Professors Speak in the White House and Capitol Hill
Biola University professors, Craig Hazen and Paul Spears, represented the University in D.C. at the end of March.
On Thursday, March 27, Craig Hazen, associate professor of comparative religion and apologetics and director, M.A. Program in Christian Apologetics, spoke to Senior Bush administration staff in the "Indian Treaty Room" of the old executive office building, next to the West Wing of the White House. Hazen spoke on "Reasonable Faith in an Uncertain World" addressing key issues in Christian apologetics.
On March 28, Hazen accompanied Dr. Paul Spears, assistant professor of Torrey Honors Institute, who spoke on Capitol Hill in a senate room on the topic, "Can Public Education in a Pluralistic Society Teach Right and Wrong?"
Later that day, Hazen and Spears, along with their wives, were given a private tour of the floor of the House Chamber.
Spears and Hazen are among several Biola professors who have spoken on Capitol Hill over the past year in a lecture series called the "Faith and Law Forum."
Others included:
J.P. Moreland spoke in August on "Sex, Science, and the Soul: Why Islam May Capture the West."
Scott Rae followed up in September on the topic "Election 2008: Michael Moore and the Christian World View."
In November, Greg Koukl spoke on "Homosexuality in the Public Square: Secular Arguments against Same-Sex Marriage" and John Mark Reynolds did a presentation on "Fulfilling Our Deepest Longings: Extracting Truth and Beauty from the American Obsession with Lower Pleasures."