Formal Call FOR Papers & Presentations

You may submit a paper or presentation you would like to present at the conference at the link below:

Paper Submission Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQ9_UyTn_e0AQqepCsHRQEX2E6oNb2JagcwsCmy9Fa-M8Xpg/viewform?usp=sharing

Paper and Presentation Proposals must be submitted in the English Language Presentations may be presented in the English or Korean Language, with live translations available.

INCHE in partnership with Handong Global University is pleased to announce the call for papers and presentations for the INCHE Asia-Oceania Conference on June 20-22, 2023. This English language conference will be hosted by: Handong Global University in Pohang, Republic of Korea (South Korea) on the theme: Christian Scholars: Forming Identity, Building Community. As Christian scholars, we have common faith in Jesus Christ and shared commitment to scholarship in our respective fields of knowledge. Scriptures declare that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge (Prov. 1:7), all things were created through and for Christ, and in him all things hold together (Col. 1:16-17). How then are we to relate the scriptural truth about the foundation of knowledge and the centrality of Christ in all things to our teaching and research? This question lies at the heart of our identity formation as Christian scholars. Our answers will affect the way we approach our work, understand our role in the world, and grow in scholarly maturity. Moreover, to be faithful to God’s call, this identity-forming inquiry challenges us to seek answers communally. We are mutually to help, encourage, and edify one another by joining our efforts and sharing experiences with our contemporaries as well as with our predecessors in faith and learning. By seeking our identity together, we build and strengthen the community of Christian scholars in our generation and over many generations. Institutions of Christian higher education find this togetherness particularly challenging as they search for a renewed mission in our fractured era. The conference promises to be a valuable occasion to consider how we form identity and build community as Christian scholars. We welcome paper and presentation proposals that demonstrate how Christian scholarship is actualized or executed in a field of research or education and deals with how the identity of Christian scholars is formed and nurtured in a field of study or an educational institution, considering ideas about how we strengthen Christian scholarship with communities within and beyond our scholarly areas. Paper and presentation proposals should address these matters. Proposal information, including a description of 300-500 words‚ should be completed and submitted on the Google form at the link above no later than February 20, 2023, the final deadline.

Suggested / example presentation topics:

1. IDENTITY FORMATION

  • Christian Scholarship: Biblical Perspectives & Foundations – What, Why and How of Christian scholarship in the Scripture, either Christian scholarship in general or Christian scholarship specific to humanities, social sciences, or STEM in the integrative perspective.

  • Challenges of Dual Membership: Christian Commitment in the Secular Academia – What is the tension arising from our Christian identity while engaging in secular scholarly communities and how to deal with it

  • Responsibilities of Christian Scholars in Our Father’s World:

    • Christian Scholarship for the Environment, the Technological and Natural World

    • Christian Scholarship for Shalom in the Social, Political, and International Spheres

    • Christian Scholarship for the Marketplace and the Corporate World


2. COMMUNITY BUILDING

  • In Communion with Our Forefathers: Historical Lessons on the Success and Failure of Christian Scholarship and Contemporary Ramifications.

  • Strengthening the National and Regional Christian Scholars Networks – How to join efforts and share experiences in a field of study within our nations and beyond.

  • Fostering the Next Generation of Christian Scholars – How to help, encourage, and edify students and young scholars


 3. CHRISTIAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

  • Missions of Christian Higher Education in Our Time:

    • Major Challenges Facing Christian Colleges & Universities Today: From Within and Without – Cultural, financial, or regulatory pressures as well as difficulties associated with spiritual formation and whole person cultivation

    • Unique Challenges Facing Christian Colleges & Universities in the Asia-Oceania Region

  • Strengthening Christian Liberal Arts Education for the Highly Vocationalized Age

  • Models of the Structural and Operational Governance for Christian Universities