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2023 Res Publica Lectures

"The History of Abortion in America"
January 12-14, 2023
Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, Georgia

 

The Res Publica Lectures

More than twenty years ago an agency of the PCA, Women in the Church (WIC) (an organization of ministry to and by women in the denomination), graciously endowed an annual lecture series that was charged with the task of building up the church and bolstering an informed lay leadership, among both men and women. The lectureship has covered many different topics and has brought a wide variety of acclaimed speakers to our campus. In addition to public lectures in chapel, these lectures include a one-hour course for more in depth study of the topics covered. Today, these lectures are known as Res Publica.

Our Speaker:
Marvin Olasky

Marvin Olasky is an Acton Institute affiliate scholar and a Discovery Institute senior fellow. Among his 29 books are Prodigal Press, The Tragedy of American Compassion, Fighting for Liberty and Virtue, Compassionate Conservatism, Reforming Journalism, Lament for a Father, and The Story of Abortion in America. He has written 5,000 articles for World magazine and other publications, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Olasky earned an A.B. from Yale University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 1976. From 1983 to 2008, he was a professor at The University of Texas at Austin, and from 1992 through 2021 he edited World. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America and has been a foster parent, college provost, PTA president, school board and pregnancy center chairman, and cross-country bicycle rider. Olasky and his wife, Susan, have been married for 46 years.

 

 

Marvin Olasky

Lecture Schedule

Marvin Olasky
Dora Maclellan Brown Chapel

Live Stream

January 12 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Class Lecture

Marvin Olasky
Brock Hall 118

The students' goal in this course is to learn to write strong journalistic narrative stories for newspapers, magazines, and websites. The course will focus on the THAW process—thinking, hunting, analyzing, writing—including how to develop biblical objectivity, come down the ladder of abstraction, successfully interview and profile interesting people, acquire specific detail, choose protagonists who have missions and face obstacles, assess information, and write narrative stories rather than reports. Students will gain practice in feature writing by writing a story of their own based on visits to a Chattanooga homeless shelter or program. Classes will include discussion of the causes of homelessness and the variety of Christian responses to it.


Marvin Olasky
Dora Maclellan Brown Chapel

Live Stream

January 13 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Class Lecture

Marvin Olasky
Brock Hall 118

January 14 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Class Lecture

Marvin Olasky
Brock Hall 118

Location

Covenant College
Dora Maclellan Brown Chapel
14049 Scenic Highway
Lookout Mountain, GA 30750
Phone: 706.419.1360
Email: chapel@covenant.edu