The Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics provides lectures and panel discussions with scholars, practitioners and public officials for Wheaton College students and the surrounding community on issues related to market economies, representative democracies and limited government.
2023-2024 Lecture Schedule
Immigrant Nation: What Happened?
Panel Discussion
April 11, 7:00-8:00pm, Bakke Auditorium, Wade Center
A discussion between experts from theology, politics, law enforcement, and the media, on the current immigration situation, examining what makes this current problem so different and pressing than previous immigration crises. Panel guests include nationally syndicated columnist, Ruben Navarrette, Former US Attorney for Arizona, Paul Charlton, and Scripture Press Ministries Professor of Biblical Studies and Pedagogy at Wheaton College, Dr. Daniel Carroll R.
Leadership Through Liberal Arts: Why Divergent Thinkers Are Needed in a Convergent World.
Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau (ret.), President, Naval Postgraduate School.
November 16, 7:00-8:00pm, Bakke Auditorium, Wade Center
Divergent thinking empowers creative problem solving and is a crucial counterpart to analytic decision making. Vice Admiral Ann Rondeau, President of the Naval Postgraduate School, elaborates on the powerful role a liberal arts education plays in developing idea generating skills that equip us to navigate effectively and lead thoughtfully in an increasingly complex world.
How Christianity Can Be a Healing Force in American Society
Peter Wehner
September 11, 7:00-8:00pm, Amerding Concert Hall
Peter Wehner, a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, served in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and the George W. Bush White House. He is a contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.
2019-2020 Lecture Schedule
Politics - The Role of Faith in the Public Square
Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, 2011-2019, will share how his faith has impacted both his business and political practices.
Faith - Missions Impact - Cancelled and rescheduled for March 3, 2021
Robert Woodberry, director of the Project on Religion and Economic Change and senior research professor, Baylor University.
Economics - C.S. Lewis and Freedom: Christianity's Famous Apologist meets Adam Smith - Cancelled
Ken Elzinga, Robert C. Taylor Chair in Economics, University of Virginia
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2017-2018 Lecture Schedule
Robotics and Emerging Technologies: Friend or Foe of the American Worker?
Wednesday, November 1, 7:30-9:00pm
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The Healthcare Labyrinth: Where do we go from here?
Wednesday, February 28, 7:30-9:00pm
Meyer Science Center, Lecture Hall 145
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