Lectures 2011 - 2012

Robert A. Hunt was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1955. After attending school in Austin and Richardson, he majored in History at the University of Texas in Austin. After completing a Master of Theology at Perkins School of Theology (SMU) he served the Bethany United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. In 1985 he and his wife Lilian moved to Kuala Lumpur, where they taught at the Seminary Theology Malaysia. From 1993 to 1997 he taught at the Trinity Theological College in Singapore. In 1994 he received his PhD from the University of Malaya, focusing on Christian missions to and relationship with Muslims in Southeast Asia. From 1997 to 2004 he was pastor of the English Speaking United Methodist Church of Vienna, and an adjunct professor at Webster University in Vienna. Dr. Hunt is presently Director of Global Theological Education at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University and teaches courses in World Religions, Inter-religious Dialogue, and Mission.

"Religion, Morals, and Manners: The Spiritual, Social, and Aesthetic Formation of Jane Austen's Clergymen-Heroes" Professor Natasha Duquette, English Department at Biola and Fred Duquette, Talbot Seminary, present this lively lecture on masculine spiritual and moral development in Austen’s novels. Professor Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, English Department and Gender Studies Program at Westmont, offers a brief response.

Summer Research project speakers Sara Humes ‘12, Samantha Gardner ’13 and Sarah Shasberger ‘12 discuss their research experiences. Guest speaker Dr. Brian Novy, D.D.S. ‘02 will speak on “Westmont to Whitlockite and back ”