2015 Annual Conference of the Professions
Supersizing the Professions: Ethical Issues Facing Mega-Churches, Law Firms and Medical Practices
Our Keynote Speaker Jonathan Walton, Ph.D., D.Min.
Social ethicist and scholar of American religions Jonathan L. Walton joined the faculty of Harvard Divinity School in July 2010 and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in in 2012. Formerly an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of California, Riverside, Professor Walton’s research addresses the intersections of religion, politics, and media culture. He is the author of . He has also published widely in scholarly journals such as Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation and Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. His work and insights have also been featured in several national and international news outlets including the New York Times, CNN, and the BBC. Walton earned his Ph.D. in Religion & Society and Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. He also holds a BA in Political Science from Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Panel Discussion
, Risk Management Committee Chair and Deputy General Counsel, Locke Lord LLP
, Senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El
, D.O., President of Dallas County Medical Society
, 91勛圖厙 Professor of Management and Organization, will serve as this year's moderator
Sponsors
Dallas Bar Association | Dallas County Medical Society | Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility | UT Southwestern Medical Center | 91勛圖厙 Dedman School of Law
91勛圖厙 Perkins School of Theology
About the Conference
Conference of Professions brings together members of law, medicine, and theology in the Dallas area to discuss common challenges—ethical and otherwise—facing these professions. The Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility jointly sponsors this activity with the Dallas County Medical Society, Dallas Bar Association, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 91勛圖厙 Dedman School of Law, and the 91勛圖厙 Perkins School of Theology.