Bryan College is committed to helping students develop a biblical worldview; and as part of a Christ-centered education, offers several programs through the Bryan Institute (formerly Bryan Center) for Critical Thought and Practice and its entities and affiliates.
Central to the Institute’s work and mission is the development of exciting academic seminars in which Christian scholars who compete at the highest levels of scholarly inquiry address topics that are at the crux of critical national issues.
Two to three times annually, the Institute presents seminars that enable our academic departments to discuss in depth a relevant cultural issue of significance stemming from their own disciplines. [Past seminars] [Upcoming seminars]
Listed below are the Centers and affiliate programs that assist in the development of the seminars and that the Institute in turn assists in coordinating and promoting.
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About the Bryan Institute Director
Dr. J. Daryl Charles
Director and Senior Fellow of the Bryan Institute
Bryan College is delighted to announce the Fall 2009 arrival of the Institute's new director and senior fellow. Having previously taught at Taylor University and Union University, Dr. Charles served as visiting fellow, Institute for Faith and Learning, Baylor University, 2003-2004; William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Department of Politics, Princeton University, 2007-2008; and senior fellow, Center for Politics and Religion, Union University, 2008-2009.
Dr. Charles's work focuses on a wide range of themes that concern the intersection of faith and culture, including criminal justice ethics, religion in the public sphere, bioethics, war and peace and humanitarian intervention, and natural law. Author or editor of ten books, including most recently with David D. Corey Justice in an Age of Terror (ISI Books, forthcoming), with David B. Capes Thriving in Babylon (Wipf and Stock, forthcoming), Retrieving the Natural Law: A Return to Moral First Things (Eerdmans, 2008), Faithful to the End (Broadman and Holman, 2007), and Between Pacifism and Jihad (InterVarsity Press, 2005). Charles is also translator, German to English, of Claus Westermann's The Roots of Wisdom (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994). His work has been published in a wide array of both scholarly and popular journals, including First Things, Pro Ecclesia, Touchstone, Journal of Church and State, National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Journal of Religious Ethics, Books and Culture, Cultural Encounters, Philosophia Christi, The Weekly Standard, and Christian Scholar's Review.
Dr. Charles and his wife, Rosemarie Müller Charles, have three children--Melody, Jesse, and Ian. You may email Dr. Charles or call him at 423.775.7265.