friday, September 30th
(8:30-9:20 cont.)
SESSION 1D
Ty Hayes
Baylor University
Place and Grace: Sacrament and the Narrative of
Brideshead Revisited
Chris Willerton
Abilene Christian University
Detective Noir and Christian Readers: Inspector Rebus
9:30 - 10:30
WELCOME / PLENARY SESSION
Timothy Larsen, Carolyn and Fred McManis
Chair of Christian Thought at Wheaton College,
"The Victorian Crisis of Doubt"
JB Multipurpose Room
10:30 - 10:45
BREAK
JB Mulitpurpose Room
10:45 - 12:00
SECOND SESSION
SESSION 2A
American Literature: Hawthorne & Melville
Chair: Jason King
Raymond Ide
Lancaster Bible College
"Wrestling with the Angel": Herman Melville's Spiritual Struggle
Charles Claunch
University of Dallas
The Limits of Starburck's Courage
Brian Brown
Abilene Christian University
Divinity and Perceived Depravity in Childhood: Pearl Prynne in
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
SESSION 2B
Presentations of Christianity in Popular Fiction
Chair: Chris Willerton
Darlene Beaman
Lone Star College
Serial Killers in the Living Room: Why Audiences Regularly
Invite These Unwanted Guests into their Homes
4
British Prose Part 3
Chair: Larry Brunner
Mikee Delony
Abilene Christian University
From Vampires to Jesus and Back: Christianity and Anne Rice
MC108
Suanna H. Davis
Abilene Christian University
Aliens, Demons, Werewolves, Oh My! Christianity in
Present-Day Fantasy Settings
MC233
MC108
