Mike Weaver, Executive Director of the Bradley Study Center, will deliver a lecture on the results of his doctoral research and offer some suggestions for what “faithful presence” might mean for Christians at a public university like Virginia Tech.
Podcasts & Picklebacks: What is Modernity?
The Beatrice Institute welcomes graduate students and the general public to a listening party. Guests will listen to a new episode of the Genealogies of Modernity podcast and then discuss.
Experimental Philosophy & the Problem of Evil
What can empirical research tell us about the problem of evil? Ian M. Church of Hillsdale College will explain what experimental philosophy is and highlight a few ways it might be applied to this central topic within philosophy of religion. The focus will be on...
Why is the Old Testament So Difficult to Understand?
Many of the Old Testament's texts strike us as downright offensive today—how do we understand such a difficult text? And for those communities who hold it as sacred, how do we read it as the word of God? Upper House welcomes Aubrey Buster of Wheaton College for this...
Beauty: The Hospitable Welcome of the Real
Esther Lightcap Meek (BA Cedarville College, MA Western Kentucky University, PhD Temple University) is Professor of Philosophy emeritus at Geneva College, in Western Pennsylvania. She is a Fellow Scholar with the Fujimura Institute, an Associate Fellow with the Kirby...
Love, Dating & Sex: Wisdom for Navigating the Confusing College Landscape
Today’s college students live in an exceedingly confusing time for navigating the realms of love, dating, and sex. What should we make of this vast gap between our cultural perception of romance, and the on-the-ground reality? What does the sociological data teach us...
From Inspiration to Illumination: an Exploration of The Saint John’s Bible
Ignite your spiritual imagination by immersing yourself in the art and inspiration of The Saint John’s Bible. Through video and rich visual images participants are guided through the story The Saint John’s Bible. Guests will learn about the processes, tools, methods,...
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
James K. A. Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin University and serves as editor in chief of Image journal, a quarterly devoted to “art, mystery, and faith.” He’s an award-winning author of several books and his popular writing has appeared in such...
Justice-Minded: An Interdisciplinary Workshop for Graduate Students
Even in a siloed and fractured university, Christians know that themes like justice and flourishing permeate all fields, all disciplines, all perspectives, and all research agendas. Join Upper House to explore the implications of justice in our work and intellectual...
How Far to the Promised Land
Join the Center for Christian Study for an evening with author Esau McCaulley as he speaks about his upcoming memoir How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South.