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DTSTART:20260611T173000Z
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SUMMARY:Check-In
DESCRIPTION:For Registered Guests (no Housing)Please park your car or have your ride drop you off in the A.J. Gordon Chapel Parking Lot. You can find this lot on the attached Visitor Parking Map.Then\, please walk to the Ken Olsen Science Center&nbsp\;(located about a 2-minute walk away\, visible from the Chapel Parking Lot). You can view the location on the attached Campus Map. In the entryway "Loggia\," you'll see the Welcome Table and our smiling Conference Team members waiting to greet you. Please check in with them to receive your name tag and folder!\n\n*If you anticipate needing to check in earlier than 1:30 p.m. or later than 3:30 p.m. on Thursday\, please email our team at democracy@gordon.edu so we can arrange a time for a Conference Staff member to hand off your name tag and folder.\n___________For Guests with On-Campus Housing:Please park your car or have your ride drop you off in the A.J. Gordon Chapel Parking Lot. You can find this lot on the attached Visitor Parking Map.You will be staying in the dorm directly across from the Chapel Lot\, Chase Hall. A Conference Team member will be waiting to welcome you at the entrance of Chase Hall with your key card during the check-in window\, 1:30-3:30 p.m. You can drop off your belongings\, get settled\, and then head to the Ken Olsen Science Center\,&nbsp\;viewable on the attached Campus Map.&nbsp\;In the entryway "Loggia\," you can pick up your name tag and folder from the Welcome Table. *If you anticipate needing to check in earlier than 1:30 p.m. or later than 3:30 p.m. on Thursday\, please email our team at democracy@gordon.edu&nbsp\;so we can arrange a time for a Conference Staff member to hand off your key card and show you to your room in Chase Hall.&nbsp\;\n\n
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LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
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DTSTART:20260611T194500Z
DTEND:20260611T211500Z
SUMMARY:Afternoon Panel 1 | Undergraduate Panel
DESCRIPTION:Miriam Belli (Gordon College)\n"Childlike Faith? The Past\, Present\, and Future of Youth Religious and Partisan Identity in America"\n\nAmericans today are demonstrating increased affinity to a political party but decreased religious alignment\, with their partisan identities often trumping any religious beliefs or practices. At the same time\, recent decades have shown a blurring of the lines between religious and political authority\, causing many to reject religious groups because of their party associations\, or vice versa. Generation Z\, with its unique experience and identity as the most socially diverse generation in American history\, has the power to change this trajectory. With their surprisingly growing interest in religion and spirituality\, specifically the Christian faith\, members of Gen Z may alter the course of religious and partisan identity in the United States. Christians and the Church should be both encouraged and mobilized by this shift\, and actively and intentionally respond.\n__________\n\nElla Forest (Gordon College)\n"Justice for the Poor: A Reformed Critique of Liberation Theology"\n\nWhile Liberation Theology rightly identifies systemic oppression as an urgent moral concern\, the developed argument is insufficient theologically and reduces justice to institutional reform. In contrast\, the deeper theological reflections of sin\, sovereignty\, and salvation are more adequately developed in the Reformed Tradition. The Reformed Tradition’s emphasis on the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of institutions and human beings fills this gap with theological sufficiency. In turn\, a true sense of justice for the poor demands not simply institutional change\, but a holistic response rooted in proper theological principles\, institutional responsibility\, and the God-ordained responsibility of the state.\n__________\n\nIsaac Picariello (Gordon College)\n"What has Vegas to do with Washington? How the gambling industry has crept further into American democracy."\n\nCurrently\, prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are making headlines as forums for (in addition to sports betting) election gambling and political forecasting. These markets are coasting off of a complex but fascinating history. This paper unpacks what these companies are\, unpacks the history of American political prediction markets\, introduces the relevant arguments for and against the practice of political wagering\, and highlights key things to watch for as the story of these markets continues.\n__________\n\nDISCUSSANTS:\nSteve Alter (Gordon College\, History)\nJennifer Hevelone-Harper (Gordon College\, History)
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 109 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260611T213000Z
DTEND:20260611T223000Z
SUMMARY:Dinner
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE MEALS
LOCATION:Chester's Place (Lane Student Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260611T230000Z
DTEND:20260612T001500Z
SUMMARY:Plenary Panel | "Possibilities for Covenantal Pluralism in the West"
DESCRIPTION:This panel is a launch event for a special issue of The Review of Faith & International Affairs titled “Possibilities for Covenantal Pluralism in the West.” Panelists will examine the contemporary legal\, political\, and cultural challenges of deep diversity in three country cases: the U.S.\, England\, and Canada. Complimentary copies of the special issue will be available to conference attendees.\n_______________\n\nDennis Hoover (The Review of Faith and International Affairs)\nJudd Birdsall (Georgetown University)\nRobert Joustra (Calvin University)\nLaura Olson (Texas Christian University)
CATEGORIES:PLENARY EVENTS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260612T001500Z
DTEND:20260612T004500Z
SUMMARY:Plenary Reception
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:PLENARY EVENTS
LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260612T113000Z
DTEND:20260612T130000Z
SUMMARY:Check-In
DESCRIPTION:For Registered Guests (no Housing)Please park your car or have your ride drop you off in the A.J. Gordon Chapel Parking Lot. You can find this lot on the attached Visitor Parking Map. Then\, please walk to the Ken Olsen Science Center&nbsp\;(located about a 2-minute walk away\, visible from the Chapel Parking Lot). You can view the location on the attached Campus Map. In the entryway "Loggia\," you'll see the Welcome Table and our smiling Conference Staff members waiting to greet you. Please check in with them to receive your name tag and folder!___________For Guests with On-Campus Housing:Please park your car or have your ride drop you off in the A.J. Gordon Chapel Parking Lot. You can find this lot on the attached Visitor Parking Map.You will be staying in the dorm directly across from the Chapel Lot\, Chase Hall. A Conference Staff member will be waiting to welcome you at the entrance of Chase Hall with your key card during the check-in window\, 7:30-9 a.m. You can drop off your belongings\, get settled\, and then head to the Ken Olsen Science Center\,&nbsp\;viewable on the attached Campus Map.&nbsp\;In the entryway "Loggia\," you can pick up your name tag and folder from the Welcome Table. If you are joining us for breakfast that day\, a staff member can walk you over to Lane Student Center to delight in refreshments and conversations with the other guests!\n*If you anticipate needing to check in earlier than 7:30 a.m. or later than 9 a.m. on Friday\, please email our team at democracy@gordon.edu so we can arrange a time for a Conference Staff member to hand off your key card and show you to your room in Chase Hall.&nbsp\;\n\n
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LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260612T113000Z
DTEND:20260612T123000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE MEALS
LOCATION:Chester's Place (Lane Student Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260612T123000Z
DTEND:20260612T130000Z
SUMMARY:Welcome & Devotion
DESCRIPTION:Join Agnes Howard for a brief welcome and devotion to begin the day.
CATEGORIES:ALL-CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Morning Panel 2 | Theology
DESCRIPTION:Mitchell Bahnsen (Westmont College)\n“Social Imaginaries at 250: Charles Taylor and the Tensions of Modernity”\n\nThis paper argues that America’s democratic crisis is fundamentally moral and cultural\, not merely institutional. Drawing on Charles Taylor\, it traces how atomism\, instrumental reason\, and struggles for recognition have fragmented the democratic social imaginary. Situating these tensions within Lockean liberalism’s moral roots\, it contends that recovering Christian accounts of dignity can renew democratic legitimacy without undermining pluralism.\n__________\n\nAmen Gashaw (University of Cambridge)\n"Christomorphic Pluralism: Schleiermacher’s Christ and American Religious Freedom"\n\nReligious freedom and the pluralism it facilitates are among the founding tenets of American constitutional democracy. Yet many American Christians remain suspicious of them\, fearing that protection of other faiths de-centers Christ and compromises Christian commitment. This paper challenges that assumption through Friedrich Schleiermacher's theology of the religions. His "christomorphic" model sees Christ redeeming a world of necessary religious diversity\, thus offering a distinctly Christ-centered basis for resisting majoritarian constitutional erosion and appreciating the plurality of faith traditions that democracy nurtures.&nbsp\;\n__________\n\nEsther Kim (Yale Divinity School)\n“Unity Amidst Difference in the Church and State: Insights from Religious Pluralism for Political Pluralism”\n\nWhile political theologies have long explored how specific traditions inform public life (i.e.\, Christian or Islamic political theologies)\, far less attention has been given to how pluralist theologies can enrich the same. Yet the project of cultivating harmonious civil society across differences should appropriately draw upon pluralistic theological resources. Drawing on the work of theologians John Thatamanil\, Mark Heim\, and Paul Knitter\, the paper argues that theological approaches to religious diversity illuminate a valuable outlook for political diversity.\n__________\n\nDISCUSSANT:\nMicah Watson (Calvin University)
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 109 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260612T143000Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee Break
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CATEGORIES:COFFEE BREAKS
LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Plenary Address (Open to Public) | "Why Religious Freedom Matters: Human Rights and Human Flourishing"
DESCRIPTION:Allen Hertzke (University of Oklahoma)\n“Why Religious Freedom Matters: Human Rights and Human Flourishing”\n\nNew global research powerfully links religious freedom to democracy\, human rights\, economic flourishing\, empowerment of women\, uplift for the poor\, and peace. &nbsp\;A key finding of this research suggests that these healthy outcomes are undermined when religion is privileged by state power\, not just when it is repressed. This “curse of privilege” offers cautionary lessons for Christians participating in American democracy in the 21st Century\, with profound implications for the fate of global democracy.\n\nRespondent:&nbsp\;Judd Birdsall (Georgetown University)
CATEGORIES:PLENARY EVENTS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260612T163000Z
DTEND:20260612T173000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE MEALS
LOCATION:Chester's Place (Lane Student Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260612T174500Z
DTEND:20260612T191500Z
SUMMARY:Early Afternoon Panel 3 | Pedagogy Workshop "A Comparativist\, International Relations Specialist\, and Political Theorist Walk into a Classroom: Thoughts on Teaching on Democracy"
DESCRIPTION:This workshop consists of three members of Calvin’s Department of Politics and Economics. We will address how teaching about democracy in our subfields has changed over the last decade. We will then segue into explaining a few classroom exercises that we have adopted to engage students and end with Biblical or Reformed perspectives on faith-learning integration when discussing this topic. We will leave ample opportunity for Q&A and sharing.&nbsp\;\n\nTracy Kuperus (Calvin University)\nJoel Westra (Calvin University)\nMicah Watson (Calvin University)
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 109 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260612T191500Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Coffee Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:COFFEE BREAKS
LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260612T194500Z
DTEND:20260612T211500Z
SUMMARY:Late Afternoon Panel 4A | Comparative Politics
DESCRIPTION:Meidan Koresh (Bar-Ilan University)\n“Democratic Stability Without Consensus: Religion\, Power\, and Modus Vivendi in Israel”\n\nThis study asks how democracies accommodate religious fundamentalism under conditions of ideological rigidity. It hypothesizes that consociationalism fails where mutual recognition collapses\, while Modus Vivendi better explains stability. Using Israel’s conscription\, Sabbath\, and education conflicts as a most-difficult case\, focusing on ultra-Orthodox–state relations\, findings show: (1) a de facto Modus Vivendi governs these conflicts\; (2) religious fundamentalism catalyzes the breakdown of consensus and the emergence of coercive\, non-consensual Modus Vivendi.\nKeywords: Modus Vivendi\; Consociationalism\; Religious Fundamentalism\; Democratic Accommodation\; Ideological Rigidity\n__________\n\nTracy Kuperus (Calvin University) & Virginia Beard (Hope College)\n“Democratic Accountability: The Role of Parachurch Civil Society Organizations in Kenya"\n\nCivil society organizations (CSOs) play a crucial role in fostering democratic resilience. But do Kenyan parachurch CSOs (PCSOs) hold the government accountable? We investigate the mainly positive vertical\, horizontal and diagonal accountability roles of the leading PCSOs in Kenya: the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK)\, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) and the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK).\n__________\n\nDiane Ziegler (Fuller Theological Seminary)\n"Retelling the Story: Reclaiming Theological Language and Its Importance for Democracy"\n\nThis paper argues for the reclamation of theological language in our modern moment for the formation and empowerment of citizens in order to nurture and support a more just democracy. The call to language reclamation and models of equipping Christians\, as found in the work of John de Gruchy\, Elaine Graham\, and K. H. Miskotte will be considered.\n__________\n\nDISCUSSANT\nDan Young (Northwestern College-IA)\n\n
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 124 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Late Afternoon Panel 4B | American Politics
DESCRIPTION:Lamont Colucci (Concordia University Wisconsin)\n“American Independence\, Moral Order\, and Democracy Promotion at 250: U.S. Foreign Policy under Moral Responsibility”\n\nMarking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution\, this presentation examines American foreign policy and democracy promotion as a civilizational and strategic outgrowth of American independence\, rooted in Christian theology and natural law. Tracing a lineage from the founding through Roosevelt\, Truman\, Reagan\, and Bush\, it argues that U.S. foreign policy integrates moral purpose with prudential action\, alliance structures\, and deterrence to confront authoritarian and totalitarian threats and sustain democratic order.\n __________\n\nCorwin Smidt (Calvin University)\n“Cultural Nationalism and Satisfaction with Democracy: The American Context”\n\nAlthough there have recently been considerable scholarly and journalistic discussions related to Christian nationalism\, this paper focuses on the relationship between “cultural nationalism” and satisfaction with democracy (SWD) within the American context. &nbsp\;The analysis will be based on an examination of an April 2024 Pew survey of American adults (N=3\,600). The paper will examine the extent to which the relationship between cultural nationalism and SWD holds after controlling for various other potential factors shaping SWD. \n __________\n\nRachel Yoo (Gordon College)\n“From Broadcast to Platforms: Journalism\, Podcasts\, and the Transformation of the Democratic Public Sphere”\n\nThis paper offers a framework for understanding how platform journalism is transforming the contemporary democratic public sphere. While traditional broadcast media historically operated within institutional and regulatory frameworks\, the rise of digital platforms has enabled new forms of political commentary that circulate outside these constraints. The paper examines how media forms negotiate the evolving relationship among institutions\, platforms\, and democratic discourse\, drawing on theories of the public sphere and scholarship on hybrid media systems.\n__________\n\nDISCUSSANT\nLaura Olson (Texas Christian University)
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 127 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260612T211500Z
DTEND:20260612T224500Z
SUMMARY:Check Out (Guests Leaving Friday)
DESCRIPTION:Please visit the Welcome Table in the entryway of the Ken Olsen Science Center to return your name tag and check out with our Conference Team. (If you would like to stay for the evening's Dinner\, Plenary Address\, and Reception\, you are welcome to wait to drop off your name tag until the evening's events conclude at 8:45 p.m.)\n\nFor Guests with On-Campus Housing:\nDuring this 5:15–6:45 p.m. window\, please gather your belongings from Chase Hall\, leaving your room locked as you exit. If you will be staying for the evening's Dinner\, Plenary Address\, and Reception\, you can store luggage in your parked car or bring it over to Ken Olsen Science Center to be stored in our luggage room until 8:45 p.m.\, when the evening's events conclude.&nbsp\;Then\, please visit the Welcome Table to return your name tag & key card&nbsp\;and check out with our Conference Team!\n\n*If you need to check out earlier than 5:15 p.m. or later than 8:45 p.m. on Friday\, please email our team at democracy@gordon.edu so we can arrange a time for a staff member to send you off hospitably!\n\n\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
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DTSTART:20260612T213000Z
DTEND:20260612T223000Z
SUMMARY:Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Delight in a catered dinner alongside fellow conference guests.
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE MEALS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260612T230000Z
DTEND:20260613T001500Z
SUMMARY:Plenary Address (Open to Public) | "Freedom in a Changing Global Landscape"
DESCRIPTION:Tal Howard (Lilly Foundation)\nConference Sponsor Welcome\n\nNicole&nbsp\;Bibbins Sedaca (Bush Institute)\n“Freedom in a Changing Global Landscape”\n\nGlobal freedom has been in recession for two decades. &nbsp\;Scholars and policymakers are asking whether this recession matters\, and if so\, what reverses this trend. &nbsp\;Concurrently\, the liberal world order\, which was built on democratic norms\, is changing rapidly\, leaving open the question what will follow. &nbsp\;This presentation will focus on the drivers of this recession\, implications for the global community\, and how to think about democratic norms within the context of the changing global order.&nbsp\;\n__________\n\nRespondent: Ruth Melkonian-Hoover (Gordon College)
CATEGORIES:PLENARY EVENTS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T001500Z
DTEND:20260613T004500Z
SUMMARY:Plenary Reception
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:PLENARY EVENTS
LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T113000Z
DTEND:20260613T130000Z
SUMMARY:Check-In
DESCRIPTION:For Registered Guests (no Housing)Please park your car or have your ride drop you off in the A.J. Gordon Chapel Parking Lot. You can find this lot on the attached Visitor Parking Map.Then\, please walk to the Ken Olsen Science Center&nbsp\;(located about a 2-minute walk away\, visible from the Chapel Parking Lot). You can view the location on the attached Campus Map. In the entryway "Loggia\," you'll see the Welcome Table and our smiling Conference Staff members waiting to greet you. Please check in with them to receive your name tag and folder!___________For Guests with On-Campus Housing:Please park your car or have your ride drop you off in the A.J. Gordon Chapel Parking Lot. You can find this lot on the attached Visitor Parking Map.You will be staying in the dorm directly across from the Chapel Lot\, Chase Hall. A Conference Staff member will be waiting to welcome you at the entrance of Chase Hall with your key card during the check-in window\, 7:30-9 a.m. You can drop off your belongings\, get settled\, and then head to the Ken Olsen Science Center\,&nbsp\;viewable on the attached Campus Map.&nbsp\;In the entryway "Loggia\," you can pick up your name tag and folder from the Welcome Table. If you are joining us for breakfast that day\, a staff member can walk you over to Lane Student Center to delight in refreshments and conversations with the other guests!*If you anticipate needing to check in earlier than 7:30 a.m. or later than 9 a.m. on Saturday\, please email our team at democracy@gordon.edu so we can arrange a time for a Conference Staff member to hand off your key card and show you to your room in Chase Hall.&nbsp\;\n\n
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LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T113000Z
DTEND:20260613T120000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE MEALS
LOCATION:Chester's Place (Lane Student Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T123000Z
DTEND:20260613T130000Z
SUMMARY:Welcome & Devotion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a brief welcome and devotion to begin the day!
CATEGORIES:ALL-CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTEND:20260613T143000Z
SUMMARY:Morning Panel 5A | Political Theory
DESCRIPTION:Tyler Syck (University of Pikeville)\n“A Tragic Liberalism: Daniel Patrick Moynihan and the Future of American Democracy”\n\nDaniel Patrick Moynihan is routinely dismissed as an inconsistent opportunist. This paper recovers him as a philosophically serious alternative to both interest group liberalism and its post-liberal critics. Grounding his thought in epistemic humility\, Catholic subsidiarity\, and suspicion of concentrated power in all its forms\, Moynihan articulated a pluralist liberalism that sought to deploy state resources in ways that strengthened rather than displaced the intermediary institutions where democratic life is actually lived.\n__________\n\nLynn Uzzel (Bethel University) \n “Rights Endowed by the Creator”\n\nThis paper has two broad purposes: First\, to show that the meaning of the word&nbsp\;rights&nbsp\;has evolved along a continuum over the centuries\, with John Locke and Thomas Jefferson representing a similar but not identical understanding of natural rights. Second\, to establish that it is philosophically impossible to arrive at the position of natural rights without presupposing a transcendent being that imposes a moral order on nature.\n__________\n\n Dan Young (Northwestern College-IA)\n“Rereading Bernard Crick’s In Defence of Politics in 21st Century America”\n\nBernard Crick defined politics as a means of conciliating diverse interests in society. However\, today American politics seems more of a friend/enemy contest. I use Samuel Huntington’s claim that every few decades America experiences a “creedal passion period” where discontent with American political realities as measured against its core political values is expressed with greater intensity. I speculate that such periods give rise to friend/enemy politics rather than Crick-style politics of conciliation of diverse interests.&nbsp\;\n__________\n\nDISCUSSANT\nPaul Brink (Gordon College\, Political Science)\n\n
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 124 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/28020e8da6e08d8da9ff81a187142030
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T130000Z
DTEND:20260613T143000Z
SUMMARY:Morning Panel 5B | Multidisciplinary Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Karl-Dieter Crisman (Gordon College\, Mathematics)\n“Ranking Controversy: Summarizing Current Research on “Ranked Choice”/Instant Runoff Voting in America”\n\nInstant Runoff (IRV\, "Ranked Choice") voting is increasingly used in the USA - from many cities\, to Maine and Alaska. Conversely\, Ohio just became the 19th state to ban it.&nbsp\; Confusingly\, IRV has been characterized both as an attack on\, and a savior of\, democracy!\n\nThis talk introduces IRV\, reviewing effects via the Begich-Palin-Peltola Alaska election.&nbsp\; We will summarize recent US IRV election results\, with a view toward the mathematics behind both appeal and paradoxes.\n__________\n\nKelly Foster (Gordon College\, Art)\n“The ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ and the Contested Spatial Images of Democracy”\n\nThis paper will use the recent controversial actions related to the Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts to explore how we conceptualize our political lives through spatial imagery. Working from secular and theological aesthetics\, an analysis of the architectural forms will lead to an analysis of how spatial images inform both our self-understanding and our interactions\, thereby demonstrating how attending to these dynamics can help us lead more faithful lives within a liberal democracy.&nbsp\; \n__________\n\n Ya Lin Huang (Gordon College\, Music)\n“Beauty in the Symphony of Democracy: Music and the Global Resonance of American Independence”\n\nIn the context of the 250th anniversary of American independence\, music provides a lens for understanding democracy. In his works\, Tyzen Hsiao weaves together musical language and political meaning to articulate a vision of democracy grounded in Taiwanese identity. Close analysis of musical motifs\, theological themes\, and cultural references demonstrates how Hsiao transforms music into a vehicle for democratic expression that resonates across cultural boundaries.\n__________\n\nDISCUSSANT\nIan DeWeese-Boyd (Gordon College\, Philosophy)
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:Phillips Recital Hall\, Gordon College - 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/f1a052e57e6d87e12bf98019b6a27044
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T143000Z
DTEND:20260613T150000Z
SUMMARY:Coffee Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:COFFEE BREAKS
LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/465cbcb4c57521afc0d52c348b03819c
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T150000Z
DTEND:20260613T161500Z
SUMMARY:Plenary Panel (Open to Public) | "Forming Christians for Public Life: Practices of Formation in a Time of Polarization"
DESCRIPTION:This panel explores the importance of Christian formation in a time of anxiety about democracy\, deep polarization\, and institutional distrust. The conversation will feature Stephanie Summers of the Center for Public Justice\, Michael Wear of the Center for Christianity and Public Life\, and Susan Gates of Faith and Law reflecting on the practices\, virtues\, and communities needed to sustain faithful public leadership today. Panelists will discuss the formative challenges facing Christians in public life and the kinds of habits\, relationships\, and institutional support that help cultivate leaders capable of principled\, constructive civic engagement across difference. &nbsp\;\n_______________\n\nStephanie Summers (Center for Public Justice)\nMichael Wear (Center for Christianity and Public Life)\nSusan Gates (Faith and Law)\n\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:PLENARY EVENTS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/056e8632393673b0b95a87948152c07d
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T163000Z
DTEND:20260613T173000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE MEALS
LOCATION:Chester's Place (Lane Student Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/3565c1eb697708d82e6a61d085383848
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T174500Z
DTEND:20260613T191500Z
SUMMARY:Early Afternoon Panel 6A | "Author Meets Critics: Robert Joustra\, Christ and Covenant in Global Politics"
DESCRIPTION:Christ and Covenant in Global Politics casts a compelling vision for a Christian approach to international relations that seeks to transform global politics from systems driven by fear to covenantal global community based in shared loves\, drawing on Augustine’s understanding of rightly ordered loves and a contemporary Christian notion of covenantal pluralism. \n\nThis author meets critics panel will include an author presentation\, critics' responses\, and Q & A.\n__________\n\nRobert Joustra (Calvin University)\nChan Shin&nbsp\;(Gordon College)\nStephanie Summers (Center for Public Justice)
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 124 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/557e031a7887d7f85349e40ac43cf816
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T174500Z
DTEND:20260613T191500Z
SUMMARY:Early Afternoon Panel 6B | Civic Education
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Cowden (Gordon College) \n “Desiring Democracy in a Time of Democratic Backsliding”\n\nThis paper considers the question of why professionals and concerned citizens alike should desire democratic governance arrangements that require experts to yield some of their authority to the general public. To address this question\, I offer a synthesis of the works of John Dewey. Using these texts\, I offer epistemic\, moral\, and generative arguments for democracy before considering how Dewey would respond to clashes between professionals and the public.&nbsp\;\n__________\n\nJames Pingel (Concordia University Wisconsin)\n“A Great ‘Two for One’: Teaching the American Revolution and God’s Word Through Biblical Devotions”\n\nReligion has long helped shape the ideals and institutions of a democratic republic. In this panel session\, Dr. Jim Pingel will present a practical\, replicable framework for guiding students (or anyone) to write biblically grounded devotions rooted in historical inquiry. Using the American Revolution as a case study\, participants will examine how to integrate historical content with theological examination and reflection.\n__________\n\nDennis Savill (Southern Nazarene University)\n“Logos in the Crucible: Biblical Epistemology and the Contest of Critical Theory in Collegiate Public Debate”\n\nCollegiate policy debate functions as a unique intellectual laboratory in which emerging political and legal theories are refined before diffusing into broader discourse. This article argues that collegiate debate provides a microcosm for examining a deeper epistemological and ontological conflict: whether political theory is grounded in transcendent truth or in socially constructed power analysis. Drawing from the Christian doctrine of the Logos (John 1:1–4)\, this paper contends that logic\, truth\, and rational discourse are not merely procedural tools but ontologically grounded realities rooted in the divine nature. Thus\, the very argumentative practices of debate presuppose metaphysical commitments often unacknowledged within secular critical frameworks.\n__________\n\nDISCUSSANT:\nTimothy Sherratt (Gordon College)\n\n
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 127 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ee4e9bb70b9df21d8976d37523300c3b
URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/ee4e9bb70b9df21d8976d37523300c3b
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T194500Z
SUMMARY:Coffee Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:COFFEE BREAKS
LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/05db24989f710389e10abe23300fb97b
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T194500Z
DTEND:20260613T211500Z
SUMMARY:Late Afternoon Panel 7 | Roundtable: The Future of Christians in Political Science
DESCRIPTION:Christians in Political Science\, a national organization of political scientists from a variety of Christian faith traditions\, has long provided a forum for Christian faculty and graduate students to explore the intersection of faith and politics. &nbsp\;More recently\, CPS has been less active however\, even though the subject of faith and politics is certainly as relevant as ever. &nbsp\;Join this conversation to help discern the future of CPS. &nbsp\;How might the organization be revived and strengthened? &nbsp\;What opportunities can we identify for future growth?&nbsp\;\n_______________\n\nPaul Brink (Gordon College)\nCorwin Smidt (Calvin University)\nChan Shin (Gordon College)
CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSIONS
LOCATION:KOS 109 (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/1cb072006685bc192a1727fa3503841c
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T211500Z
DTEND:20260613T224500Z
SUMMARY:Check Out (Guests Leaving Saturday)
DESCRIPTION:Please visit the Welcome Table in the entryway of the Ken Olsen Science Center to return your name tag and check out with our Conference Team. (If you would like to stay for the evening's Dinner\, Plenary Address\, and Reception\, you are welcome to wait to drop off your name tag until the evening's events conclude at 8:45 p.m.)\n\nFor Guests with On-Campus Housing:\nDuring this 5:15–6:45 p.m. window\, please gather your belongings from Chase Hall\, leaving your room locked as you exit. If you will be staying for the evening's Dinner\, Plenary Address\, and Reception\, you can store luggage in your parked car or bring it over to Ken Olsen Science Center to be stored in our luggage room until 8:45 p.m.\, when the evening's events conclude.&nbsp\;Then\, please visit the Welcome Table to return your name tag & key card and check out with our Conference Team!\n\n*If you need to check out earlier than 5:15 p.m. or later than 8:45 p.m. on Saturday\, please email our team at democracy@gordon.edu so we can arrange a time for a staff member to send you off hospitably!
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/ad7196a4c4f0e9a3f5f04f57f7d4be81
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T223000Z
SUMMARY:Dinner
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE MEALS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/33ab6e3b328d727300955a99cec1940d
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260613T230000Z
DTEND:20260614T001500Z
SUMMARY:Plenary Address (Open to Public) | "The Founders and the Future of American Democracy"
DESCRIPTION:Tracy McKenzie (Wheaton College)\n"The Founders and the Future of American Democracy”\n\nC. S. Lewis once observed that there are only two main reasons to believe in democracy. One is because you have confidence in human nature. The other is because you don’t. Listening carefully to the Framers of the Constitution and drawing substantively from Christian theology\, I suggest that Americans have long embraced democracy for the wrong reason\, and that this false foundation contributes significantly to the polarization and dysfunction of U.S. democracy today.\n__________\n\nResponse: Michael Hammond (Gordon College)
CATEGORIES:PLENARY EVENTS
LOCATION:Chairs' Room (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/0cd7df5c23c29cfd1c22f14a83937ab1
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260614T001500Z
DTEND:20260614T004500Z
SUMMARY:Plenary Reception
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:PLENARY EVENTS
LOCATION:Loggia (Ken Olsen Science Center)\, 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:25d5281224f2094c99b5095f0f4c535e
URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/25d5281224f2094c99b5095f0f4c535e
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260614T113000Z
DTEND:20260614T123000Z
SUMMARY:Check Out (Guests Leaving Sunday)
DESCRIPTION:For Guests Leaving Directly (No Boston Tour):\nEnjoy breakfast items in the Chase Hall 1st floor lounge\, then visit the Housing Check-Out table outside Chase Hall to drop off your key card and name tag. We're excited to send you off to further democratic endeavors!\n\nFor Guests Attending the Boston Tour:\nEnjoy breakfast items in the Chase Hall 1st floor lounge\, then pack up your belongings from Chase Hall\, leaving your room locked as you exit. You can store your luggage in your parked car or bring it to the Housing Check-Out table to be taken to our luggage room in Ken Olsen Science Center until we return from the Boston Tour. Please visit the Housing Check-Out table to return your name tag and key card before departing for the Boston Tour.&nbsp\;\n\n*If you need to check out earlier than 7:30 a.m. or later than 8:30 a.m. on Sunday\, please email our Conference Team&nbsp\;at democracy@gordon.edu so we can arrange a time for a staff member to send you off hospitably!
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Chase Hall Lobby\, Gordon College - 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/5871a709b6e4daf9846caee070c45952
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260614T113000Z
DTEND:20260614T123000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE MEALS
LOCATION:Chase Hall 1st Floor Lounge\, Gordon College - 255 Grapevine Road\, Wenham\, MA 01984
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/07fedfab5bf7477f591999b696e5cdf1
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260614T150000Z
DTEND:20260614T160000Z
SUMMARY:Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:ALL-CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Park Street Church\, Boston\, 1 Park Street\, Boston\, MA 02108
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/f6aa4e0ed10305ff89f37b26f6cc4150
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260614T160000Z
DTEND:20260614T163000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Please plan to purchase your own meal at a local Boston restaurant!
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Boston\, MA\, 1 Park Street\, Boston\, MA 02108
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/09d01078fd44147bb14920bc2d10088b
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DTSTAMP:20260621T031505Z
DTSTART:20260614T163000Z
DTEND:20260614T210000Z
SUMMARY:Democracy at 250: Historical Tour of Revolutionary Sites
DESCRIPTION:Join tour guide Professor David Goss on an (optional) all-day exploration of revolutionary sites in the historic district of Boston! Transportation will be provided. Please plan to buy your own lunch while we are out and about in the city.
CATEGORIES:ALL-CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Boston\, MA\, 1 Park Street\, Boston\, MA 02108
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://democracyconference2026.sched.com/event/33a22dd47050c335ca58f7eb266e7161
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