Peace Symposium

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Papers by Trinity College and Graduate School faculty
presented on October 20, 2009, at
Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois

Click on the links below to see or hear these talks.

Longer versions of the papers will appear in Sacred Tribes Journal online at  www.sacredtribesjournal.org in early November.  

6:30 – Welcome
6:35 – Sylvie Raquel, Perspectives on the Biblical Theology of Peace
7:05 – Clifford Williams, Peacemaking and the Just War Theory
7:35 – Michael Cooper, Lessons About Peace from U.S. Relations with Native
           Americans in the 19th Century
8:05 – Break
8:15 – Matthew Heller, Psychological Perspectives on Peace: An Evangelical Analysis
8:45 – Laurie Matthias, Christian Schools: Training God’s Soldiers or God’s Peacemakers?
9:15 – Adjourn

YouTube videos of these talks:
Michael Cooper
Matthew Heller

Audio recording of the first three papers: click here.
Audio recording of the last two papers: click here.
  

About the participants:

Michael Cooper earned his Ph.D in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is
the editor of Sacred Tribes Journal, an online peer-reviewed journal, and has taught at Trinity since 2002.

Matthew Heller earned his Ph.D in psychology from the University of Minnesota. He has taught at

Trinity since 2004.

Laurie Matthias earned her Ed.D. in education from Regent University. She is especially interested in

the integration of faith and learning and has taught at Trinity since 2007.

Sylvie Raquel earned her Ph.D. in New Testament from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. She

is interested in apologetics as an expression of the New Testament covenant of peace and has taught at

Trinity since 2004.

Clifford Williams earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Indiana University in 1972. He is the author of

The Life of the Mind: A Christian Perspective and has taught at Trinity since 1982.

Participants' e-mail addresses:

Prof. Michael Cooper – mcooper@trin.edu. Prof. Matt Heller – mheller@trin.edu. Prof. Laurie Matthias –

lmatthia@trin.edu. Prof. Sylvie Raquel – sraquel@trin.edu. Prof. Clifford Williams – cwilliam@trin.edu.

The participants in this symposium express their thanks to Trinity College and to the Awards,

Salary, and Benefits Committee of Trinity College for a summer grant which provided the funding for

the event.

The views expressed by the participants in the Peace Symposium are not necessarily those of Trinity

International University.