, 2002

 

*       Registration, 11:00-12:30 p.m., fifth floor of HCB

*       Official Welcome, 12:30-12:45 p.m., HCB 510

 

*      Plenary Session #1, 12:45-2:00 p.m., HCB 510

*       God and Mammon: An Inquiry into the Economic Ethics of Jesus
*       David Gushee, Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy, Union University
 

*       Break, 2:00-2:15 p.m.

 

*       Concurrent Session #1, 2:15-3:45 p.m.

*       1A Distributive Justice—Panel 1 HCB 409

*       1B Neoclassical Critique—Panel 1 HCB 307

*       1C Author Book Presentation: Jennifer Roback Morse,

*       Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn’t Work HCB 403

*       1D Public Education HCB 309

*       1E Ecology and the Environment—Panel 1 HCB 306

*       1G The Binary Economics of Louis Kelso HCB 408

 

*       Break, 3:45-4:00 p.m.

 

*       Concurrent Session #2, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

*       2A Christianity and Austrian Economics HCB 407

*       2B Methodology and Economics—Panel 1 HCB 409

*       2C Author Book Presentation: A.J. Conyers,

*       The Long Truce: How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit HCB 403

*       2D Legal Issues and Controversies HCB 305

*       2E Globalization HCB 307

*       2F Economic Perspectives of Orthodox Christianity HCB 408

*       2G Economics and Theology HCB 306

*       2H Business Ethics HCB 309

 

*       Free time / Late Registration, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

 

*       Keynote Banquet, 6:30-8:00 p.m., HCB 510

*       Keynote Address, 8:00-9:30 p.m., HCB 510

*       Faith-Informed Scholarship: Some First Principles

*       George Marsden, McAnaney Professor of History, Notre Dame

 

*       Reception, 9:30 p.m., HCB Blume Conference/Seminar Rooms

 

 

Friday, November 8, 2002

 

*       Concurrent Session #3, 8:30-10:00 a.m.

*       3A Reflections on Adam Smith HCB 405

*       3B Neoclassical Critique—Panel 2 HCB 410

*       3C Author Book Presentation: Michael L. Budde (presenting) and Robert W. Brimlow,

*       Christianity Incorporated: How Big Business is Buying the Church HCB 403

*       3D Income Distribution and Redistribution HCB 408

*       3E Population Issues HCB 307

*       3F Chiara Lubich: The Economy of Sharing HCB 400

*       3G Distributive Justice—Panel 2 HCB309

 

*       Break, 10:00-10:30 a.m.

 

*       Plenary Session #2, 10:30-11:45 a.m. HCB 510

*       The Economist as Philosopher

*       Michael Novak, Jewett Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

 

*       Catered Lunch, 11:45-1:00 p.m., HCB Blume Conference/Seminar Rooms

 

*       Concurrent Session #4, 1:00-2:30 p.m.

*       4A Economic Personalism HCB 405

*       4B Methodology and Economics—Panel 2 HCB 305

*       4C Author Book Presentation: Albino Barrera,

*       Modern Catholic Social Documents and Political Economy HCB 403

*       4D Teaching Economics—Panel 1 HCB 410

*       4E Economic Systems: Third Ways and Socialism HCB 400

*       4F Protestant Perspectives on Political Economy HCB HCB 307

*       4G Moral Foundations of Capitalism—Panel 1 HCB 309

 

*       Break, 2:30-2:45 p.m.

 

*       Concurrent Session #5, 2:45-4:15 p.m.

*       5A Intermediate Institutions in & Reformed Thought HCB 405

*       5B Mathematical and Econometric Perspectives on Religion HCB 305

*       5C Author Book Presentation: Philip Jenkins,

*       The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity HCB 403

*       5D Labor and Labor Markets HCB 307

*       5E World Poverty, Trade, and Development HCB 410

*       5G Business Ethics HCB 309

 

*       Break, 4:15-4:30 p.m.

 

*       Plenary Session #3, 4:30-5:45 p.m., HCB 510

*       Understanding Markets as Both an Economist and a Christian

*       Rebecca Blank, Dean, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

 

*       Catered Dinner, 5:45-7:00 p.m., Truitt Seminary Great Hall

 

*       Vespers Service, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Truitt Seminary Chapel

 

*       Plenary Session #4, 8:00-9:30 p.m., Truitt Seminary Chapel

*       Anatomy of Racial Inequality

*       Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics, Boston University

 

 

Saturday, November 9, 2002

 

*       Concurrent Session #6, 8:30-10:00 a.m., all in HCB

*       6A Augustine and Aquinas on Markets HCB 405

*       6B Methodology and Economics—Panel 3 HCB 407

*       6C Faith-Based Anti-Poverty Programs HCB 409

*       6D Neoclassical Economics: Valuation Issues HCB 305

*       6E Consumerism, Work, and Sabbath HCB 307

*       6F Christian Ethics and the Market Economy HCB 309

*       6G The Political Economy of Niebuhr and John Paul II HCB 407

 

*       Break, 10:00-10:30 a.m.

 

*       Plenary Session #5, 10:30-11:45 a.m., HCB 510

*       The Theological Meaning of Economics

*       Robert Nelson, Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland

 

*       Catered Lunch, 11:45-1:00 p.m., HCB Blume Conference/Seminar Rooms

 

*       Concurrent Session #7, 1:00-2:30 p.m., all in HCB

*       7A Economics of Religion HCB 407

*       7B Homo Economicus and Other Perspectives on the Human Person  HCB 409

*       7C Teaching Economics—Panel 2 HCB 411

*       7D World Poverty and Development HCB 305

*       7E Historical Experience HCB 405

*       7F Moral Foundations of Capitalism—Panel 2 HCB 307

*       7G The Fourth Great Awakening, by Robert Fogel HCB 309

 

*       Break, 2:30-2:45 p.m.

 

*       Plenary Session #6, 2:45-4:00 p.m., HCB 510

*       No Compromise:  The Christian Economist as a Mainstream Scholar

*       Judith Dean, International Economist, U. S. International Trade Commission

 

*       Break, 4:00-4:15 p.m.

 

*       Closing Panel Discussion, 4:15-5:45 p.m., HCB 510

*       Earl L. Grinols, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

*       Kenneth G. Elzinga, Professor of Economics, University of Virginia

*       John P. Tiemstra, Professor of Economics, Calvin College

*       Charles K. Wilber,Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame