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Explorations Near and Far: Panel Discussions Women and Culture in Appalachia: What’s Going on with Biblical Archaeology A Conversation—Emily Satterwhite, in Israel? A Conversation—Oded Lipschits and Manfred Oeming The King University Institute for Faith and Culture Jessica Turner, and Theresa Burriss is an ongoing conversation between Christian September 12 November 13 Emily Satterwhite is associate professor at Oded Lipschits is professor of Jewish History in faith and culture started by Dr. Dale Brown at Tech, where she teaches Appalachian studies and the Biblical period at Tel Aviv University, where he King in 2008. popular culture studies. Her book Dear Appalachia: founded the International MA and PhD Program Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction Since 1878 received in Ancient Israel Studies within the Department The King Institute for Faith and Culture welcomes authors, the Weatherford Award in 2011 as the best work of non-fi ction of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures. He also artists, musicians, scholars, philosophers, historians, and others to illuminating the Appalachian South. In 2013, she was also given serves as the director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of interact with a regional and national audience. Virginia Tech’s Phi Beta Kappa Sturm Award for Faculty Excellence Archaeology. Lipschits has been the director of the Ramat-Rahel The King Institute for Faith and Culture seeks to provide a in Research. She is program chair for the Appalachian Studies Archaeological Project since 2004, and since 2010, he has been the place for all folks working to elevate discussion, a place to share Conference at Virginia Tech in 2017. director of the Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition. He has authored numerous books and papers. His book The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: explorations with like-minded seekers. We want to approach the Jessica Turner serves as director and head curator Judah Under Babylonian Rule is one of the world’s most popular central issues of our time honestly, clearly, and faithfully. for the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in sources on the Biblical period. The King Institute for Faith and Culture practices hospitality as Bristol, Virginia. Previously, Turner led a program in cultural heritage studies at Virginia Intermont Manfred Oeming has been a professor at the a Christian virtue, and aims to contribute to the fl ourishing of College and taught at Indiana University and in University of Heidelberg in Germany for 20 years, God’s creatures and kingdom. As such, we take comfort in the China. Her work in folklore and ethnomusicology examines serving for the last decade as the university’s Dean fruits of the spirit and wish to promote and enhance them through heritage, community, and the arts in Appalachia and Southern of the Faculty of . He is considered an our programming. Thus we say to you, Shalom, friends; we wish China, with particular interests in heritage tourism as economic authority in the areas of exegesis of the Hebrew you wholeness and goodness. You are welcome to this place. development and community revitalization. , Biblical archaeology, and hermeneutics. A noted scholar and lecturer, Oeming has taught theology and Biblical Theresa Burriss chairs the Appalachian Studies archaeology in Mainz, Osnabrück, and Heidelberg, and has written Program and is director of the Appalachian Regional and edited numerous books and articles. The Frederick Buechner Keynote Lecture & Rural Studies Center at Radford University. She Diana Butler Bass | November 28 has published several pieces of literary criticism on the Affrilachian Writers, including chapters in An In honor of Frederick Buechner, and in appreciation of his American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature and Appalachia work, the King Institute for Faith and Culture is pleased to in the Classroom: Teaching the Region, both co-edited with Patricia Call 423-652-4836 or 423-747-3524 host The Frederick Buechner Gantt. She is also contributing to the collection, Ecofeminism and Visit faithandculture.king.edu Keynote Lecture each year. Literature, edited by Douglas Vakoch. Follow us on Twitter: @King_InstFC This year’s Frederick Buechner Keynote Lecture will be given by Diana Butler Bass. Resources By Our Lecturers: Frederick Buechner is an infl uential American author and Presbyterian . His work has explored the Floodplain (music CD) Grounded The Angel Dialogues Caring for Words in Sara Groves Diana Butler Bass Tony Abbott a Culture of Lies engagement of Christian faith and culture in more than Marilyn McEntyre 30 remarkable books.

Roadside : In Accidental Saints: Tattoos on the Heart Food and Faith: A Search of the Sacred, Finding God in All the Father Gregory Boyle Theology of Eating the Strange, and the Wrong People Norman Wirzba Substance of Faith Nadia Bolz-Weber Timothy Beal All of the King Institute for Faith and Culture events are free of charge, and are open to the public. We welcome you to join us, and hope to see you there. –  Lecture Series KING UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR FAITH AND CULTURE

Taylor Reveley What’s Going on with Biblical Theodora Klayman Monday, August 29 Archaeology in Israel? Monday, February 27 Opening Convocation Sunday, November 13 9:15 a.m. | King University 9:15 a.m. | King University 6:00 p.m. | Student Center Complex Memorial Chapel Memorial Chapel 7:00 p.m. | Emmanuel Episcopal Church, As a special part of the King University Archaeology of the Bible 700 Cumberland St., Bristol, Virginia Taylor Reveley has served as President of the Conference, the King Institute for Faith and Culture will host a College of William & Mary since 2008, and was discussion on Biblical archaeology in Israel with noted international Theodora (Dora) Klayman spent 30 years as a previously Dean of William & Mary Law School scholars. Oded Lipschits from Tel Aviv University and Manfred Oeming teacher in the public school system. for almost a decade. Formerly managing partner in the law fi rm of from the University of Heidelberg will give insight into the ancient As a child in Ludbreg, Croatia, she recalls being in constant fear of Hunton & Williams, Reveley has extensively studied and written about Kingdom of Judah. Among other things, they will cover the city of detection by the Ustaša regime, which collaborated with the Nazis. the constitutional division of the war powers between the President and Azekah, which overlooked the Valley of Elah where David fought A Holocaust survivor, Klayman is often asked to share her moving Congress. He wrote War Powers of the President and Congress: Who Holds the Goliath, and the Ramat Rahel Archaeological Project, a joint program in story of being hidden, along with brother Zdravko, fi rst by a maternal Arrows and Olive Branch? and in 2007–2008 co-directed the War Powers the Judean lowlands. aunt and then, after her aunt was deported, protected by non-Jewish Commission, which resulted in changes to the respective powers of the neighbors. Adopted by an uncle following the war, she later met and President and Congress over matters of war. Yuval Gadot married an American chemist, settled in Washington, D.C., and earned Monday, November 14 degrees at the University of Maryland. In partnership with the Women and Culture in Appalachia: 9:15 a.m. | King University Holocaust Memorial Museum A Conversation—Emily Satterwhite, Memorial Chapel Jessica Turner, Theresa Burriss Todd Shy The King University Archaeology of the Bible Monday, March 13 Monday, September 12 Conference continues with Yuval Gadot, a senior 9:15 a.m. | King University 9:15 a.m. | King University Memorial Chapel lecturer in the Department of Archaeology Memorial Chapel 7:00 p.m. | The Birthplace of Country Music Museum, and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv Bristol Public Library, 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, Virginia University in Israel. He also directs the university’s excavations at the 7:00 p.m. | City of David and co-directs the Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition, 701 Goode Street, Bristol, Virginia We welcome three female scholars of Appalachia to discuss various an archaeological excavation surrounding the Biblical city of Azekah. aspects of culture in our region. An important part of this project will be Todd Shy is director of educational design at Gadot holds a doctorate from Tel Aviv University where he studied to look at how Christian faith shapes the area’s society, history, and arts. Avenues: The World School in . He the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age in Israel’s central coastal plain. Emily Satterwhite (Virginia Tech), Jessica Turner (Birthplace of Country grew up in Bristol, Virginia, and graduated from both Virginia High School Currently, he is leading an archaeological dating project involving the Music Museum), and Theresa Burriss (Radford University) will share their and the University of Virginia. After college, Shy spent four years in introduction of agricultural terraces in the Jerusalem highlands, a project perspectives and expertise. London, working for John Stott, who was rector of All Souls, an evangelical that carries cross-cultural signifi cance. Co-sponsored by the King University congregation in London. Also while in the United Kingdom, Shy studied Sara Groves Department of Philosophy and Religion at King’s College London. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Monday, September 26 Princeton Theological Seminary and has taught at various private schools Diana Butler Bass for more than fi fteen years. Shy’s writings have been published in major 9:15 a.m. | King University Monday, November 28 publications, and, in 2009, he was a fi nalist for the National Book Critics Memorial Chapel The Frederick Buechner Circle Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. Bristol Train Station, 7:00 p.m. | Keynote Lecture 101 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 9:15 a.m. | King University Marilyn McEntyre Bristol, Virginia Memorial Chapel Monday, March 20 Sara Groves is a noted contemporary Christian 7:00 p.m. | St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 9:15 a.m. | King University singer, record producer, and songwriter. A former high school teacher of 124 E Main St, Abingdon, Virginia Memorial Chapel English and history, she has been nominated for seven Dove Awards and 7:00 p.m. | Central Presbyterian Church, Diana Butler Bass is a noted author, speaker, and independent scholar produced a string of successful albums including her latest, Floodplain, 301 Euclid Avenue, Bristol, Virginia specializing in American religion and culture. She is the author of nine which was inspired by the Mississippi River in her hometown and books, including Grounded: Finding God in the World—A Spiritual Revolution Marilyn McEntyre is a writer and professor of speaks of God’s provision. For the last eight years, Groves has worked and for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming medical humanities at the UC Berkeley-UCSF with International Justice Mission to advocate for victims of human the Faith, which was named one of the best religion books of the year by Joint Medical Program. As a noted speaker and educator, McEntyre traffi cking. She resides in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she and husband Publishers Weekly and featured in a USA TODAY cover story. Bass teaches strives to connect the Christian faith with food, healthcare, and care Troy support community for artists out of a century-old church called and preaches at a variety of venues. She comments regularly on religion, for the earth and its creatures. She also does important work on caring Art House North. politics, and culture for major publications and media outlets, such as for language and public discourse, and fi nding new ways for us to live Timothy Beal CNN, CBS, and NPR. together on a planet that needs healing. She has authored 14 books, the most recent being A Faithful Farewell. Her book What’s in a Phrase? Pausing Monday, October 3 Julia Robinson Where Scripture Gives You Pause received a Christianity Today 2015 book award. 9:15 a.m. | King University Monday, January 16 Memorial Chapel 9:15 a.m. | King University Tony Abbott Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 7:00 p.m. | Memorial Chapel Monday, April 3 700 Cumberland St., Bristol, Virginia 7:00 p.m. | Bristol Public Library, 9:15 a.m. | King University Timothy Beal is the Florence Harkness Professor 701 Goode Street, Bristol, Virginia Memorial Chapel of Religion and chairs the Department of 7:00 p.m. | First Presbyterian Church, Julia Robinson is associate professor of African Religious Studies at Case Western Reserve University in , . 701 Avenue, Bristol, Tennessee American and religions of the African In addition to being editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Diaspora in the Department of Religious Studies Tony Abbott is a noted poet and educator, whose the Arts, Beal has published 12 books, most recently The Rise and Fall of the at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She writes and speaks work is deeply infl uenced by his Christian faith Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book. His work, Roadside Religion: extensively about Black history, religion, and culture. Her book Race, and his personal grappling with loss and relationships. He has taught In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith, was named to the Religion, and the Pulpit: The Making of Urban Detroit, 1910–1946 explores at Davidson College in North Carolina since 1964, and is currently the Publishers Weekly “10 Best Religion Books of 2005” and how Rev. Robert L. Bradby’s church, Second Baptist Church of Detroit, Charles A. Dana Professor of English Emeritus. Abbott is the author of Book Review “Editor’s Choice.” became a catalyst for economic empowerment and the formation of an seven books of poetry, two novels, and four books of literary criticism. Charles James Sr. urban African American working class in Detroit. Robinson is also an The recipient of numerous teaching and writing awards, Abbott received the North Carolina Award for Literature in 2015, the highest civilian Monday, October 17 ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). honor given by the state. His newest book, The Angel Dialogues, was given 9:15 a.m. | King University Nadia Bolz-Weber honorable mention in the 2015 Brockman-Campbell competition of the Memorial Chapel Thursday, February 16 NC Poetry Society. His book of poems, If Words Could Save Us, was also a Charles James Sr. is a 1971 graduate, one of 7:00 p.m. | Central Presbyterian Church, co-winner in the same competition in 2012. King’s early African American alumni. He has 301 Euclid Avenue, Bristol, Virginia worked for more than 25 years in government Norman Wirzba leadership for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained pastor in the Monday, April 10 He was deputy secretary of administration Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and 9:15 a.m. | King University under Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. Previously, he served as founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Memorial Chapel deputy assistant secretary and director in the Offi ce of Federal Contract Saints in Denver, Colorado. She is a popular Compliance Programs. James and wife Kay co-founded The Gloucester Christian speaker, known for her sense of humor and honesty. 7:00 p.m. | Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Institute in 2009 — a nonprofi t organization dedicated to historic Bolz-Weber is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Pastrix: 700 Cumberland St., Bristol, Virginia preservation and minority leadership development. Co-sponsored by the The Cranky Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint. Her most recent book, Accidental Norman Wirzba is professor of theology, Offi ce of Alumni and Development at King University Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People, is also a New York Times bestseller. ecology, and rural life at She has been featured by numerous media outlets, including CNN, the at . A noted speaker and teacher, he is recognized for Travis Reed BBC World Service, , and NPR’s Morning Edition. his interest and research in the intersections of theology, philosophy, Monday, November 7 ecology, and agrarian and environmental studies. He has edited and 9:15 a.m. | King University authored numerous books, the most recent being Way of Love: Recovering Memorial Chapel King University Institute for Faith and Culture the Heart of Christianity and From Nature to Creation: A Christian Vision for 7:00 p.m. | First Presbyterian Church, Shannon Vance Harris, Director | [email protected] Understanding and Loving Our World. Wirzba strives to understand and 701 Florida Avenue, Bristol, Tennessee promote practices that can equip Christian church communities “to be 423-652-4836 or 423-747-3524 more faithful and responsible members of creation.” Travis Reed is the founder of The Work of the People, which is the only Visual Liturgy library on the faithandculture.king.edu Follow us on Twitter: @King_InstFC Father Gregory Boyle planet. Reed has gathered the wisdom and insight of an unparalleled Wednesday, April 12 collection of theologians and practitioners. Reed, who was once abused, 1350 King College Road, Bristol, TN 37620 7:00 p.m. | Bristol Public Library, kidnapped, and fatherless, became a Christian through a U2 song. The 701 Goode Street, Bristol, Virginia Work of the People creates multimedia as a daring proclamation and moves people toward growth and divine vocation. The Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., is an American Special thanks to 2016-2017 Series Co-sponsor Jesuit priest who founded and currently directs Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, , a successful gang intervention, rehabilitation, and

King University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. re-entry program. Boyle is a popular speaker on gangs and intervention approaches and has received numerous accolades, including the All of the King Institute for Faith and Culture events are free of California Peace Prize, 2016 Humanitarian of the Year Award (James charge, and are open to the public. We welcome you to join us, Beard Foundation), and being named a 2014 Champion of Change and hope to see you there. by the White House. His book Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion was on the Publishers Weekly 2010 list of Best Books and received the PEN Center USA 2011 Creative Nonfi ction Award.