Keith Graber Miller, professor of Bible, religion and philosophy at Goshen (Ind.) College, will speak Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 28-29, on the theme, “Embodying Sexual Wholeness in a Broken World.”

Miller will open the series 10 a.m. Wednesday with a university chapel presentation “On Loving Sexuality and Living Faithfully.”

At 6 p.m. that day, he will focus on “Negotiating the Young Adult Sexual Landscape” in Martin Chapel of the seminary building.

A “talk back” will follow at 9 p.m. in the Common Grounds Coffeehouse of the University Commons. Miller will recap his evening talk and speak briefly on pornographic seductions with opportunity for questions and responses.

Miller will continue the series 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Martin Chapel with the topic, “Sexuality in the Ministering Person.” He will conclude with a luncheon talk at noon Thursday in the west dining room of the university cafeteria (Northlawn ground floor) on “Emerging Sexuality Themes: Listening to the EMU Campus Community.”

Miller’s specialty areas at Goshen College include contemporary Christian ethics, religion and politics, religion and sexuality and adoption and childhood issues. He has written four books and speaks frequently in congregations and at conferences on these and other topics. He has co-led Goshen’s SST (Study-Travel Term) semesters with his spouse Ann in Cambodia, Cuba and Costa Rica, China and the Dominican Republic.

He has a BA degree from Franklin (Ind.) College, an MDiv from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, and a PhD from Emory University.

“Keith Graber Miller is uniquely gifted and prepared to guide our campus-wide conversations on sexuality,” said Brian Martin Burkholder, EMU campus pastor. “He brings a wealth of experience engaging the themes and dynamics of sexuality with young adults both in the classroom and as a faculty mentor.”

The series is sponsored by EMU Campus Ministries and is open to the public free of charge.

For more information, call 540-432-4115.

Gilbert Meilaender, a philosopher and teacher at Valparaiso (Ind.) University, will lead a science and on “The Moral Problem of Stem Cell Research” 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 in the Suter Science Center Auditorium (S-106) at EMU.

Dr. Meilaender, who holds the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University, will also speak and field audience questions at a special lecture on “vocation” at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU.

“While embryo research is not a new topic in public debate within the U.S., interest in stem cell research and regenerative medicine brought new attention to the subject in the late 1990s,” noted , professor of at EMU.

Moral Problems

“Meilaender’s talk will develop the two major moral problems raised by such research – the use and destruction of human embryos and the role of human cloning,” Dr. Miller said. “Even more central to the argument, however, is the way in which possible relief of suffering is used to justify embryo destruction and human cloning. Seen in that context, the issue of embryo research forces us to examine some of our most deeply held beliefs about human life.”

The speaker has published ll books and numerous articles, including “Friendship: A Study in Theological Ethics,” “Faith and Faithfulness: Basic Themes in Christian Ethics,” “Bioethics: A Primer for Christians,” “Body, Soul and Bioethics; The Way that Leads There,” “Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life” and “Working: Its Meaning and Its Limits.”

Meilaender is co-editor of the “Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics” and has served on the board of directors of the Society of Christian Ethics, as associate editor of “Religious Studies Review” and as associate editor of the “Journal of Religious Ethics.” He is also a Fellow of the Hastings Center and has been a member of the President