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2006 Spring Humanities Symposium: The Power Of Human Imagination, Messiah College
2006 Spring Humanities Symposium: The Power Of Human Imagination, Messiah College
Humanities Symposium
Keynote Address: Dr. Wendy Wright
February 19-27, 2006
Imagination is a profound force in human life, and as such a tangible object of humanities-based study. Imagination gives birth to creative works that enrich our lives with aesthetic inspiration and beauty (e.g. literature, film, and the arts). It also enables innovative works of the intellect that cause humans to see and interact with the world in new ways (e.g. research discoveries in science, technology, theory, as well as entrepreneurial endeavor). Imagination opens the way to visionary and prophetic works of extravagant hope (e.g. the ideals of faith, love, reconciliation, peace, and …