What does mathematics have to do with love? Pascal Study Center hosts James Drimalla of the University of Virginia to uncover the connection between mathematics and flourishing human relationships.
Building Tents on the Drillfield
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...
Bradley Study Center Open House
The Bradley Study Center's monthly Open House is open to anyone who wants to learn more about the Bradley Study Center’s mission and vision. Join for a short program including stories from faculty and students—we’ll be together for just one hour.
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,...
Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict
This workshop (the first of a six-part series), hosted by New College Berkeley, will be an opportunity to reinvigorate our own language habits and to equip each other with words that will help us navigate the confusions and challenges of this historical moment. “Our...