About the Conference
The conference will address the importance of a biblical worldview and how that affects the teacher's role in the public forum. So often Christian educators don't see beyond the walls of their classrooms or schools, and while they often have a significant impact on the lives of their students, they do not engage the 3 P's of education: philosophies, policies, and politics. This conference will suggest ways that Christian educators can redirect their missionary zeal toward a more holistic and purposeful living of their Christian faith as they seek to glorify God with their hearts, heads and hands. Ultimately, this is an opportunity for Christians to begin thinking deeply about education from a Christian perspective and to look for ways that Christian educators can work together to bring about positive changes in Oregon.

Nancy will be speaking in chapel on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 11am in the Psalm Center.  She will also be lecturing Thursday evening at 7 pm in the Psalm Center.  This event is free and open to the general public.

Nancy Pearcey
Heralded as "one of the few female intellectuals in evangelicalism" (Evangelical Outpost), Nancy has authored or coauthored several works, including The Soul of Science and How Now Shall We Live? Her most recent book, Total Truth, won the 2005 ECPA Gold Medallion Award for best book in the category of Christianity and Society.

Nancy has addressed staffers on Capitol Hill and at the White House; actors and screenwriters in Hollywood; scientists at labs such as Sandia and Los Alamos; students and faculty at Stanford, Dartmouth, Princeton, USC, Ohio State, and the University of Georgia; as well as educational and activist groups, including the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. She has appeared on NPR and C-SPAN

Formerly an agnostic, Nancy studied violin in Heidelberg in the early 1970s, then traveled to Switzerland to study Christian worldview at L'Abri Fellowship, where Francis Schaeffer was living and teaching. Later she graduated from Iowa State University with a Distributed Studies degree (philosophy, German, music). After earning a master's in Biblical Studies from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, she pursued graduate work in the history of philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. She has been a visiting scholar at Biola University's Torrey Honors Institute and is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute.

Currently, Nancy R. Pearcey is editor-at-large of The Pearcey Report. She is also the Francis A. Schaeffer Scholar at the World Journalism Institute, where she teaches a worldview course based on the study guide edition of her book, Total Truth. Nancy, her husband Rick, and the second of her two sons live in Lake Ridge, Virginia.

For more information email mlucas@corban.edu

"… Most educators define 'a Christian teacher' strictly in terms of personal behavior: things like setting a good example and showing concern for students.  Almost none define it in terms of conveying a biblical worldview on the subjects they teach, whether literature, science, social studies, or the arts.  In other words, they are concerned about being a Christian in their work, but they don’t think in terms of having a biblical framework on the work itself" ( p. 37). Total Truth