Fall Convocation | Faith in a Digital Age

Perkins Fall Convocation is an annual gathering highlighting various intersections of faith and culture through relevant lectures, presentations, workshops and liturgical expressions around a selected theme. Formerly Ministers Week, Fall Convocation offers a broad learning community for church and community leaders alike.

Click HERE to access the 2024 Fall Convocation Press Release.

November 14-15, 2024

Location:
SMU | Hughes-Trigg
3140 Dyer St Dallas, TX 75205

Online Registration: September 4, 2024 - November 1, 2024

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2024 Guest Lecturers

  • Dr. Noreen Herzfeld

    Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict. She is the author of The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic World (Fortress, 2023), In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress, 2002), and Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-Created World (Templeton, 2009).

  • Cole Arthur Riley

    Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the author of the NYT bestsellers, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us and Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. Cole is also the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body.