Center Events
Upcoming Events
October 8, 2013, 7-9 p.m.
Seek the Welfare of the City
Location: Carl Grant Events Center
Sponsored by: The Center for Politics and Religion at Union University and the Heritage Foundation
Keynote Speakers:
Jay W. Richards, Ph.D (left) has held leadership
positions at the Discovery Institute
and the Acton Institute for the Study of
Religion and Liberty and is the author of
Money, Greed, and God.
Robert L. Woodson, Sr. (right), is founder and
president of the Center for Neighborhood
Enterprise (CNE), a nonprofit organization
that supports neighborhood-based initiatives to reduce crime, restore families,
and create economic enterprise.
This event is free and open to the public.
Learn More (.pdf) | News Release
Past Events
| May 2-4, 2013 | Salt and Light in the Public Square: Charles Colson's Legacy and Vision with keynote speakers Robert P. George, Timothy George, Garland Hunt and Russell Moore. learn more |
| September 17, 2012 | Matthew J. Franck, Director of the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, presented a Constitution Day lecture on "Individual, Community and State: How to Think About Religious Freedom" at Union University |
| March 5-6, 2012 | Dr. Peter J. Leithart, senior theology scholar at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, presented "The Metapolitics of Christendom: Constantine and the Transformation of Rome" and "Monsters of Ingratitude" at Union University - news release |
| Sept. 29, 2011 | Matthew Lee Anderson, author of "Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith", presented "The (Physical) Body in Evangelical Practice and Politics" at Union University - news release |
| Oct. 27, 2011 | Peter Lawler, Dana Professor of Government at Berry College (Ga.), presented "The Road to Serfdom Doesn't Lead to Serfdom" at Union University - news release |
| Oct. 22, 2009 | Dr. Hunter Baker, Houston Baptist University, presented, "The Failure of Secularism" at Union University - news release |
| Sept. 17, 2009 | Dr. Jeffry Morrison, Regent University, presented, "Religion in the Constitutionalism of George Washington" at Union University |
| April 23, 2009 | Dr. David Michelson, historian at the University of Alabama, presented, "The End of Christianity in Iraq?" at Union University |
| Feb. 25-27, 2009 | Making Men Moral conference held at Union University. Speakers included Robert P. George, Hadley Arkes, James Stoner, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Russell Moore, and David Novak. See conference website for more details |
| February 24, 2009 | Dr. Keith Pavlischek, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, presented "Onward Christian Soldiers? Can Followers of the Prince of Peace Defend Just War?" at Union University |
| February 4, 2009 | Co-sponsored Mars Hill Forum lecture by Dr. Wilfred McClay, "Does the Idea of Progress have a Future? Three Christian Views," at Union University |
| December 2, 2008 | Dr. Cal Beisner presented, "French Philosophes, or Scottish Whigs? Who Laid the Ground for the American Declaration of Independence?" at Union University |
| October 13, 2008 | Dr. Michael Sugrue presented "Measure for Measure: The Bible Contra Puritanical Christianity," at Union University. Dr. Sugrue is Professor of History at Ave Maria University |
| June 28, 2008 | Sponsored Michigan State and LeFrak Forum professor William B. Allen presented "Rethinking Uncle Tom: The Political Philosophy of Harriet Beecher Stowe," at the National Faculty Leadership Conference, Washington, D.C. |
| February 18, 2008 | President's Day event featuring Drs. Jeffry Morrison and Lucas Morel speaking on Washington and Lincoln, respectively, and their policy approaches to politics and religion. Cancelled due to tornado damage from February 5th |
| November 8, 2007 | Sponsored Delita Johnson, guest speaker on abstinence education for Ethics and Public Policy |