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Koinonia, Jinny De Jong, Michael Lastoria, Al Cureton, George D. Kuh, John H. Schuh, Elizabeth J. Whitt, Mark Troyer, Tim Mckinney

Koinonia

Being Careful Is Not Enough, Jinny De Jong

President's Corner

Faith Development

Some Good News About Campus Life

CoCCA

Behind Closed Doors

ACSD Placement Service

Bonding: A Different Package for the Message of Relationships and Sex

Appalachian Regional Conference

Koinonia, Todd S. Voss, Lee Demarais, Kermit Zopfi, Norris Friesen

Koinonia

Decision Making int he 90s: The Role of Intuition, Todd S. Voss

ACSD 1991 National Conference Report

Conference Photos & Quotes

The Reflective Christian

CoCCA: The Christian College Activities Index

Position Changes

President's Corner

A Tale Of Two Mathematicians, Robert Brabenec

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

The goal of this paper is to identify some of the discoveries in mathematics during the period from 1820 to 1875 that have profoundly changed the nature of mathematics. To provide a context for this, the author compares some results of mathematics before the year 1820 with those present after 1875. And to humanize this, the author discusses the details of the life and times of two mathematicians, one who was active before 1820 and one who was active after 1875.

Cantor's Concept Of Infinity: Implications Of Infinity For Contingence, Bruce A. Hedman

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

Georg Cantor (1845-1918) was a devout Lutheran whose explicit Christian beliefs shaped his philosophy of science. Joseph Dauben has traced the impact Cantor's Christian convictions had on the development of transfinite set theory. In this paper I propose to examine how Cantor's transfinite set theory has contributed to an increasingly contingent world view in modern science. The contingence of scientific theories is not just a cautious tentativeness, but arises out of the actual state of the universe itself. The mathematical entities Cantor studied, transfinite numbers, he admitted were fraught with paradoxes. But he believed that they were grounded in a …

Using Mathematica To Teach Calculus, Russell W. Howell

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

For the past two years Westmont College has been one of the beta test sites for the calculus reform experiment being conducted at the University of Illinois under the direction of Jerry Uhl. Brown, Porta, and Uhl have created text which is integrated with Mathematica, a very powerful symbol manipulation, graphics, and number crunching software package produced by Wolfram Research, Inc. A preliminary version of this text has just been released [2]. We have used the Illinois materials for an honors course of incoming Freshmen with prior calculus experience. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the curriculum and …

Reviving The Argument From Design: Detecting Design Through Small Probabilities, William A. Dembski

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

How small do probabilities of events have to get before we refuse to attribute those events to chance? Smallness of probability is itself not enough since events with extremely small probability occur all the time. But when such events are also prespecified, it becomes difficult to attribute their occurrence to chance. Typically we search for a causal account of how chance was offset. Lacking such a causal story, however, are we still justified in asserting that an extremely improbable prespecified event was not the result of chance? This question is relevant to such diverse areas as prophecy, miracles, parapsychology, gambling, …

Real Number Representations And The Distribution Of Following Segments, C.R. Rosentrater

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

No abstract provided.

Mathematical And Religious Knowledge In Nineteenth-Century England, Joan Richards

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

No abstract provided.

The Rigorous And The Natural In Eighteenth Century Mathematics, Joan Richards

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

No abstract provided.

Discrete Mathematics Versus Calculus - A Modern Day Extension Of The Formalist-Intuitionist Controversy, Marvin L. Johnson, Ph.D

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

No abstract provided.

Can Mathematical Methods Yield Theological Truth?, Jan De Koning

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

This paper discusses the negative impact mathematical methods in theology can have on the church by looking specifically at Arminius and Voetius, Dutch theologians living in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Both Arminius and Voetius used mathematical methodology, although they came to different conclusions. I think their differences were due to their different worldviews, which in turn were fundamentally influenced by their upbringing. Both theologians, however, made the same mistake with their methodology and the church split because of that mistake.

How Has Christian Theology Furthered Mathematics?, Gene B. Chase

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

In revising my Bibliography of Christianity and Mathematics to include material prior to the 20th century, it is difficult to know what to include and what to exclude, since Christian presuppositions informed much scholarship in a vague, cultural sort of way. This paper is a first cut at attempting to narrow down candidates for that Bibliography by looking for specific ways in which Christian theology has furthered mathematics.

C. S. Lewis, George Macdonald, And Mathematics, David L. Neuhouser

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

This paper examines the influence and role of mathematics and mathematicians in the stories of George MacDonald and C. S. Lewis.

Introduction (1991), Robert Brabenec

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

An Eighth Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective

Table Of Contents (1991), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

An Eighth Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective

Schedule (1991), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991

An Eighth Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective

Koinonia, Leo Wisniewski, Arthur Levine, Deborah Hirsch, Todd S. Voss

Koinonia

No abstract provided.

Koinonia, Russell R. Rogers, David W. Aycock

Koinonia

Reclaiming the "Higher" in Higher Education: Can Wholeness be Whole?, Russell R. Rogers

"Say Something Nice", David W. Aycock

ACSD Executive Committee Meeting; Position Changes

CoCCA: Activities are not just for fun anymore: Promoting Values through Student Activities

ACSD Regional Conferences

Koinonia, Richard Keeling

Koinonia

The Challenge of AIDS in Higher Education, Richard Keeling

1990 ACSD National Conference; 1990 CACSD National Conference

Position Changes

Koinonia, C. G. Kors, Dan Janosik

Koinonia

Empowerment Model, C.G. Kors

Dilemma: New Age Infiltration, Dan Janosik

NASPA + ACPA National Conventions

Conference Speakers; Pre-Conference Workshops

Koinonia, Jill Briscoe, Darrel G. Shaver, Lee Demarais, Jim Krall

Koinonia

Running on Empty, Jill Briscoe

Presidents and Student Development, Darrel G. Shaver

Annual ACSD Executive Committee Meeting

South Central Regional Conference, Lee Demarais

Appalachian Regional Conference, Jim Krall

Koinonia, Larry J. Mckinney, Verdell F. Longstaff, Keith Deboer

Koinonia

Student Development Burnout, Larry J. McKinney

Emerging Student Trends for the 90's, Verdell F. Longstaff

1989 ACSD Conference

Dungeons and Dragons: How Should We Respond, Keither DeBoer

Simulated Annealing On Np-Complete Problems, Russell W. Howell

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1989

The Random House Dictionary defines anneal as " ... to free (glass, metals, etc.) from internal stress by heating and gradually cooling." In the physical world, impurities are annealed out of a substance by heating it to a high temperature. As it is cooled, its molecular structure gradually settles into a stable "low-energy" configuration. It is important to cool the substance slowly, especially at lower temperatures, so that impurities do not get "frozen" into place. With careful cooling, a low-energy state can eventually be reached. This state may not be the one with the lowest potential energy, where the spins …

The Mathematical Intelligencer, Dmitrii Egorov: Mathematics And Theology In Russia, Charles E. Ford

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1989

This paper tells the story of Russian mathematician Dmitri Egorov, recounting his faith and contributions to the field of mathematics.

A Course On Mathematics And The Christian Faith, W. David Laverell, Carl J. Sinke

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1989

The January interim term at Calvin College provides an opportunity for developing and teaching courses outside a normal major program. As a result faculty members are frequently given the interim off to provide time for research and development of new courses. In 1987 we were given such a leave in order to pursue the questions of the relationship between mathematics and the Christian Faith. One result was our presentation at the 1987 Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences conference. Immediately thereafter we began to develop a specific interim course based on our studies. We offered the course during the …

The Bisexual Galton-Watson Branching Process, David M. Hull

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1989

I would like to present the bisexual Galton-Watson branching process. The word "bisexual" indicates that we will be considering a population of two sexes--which will be designated as the usual male and female. Here is a brief overview of what I would like to cover.

1. The bisexual process motivated: why is it needed?
2. The standard Galton-Watson branching process.
3. The state of affairs regarding two-sex models.
4. The nuts and bolts of the bisexual Galton-Watson branching process (parameters defined and how it works).
5. A review of published bisexual results to date.
6. What is to come?

Newton And Saccheri: Case Studies In The Interplay Of Mathematics And Religion, Tommy Leavelle

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1989

In the course of this paper I will try to present to you the basic facts and some of the subsequent assessments of the life and work of two mathematicians for whom the interplay of mathematics and religion was influential: Issac Newton and Girolamo Saccheri.

Augustine's Mathematical Realism, Paul J. Zwier

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1989

After a review of Philip Kitcher's argument against Mathematical Realism, this paper presents the case for Mathematical Realism by looking at the life and writings of Saint Augustine.

Beauty In Mathematics: Some Theological Implications, David L. Neuhouser

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1989

It may come as a surprise to some that science or mathematics could be considered beautiful, but many prominent sciences and mathematicians from around the world have made such claims. Furthermore, the beauty of mathematics and order of the universe inspired some of the greatest developments in science and mathematics. This paper examines the beauty of mathematics and what scientists and other individuals have said about the subject.

Using Writing In The Mathematics Classroom, Dr. Barbara J. Rose

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1989

No abstract provided.