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Pruit Symposium
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    • Pruit Memorial Symposium Committee
    • Pruit Memorial Symposium Production Team
  • Black Gospel Symposia
    • 2023: My Tribute: The Life and Legacy of Andrae Crouch
    • 2022: Go Tell It on the Mountain
    • 2021: Lord, Don't Move The Mountain
    • 2020: Gospel Music in Word and Song
    • 2019: Lord, Make Me An Instrument
    • 2018: She Sang Freedom with Dr. Tammy Kernoldle
    • 2017: Singing the Sermon: When the Message and Music Matter
    • 2016: Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, Scholar in Residence
    • 2015-2016: Lift Every Voice and Sing
    • 2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
    • 2013: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
  • Other Past Pruit Symposia
    • 2009: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution
      • Plenary Speakers
      • Session Topics
    • 2005: Global Christianity: Challenging Modernity and the West
    • 2004: Slavery, Oppression, and Prejudice: Ancient Roots and Modern Implications
    • 2003: The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education
    • 2002: Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship
    • 2001: Celebrating Augustine's Confessions: Reading Augustine for the New Millenium
    • 2000: Interpreting Christian Art
    • 1999: Cultivating Citizens: Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America
Baylor BU Pruit Symposium Other Past Pruit Symposia 2009: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution Session Topics
  • 2009: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution
    • Plenary Speakers
    • Session Topics
  • 2005: Global Christianity: Challenging Modernity and the West
  • 2004: Slavery, Oppression, and Prejudice: Ancient Roots and Modern Implications
  • 2003: The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education
  • 2002: Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship
  • 2001: Celebrating Augustine's Confessions: Reading Augustine for the New Millenium
  • 2000: Interpreting Christian Art
  • 1999: Cultivating Citizens: Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America

Session Topics

Each session offers discussion based on papers presented by panelists. Presentations in the first breakout session are not repeated in the second.

  • Baptists and Religious Liberty
    Organized by Brent Walker, Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty

  • African-American Contributions to Baptist Tradition
    Organized by Dr. Sandy Martin, Professor of Religion, University of Georgia

  • Baptist Contributions to Society
    Organized by Dr. Bill Pitts, Professor of Religion, Baylor University

Baylor BU Pruit Symposium Other Past Pruit Symposia 2009: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution Session Topics
  • About
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    • Pruit Memorial Symposium Committee
    • Pruit Memorial Symposium Production Team
  • Black Gospel Symposia
    Back
    • 2023: My Tribute: The Life and Legacy of Andrae Crouch
    • 2022: Go Tell It on the Mountain
    • 2021: Lord, Don't Move The Mountain
    • 2020: Gospel Music in Word and Song
    • 2019: Lord, Make Me An Instrument
    • 2018: She Sang Freedom with Dr. Tammy Kernoldle
    • 2017: Singing the Sermon: When the Message and Music Matter
    • 2016: Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, Scholar in Residence
    • 2015-2016: Lift Every Voice and Sing
    • 2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
    • 2013: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
  • Other Past Pruit Symposia
    Back
    • 2009: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution
      Back
      • Plenary Speakers
      • Session Topics
    • 2005: Global Christianity: Challenging Modernity and the West
    • 2004: Slavery, Oppression, and Prejudice: Ancient Roots and Modern Implications
    • 2003: The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education
    • 2002: Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship
    • 2001: Celebrating Augustine's Confessions: Reading Augustine for the New Millenium
    • 2000: Interpreting Christian Art
    • 1999: Cultivating Citizens: Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America
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