The Sophia Forum

01/31/2018

Hey all! The 2018 Sophia Forum is currently accepting abstracts for this year's symposium, be sure to submit yours to [email protected] today!

01/30/2018

Looking for some assistance as you write your proposal for the Sophia Forum? Join the Candler Writing Center this Thursday in RARAB 252 at 12pm for guidance on proposal writing.

01/19/2018

2018 Sophia Forum Call for Papers. Send proposals in via email([email protected]) by February 15th! Let us know if you have any questions.

10/28/2017

SOPHIA FORUM 2018
“WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE”
More info coming soon...

03/15/2017

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to both sessions of the 2017 Sophia Forum, especially our nine presenters. What a great showing of the fabulous research Candler students are conducting! Well done!

02/22/2017

An official schedule for the second session of the 2017 Sophia Forum has been released. Come out to support your peers on March 15 in CST 360. Boxed lunches will be provided for the Candler students who register by March 8 at noon (tinyurl.com/sophiaforum2).

11:05: John Taylor Bell, "The Forgetting and Remembering of Racism: White Shame, Political Memory, and the Question of White Identity"
11:25: Julian Reid, "Either/Or: The Tension of Promoting Rights and Maintaining Justice in Kathryn Tanner's Politics of God"
11:45: Sarah Kothe, "Ibn Arabi's Thought and Islamic Environmentalism"
12:05: Codi Norred, "Victimhood: The Question of Identity and Responsibility in Post-Conflict Societies"
12:25: Richard Williams: "Silencing Blood (Genesis 4:6-12): Overcoming Self-Hatred and Reclaiming Brother(Sister)hood in the Black Community"

02/21/2017

Leea wrote a blog about her experience presenting at Sophia Forum. Thanks, Leea!!

First-year MDiv student Leea Allen blogs about her experience presenting at the Sophia Forum, a student-run, student-led conference where Candler students share their academic research with the community.

02/07/2017

Do you know Leea Allen, Gareth Leake, James Bang, or Rebekah Haigh? Then you should register and come out next Wednesday to support your peers and hear about all of the good research they've been conducting.

You have just over 25 hours to register for lunch for the first session of the 2017 Sophia Forum. Register here: tinyurl.com/sophiaforum1

01/30/2017

An official schedule for the first session of the 2017 Sophia Forum has been released. Come out to support your peers on February 15 in CST 360. Boxed lunches will be provided for the Candler students who register by February 8 at noon (tinyurl.com/sophiaforum1).

11:05: Leea Allen, "A Virgin Whom No Man Had Known: A Womanist Study of Virginity as Described in Genesis 24"
11:30: Gareth Leake​, "Wolfhart Pannenberg and the Doctrine of the Trinity: Revisiting the Cappadocians"
11:55: Rebekah Haigh​, "A Peculiar Hymn: Reconsidering the Origins of 'and You' in IQM"
12:20: James Bang​ (Ji Min), "Deconstructing the Masculinity of the Levite in Judges 19, 20: A Hidden Polemic Against a Saulide Kingship"

01/23/2017

Stay tuned for an announcement about the schedule of presentations for this year's Sophia Forum! It'll be coming your way in the next few days.

01/13/2017

If you've been thinking about submitting a proposal to Sophia Forum, the deadline is TONIGHT.

E-mail proposals to [email protected]. If you have any questions, contact Kelsey, Richard, or Matt.