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 Executive Director of New College Berkeley, Craig Wong, will share where the organization is headed and how NCB envisions serving the Church in these changing and uncertain times. Then Craig Wong will open up the discussion to attendees. How does NCB's vision...
Join New College Berkeley to reflect on what poetry has to do with maintaining a commitment to truth telling and how the practice of poetry—reading it and writing it—can attune us to language in important and invigorating ways. There will be time to try out some...
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.
Does the Design and Operation of the American Criminal Justice System Reflect Christian Love of Neighbor? In his forthcoming book Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal, Matthew T. Martens argues that love of neighbor (Luke 10:27) must be the animating force...
Are you interested in learning more about how Christians can address global poverty? Join other Christian students for an overnight retreat on Feb. 10-11 (as part of Anselm House's student fellows retreat) to explore this question. This event is open to University of...
The North Carolina Study Center is excited to be hosting its second annual intellectual retreat in January of 2023! These retreats are designed to cultivate lively conversation, (friendly) debate, intellectual growth, and fellowship—all in a community of Christian...
