Forgiveness is a Christian virtue. Is it also a political one? To what extent does forgiveness depend on repentance, and upon justice? Should we resign ourselves to mere toleration, or can forgiveness be approximated in concrete political ways? Join Baylor in...
Bruce Hindmarsh of Regent College joins the Scriptorium to speak on how love transforms our experience of academic work, however mundane or routine. Drawing from the deep well of Christian tradition, Hindmarsh will explore two forms of scholarly love: a love...
Social science data consistently reveal that one's lifelong happiness has less to do with professional success than with the quality of one’s relationships—especially marriage and family life. UVA Professor Brad Wilcox will place a spotlight on how to prepare for and...
The Bible is a library of genres by a host a human authors, and yet it all hangs together as the Word of God and the story of reality. How does that work? How did the original audience understand it? How are we to apply it to our lives and world today? Alcuin Study...
Lewis House hosts Carl Trueman, Professor of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College. He explores the cultural currents beneath the sexual ideology of today’s culture. Why do we, and our wider culture, think the way we do? What forces have shaped us to...
Hear from Dr. Kevin Gary, Professor of Education at Valparaiso University, as we examine the pervasive problem of distraction and boredom as a hindrance to human flourishing and consider ways to connect to richer moral and spiritual practices.
The early Christian church emerged and dramatically spread even as Rome’s political dominion dramatically declined, weakened by mass-casualty pandemics, environmental calamities, political instability, and dehumanizing poverty. In this chaotic era, observes Roman...
Join the Center for Christian Study and UVA Professor of Sociology Brad Wilcox for a lecture on three common mistakes that college students make that ultimately produce unhappiness later in life.
This remarkable event will feature Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of the acclaimed book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. He will speak on the spiritual sources that empower his lifelong...
Join the Christian Study Center of Gainesville as theologian and ethicist Myles Werntz of Abilene Christian University helps us think about the problem of loneliness and isolation. The evening begins with a reception at 6:45 followed by Dr. Werntz talk at 7:00.
