We meet at 6:30 PM There are also four joint meetings as indicated on the schedule, and in the syllabus. Joint meetings count as our meeting for the week!

You are expected to do the assigned reading before class.

You are strongly encouraged to attend the Forums and Colloquia listed in the syllabus. You are encouraged to attend all Forums and Colloquia!

All readings are listed by author/editor and date (see the Bibliography). Weblinks are included where appropriate.

Go to the next meeting after

Enter date as "mm/dd".

Meeting Date Theme and readings
Conscience and duty

Yancy 2002; Forest 2004
War and justice

Allen 2001 (entire book); Cole 2002; Hauerwas & Sider 2002; Cromartie 2003; Williams & Weigel 2004
Optional: Hauerwas, Griffiths & Elshtain 2003
War in today's world
Jackson 2005, Unit 5

Read the following articles from the Christian Science Monitor on the Darfur crisis:
War: one Christian's response
Gordon 2002 (entire book); Jackson 2005, pp. 180-183; Carter 2004a
See also Carter 2004b, "Defending Our Neighbor"
Pathways speaker: Alan Page, "Race, Education and Character," Founders Hall, 7 PM
(reaction essay)

Discussion session after the lecture, in Yoder Recital Hall

Readings: Olson 1991, Varner 2003, McWhorter 2003.
See also this excerpt from Stephen L. Carter's Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby
Christian responses in the world
Location: Stutzman Lecture Hall (CENT 104)
Readings in two groups: In regard to Wood 2002 "Ivan Karamazov's Mistake," see these excerpts from The Brothers Karamazov, especially Rebellion, The Grand Inquisitor and The Duel.

The movie we watched was Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess.
Universal values?
Readings in two groups:
Environmental problems and solutions Prugh & Assadourian 2003; Jackson 2005 units 2 & 3; ibid pp. 188-192

We watched the video Clear Water, Cloudy Future.
Spring Break -- no classes
Globalization, its triumphs and problems
Jackson 2005 units 1 & 4; Burtless 2001
All-Capstone Joint Meeting

Location: Stutzman Lecture Hall (CENT 104)
Readings: Jackson Unit 4 NEW!
Living simply: can it make a difference?

McKibben 2001; Boyer 2003; Editors of Christianity Today 2003; Brende 2004 (entire book)
Optional: Neff 1990; Kapur 1998; Ordman 2003; Raman 2004
CTF working groups meet (no section meetings)
CTF reporting within each section
All-Capstone Joint Meeting: CTF reporting

Location: Stutzman Lecture Hall (CENT 104)