Events
The Humanitas Forum
on
Christianity and Culture
Fall 2012
The Movies and America
What the Academy Award Nominees for Best Picture Tell Us about Ourselves
Dr. Drew Trotter
Friday, September 14, 2012 — 7:00 p.m.
Nashville State Community College, Cookeville, Tennessee
It has become a commonplace in cultural discussion in the last half century to recognize the power of film as a significant shaper of American society and its values. This popular annual lecture, delivered a dozen or so times a year for over ten years, seeks to understand this phenomenon and make a case for the Academy Award nominees for best picture as both a barometer and a shaper of current American moral and intellectual standards. After briefly introducing and analyzing each of the films, Dr. Trotter looks at common themes expressed in them and relates those ideas to societal norms and questions present in America today.
Dr. Drew Trotter is Executive Director of the Consortium of Christian Study Centers. Dr. Trotter is a writer as well as retreat and conference speaker. He served 21 years as Executive Director for the Center for Christian Study at Charlottesville, Virginia, just off the campus of the University of Virginia.
Christian Apologetics
Defending the Faith in an Age of Doubt and Relativism
Dr. Mark Coppenger
Friday, October 26, 2012 — 7:00 p.m.
Nashville State Community College, Cookeville, Tennessee
Dr. Mark T. Coppenger is Vice President for Extension Education at Southern Seminary. He teaches several courses at Southern and serves as Director of the Nashville Extension Center. Additionally, Dr. Coppenger is managing editor of the online Kairos Journal.
Other talks in 2012-2013 Humanitas Forum are being scheduled and will be announced later in the summer.
For more information on any of these events, please use the Contact page to request additional details.
Michael Poore
Executive Director
The Humanitas Forum on Christianity and Culture
The Humanitas Forum on Christianity and Culture
Cookeville, Tennessee
931-239-8735 (cell)
