Lycoming College

So just so you guys know, but we are gonna be having a very interesting conversation tonight, 'cause tonight we're asking how ideas about demons have shaped Christian imagination and what happens when they enter our politics, and the history of demons.

And so our guest, Dr. Michael E. Heyes, is Associate Professor of Religion and Department Chair at Lycoming College, the author of Devils of Democracy, which we had him on Faithful Politics to talk about that.

So go check out that.

Uh, go check that one out.

Let's bring him in, our guest.

He is Dr. Charles Edmonds, and he's the president at Lycoming College.

[laughs] Did I get that right?

You, you, you, you nailed it, Elvin.

Um, so Williamsport has a wonderful history around lumber, um, but also education.

And like so many towns in this country, um, Lycoming was established alongside of the city because so many, so many of our, uh, founding fathers and mothers took great interest in learning and expanding access to education.

And, and Lycoming College has been on the front lines of that for much of its history, a place that was, um, uh, initially, uh, in place before schools were compulsory, but we, uh, we have m- welcomed, um, men and women since our founding, uh, in, uh, uh, initi- initially in sort of the core, uh, useful arts, as we call them, but the liberal arts and sciences, and now expanding to, uh, some of our largest programs in business, uh, in psychology, uh, and education, um, but also astrophysics.

Um, so a place rich with hi- uh, history and tradition, but also perhaps what is most in our DNA is a commitment to evolving to become a better place that responds to the community around us and the needs of the world.