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鈥淕rowing Younger鈥�: Literature and Childlike Faith Southeast Conference on Christianity & Literature 狼友阁, October 10-12, 2024

Thursday, October 10

12:15 - 12:45 pm

Registration, Chapel Lobby

12:45 - 2:05 pm

Panel 1a, Creative: Fiction, Kresge Library Lounge

• Moderator: Sarah Huffines, 狼友阁
• Paul Luikart, 狼友阁, 鈥淔lash Fiction: 鈥楥rash Boat,鈥� 鈥楪ood Boy,鈥� and 鈥榁ictory Dance鈥欌��
• Robert Erle Barham, 狼友阁, 鈥淲here the Wild Things Were鈥�
• Cliff Foreman, 狼友阁, 鈥淕odfrey Brown鈥�

Panel 1b, MacDonald鈥檚 Princess Books & The Golden Key, Carter Hall 109

• Moderator: Heather Hess, 狼友阁
• Molly B. Lewis, Regent University, 鈥淎gainst Suspicion: George MacDonald and the Ethics of Hospitality鈥�
• Madeleine Freace, 狼友阁, 鈥淏radbury, MacDonald, and the Romantic Metanarrative鈥�
• Olivia Jensen, Ralston College, 鈥�Katabasis is Key: The Ageless Secret to Platonic Pedagogy in George MacDonald鈥檚 The Golden Key鈥�

Panel 1c, World of the Five Gods, Carter Hall 111

• Moderator: Laura Schrock Crawford, Samford University
• William Tate, 狼友阁, 鈥溾�楤linded by the surfaces of things鈥�: Imaginary Gods and Genuine Prayer in the World of Five Gods鈥�
• Chad Schrock, Lee University, 鈥淧olytheistic Providence in Lois McMaster Bujold鈥檚 The Curse of Chalion鈥�
• Carissa Turner Smith, Charleston Southern University, 鈥淭he Theology of Failure in Lois McMaster Bujold鈥檚 The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls鈥�

2:20 - 3:40 pm

Panel 2a, Creative: Nonfiction, Kresge Library Lounge

• Moderator: Robert Erle Barham, 狼友阁
• Sara LoPiccolo, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 鈥淵our Weird Little Space Cadet Salutes You鈥�
• Noelle Salgado, Uplift Educational Charter, 鈥淧aolina鈥�
• Christianna Soumakis, 鈥淪acred Play: Embodying Childhood Myths as Pilgrimage to Maturity on the Way of St. James鈥�

Panel 2b, At the Back of the North Wind, Carter Hall 109

• Moderator: Joyce McPherson, 狼友阁
• Aaron Cassidy, The Cambridge School of Dallas, 鈥淒iamond鈥檚 鈥楤right Shadow鈥�: Childlike Faith in North Wind鈥�
• Avery-Claire Galloway, Georgia College and State University,  鈥溾�楪o Through Me鈥�: MacDonald鈥檚 Maternal Depiction of Death in At the Back of the North Wind鈥�
• Melody Green, Urbana Theological Seminary, 鈥淭he Spiritual Needs of Victorian Children as Presented in George MacDonald鈥檚 At the Back of the North Wind and Hesba Stretton鈥檚 Jessica鈥檚 First Prayer鈥�

Panel 2c, American Mythologies of Childhood, Carter Hall 111

• Moderator: Gwen Macallister, 狼友阁
• Sophie Sunder, 狼友阁, 鈥淪avoring Miracles: Dandelion Wine, Time, and Ecclesiastes鈥�
• Lana Lockhart, Spelman College, 鈥淭ake My Hand Precious Lord: Christianity and Childhood Trauma in the Literature of Dolen Perkins-Valdez鈥�
• Jim Wildeman, 狼友阁, 鈥淐revecoeur鈥檚 America: Too Rich, Too Real to BE Myth?鈥�

3:40 - 4:15 pm

Coffee & tea available in Brock Breezeway

4:15 - 5:30 pm

Poetry Workshop, Brock Hall 118
鈥淔inding your form 鈥� finding your freedom; how form and craft can liberate your writing鈥�
Revd. Dr. A. Malcolm Guite, Life Fellow Girton College, Cambridge

Friday, October 11

7:30 - 8:00 am

Conference registration in the Chapel Lobby
Coffee, tea, and light breakfast fare available

8:05 - 9:05 am

Panel 3a, 17th Century Childlikeness, Kresge Library Lounge

• Moderator: William Tate, 狼友阁
• Brooke Neal, University of Mississippi, 鈥淎 Mist Dispersed鈥�: Politics, Faith, and Childlikeness in Henry Vaughan鈥檚 鈥淭hey are all Gone into the World of Light!鈥�
• Griffin Adams, 狼友阁,  鈥淚nfant Felicity in Traherne鈥檚 Plain Verse鈥�

Panel 3b, Contemporary Fantasy, Carter Hall 109

• Moderator: Chad Schrock, Lee University
• Nick Palombo, Point University, 鈥溾�楾hough Not at This Time an Artist鈥�: Katharine Burdekin鈥檚 The Burning Ring as a K眉nstlerroman of Re-enchantment鈥�
• Hallie Wielfaert, Lee University, 鈥淥n the Threshold: The Two-Fold Liminality of Will and the Book of Gramarye鈥�

9:20 - 10:40 am

Panel 4a,  Rebirth in Classical and Modern Texts, Kresge Library Lounge

• Moderator: Mary McCampbell, 狼友阁
• Daniel Shirley, Southeastern University, 鈥淎n Exploration of Rebirth in Plato鈥檚 鈥楳yth of Er鈥�: Death as a Portal to Imagination鈥�
• Aimee Smith, Classical Conversations, 鈥淎n Exploration of Rebirth in Homer鈥檚 Odyssey: The Role of Hospitable Imagination in Human Restoration鈥�
• Rebecca Dolny, Southeastern University, 鈥淎n Exploration of Rebirth in At the Back of the North Wind: Unless a Man Be Born Again鈥�
• Maria Wilkening, Southeastern University, 鈥淎n Exploration of Rebirth in Till We Have Faces: The Role of Imagination in the Life of Faith鈥�

Panel 4b, Transatlantic Abolitionism and Religion, Carter Hall 109

• Moderator: Carissa Turner Smith, Charleston Southern University
• Christine Colon, Wheaton College, 鈥淓ducating the Next Generation: Family Sins and Painful Repentance in Charlotte Yonge鈥檚 Heartsease鈥�
• Emma Butler-Probst, Anderson University, 鈥淎 Community of Black Bible Interpreters in Stowe's Dred鈥�
• Demetrius Minnick-Tucker, Georgia State University, 鈥淯nmaking American Slavery, Sighting Canaan: Frederick Douglass鈥檚 狼友阁al Re(visions) of Youth in My Bondage and My Freedom鈥�

Panel 4c, MacDonald in Context, Carter Hall 111

• Moderator: Laurel Samuelson, Baylor University
• Lisa Krajecki, Tennessee State University, 鈥淏ack Through the Looking Glass: Childhood in Works by George MacDonald and Lewis Carroll鈥�
• Stephen Bell, Liberty University, 鈥淒ivested of Dirt, Prickles, and Claws: MacDonald鈥檚 and Kingsley鈥檚 Understanding of the Self Transformed by God鈥�
• Mark Lama, 鈥淕rowing in Youth: George MacDonald鈥檚 Diary as Writing to Rejuvenate the Soul鈥�

Panel 4d, Literature for Children, Sanderson 201

• Moderator: Josephine Stringer, Dallas Baptist University
• Elaine Lux-Koman, National University, 鈥淗ealing Connection and Themes of Restoration in Johanna Spyri鈥檚 Heidi鈥�
• Emily McArthur, Southern Adventist University, 鈥淗oratio Alger, Adolescent Purpose, and the Dignity of Work鈥�
• Paul Marchbanks, Cal Poly, 鈥淕reater Love: Scare Tactics & the Path to Sacrifice in Stories for Children鈥�

11:00 am - 12:45 pm

Lunch
Meal tickets good for lunch in the Great Hall

12:45 - 2:05 pm

Panel 5a, Creative: Poetry, Kresge Library Lounge

• Moderator: William Tate, 狼友阁
• John Blair, Texas State University, 鈥淔rom The Shape of Things to Come: Children of the Bomb鈥�
• Ben Egerton, Victoria University of Wellington, 鈥淔rom The Seed Drill鈥�
• James Lee, Anderson University, 鈥淔rom Bee Suit: Spring Chores with Grandfather鈥�

Panel 5b, MacDonald鈥檚 Lilith, Carter Hall 109

• Moderator: Melody Green, Urbana Theological Seminary
• Sophie Davis, Regent College,  鈥溾�楢ll Will Be Little Ones鈥�: Dying unto Life in George MacDonald鈥檚 Lilith鈥�
• Chris Pipkin, Emmanuel University, 鈥溾�楽afe鈥� but Not Good: Jadis and Lilith as Bad Teachers鈥�
• Joshua Rawleigh, Indiana University, 鈥溾�楪od has hidden with his word all sorts of treasures鈥�: George MacDonald and Syriac Poetic Theology鈥�

Panel 5c, Children in the Contemporary Novel, Carter Hall 111

• Moderator: Jim Wildeman, 狼友阁
• Jonathan Sircy, Southern Wesleyan University, 鈥淐hildren Without Chests: Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Moral Deformation鈥�
• Jay Beavers, Union University, 鈥淏abes in the Woods: Children and Prophetic Witness in Cormac McCarthy鈥檚 Tennessee Novels鈥�
• Bryant White, 狼友阁, 鈥淧arody and the Christ-Haunted Childhood in Patrick Chamoiseau鈥檚 Une enfance cr茅ole鈥�

Panel 5d, John Milton , Sanderson 201

• Moderator: Wesley Garey, Charleston Southern University
• Rachel Byrd, Southern Adventist University, 鈥淛ohn Foxe and John Milton: Religious Conformity and Freedom of Conscience鈥�
• Joshua McCarthy, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 鈥溾�楢 Fierie Tempest鈥�: On The Nature & Effect of The Forbidden Fruit in Paradise Lost鈥�
• Mark-Elliot Finley, University of South Florida, 鈥淭he Miltonic Narnian Hero: Milton鈥檚 Comus in Lewis鈥� The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe鈥�

2:20 - 3:40 pm

Panel 6a, The Child in Pop Culture, Kresge Library Lounge

• Moderator: Cory Grewell, Patrick Henry College
• Christina Eickenroht, Regent College, 鈥淔orming, Filling, and Naming: The Lost Words as Creational Re-Enchantment鈥�
• Candace Lilford, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 鈥溾�業t鈥檚 a big responsibility but I really love her鈥�: Childlike Faith in Ponyo鈥�
• Heather Hess, 狼友阁, 鈥淧owerful Innocence: George MacDonald鈥檚 Legacy in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time鈥�

Panel 6b, Return as Growth, Carter Hall 109 

• Moderator: Emily McArthur, Southern Adventist University
• Jordaine Broyer, Southern Adventist University, 鈥淗omeward Bound鈥�
• David Smith, University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma, 鈥淎 blindness of spirit which comes from age鈥�: Recapturing Childish Wonder in Lord Dunsany鈥檚 The King of Elfland鈥檚 Daughter鈥�
• Mary McCampbell, 狼友阁, 鈥淭he Child as Prophet, Romantic, or Cynic鈥�

Panel 6c, Inklings: Tolkien and Barfield, Carter Hall 111

• Moderator: Chris Pipkin, Emmanuel College
• Julia Adams, Patrick Henry College, 鈥淎ccessing the 鈥極ther鈥�: J.R.R. Tolkien on the Value of Fairy-Stories for Adults鈥�
• Cory Grewell, Patrick Henry College, 鈥淲onder as the Beginning of Wisdom鈥�
• Josh Nisley, Faith Builders Institute, 鈥淟osing Childhood to Save It: Loss, Memory, and Poetic Consciousness in Owen Barfield鈥�

3:45 - 4:15 pm

Coffee & tea available in the Chapel Lobby
Book table open

4:15 - 5:30 pm

Keynote, Chapel Auditorium 

鈥溾�楾he Child in the Midst鈥�: the Paradox of Childlike Maturity, with reference to MacDonald, Chesterton, and Lewis鈥� 
Revd. Dr. A. Malcolm Guite, Life Fellow Girton College, Cambridge

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Banquet Dinner, Mills First Floor Lobby

Saturday, October 12

7:30 - 8:00 am

Coffee, tea, and light breakfast fare available in the Chapel Lobby

8:05 - 9:05 am

Panel 7a, Linguistic Innocence, Carter Hall 111

• Moderator: Bryant White, 狼友阁
• Ben Egerton, Victoria University of Wellington, 鈥溾�極, o, o鈥� and 鈥楢, a, a鈥�: sound patterns and protowords as inchoate praise鈥�
• Jason Crawford, Union University, 鈥淛okes, Proverbs, and the Language of Eden鈥�

Panel 7b, American Classics, Carter Hall 109

• Moderator: Jonathan Sircy, Southern Wesleyan University
• Cliff Foreman, 狼友阁, 鈥淭he Scaffold and the Noose: Law, Nature and Grace in The Scarlet Letter and Billy Budd鈥�
• Laura Schrock Crawford, Samford University, 鈥淏eyond the Death Drive: Poe鈥檚 Problem-Solving Aesthetic and 鈥楾he Imp of the Perverse鈥欌��

9:20 - 10:40 am

Panel 8a, Pride & Prejudice, Sanderson 202

• Moderator: Christine Colon, Wheaton College
• Rebekah Barbee, 狼友阁, 鈥淔alling Short: Understanding Maturity and its Lack in Jane Austen鈥檚 Pride and Prejudice鈥�
• Elisha Sircy, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, 鈥淧astoral Epistles and Moral Pretense: Moral Failings and Narrative Technique in Pride and Prejudice鈥�
• Ray Lantrip, Arthur Williams Middle School, 鈥淟ydia Bennet and the Prodigal Son: Biblical Allusions in Pride and Prejudice鈥�

Panel 8b, John Bunyan, Carter Hall 109

• Moderator: Robert Erle Barham, 狼友阁
• Joyce McPherson, 狼友阁, 鈥淲hy the Spiritual Core of Story Matters: Delving into Pilgrim鈥檚 Progress and the Work of George MacDonald鈥�
• Laura Sterrett, Milligan University, 鈥溾�楶laying Pilgrims鈥�: How to Engage the Allegory of The Pilgrim鈥檚 Progress鈥�
• Wesley Garey, Charleston Southern University, 鈥淓mblems and Education in Seventeenth-Century Protestant Poetics鈥�

Panel 8c, MacDonald鈥檚 Fairy Stories, Carter Hall 111

• Moderator: Katherine Wyma, Anderson University
• Janie M. H. Fritz, Duquesne University, 鈥淐hildhood, Spiritual Responsibility, and Emergent Responsiveness: A Communication Ethics Understanding of Selected Works of George MacDonald鈥�
• Abby Atchley, 狼友阁, 鈥淚dentity and Social Structures in Conflict in Photogen and Nycteris鈥�
• Laurel Samuelson, Baylor University, 鈥淭he Beginning of Wisdom: Second Innocence in The Wise Woman鈥�

Panel 8d, The Impact of Children鈥檚 Stories, Sanderson 201

• Moderator: Molly Lewis, Regent College
• Josephine Stringer, Dallas Baptist University, 鈥淔ertile Imagination: Children鈥檚 Literature as the Seeds of Virtue鈥�
• Christina Eickenroht, Regent College, 鈥淚ntimations of an Enchanted World: Frederick Buechner on Childhood and Fairy Tales鈥�
• Brandon Harvey, Catholic International University, 鈥淭he Formative Quality of Stories for Children and its Corresponding Metaphysics鈥�

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Poetry Reading, Chapel Auditorium
Revd. Dr. A. Malcolm Guite, Life Fellow Girton College, Cambridge

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm

Regional Planning Meeting, Carter 111 (boxed lunches available per request on Carter South Porch; additional seating in Carter 109)