ANNOUNCING: 
THE THIRD ANNUAL CROSSROADS CONFERENCE ON FAITH AND PUBLIC POLICY
July 27-30, 1995, at Eastern College, St. Davids, PA


Crossroads, a program of Evangelicals for Social Action co-sponsored
by the Center for Public Justice, encourages thoughtful, biblical,
scholarly reflection on political issues in the Christian community,
and nurtures a generation of Christian scholars interested in linking
biblical faith and public policy.  The national Crossroads network
includes over 120 Christian faculty, policy analysts, public
officials, theologians, and top-rated graduate students.  Monographs
by Crossroads participants on critical public policy questions from
an informed biblical perspective are published in the Crossroads
Faith and Public Policy Series.

The Annual Faith and Public Policy Conference provides Christians
interested in public policy with opportunities for sharing research,
discussing policy proposals, developing a Christian perspective on
political philosophy, networking, and informal fellowship.  The cost
of the conference is $200, including four nights and all meals. 
Registration is limited and will be filled on a first-come,
first-served basis.  We encourage ESA members to attend.

For more information or to register for the conference, please
contact Keith Pavlischek, Director of Crossroads, 10 Lancaster
Avenue, Wynnewood PA 19096, phone: 610-645-9399, email:
Cross@esa.mhs.compuserve.com.

Following are highlights of the conference: 

**  Towards a Christian Political Philosophy" Crossroads
    Lecture Series, "What Can Christians Contribute to the Political
    Commons?" James W. Skillen (Executive Director, The Center for
    Public Justice), Panel Respondents: Kenneth Grasso, Francis
    Beckwith

**  Theological Correctness in the Classroom
    David Hoekema (Academic Dean and Professor of Philosophy, Calvin 
    College)

**  Roundtable Discussion: Christians in Academia 

**  Roundtable Symposium: Mark Noll's The Scandal of the Evangelical 
    Mind 

**  Christians in the Welfare Debate
    Stanley Carlson-Thies (Director, Welfare Responsibility Inquiry, 
    the Center for Public Justice)

**  Family Policy Symposium 
    Amy Black (PhD candidate in political science, MIT)
    Perry Glanzer (PhD candidate in Social Ethics, USC), Dave Orgon 
    Coolidge (JD, Georgetown University Law Center)

**  Evangelicals in the Elections of '94/'96: Retrospect and
    Prospects John Green (Bliss Institute, University of Akron),
    James Guth (Political Science, Furman University),  Lyman
    Kellstedt (Political Science, Wheaton College), Corwin Smidt
    (Political Science, Calvin College)

**  Policy Panel Discussion:
    Educational Reform and Parental Choice

**  "Catholics, Evangelicals and Social Policy" Ron Sider
    (President, Evangelicals for Social Action), Drew Christiansen
    (Director, USCC Office of International Justice and Peace)

**  Faith and Public Policy Monograph Presentations: 

    Karen Kispert (PhD candidate in political science, Boston
    University): "Affordable Housing Zone Ahead:" Local Government's
    Contribution to Justice in Housing 

    Daniel Philpott (PhD candidate in government, Harvard 
    University): National Sovereignty and Humanitarian Intervention 

    Tim Shah (PhD candidate at Harvard University Department of
    Government): National Service: Will AmeriCorps Serve America?

**  Monograph Proposal Presentations by Crossroads Doctoral
    Scholars and Faculty Associates.  Topics of policy proposals to
    include:  Nuclear Energy, Homelessness, Handicapped Newborns,
    Affirmative Action, Health Care, Embryo Research, Economic
    Sanctions, Christian Environmental Activism, Capital Punishment



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A man of truly catholic spirit has not now his religion to seek.  He is
fixed as the sun in his judgment concerning the main branches of
Christian doctrine. . . . Observe this, you who know not what spirit ye
are of: who call yourselves men of catholic spirit; only because ye are
of muddy understanding; because your mind is all in a mist; because
you have no settled consistent principles; but are for jumbling all
principles together.  Be convinced, that you have missed your way; you
know not where you are.  You think you are got into the very spirit of
Christ;  when, in truth, you are nearer the spirit of Antichrist.  Go, first,
and learn the first elements of the gospel of Christ, and then shall you
learn to be of a truly catholic spirit.

                                   --John Wesley




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