If you have any questions about the discussions, you are welcome to call Doug any time (405-812-8758) or email him at dserven@ruf.org.		Grad Student Discussion Group Every other Sunday night 9pm at the Coach's porch (by the train tracks) 102 West Main Street Please join us to talk about how faith intersects life. Readings will come from books, articles and journal, with an attempt to pick from varying fields of interest (politics, economics, gender, psycology, theology, etc). Please come and join in the discussion. Next Meeting: March 8, 2010 Next Readings: Curt Stafford leads a discussion on the challenge of financial reform Past Readings: Hollywood, the West, the Western and American Exceptionalism, a discussion led by History PhD candidate Rev. Bobby Griffith Please also read this document. Violence and Regional Culture, a discussion on violence and manhood led by Social Psychology PhD candidate Collin Barnes The Darwin Dilemma - a discussion led by OU Prof Kerry Magruder, curator of the History of Science Collection at OU Christian Opposition to Human Rights?, a discussion led by Bobby Griffith from his masters in history work Social Networking, a discussion led by PhD student Scott Grawe How God Preserves the World, Malebranche (and Descartes) Dawkins Best Argument - a discussion around the Richard Dawkins visit Eagleton Review of Dawkins Josh Seachrist, PhD student at OU, on the Narrative Interpretation of the Meaning of Life Rhonda Kyncl will be leading a discussion on the first few sections of her PhD thesis - Negotiating Our Dual Identities As Scholars and Followers Love the Lord Your God With Al Your Mind, Sections 1 and 2, led by Prof Ken Stephenson in the music department All of this reading - is from John Henry Newman`s essay, the Idea of the University The Muslim Conception of the Law, Prof David Vishanoff, Religious and Islamic Studies The Psychology of Self Control IN SEARCH OF THE UNIVERSE’S NARRATIVE: THEISM, NATURALISM, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE, Josh Seachris, OU PhD student apocalyptic vision vs. the prophetic imagination - led by Rhonda Kyncl ABD PhD in English from OU Business Ethics - Can we shop at WalMart? led by PhD candidate Scott Grawe Plant Relocation The Good Samaritan - a Christian Model for Islamamic Studies, led by Prof David Vishanoff of the OU Religious Studies Dept Representing Faith in the Secular University Classroom, a discussion led by Rhonda Kyncl, who just took her generals for her PhD in English The Birth of Science - Stars Over Ancient Babylon, led by Prof. Kerry Magruder Milgram Study and social psychology, led by Dr. Ryan Brown Milgram and social pyschology led by Dr. Ryan Brown The Prophetic Imagination, a discussion led by PhD candidate Rhonda Kyncl Two youtubes from Dr. Strauss in the OU physics dept. Dr. Strauss, OU prof in physics - two youtube videos to get us started Galileo discussion led by Prof Kerry Magruder of the History of Science Dept Making Sense of Self-Esteem, discussion led by Dr. Ryan Brown Colonizing the Moon article and CS Lewis Space Trilogy The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce interview and article Holy Now, a song by Peter Mayer The Relativistic Bog by Nick Repak Here is the second Prof. David Craig from the OU journalism school wants us to read these two articles Here is the second At the Heart of Liberty by Prof Scaperlanda of the OU Law School instruction from Prof Scott Hodgson in the Journalism school - Christians and television Dr. Allen Hertzke, director of OU Relgious Studies Program on chapter 1 of his book Freeing Gods Children Chapter 7 of Hertzkes book The Flat Earth Myth - Discussion led by Dr. Kerry Magruder, History of Science