Lectures
- Constitution Day Discussion: Threat or Defense of Democracy (Sep 18, 2023)
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted four times regarding hush money to a porn star, mishandling classified documents, and seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Many Democrats and liberals believe that these indictments demonstrate that no person is above the law and pursuing these indictments are key to defending democracy. However, many conservatives and Republicans believe Democrats are weaponizing the judicial system to go after their opponents. Are both correct, wrong, or partially correct and wrong?This is a discussion of the Trump indictments and their impact on American democracy with the Political Science faculty. They reviewed and contextualized the indictments, led a discussion on their impact on democracy, and answered questions people may have.
- STM Lectures: Justin Wainscott (Oct 7, 2021)
Speaker: Justin Wainscott, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Address: "Competing Narratives of the Christian Life: Learning to Live in Light of the Right Story" - The Gospel and Discomfort Series: The Discomfort of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Sep 23, 2021)
Speakers: DiAnne Malone and Keith Bates - W.D. Powell Missions Lecture: Zane Pratt (Apr 29, 2021)
Topic: The Mission of the Church and Missiological Method: How Do We Know What God Wants Us To Do? - Speaker: Zane Pratt, Union Alum and vice president for global training at International Mission Board - Dockery Lectures: R. Albert Mohler Jr. (Mar 16, 2021)
Afternoon Lecture Topic: Religious Liberty and the Imago Dei: Why Recognize Any Liberty? - Speaker: R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary - Dockery Lectures: R. Albert Mohler Jr. (Mar 16, 2021)
Evening Lecture Topic: Religious Liberty and the Looming Crisis: So, Which 'Liberty' Shall Prevail? - Speaker: R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary - STM Lectures: Eric Smith (Sep 15, 2020)
Speaker: Dr. Eric Smith, Union Alum and Pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, Savannah, Tennessee - Topic: "Oliver Hart & The Rise of Baptist America" - STM Lectures: Andrew Abernethy (Oct 7, 2019)
Speaker: Andrew Abernethy, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Degree Coordinator for M.A. in Biblical Exegesis, Wheaton College - Topic: "Should We Read Isaiah Like the Apostles Did?" - STM Lectures: Doug Sweeney (Sep 23, 2019)
Douglas A. Sweeney, Dean, Beeson Divinity School - Topic: "Jonathan Edwards' Doctrine of Scripture, Exegesis, and Hermeneutics" - Constitution Day Lecture: Jason Jewell (Sep 17, 2019)
Speaker: Jason Jewell, Professor of Humanities, Faulkner University - Address: "Russell Kirk on The Conservative Foundations of the Constitution" - STM Lectures: Graham Cole (Apr 19, 2019)
Union University STM Lecture featuring Graham Cole, Dean, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill. - Address: "Models of Spiritual Warfare" - Center for Politics and Religion: Lars Walker (Apr 9, 2019)
Speaker: Lars Walker, author of historical fantasy and viking re-enactor - Address: "When Christianity Came to the Vikings: Lessons for Religion and Politics Then and Now." - Co-Sponsored by The Center for Politics and Religion and School of Theology and Missions - STM Lectures: Stan Porter (Apr 4, 2019)
Union University STM Lecture featuring Stan Porter, President, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario - Address: "Linguistic Stylistics and Greek Exegesis" - Dockery Lectures: Gregory A. Wills (Feb 21, 2019)
Speaker: Gregory A. Wills, David T. Porter Professor of Church History, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary - Address: "Individualism and Church Discipline" - Dockery Lectures: Gregory A. Wills (Feb 21, 2019)
Speaker: Gregory A. Wills, David T. Porter Professor of Church History, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary - Address: "The Church and Slavery" - STM Lectures: Douglas Moo (Oct 29, 2018)
STM Lecture Series: "Creation and New Creation: From Eschatology to Ethics" - Speaker: Douglas Moo, Wheaton College Graduate School - Sponsored by the School of Theology and Missions - Constitution Day Lecture: Ryan T. Anderson (Sep 12, 2017)
Ryan Anderson, the William E. Simon Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, gave this public lecture on how Americans should weigh the religious liberty claims of people of faith against claims of discrimination by members of the LGBTQ+ community. Anderson gave this lecture as part of Union University鈥檚 annual Constitution Day Lecture and was sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Center for Politics and Religion, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the School of Theology and Missions. - Scholar-in-Residence Lecture: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Mar 30, 2017)
Speaker: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre - Address: "Listening" - Scholar-in-Residence Lecture: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Mar 28, 2017)
Speaker: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre - Address: "Why Read a Poem at a Time Like This?" - Scholar-in-Residence Lecture: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Mar 23, 2017)
Speaker: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre - Address: "Language and Our Life Together: How to Maintain Healthy Interpretive Communities" - Scholar-in-Residence Lecture: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Mar 21, 2017)
Speaker: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre - Address: "Poetry, Politics, and the Life of the Spirit" - Public Lecture: True Marriage Equality: Man and Woman (Feb 13, 2014)
Speaker: Ryan T. Anderson, William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society, DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, The Heritage Foundation - Sponsored by the Institute for Intellectual Discipleship and the Center for Politics and Religion - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: Justin Barnard (Nov 18, 2013)
Speaker: Justin D. Barnard, Associate Dean in the Institute for Intellectual Discipleship and Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Honors Community, Union University - Address: "Mere Epistemology: Christian Wisdom about Knowing from C.S. Lewis" - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: Matt Lunsford (Nov 11, 2013)
Speaker: Matt D. Lunsford, Professor of Mathematics, Union University - Address: "The Mathematical Mind of C. S. Lewis" - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: Russ Howell (Nov 11, 2013)
Speaker: Russell Howell, Professor of Mathematics and the Kathleen Smith Chair of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, Westmont College - Address: "The Lewis-Anscombe Debate: Milieu, Mutations, and Mathematics" - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: David Thomas (Nov 4, 2013)
Speaker: David Thomas, Professor of History, Union University - Address: "Bridges and Fords: Lewis on History" - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: Micah Watson (Nov 4, 2013)
Speaker: Micah Watson, Director of the Center for Politics and Religion and Associate Professor of Political Science, Union University - Address: "Watchful Dragons and the Baptized Imagination" - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: Jennifer Gruenke (Oct 28, 2013)
Speaker: Jennifer Gruenke, Professor of Biology and Director of the Hammons Center for Scientific Studies, Union University - Address: "What would C.S. Lewis think about the ID movement and BioLogos?: An analysis of a debate on Lewis' view of science" - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: Brad Green (Oct 28, 2013)
Speaker: Brad Green, Associate Professor of Christian Thought and Tradition, Union University - Address: "C.S. Lewis and the Recovery of True Education" - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: Hal Poe (Oct 21, 2013)
Speaker: Hal Poe, Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture, Union University - Address: "C.S. Lewis and Imagination" - C.S. Lewis Town & Gown: Gene Fant (Oct 21, 2013)
Speaker: Gene Fant, Executive Vice President for Academic Administration - Address: "C. S. Lewis and Literature: Why Reading Broadly Matters" - Pew Luncheon: Jeffrey Hardin (Oct 12, 2011)
Jeffrey Hardin, Professor and Chair, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, was the featured speaker for the 2011 Fall Pew Luncheon was held October 12. - Germantown: Fifth Annual Education Research Forum: Tom Rosebrough (Sep 22, 2011)
Tom Rosebrough, Ph.D., Executive Dean, College of Education and Human Studies at Union University, provides a keynote address on "Beyond the Tyranny of the Present: What We Know and What Matters in Instructional Practice" at the Fifth Annual Education Research Forum held on Union's Germantown campus on Sept. 22, 2011.