Radical Marxist, Radical Womanist, Radical Love
What Mother Teresa Taught Me about Social Justice
Monday, February 1 @ 7:00 pm
Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life: 1834 Club
--on the second floor, follow the signs
--on the second floor, follow the signs
Dr. Mary Poplin
Professor in the School of Educational Studies
Claremont Graduate University
Having spent the majority of her academic career teaching and living by a range of worldviews, Mary Poplin now undergirds her academic vocation to improve education for the underprivileged with the radical change of worldview she wrestled with while she was Dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. In her presentation, Professor Poplin will describe her unexpected encounter with Christ in her early 40s, and the impact that her experience of volunteering with Mother Teresa had on her professional and personal life. Students and professors will be challenged to think through the deep assumptions that shape their own lives and work and to consider the historic Christian faith as an intellectually credible and experientially satisfying basis for living in today's world.
God, Government or Me: Who Determines Moral Good?
Monday, February 8 @ 7:00 pm
Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life: Kendall Cram Room
Prof. Marcus Cole
Wm. Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
in dialogue with
Dr. Eric Mack
Professor of Philosophy
Tulane University
Dr. Eric Mack and Dr. Marcus Cole, after putting forth their individual arguments for political libertarianism, will engage in a discussion dealing with the foundation of morality from their respective secular and Christian perspectives. Free from the difficulties of crossing a political divide, these men will be able to address and critique each other’s fundamental principles that compel them to a common conclusion. Both Dr. Mack and Dr. Cole will also relate how morality in their personal lives is motivated by and rooted in their distinct worldviews and philosophies.
Dr. Eric Mack is Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University. His central philosophical interests are the basis of moral rights, property rights and distributive justice, and the legitimate scope of coercive institutions. Dr. Marcus Cole is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. His wide-ranging academic interests include classical liberal political theory, natural law, and the history of commercial law.
Sponsors Include: Tulane’s Division of Student Affairs, Newcomb-Tulane College Programs, Tulane University School of Social Work, Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Campus Crusade for Christ, Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, Episcopal/ELCA Campus Ministry, InterVarsity Chrisitan Fellowship, The Impact Movement, Presbyterian Campus Fellowship, Tulane Catholic Center, Tulane Wesley Foundation
