Continuing Education Events at the CLC
Spring Semester 2008
Mormons in America: Where Do They Fit?
Dr. Richard Lyman Bushman
April 1-6, 2008, Attaway Fellows of Centenary College of Louisiana, the Christian Leadership Center and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints host Dr. Richard Lyman Bushman for a series of lectures and seminars encouraging dialogue between the Mormon Church and the larger Christian community.
Dr. Richard Bushman (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University and was recently appointed as Howard W. Hunter Visiting Professor of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University for 2007-2008, where he will play a key role in establishing the first permanent, graduate-level study of Mormonism at a secular university. “We consider him to be the single most widely known and highly regarded historian of Mormonism,” said Karen Torjesen, dean of the Claremont School of Religion. “Here, we are committed to studying the full breadth of religious experience. With his broad background in American cultural and religious history, Professor Bushman will make a vitally important contribution to our mission.”
Noted for his expertise on early American cultural and religious history, he has authored twelve books including Building the Kingdom: A History of Mormons in America (1999) co-authored with Claudia Lauper Bushman, Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism (1984) and Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling (2005) which received the best book award from the Mormon History Association and the Evans Biography Award.
For more information please view the poster. Or to register for the event, contact the Christian Leadership Center at 318-869-5156 or christianleadership@centenary.edu.
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information on Dr. Bushman visit these links:
Pew Forum
New York Times
Rough Stone Rolling Interview
LDS Blog
Entrepreneurial Ministries with Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, join friends and supporters of the Christian Leadership Center at Broadmoor UMC, Shreveport for lunch and an inspiring word from Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, pastor of Windsor Village UMC in Houston, TX. An Entrepreneurial Church is a church that organizes or manages any enterprise usually with considerable initiative and risk. Pastor Caldwell’s church Windsor Village has created several not-for-profit corporations to address community needs; including the creation of a 450-home housing development with a commercial tract located within close proximity to support the community’s grocery and service needs.
Always exciting and visionary, Pastor Caldwell will help us all engage the calling God has for us as part of God's kingdom.
- flyer and registration
- bulletin inserts (for local church advertising)
More Information
Contact Coney DeHart at the Christian Leadership Office for more information pertaining to upcoming Continuing Education events at 318.869.5029 or cdehart@centenary.edu