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Faculty Speakers

Members of the Union University faculty will discuss the impact of the
King James Bible in their various disciplines.

Breakout Session Schedule & Locations (.pdf)

Breakout Session 1: Friday — 2:00 PM Justin Barnard, "Human Nature and the Veneration of the KJV" - C-6 Richard Wells, "From Wycliff to Bible Code: How Preaching Created the KJV . . . and What Happened Then” - C-12 Janna Chance, "Challenging the People's Bible: Mary Arnold Ward and the Elitism of Victorian Liberal Theology" - C-18 Keith Bates, "Not Fundamentalist Enough: John R. Rice, Bob Jones, Sr., and Jerry Falwell Fail the King James Only Test" - D-53 Gavin Richardson, “‘A matter... tried by custom’: The Medieval King James Bible” - D-54

Breakout Session 2: Friday — 3:30 PM Hal Poe, "The KJV and the Seven Days of Creation: When Tradition Conflicts with Text" - C-6 Steve Halla, "Art, Iconoclasm, and the Search for Unity: Reflections on Cornelis Boel's 1611 KJV Title Page Design" - C-12 Michael Penny, "The Influence of the KJV on English Hymnody" - C-18 Hunter Baker, "The King James Bible: Understanding the Reformation Drive for Literacy & Its Impact on Politics" - D-53 Gene Fant, "Give Me also This Power: Secular Writers' Simultaneous Fascination with and Denial of the Power of the KJV" - D-54

Breakout Session 3: Saturday — 8:30 AM Bradley Green, "Covenant, Canon, and Culture: Theological Reflections on the Cultural Meaning of the KJV" - C-6 Ralph Leverett, "The King James Bible: Influences on Early American Education" - C-18 James Patterson, "Divine Right or Holy Dissent? Conflicting Visions of Church and State in Early Seventeenth-Century England" - D-48 Jennifer Gruenke, "The KJV and the Scientific Revolution" - D-52 Micah Watson - "Who Appeals to Heaven? King James and John Locke on Scripture & Political Authority" - D-53 John Netland - "‘The very language of men’: Echoes of the KJV in Wordsworth's Poetic Innovations” - D-54

Breakout Session 4: Saturday — 9:45 AM George Guthrie, "'Texting' in the 17th Century: The Manuscripts Behind the KJV" - C-6 Mary Anne Poe, "Social Change and Social Welfare in the Shadow of the KJV" - C-18 Ben Mitchell, "A Fly in the Ointment: The KJV and Contemporary Culture" - D-48 Walton Padelford, "Redeeming the Time: The King James Bible and American Capitalism" - D-52 Scott Huelin, "Only Prophets and Devils Speak King James: Flannery O'Connor and the Literary Use of English Bible Translations" - D-53 Bobby Rogers, "The Presence in Contemporary American Poetry of the Poetic Strategies of the King James Bible" - D-54

Gene Fant Professor of English; Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Breakout Title: "Give Me also This Power: Secular Writers' Simultaneous Fascination with and Denial of the Power of the KJV."	Gavin Richardson Professor of English Breakout Title: "A matter... tried by custom": The Medieval King James Bible
John T. Netland Professor of English and Chair, Department of English Breakout Title: "The very language of men": Echoes of the KJV in Wordsworth's Poetic Innovations	Bobby C. Rogers Professor of English Breakout Title: "The Presence in Contemporary American Poetry of the Poetic Strategies of the King James Bible"
Janna Chance Assistant Professor of English Breakout Title: "Challenging the People's Bible: Mary Arnold Ward and the Elitism of Victorian Liberal Theology."	Scott Huelin Associate Professor of English, English; Director of the Honors Community Breakout Title: "Only Prophets and Devils Speak King James: Flannery O'Connor and the Literary Use of English Bible Translations"
Micah Watson Assistant Professor of Political Science; Director of the Center for Politics and Religion Breakout Title: "Who Appeals to Heaven? King James and John Locke on Scripture & Political Authority"	Hunter Baker Associate Professor of Political Science Breakout Title: "The King James Bible: Understanding the Reformation Drive for Literacy and Its Impact on Politics"
Walton M. Padelford University Professor of Economics Breakout Title: "Redeeming the Time: The King James Bible and American Capitalism"	D. Keith Bates Associate Professor of History Breakout Title: "Not Fundamentalist Enough: John R. Rice, Bob Jones, Sr., and Jerry Falwell Fail the King James Only Test"
James A. Patterson University Professor of Christian Thought & Tradition Breakout Title: "Divine Right or Holy Dissent? Conflicting Visions of Church and State in Early Seventeenth-Century England."	Hal L. Poe Charles Colson Professor of Faith & Culture Breakout Title: "The King James Bible and Spiritual Awakenings"
Bradley G. Green Associate Professor of Christian Thought & Tradition Breakout Title: "Covenant, Canon, and Culture: Theological Reflections on the Cultural Meaning of the KJV"	George Guthrie Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible Breakout Title: "'Texting' in the 17th Century: The Manuscripts Behind the KJV"
Justin D. Barnard Associate Professor of Philosophy; Associate Dean, Institute for Intellectual Discipleship Breakout Title: "Human Nature and the Veneration of the KJV"	Michael K. Penny Professor of Music Breakout Title: "The Influence of the KJV on English Hymnody"
Steve R. Halla Assistant Professor of Art Breakout Title: "Art, Iconoclasm, and the Search for Unity: Reflections on Cornelis Boel's 1611 KJV Title Page Design"	Jennifer A. Gruenke Associate Professor of Biology Breakout Title: "The KJV and the Scientific Revolution."
Mary Anne Poe Professor of Social Work; Director of the Center for Just and Caring Communities Breakout Title: "Social Change and Social Welfare in the Shadow of the KJV"	Richard Wells Professor of Ministry & Missions; Vice President for Church Relations Breakout Title: "From Shakespeare to Bible Codes: The Peril and Promise of the KJV for Preaching."
C. Ben Mitchell Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy Breakout Title: "A Fly in the Ointment: The KJV and Contemporary Culture"	Ralph G. Leverett University Professor of Special Education Breakout Title: "The King James Bible: Influences on Early American Education"