Arts, Music, and Theology is a mission and ministry of Montreat Conference Center. It’s purpose is for to provide the community with educational nourishment via various lectures and lecturers during our summer season. Themes of the lectures span disciplines.
2024 Lecture Season
| Tuesday Evening Lectures | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Topic/Speaker | |
| July 2 | “Seamus Heaney: Making Hope and History Rhyme” Christopher Griffin | |
| July 9 | “The Beauty of Fibonacci: It’s Everywhere!” Kitty Fouche | |
| July 16 | “Words and Music: Poetry, Hymns, and the Holy” Paul Hooker and Eric Wall | |
| July 23 | “Turning and Burning: North Carolina’s Pottery Heritage” Sarah Peters | |
| July 30 | “What Should I Pack? Lessons from the Appalachian Trail” Siler Sloan | |
2023 Lecture Season
| Tuesday Evening Lectures | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Topic/Speaker | |
| June 13 | “The Psalms of Middle-Earth: Tolkien’s Use of Songs to Tell a Story and Create a World” Alec Peters | |
| June 20 | “Melodious Accord: Singing the Hymns of Alice Parker” Beth Neville Lancaster Evans and Janet Legro | |
| June 27 | “Refugee, Asylum, and Humanitarian Law in the U.S.: Examining the Legal Implications and Human Cost of Inhumane Policies” Deirdre Giblin | |
| July 11 | “Food for the Future: Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement” John Brueggemann | |
| July 18 |
“Can We Save Our Vanishing Birds: The Earthly and Spiritual Elements of the Journey”
Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal
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| July 25 | “Soundtracks: Film Music, Liturgy, Community” Eric Wall | |
| August 1 | “Art and Sacraments: Choreography of Grace and Space” Ann Laird Jones | |
2022 Lecture Season
| Date | Topic/Speaker | Link |
|---|---|---|
| July 12 | “Signs and Seals: The Colorful History of Presbyterian Symbols” Alec Peters | |
| July 19 | “Visual Beauty in Calculus” Austin Jones | |
| July 26 | “Womanist Wit and Wisdom” Rev. Dr. Edna Jacobs Banes and Rev. Amantha Barbee accompanied by Eric Wall | |
| August 2 | “Teaching Evolution, with Care” Dr. Miles Engell | |
| July 28 | “Participatory Aesthetics: Integrating Visuals into Church Communities Through Congregational Engagement” Catherine Kapikian and Grace Evans |
2021 Lecture Season
| Date | Topic/Speaker | Link |
|---|---|---|
| June 22 | “Seeing Theology” Hannah Garrity | |
| June 29 | “Some Stories of Art, Family, and Food: How Lila Bonner Miller Anticipated the Alternative Food Movement” Dr. John Brueggemann | |
| July 6 |
“In Memory of Dr. Jim (Jimbo) Bryan: A Celebration of Life”
Dr. Henry Wilde and Richard DuBose
followed by
“Anatomy of a Supreme Court Case Affecting Many”
Jim Hamilton
Location: Convocation Hall | |
| July 13 | “From a Vexillologist’s Perspective: A New Mississippi State Flag” Alec Peters | |
| July 20 | “Hearing Theology” Eric Wall | |
| July 27 | “We’ve Come This Far, But Have A Long Way To Go: The Black Presbyterian Story” Rev. Dr. Byron Wade |
2020 Lecture Season
| Date | Topic/Speaker | View Link |
|---|---|---|
| July 7 | “Disease, Strategies of Prevention, Herd Immunity, Immunization” Dr. James (Jim) Bryan | |
| July 14 | “Next Best Thing to the Olympics” Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Shoenfelt | |
| July 21 | “Beethoven and Paradise: Exploring Masterpieces” Eric Wall | |
| July 28 | “How the Planet Responds to a Pandemic: Environmental Concerns” Patrick Miller | |
| August 4 | “Imaging the Triune God” Dr. Mark Achtemeier |