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SUMMARY:Moral Outrage: Who Are We To Say?
DESCRIPTION:Veritas Forum brings you: \nMoral Outrage\nWho Are We to Say?\nA conversation on where morals come from\, why they differ\, and what to do about it. \nApril 16th\, 2025\n7:00pm to 8:30pm ET\nKlarman Hall KG70\nor remotely via Zoom \nReception with Purity Ice Cream to follow! \nRegister Here\nTwo of the most common moral responses on campus are outrage and apathy. Why do we have these reactions to different sets of things? Can we trust our moral instincts? Audun Dahl\, a moral psychologist and David Lahti\, a Christian evolutionary biologist\, discuss what we can learn from their fields and how we might go about living with some of this knowledge. \nDavid Lahti; Associate Professor of Biology and Psychology\, CUNY\nDavid Lahti is an Associate Professor of Biology at Queens College\, City University of New York (CUNY)\, and is also affiliated with the doctoral faculty in Psychology and Biology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He leads the Behavior & Evolution Laboratory\, which focuses on learned behaviors in birds and humans\, cultural evolution\, rapid trait evolution\, and the development of morality and religion. \nLahti holds two PhDs: one in moral philosophy and philosophy of biology from the Whitefield Institute\, Oxford\, where he explored the contributions of science to understanding morality\, and another in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Michigan\, where he studied rapid evolution in African weaverbirds. His postdoctoral work included research on bird song development and human psychology from an evolutionary perspective. \nIn addition to his academic work\, Lahti integrates his scientific research with his Christian faith\, discussing topics such as cultural evolution and the interplay between science and religion. His lab consists of a diverse team working on projects ranging from ornithology to urban ecology. \nAudun Dahl; Professor of Psychology\, Cornell\nI am interested in development of morality across the lifespan. Every day\, from infancy to old age\, we encounter morally relevant events. We help or hurt another person\, or we witness others who help or hurt\, in both mundane and life-changing ways. As we develop\, and enter new social situations\, we encounter new rules for right and wrong behaviors. Religious texts spell out how to pray. Schools teach their students about how to use sources without plagiarizing. The abundance of moral and other principles prompts children and adults to determine\, again and again\, what makes for right and wrong ways of acting. \nThe Developmental Moral Psychology Lab studies how we reason\, judge\, feel\, and act around issues of right and wrong across the lifespan. We also study how morality develops through everyday social interactions\, starting in early childhood. We use a variety of methods—including laboratory experiments\, naturalistic observations\, structured interviews\, and surveys—to study infants\, children\, adolescents\, and adults from different communities. For instance\, we study how infants begin to help and harm others\, and how adults form judgments and decisions about complex issues\, such as academic integrity and moral dilemmas. Through this range of methods and age groups\, we seek to understand both the diversity and the unity of human morality. \nToni Alimi; (moderator) Assistant Professor of Classics\, Cornell \nMy research and teaching span ancient Roman philosophy (specializing in Lactantius and Augustine)\, intellectual history (focusing on freedom\, slavery\, law\, rule\, and authority)\, contemporary ethics and politics (idem)\, and philosophy of religion. My first book\, Slaves of God\, explicates Augustine’s reasons for justifying slavery and argues that slavery is a central theme in his broader ethics and politics. \nI’m in the early stages of research for a broader philosophical history of slavery (tentatively titled Slavery: A Philosophical History)\, which will trace the development of ideas of natural and retributive slavery from their ancient Greek and Roman provenances through late antiquity\, medieval and early modern Christianity\, into the antebellum United States. \nAs a Klarman Fellow (2021-2024)\, I am a postdoctoral associate in Classics with an affiliate appointment in Philosophy. Before Cornell\, I earned the Ph.D. in Religion\, Ethics\, and Politics from Princeton University\, the M.A.R. in Ethics from Yale Divinity School\, and the A.B. in Religion from Princeton University. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/moral-outrage/
LOCATION:Klarman Hall KG70\, 232 Feeney Way\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14853
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lecture
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SUMMARY:When Science Meets the Real World: Covid\, Climate Change\, & the Challenge of Authority
DESCRIPTION:Religious communities are sometimes deeply divided about the role of science and scientists in society. On the one hand\, some Christian (and particularly white evangelical) churches are perceived as not taking COVID and climate change seriously\, which manifests as vaccine resistance and disinterest in conservation efforts.  This can lead to tragic death and inaction in areas of urgency for the common good.\n\n \nOn the other hand\, Christians with high levels of education and privilege are often accused of regarding their less educated religious compatriots with moral condescension or even outright contempt.  The perceived lack of intellectual humility has been connected to the censorship or even punishment of those who question scientific consensus.\n\n \nJoin us as we sit with two senior scholars\, campus leaders\, and thinkers at the nexus of faith and science. From their respective disciplines of ecology and molecular biology they have unique perspectives on how the fractures mentioned above play out in the research world and in lay communities across the country.\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/when-science-meets-the-real-world-covid-climate-change-the-challenge-of-authority/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:After Whiteness: The Search for Belonging
DESCRIPTION:We come to the academy to be shaped into critical thinkers\, independent minds\, but we are often unaware of the spiritual and racial formation these models of the “educated man” carry. In his recent book\, After Whiteness\, theologian Willie Jennings untangles our pedagogies which are tied to the image of the white slave-master\, drawing from his many years of experience in higher-ed\, especially as an academic dean. And in her work in higher-ed in the sphere of student life and recently as the interim dean of students at Cornell University\, Marla Love tackles questions of diversity\, inclusion\, and belonging on a daily basis. Join us in conversation about how we\, as members of the academic community\, can engage\, resist\, and imagine differently the spiritual and racial formation we’ve inherited.\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\nBios:\nWillie Jennings’ book The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race(link is external) (Yale 2010) won the American Academy of Religion Award of Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective category the year after it appeared and\, in 2015\, the Grawemeyer Award in Religion\, the largest prize for a theological work in North America. Englewood Review of Books called the work a “theological masterpiece.” His commentary on the Book of Acts\, titled Acts: A Commentary\, The Revolution of the Intimate (for the Belief Series\, Westminster/John Knox) received the Reference Book of the Year Award from The Academy of Parish Clergy in 2018. \nDr. Jennings has also recently published a book that examines the problems of theological education within western education\, entitled After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging(link is external) (Eerdmans\, 2020). \nJennings is now working on a major monograph provisionally entitled Unfolding the World: Recasting a Christian Doctrine of Creation as well as a finishing a book of poetry entitled The Time of Possession. \nWriting in the areas of liberation theologies\, cultural identities\, and anthropology\, Jennings has authored more than 40 scholarly essays and nearly two-dozen reviews\, as well as essays on academic administration and blog posts for Religion Dispatches. \nJennings is an ordained Baptist minister and has served as interim pastor for several North Carolina churches. He is in high demand as a speaker and is widely recognized as a major figure in theological education across North America. \nA Calvin College graduate\, Jennings received his M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in religion and ethics from Duke. \n\n______________________\n\nPrior to her role as the Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Interim Dean of Students\, Marla Love served as Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Equity working directly with the diversity and student empowerment units in the Office of the Dean of Students to create an intersectional programming model that engages our students in new and innovative ways. \nShe worked closely with our partners in Campus and Community Engagement\, as well as in the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives to produce powerful synergies and collaborations that enhance the student experience and deepen our commitment to underserved student communities. She also worked closely with the Senior Associate Dean for Care and Crisis Services to find ways to blend our approach to crisis management with an inclusion model that keeps Cornell on the leading edge of campus-wide crisis management. She also serves as chair of the university’s Bias Assessment and Review Team (BART) for student only related bias incidents. \nPrior to Cornell\, Marla worked at Azusa Pacific University in Southern California\, where she served as the Director of Graduate and Professional Student Affairs. Prior to her time at APU\, she served as the Assistant Dean of Students at Scripps College\, where she held broad oversight on a number of social justice programs\, crisis management operations\, and Title IX responsibilities. Marla has held numerous roles in higher education and worked across multiple regions of the country\, including time at Phillips (Andover) Academy in Massachusetts. She holds a M.A. in higher education through the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan and a B.A. in psychology from Calvin College in Michigan. Currently\, Marla is pursuing a Ph.D. in higher education. 
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/after-whiteness-the-search-for-belonging/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Brains\, Genes\, and God
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special conversation between the director of the Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute at Stanford University\, Dr. William Newsome\, and the director of the Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics. Dr. Praveen Sethupathy\, as we think through the integration of faith with cutting-edge work in neuroscience and genomics.\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\nPraveen Sethupathy is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Director of the Center for Genomics at Cornell University. He received his BA degree from Cornell University and his PhD in Genomics from the University of Pennsylvania. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Human Genome Research Institute under the mentorship of Dr. Francis Collins\, he moved in 2011 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics. In 2017\, he returned to Cornell University as an Associate Professor. Praveen has authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and has served as a reviewer for over 35 different journals. Recent honors include a faculty merit award for outstanding teaching and mentoring. Praveen’s laboratory is located in the newly renovated 7th floor of the Research Tower on Tower Road. He lives in Brooktondale\, NY with his wife and three children.\nBill Newsome is the Harman Family Professor of Neurobiology and Director of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University. He received a B.S. degree in physics from Stetson University and a Ph.D. in biology from the California Institute of Technology. Bill is a leading investigator in systems and cognitive neuroscience. He has made contributed substantially to our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception and simple forms of decision making. Among his honors are the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association\, the Karl Spencer Lashley Award of the American Philosophical Society\, and the Champalimaud Vision Award. He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2000\, and to the American Philosophical Society in 2011. Newsome co-chaired the NIH BRAIN working group\, charged with forming a national plan for the coming decade of neuroscience research in the United States. Born in north Florida\, Bill is the son and grandson of Baptist ministers. His has been a lifelong quest to be a friend of science and a friend of faith\, and he regularly “tithes” his speaking time to address science and faith issues for diverse audiences. Bill is a member of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/brains-genes-and-god/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Is Beauty a Guide to Truth?
DESCRIPTION:Beauty inspires. It inspires humans to great feats of imagination and discovery. But can beauty help us find the truth about the world? About ourselves? Might beauty contribute to the advance of sciences or reveal the presence of God? An Oxford Physicist and a Virginia Tech philosopher debate the relationship between aesthetics\, science\, and human meaning.\n\nDr. Ard Louis\, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford\, where he leads an interdisciplinary research group studying problems on the border between chemistry\, physics and biology.\n\nDr. Ben Jantzen\, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Tech\, where he studies inference and language in science: the contents and character of the natural world and how we come to know it.\n–\nChesterton House is excited to host this event alongside the Bradley Study Center at Virginia Tech.\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/is-beauty-a-guide-to-truth/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Servant Leadership in Action
DESCRIPTION:Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent\, sought-after author\, speaker\, and business consultant\, Dr. Blanchard is respected for his lifetime of groundbreaking research and thought leadership that has influenced the day-to-day management and leadership of people and companies throughout the world. \nWith a passion to turn every leader into a servant leader\, Ken Blanchard shares his insightful and powerful message with audiences around the world through speeches\, consulting services\, and bestselling books. When Ken speaks\, he speaks from the heart with warmth and humor. No matter how large the audience\, he is able to communicate with each person as if the two of them were alone and talking one on one. Ken is a sophisticated storyteller with a knack for making the seemingly complex easy to understand. \nKen’s impact as an author is far reaching. His iconic 1982 classic\, The One Minute Manager\, coauthored with Spencer Johnson\, has sold more than 13 million copies and remains on bestseller lists today. In the past three decades he has authored or coauthored 60 books whose combined sales total more than 21 million copies. His groundbreaking works—including Raving Fans\, The Secret\, and Leading at a Higher Level\, to name just a few—have been translated into more than 42 languages. In 2005 Ken was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. \nDr. Ken Blanchard is the cofounder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies\, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife\, Margie Blanchard\, began in 1979 in San Diego\, California. In addition to being a renowned speaker\, author and consultant\, Ken is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees at his alma mater\, Cornell University\, and he also teaches students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego. \nBorn in New Jersey and raised in New York\, Ken received his master’s degree from Colgate University and his bachelor’s and doctorate degrees from Cornell University. \n  \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/servant-leadership-in-action/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200923T200000
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SUMMARY:Friendship & Happiness
DESCRIPTION:This talk hosted by the Thomistic Institute at Cornell will explore Aristotle’s ideas about friendship and how Thomas Aquinas engaged with those ideas in a Christian context. The goal is to encourage our audience to think more intentionally about the nature of friendship and how they can go about forming and sustaining strong friendships. The talk will be hosted over Zoom.\n\nJennifer Frey is a professor in the philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at UofSC\, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago\, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts and an affiliated faculty in the philosophy department. She earned her PhD in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and earned her B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with Classics minor) at Indiana University-Bloomington.\n\nHer research lies at the intersection of philosophy of action\, ethics\, and meta-ethics. She’s co-edited a book titled\, Self-Transcendence and Virtue\, which was part of the work she did as co-PI on a major three-year research project\, titled “Virtue\, Happiness\, and Meaning of Life.” She also writes for The Virtue Blog\, and hosts a popular philosophy\, theology\, and literature podcast\, called\, “Sacred and Profane Love.”\n\n****To register for the event and receive the Zoom link\, please fill out the registration form at: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvd-uvpz4uGtMCZhExzskv2SNpqEftWWfd.\n\nEmail thomisticinstitutecornell@gmail.com if you have any questions or issues!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/friendship-happiness/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Excavating the Past: History's Promise and Perils
DESCRIPTION:The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Powell McNutt is Franklin S. Dyrness Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College. She is also a Fellow in the Royal Historical Society and a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). Dr. McNutt holds a Ph.D. in History (University of St. Andrews\, 2008)\, M.Div. (Princeton Theological Seminary\, 2003)\, and a B.A. in Religious Studies (Westmont College\, 2000). In 2013\, she received Wheaton’s Leland Ryken Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities. Her monograph\, Calvin Meets Voltaire: The Clergy of Geneva in the Age of Enlightenment\, 1685-1798 (Routledge\, 2014)\, was awarded the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize by the American Society of Church History. Her research explores the history and theology of the Reformation with attention to John Calvin and the early modern history of the Bible. She is currently writing several academic books relating to the Reformation including co-editing The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation (OUP)\, and she is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today and Christian History Magazine.\n\n**Register to receive zoom link\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/excavating-the-past-historys-promise-and-perils/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200624T190000
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Race: Black Dignity\, Black Rage\, Black Justice
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual Veritas Forum with Dr. Willie James Jennings on a theology of race. Global and Public Health Sciences student\, Kimberly St. Fleur ’21\, will moderate the time and facilitate a live audience Q&A to follow. \n“Willie Jennings’ book The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race(link is external) (Yale 2010) won the American Academy of Religion Award of Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective category the year after it appeared and\, in 2015\, the Grawemeyer Award in Religion\, the largest prize for a theological work in North America. Englewood Review of Books called the work a “theological masterpiece.” His commentary on the Book of Acts\, titled Acts: A Commentary\, The Revolution of the Intimate (for the Belief Series\, Westminster/John Knox) received the Reference Book of the Year Award from The Academy of Parish Clergy in 2018. \nHis next book which explores the problems of theological education within western education is entitled\, To Form Erotic Souls: An Essay on Formation and it will be published in fall 2020 by Eerdmans. \nJennings is now working on a major monograph provisionally entitled Unfolding the World: Recasting a Christian Doctrine of Creation as well as finishing a book of poetry entitled The Time of Possession. \nWriting in the areas of liberation theologies\, cultural identities\, and anthropology\, Jennings has authored more than 40 scholarly essays and nearly two-dozen reviews\, as well as essays on academic administration and blog posts for Religion Dispatches. \nJennings is an ordained Baptist minister and has served as interim pastor for several North Carolina churches. He is in high demand as a speaker and is widely recognized as a major figure in theological education across North America. \nA Calvin College graduate\, Jennings received his M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in religion and ethics from Duke.” \n  \nRegister here!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/reimagining-race-black-dignity-black-rage-black-justice/
LOCATION:Virtual- Zoom Link in Description
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T140000
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SUMMARY:To Think Christianly: Virtual Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:To Think Christianly: A History of L’Abri\, Regent College\, and the Christian Study Center Movement tells the story of a 50-year-old movement that has influenced generations of scholars and students in the United States and across the globe. In the late 1960s\, when a new generation of evangelicals came of age in the midst of unprecedented cultural upheaval and educational opportunity\, visionary leaders helped create a new type of institution: the Christian study center. With roots in Francis Schaeffer’s L’Abri community and Regent College in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Christian study centers are now ensconced at dozens of major research universities across the United States. There are nearly thirty affiliated study centers\, each reflecting their unique milieus and endeavoring to inspire Christians to study\, engage\, and pray for culture more faithfully—in the words of Regent College’s founder James M. Houston\, “to think Christianly.” \nHistorian Charlie Cotherman has spent the better part of a decade researching the genesis of the Christian study centers and their distinctive contributions. In this virtual book launch\, he will shed light on this compelling history and the movement’s bright future\, as well as discuss the process of researching and writing his book (available April 28) with InterVarsity Press’s academic editorial director\, Jon Boyd. \nThis virtual event is hosted by Upper House\, a Christian study center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We will be using Zoom for this event. Upon registering\, you will receive an email confirmation with a link to the event webinar platform. \nRegister at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/to-think-christianly-virtual-book-launch-tickets-103335916508
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/to-think-christianly-virtual-book-launch/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T193000
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SUMMARY:CANCELED | Political Faith or Faithful Politics? - Beimfohr-Neuss Lecture
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URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/political-faith-or-faithful-politics-beimfohr-neuss-lecture/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T203000
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus & Quarantine: The Lament\, Hope\, & Creativity
DESCRIPTION:As we continue to ask the big questions in this unique—and virtual—season\, we are exploring something that Andy Crouch said in our first virtual Veritas Forum (watch here): “Lament is the seed of creativity.” For our third Forum\, we’ll be engaging questions about lament\, hope\, and creativity. \nJoin us with students from colleges and universities around the country as Andrew Schuman (Veritas Forum) facilitates a conversation with Lecrae (musician)\, Alissa Wilkinson (film critic)\, and Mako Fujimura (artist). We will have an audience live Q&A. \nRegister here: bit.ly/veritasforumlivestream3 \nJoin us for a post-forum hangout with attendees from Cornell here: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/823160479
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/coronavirus-quarantine-the-lament-hope-creativity/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T173000
DTSTAMP:20200402T140328Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Veritas Forum | Coronavirus & Quarantine: The Economy\, Career\, & Jobs
DESCRIPTION:As we continue to explore the big questions in this unique—and virtual—season\, we’ve been hearing students and others in the university community ask about COVID-19’s implications on the global economy\, job opportunities\, student loans\, and more. For our second virtual Veritas Forum we’ll be engaging questions about the economic instability of this time\, particularly for students and recent graduates. \nOur conversation will kick off with panelists who think a lot about these questions—Arthur Brooks (economist\, cultural commentator\, and professor at Harvard University)\, Andy Chan (head of career and innovation at Wake Forest University)\, and Alfa Demmellash (founder of an urban entrepreneurship collective\, Rising Tide Capital\, who has a keen focus on economic poverty and empowerment). The Forum will be moderated by Andrew Schuman (executive director\, The Veritas Forum) and will feature audience live Q&A. \nRegister here: bit.ly/VeritasForumLivestream2 \nJoin us for a post-forum Zoom hang out with other attendees from Cornell!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/virtual-veritas-forum-coronavirus-quarantine-the-economy-career-jobs/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T203000
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SUMMARY:Veritas Virtual Forum: Coronavirus and Quarantine
DESCRIPTION:Within the span of a week\, things have changed quickly\, unexpectedly\, and uncomfortably. Over 250 colleges and universities have gone virtual overnight. What now? \nWhat if this disorienting season of quarantine is not simply isolating and inconvenient? What if it provides a space for reflection to ask some of life’s biggest questions and reorient ourselves around the truth to be discovered? \nJoin us with students from colleges and universities around the country as we ask big questions. We will hear from David Brooks (NY Times)\, Andy Crouch (Praxis)\, Lydia Dugdale (Columbia Medical)\, and Andrew Schuman (Veritas Forum). \nRegister here: bit.ly/VeritasForumLivestream
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/veritas-virtual-forum-coronavirus-and-quarantine/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200211T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200211T150000
DTSTAMP:20200211T033919Z
CREATED:20200211T031940Z
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SUMMARY:What is Matter?
DESCRIPTION:The Thomistic Institute chapter at Cornell University presents a lecture by Prof. Edward Feser titled “What is Matter? From Aristotle to Quantum Mechanics and Back Again.” \nProf. Edward Feser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College and has also been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University. He received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of books including Philosophy of Mind (A Beginner’s Guide)\, The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism\, Aquinas (A Beginner’s Guide)\, Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction\, NeoScholastic Essays\, Five Proofs for the Existence of God\, and By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment. He blogs at http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/what-is-matter/
LOCATION:Physical Science Building\, PSB 120
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200210T133000
DTSTAMP:20200211T034101Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons in Love: Reawakening Liberal Education
DESCRIPTION:“The real source of a desire for liberal learning is not and has never been a sense of guilt or obligation\, and its reasons cannot be expressed in bureaucratic manifestos. The authentic spring of liberal learning is simple: It is love. This love often originates in an uneasy sense of having missed something important and then—even as one is unsure of what it is—in desiring that something.” -Dr. Elizabeth Corey \nJoin us on Monday to hear from Dr. Elizabeth Corey as she describes what liberal education requires for meaningful transformation. Refreshments to follow.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/lessons-in-love-reawakening-liberal-education/
LOCATION:A.D. White House\, 27 East Ave\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14853
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T200000
DTSTAMP:20191115T174336Z
CREATED:20191115T173151Z
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SUMMARY:Karl Johnson Speaking at Fellowship of Christian Athletes
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House Founder Karl Johnson will give a talk at Cornell’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) meeting. FCA seeks to use the powerful platform of sport to reach people with the transforming power of Jesus Christ.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/karl-johnson-speaking-at-fellowship-of-christian-athletes-2/
LOCATION:Friends Hall
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T200000
DTSTAMP:20190816T235657Z
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SUMMARY:The Cogitative Power: A Missing Piece in Philosophical Psychology
DESCRIPTION:The cogitative power is a comparatively little-known topic in Aquinas’s philosophical psychology. Yet it is of great importance\, since it constitutes the bridge between the embodied external senses and the imagination\, on the one hand\, and the immaterial intellect and universal reason\, on the other. Analyzing the cogitative takes us back to its origins in ancient Greek and medieval Arabic philosophy. By attributing names such as “particular reason” to the cogitative power\, Aquinas elucidates its infra-intellectual nature. This talk illuminates the cogitative’s myriad functions\, which range from perceiving threats to moral reasoning regarding individual actions. A reception that is free and open to all will follow the lecture. \nMark J. Barker\, Ph.D.\nProfessor of Philosophy at Notre Dame Seminary \nDr. Barker was born and raised in New York City. He completed a doctorate in philosophy at the Center for Thomistic Studies (Houston). He holds an M.A. from the University of Paris (the Sorbonne) and a B.A. in Classical and Romance Languages from Harvard University\, which included studies at the University of Seville\, Spain. He studied two years of graduate-level theology while in France. While Dr. Barker has a broad range of competencies\, his research focuses on philosophical psychology\, notably in Aquinas\, Aristotle\, Avicenna\, and Averroes. His research in contemporary philosophy focuses on Heidegger. He also translates Spanish\, French\, and Latin scholarly texts. \nDr. Barker enjoys teaching philosophy because it disposes seminarians to live holier lives and enables them to better defend truths accessible to reason such as the existence of God or the right to life. \nHis publications include: “Aquinas on Internal Sensory Intentions: Nature and Classification\,” International Philosophical Quarterly 52.2 (2012); “Experience and Experimentation: The Meaning of Experimentum in Aquinas\,” The Thomist 76.3 (2012); Review of Martin Rhonheimer\, Vital Conflicts in Medical Ethics\, in International Philosophical Quarterly 51.1 (2011); “Material Cooperation with Abortion: A Test-case\,” Homiletic and Pastoral Review 109 (2009). He is nearing the completion of a book-length manuscript entitled Aquinas on the Cogitative Power: Sensory Knowledge of Kinds. \nhttp://cogitativepower.blogspot.com/
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/the-cogitative-power-a-missing-piece-in-philosophical-psychology/
LOCATION:120 Physical Science Building
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T213000
DTSTAMP:20191011T192832Z
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SUMMARY:Keynote Address with Andy Crouch '90
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the keynote address of the Sayers Conference on Friday\, October 4th at 8m in Statler Auditorium. \nParking Info: Please allow at least 15 minutes to park and walk to the lecture. Due to homecoming events at Schoellkopf Stadium\, the best parking option will likely be the lot on Tower Road across from Bradfield Hall. There will be road closures on Campus Rd and Garden Ave. \nAbout the Talk:\nIn our era of rapid cultural change\, the very idea of a “cultural institution” seems increasingly irrelevant. The institutions of our society\, from government to journalism to higher education to churches\, are under great pressure. They command less and less loyalty and trust\, and the mechanisms for real change seem to lie outside or beyond them — in new kinds of media\, new social movements\, and technological disruption. But the paradox of cultural change is that it only lasts if it is “institutionalized” — made available to future generations through durable structures and patterns of life. Otherwise it’s merely fad and fashion. What does it mean to contribute to this kind of lasting change? How can we build institutions that do not become rigid and oppressive? Is there hope for restoring existing institutions? And what is the unique role that organizations like Chesterton House can play in the health and renewal of institutions like Cornell? This talk will explore the three-generation horizon of lasting\, beneficial cultural change. \nAbout the Speaker:\nAndy Crouch is partner for theology and culture at Praxis\, an organization that works as a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship. His two most recent books—2017’s The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place and 2016’s Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love\, Risk and True Flourishing—build on the compelling vision of faith\, culture\, and the image of God laid out in his previous books Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power and Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. \nAndy serves on the governing boards of Fuller Theological Seminary and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. For more than ten years he was an editor and producer at Christianity Today\, including serving as executive editor from 2012 to 2016. He served the John Templeton Foundation in 2017 as senior strategist for communication. His work and writing have been featured in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, Time\, and several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing—and\, most importantly\, received a shout-out in Lecrae’s 2014 single “Non-Fiction.” \nFrom 1998 to 2003\, Andy was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly\, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. A classically trained musician who draws on pop\, folk\, rock\, jazz\, and gospel\, he has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20\,000. He lives with his family in Pennsylvania. \n\nThis event is part of our Homecoming Weekend Dedication Celebration. You can view the weekend’s full line-up of events and register to let us know you’re coming here.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/lecture-with-andy-crouch/
LOCATION:Statler Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T210000
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SUMMARY:Beimfohr-Neuss Lecture with Dr. Junius Johnson
DESCRIPTION:The duties of managing work\, home and relationships present a tyranny of daily tasks whose urgency is grounded in their practical necessity: these are the things without which we cannot live life at all or well. Given the time demands placed on us by these responsibilities\, time spent developing the imagination and cultivating our sense of wonder is often at best seen as a luxury we can ill afford\, and at worst as dangerously distracting flights of fancy. And yet\, can we really believe that we can live life well without the space to breathe that only imagination can provide? Properly understood\, imagination and wonder are not luxuries\, but necessary equipment for living whose value is neither only fanciful nor practical\, and equally necessary in the board room and the film room. \nTune in October 3 at 7:30pm EDT for the livestream: \n \nJunius Johnson works in historical and systematic theology\, with special interests in trinitarian theology\, Christology\, metaphysics\, and the Eucharist. He is also especially interested in the Medieval period\, and in the works of St. Bonaventure and Hans Urs von Balthasar. He holds a BA from Oral Roberts University\, an MAR from Yale Divinity School\, and an MA\, two MPhils\, and a PhD from Yale University. He is the author of Christ and Analogy: The Christocentric Metaphysics of Hans Urs von Balthasar (Fortress Press\, 2010)\, Patristic and Medieval Atonement Theory: A Guide to Research (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2016)\, Bonaventure on the Eucharist: Commentary on the Sentences\, Book IV\, dist. 8-13 (Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations\, 2017)\, and the forthcoming The Father of Lights: A Theology of Beauty. He is currently at work on a trilogy of monographs on Bonaventure and a translation of the Eucharistic treatises of Radbertus and Ratramnus. \nDr. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology in the Honors College at Baylor University and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Rivendell Institute at Yale. \n\nThis event is part of our Homecoming Weekend Dedication Celebration. You can view the weekend’s full line-up of events and register to let us know you’re coming here.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/beimfohr-neuss-lecture-with-junius-johnson/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building Room 120
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190912T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190912T200000
DTSTAMP:20190904T202003Z
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SUMMARY:What Is Immateriality?
DESCRIPTION:The debates about whether there are any immaterial entities are well-known. But not many people stop to ask the more fundamental question: What does it mean to be immaterial? What are we even asking about when we ask whether\, e.g.\, our minds are immaterial or not? From spooky bodies to self-knowing boxes\, this talk considers what immateriality is\, drawing on the thought of Thomas Aquinas\, and examines why Aquinas thinks that thought is an immaterial reality. A reception that is free and open to all will follow the lecture. \nDr. Therese Cory\nJohn and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame \nI work on medieval theories of mind\, cognition\, and personhood\, with special focus on the thought of Thomas Aquinas and his thirteenth-century interlocutors.  Themes that animate my research include\, e.g.\, the nature of consciousness\, the history of the self/person and concepts of subjectivity\, what it means exactly to be “immaterial\,” Aristotelian hylomorphism and how it applies to mind\, and problems connected with mental representation and intentionality\, the relationship of imagination and intellect\, and medieval theories of light and vision.  In approaching these themes\, I’m particularly interested in uncovering different ways of “modeling” the mind and its activities. \nAnother central research interest of mine is how Islamic philosophers–such as al-Farabi\, Averroes\, Avicenna\, and the author of the “Liber de causis”–shaped Scholastic thought in medieval Christian Europe.  Getting into the mindset of medieval philosophers\, on my view\, requires a scholarly community that is committed to rediscovering the broader shared philosophical tradition that connects Muslim\, Jewish\, and Christian thinkers in the Middle Ages\, and tracing its patterns of development from late antiquity.  To that end\, I serve on the executive committee of the “Aquinas and the Arabs Project.” \nI am also a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. \nCurrent research projects:\nI’m currently finishing a book tentatively titled Aquinas’s Metaphysics of Intellect: Being and Being-About.  The book argues for a metaphysical approach to cognition in Aquinas.  It examines overlooked Neoplatonic elements in Aquinas’s philosophy of mind (especially the notion that intellectuality and intelligibility are two descriptions of a single kind of self-manifesting being)\, as opening up new strategies for addressing problems concerning intentionality\, representation\, reflexivity\, and immateriality. \nOther current projects include mental / intentional being in the 13th century\, the metaphysics of light in 13th-century theories of vision\, the “identity thesis” in Greek philosophical thought\, and the process of intellectual development in Averroes’s Long Commentary on De anima (with Katja Krause\, MPIWG Berlin). \nPDFs of my past (and sometimes current) research are available at my Academia page.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/what-is-immateriality/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building Room 120
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190830T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190830T170000
DTSTAMP:20190830T172821Z
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SUMMARY:Friday Conversation with Dr. Nathan Matias
DESCRIPTION:Join us Friday at 5pm in the Robert Purcell Community Center on campus for an interesting Friday Conversation with Professor Nathan Matias on the topic of faith and artificial intelligence. \nAbout Dr. Nathan Matias:\nI study digital governance and behavior change in groups and networks shaped by algorithms. I also organize citizen behavioral science with communities of millions toward a world where the power of digital technology is guided by evidence and accountable to the public. \nI advance this work as an assistant professor at the Cornell University Department of Communication and through the nonprofit CivilServant.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/friday-conversation-with-dr-nathan-matias/
LOCATION:RPCC 203 (Wendy Purcell Lounge)
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T210000
DTSTAMP:20190423T203419Z
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SUMMARY:GCF Roundtable with Dr. Kinghorn
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Upson Lounge (Room 116 in Upson Hall) for this Graduate Christian Fellowship roundtable with Dr. Warren Kinghorn. Pizza will be available at 7pm\, with the lecture and discussion starting soon after. \nShame is universal in human life and deeply felt by many who study and work in modern universities. Though there are many ways that humans compensate for shame – including doubling down on our work\, isolating ourselves\, numbing ourselves\, or deflecting blame – shame is best addressed in the context of loving\, attuned relationships that make it possible to be vulnerable and secure at the same time. For Christians\, this starts with the good news that the deepest truth about who we are is that we are known and loved by God. We’ll explore three ways in which we are known and loved by God: as part of God’s good creation\, as those who are made in the image of God\, and as those who are invited into the life of Jesus\, and held securely there in God’s life.   We’ll then talk about the difference that this makes for navigating modern university life. \nWarren Kinghorn\, MD\, ThD is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical School\, Esther Colliflower Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral and Moral Theology at Duke Divinity School\, co-director of the Theology\, Medicine\, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School\, and a staff psychiatrist at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham\, NC. His work engages Christian approaches to mental health and mental illness\, moral and theological dimensions of combat trauma\, and the way that faith communities walk alongside people with mental health problems.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/gcf-roundtable-with-dr-kinghorn/
LOCATION:Upson Lounge\, 124 Hoy Rd\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14850\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T203000
DTSTAMP:20190423T214551Z
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SUMMARY:Beimfohr-Neuss Lecture with Dr. Warren Kinghorn
DESCRIPTION:Tune in May 2 at 6:30pm EDT for our livestream of this event: \n \nJoin us for our Spring Beimfohr-Neuss Lecture\, which will explore what a wise\, holistic view of psychiatric medication looks like\, given by Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical School\, Dr. Warren Kinghorn.  \nMore than 1 in 6 American adults use a medication to treat a mental health condition each year\, and antidepressants routinely rival blood pressure medications as the most frequently prescribed class of medicines in the United States.  But what does it mean to prescribe and to use these medications wisely?  Dr. Kinghorn argues that five problematic trends within modern psychiatry—individualism\, self-body dualism\, self-symptom dualism\, technicism and commodification—can lead psychiatrists to treat patients in a way that leads to fragmentation rather than wholeness.  These five trends collectively undermine a Christian understanding of what it means to be human:  that we are loved and known by God; that we are creatures of earth who become who we are in relationship with others; that we are wayfarers on this earth\, pilgrims on a journey that starts with God and ends with God; and that we are called not to control but to praise of God and wonder at God’s glory and at God’s creation.  This Christian account of being human calls for a radically different vision of psychiatric care:  from individualism to relationship\, from self-body dualism to psycho-physical-spiritual unity; and from a focus on symptom reduction to the broader question\, “what is needed\, right now\, for the journey?”   Engaging these themes\, Dr. Kinghorn argues that it is good to use medications in a way that relieves suffering.  But in addition\, medications must be prescribed and used in a way that attends to the additional dimensions of relationship\, agency\, and story. \nWarren Kinghorn\, MD\, ThD is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical School\, Esther Colliflower Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral and Moral Theology at Duke Divinity School\, co-director of the Theology\, Medicine\, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School\, and a staff psychiatrist at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham\, NC. His work engages Christian approaches to mental health and mental illness\, moral and theological dimensions of combat trauma\, and the way that faith communities walk alongside people with mental health problems. \nIf you need accommodations to participate in this event\, please contact 607-319-4038 as soon as possible.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/spring-beimfohr-neuss-lecture/
LOCATION:The Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190419T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190419T170000
DTSTAMP:20190409T215454Z
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SUMMARY:Friday Conversation with Vaughn LeMoss
DESCRIPTION:VP of Open Doors USA Vaughn LeMoss will join us for a Friday Conversation about how to use your Cornell degree to promote the global church and stand in solidarity with those who are persecuted internationally. Join us at 4pm in the History of Art Gallery in Goldwin Smith Hall (ground floor\, south wing\, connected to GM08). \nVaughn’s philanthropy work began over three decades ago serving Christ in Tanzania and Israel and has taken him around the world. For 10 years he smuggled bibles into restricted access nations\, followed by efforts to help bring clean water to Southern Africa. He has since served in director positions for World Vision\, EMF Broadcasting and Open Doors USA.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/friday-conversation-with-vaughn-lemoss/
LOCATION:GSH History of Art Gallery
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190325T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190325T183000
DTSTAMP:20190121T031609Z
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture about creation and cosmology with Dr. William Carroll\, hosted by the Thomistic Institute and Chesterton House. \nDr. Carroll is the Thomas Aquinas Fellow in Theology and Science at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford and a member of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Oxford. He is interested in the reception of Aristotelian science in medieval Islam\, Judaism\, and Christianity and the development of the doctrine of creation ex nihilo — and the appropriation of medieval discussions of creation and the natural sciences to contemporary science.  He travels frequently to China and South America giving lectures and organizing workshops on Thomas Aquinas\, creation\, and contemporary science. He is the author of Creation and Science; Galileo: Science and Faith; La Creación y las Ciencias Naturales: Actualidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino; and co-author with Steven Baldner of Aquinas on Creation. \nThe Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities\, in the Church\, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas\, the Universal Doctor of the Church\, is their touchstone.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/thomistic-institute-lecture/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building Room 120
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Veritas Forum with Miroslav Volf & Vijay Pendakur
DESCRIPTION:Tune in March 22 at 7pm EDT for our livestream of this event: \n \nJoin us for a Veritas Forum dialogue between Dr. Miroslav Volf and Dr. Vijay Pendakur discussing truth\, tolerance\, and safe spaces. The Veritas Forum invites students and faculty to ask life’s hardest questions. With a commitment to courageous discourse we put the historic Christian faith in dialogue with other beliefs and invite participants from all backgrounds to pursue Truth together. Refreshments will be provided. \nCosponsors:\nChristian Union\nChesterton House\nCornell United Religious Work\nCRU Cornell\nStudent Activities Funding Commission\nStudent Development Diversity Initiatives\nCornell LGBT Resource Center\nChinese Bible Study \nProfessor Volf is the founding Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. His books include Allah: A Christian Response (2011); Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace (2006)\, which was the Archbishop of Canterbury Lenten book for 2006; Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity\, Otherness\, and Reconciliation (1996)\, a winner of the 2002 Grawemeyer Award; and After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity (1998)\, winner of the Christianity Today book award. A member of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. and the Evangelical Church in Croatia\, Professor Volf has been involved in international ecumenical dialogues (for instance\, with the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity) and interfaith dialogues (on the executive board of C-1 World Dialogue)\, and is an active participant in the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum. A native of Croatia\, he regularly teaches and lectures in Central and Eastern Europe\, Asia\, and across North America. Professor Volf is a fellow of Berkeley College. \nDr. Vijay Pendakur is the Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students at Cornell. Before coming to Cornell\, he served as Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at California State University – Fullerton (CSUF)\, where he led a large portfolio of units.  While at CSUF\, he created elements of the institutional strategic plan\, with special focus on the equity and graduation goals for low-income college students\, first generation students\, and students of color.  Prior to CSUF\, he led a department at DePaul University dedicated to promoting student success for higher-risk and underserved college students\, with special emphasis on graduates of the Chicago Public School system.  He started his higher education career at the University of Wisconsin – Madison\, his alma mater\, where he worked full-time as a diversity and social justice educator while running a new Multicultural Student Center focused on serving first year college students. In addition to being an experienced practitioner in student affairs administration\, he is also a scholar of diversity and inclusion work.  For a sample of his scholarly publications\, explore the book he recently edited\, Closing the Opportunity Gap: Identity-Conscious Strategies for Retention and Student Success.  He has also published chapters and articles in New Directions in Higher Education: Reclaiming Higher Education’s Purpose in Leadership Development\, Leadership Theory: A Facilitator’s Guide for Cultivating Critical Perspectives\, Diversity & Democracy\, The Leadership Exchange\, as well as chapters in several books focused on Asian American college students.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/veritas-forum-with-dr-miroslav-volf/
LOCATION:Call Auditorium – Kennedy Hall
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190314T200000
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SUMMARY:Karl Johnson Speaking at Fellowship of Christian Athletes
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House Founding Director Karl Johnson will give a talk at Cornell’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes weekly meeting. FCA seeks to present to coaches and athletes\, and all whom they influence\, the challenge and adventure of receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord\, serving Him in their relationships and in the fellowship of the church.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/karl-johnson-speaking-at-fellowship-of-christian-athletes/
LOCATION:Lynah Rink\, Harkness Room
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T170000
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CREATED:20190119T230838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190222T182437Z
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SUMMARY:Friday Conversation with Gerald Hector
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the History of Art Gallery in Goldwin Smith Hall (ground floor\, south wing\, connected to GM08) for a Friday Conversation about faith and finance. \nGerald Hector is the former vice president for financial affairs at Cornell University\, where he was a member of the executive vice president and chief financial officer’s senior team\, developing and monitoring university financial policy and overseeing a division of more than 150 employees. He has a 23-year career in accounting and finance and has worked in higher education since 2004\, managing most aspects of finance and administration\, including information technology\, conference events and services\, facilities and public safety.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/friday-conversation-with-gerald-hector/
LOCATION:GSH History of Art Gallery
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190306T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190306T163000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T173547Z
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SUMMARY:Karl Johnson Speaking at Johnson Christian Fellowship
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House Founding Director Karl Johnson will give a talk at the Johnson Christian Fellowship meeting. Johnson Christian Fellowship aims to develop an inclusive Christ-centered community to strengthen and support students as they actively pursue a relationship with God and others.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/karl-johnson-speaking-at-johnson-christian-fellowship/
LOCATION:Sage Hall\, Ramin Parlor
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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