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DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T130000 DTSTAMP:20260925T162036Z CREATED:20260914T192558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T162036Z UID:10003049-1790856000-1790859600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: David Gallagher DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society Presents: \nA Conversation with Dr. David Gallagher\nApril 9th\, 2026 | 1:00pm \nemail to join \nOrdo Amoris: “Thomas Aquinas on Self-Love as the Basis for Love of Others”\nWhile most Christians understand that love for God is to supersede all other loves\, that does not mean all other loves should reside at an equal level. Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas’s massive work of systematic theology\, the Summa Theologiae\, explores the idea of ordo amoris\, or “the order of loves.” Perhaps surprisingly\, Aquinas identifies a proper love of self as foundational to rightly loving others. \nTheological Society welcomes Dr. David Gallagher to examine Aquinas’s framework for the ordo amoris\, including the categories through which Aquinas understands the proper ordering of love. Drawing on his own work as well as the Summa Theologiae\, Dr. Gallagher will guide us through this Thomistic framework before opening the evening to an extended question and answer session. \nDavid Gallagher\, Independent scholar\, former Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America\nDr. David Gallagher received his B.A. degree at the University of Navarra\, Spain\, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington\, DC.  From 1988 to 1999 he was Assistant and then Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He focused primarily on the moral psychology of Thomas Aquinas\, publishing numerous scholarly articles in this area. Since then\, he has worked in New York on the U.S. National Board of the Catholic Prelature of Opus Dei. He continues to pursue academic interests by teaching and occasional publishing. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. \n  \nemail to join URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-david-gallagher/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Web-Events-2026-2027-14.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T143000 DTSTAMP:20260422T134645Z CREATED:20260414T234318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T134645Z UID:10002747-1777554000-1777559400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Jason Staples DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society Presents: \nA Conversation with Jason Staples\nA Newer Perspective on Paul: The identity of Israel in “All Israel will be saved” (Romans 11:26)\nApril 30th\, 2026 | 1:00pm \nEmail to join \nWhen the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 11:25-26\, “For a hardening has happened on part of Israel\, until the fullness of the gentiles enters in\, and in this way all Israel will be saved\,” what did he mean? Specifically\, what did he mean by “all Israel”? \nThis is one of the most contentious questions in biblical and theological studies. And there is a new perspective that has emerged to answer it.In his much-discussed recent book\, Paul and the Resurrection of Israel\, Jason Staples has proposed that in Romans 11:25-26 Paul envisions the entry of the gentiles as necessary for the restoration of the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel\, which results in the salvation of “all Israel” (and not just in the salvation of the Southern Kingdom of Judah). This reading has significant consequences: it means that Paul thought the 10 tribes had become gentiles after breaking the covenant and needed to be ethnically transformed to become Israelites once again\, and that this restoration took place by incorporation into the Messiah. Gentiles who follow Messiah and receive the holy spirit\, in other words\, do not remain gentiles: they become Israelites (again) in order for all Israel to be saved. \nJoin the Theological Society at Cornell for a conversation with Jason Staples\, Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NC State University. \nJason Staples\nJason A. Staples (Ph.D.\, UNC-Chapel Hill) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NC State University\, where he teaches courses on the Bible\, early Judaism\, Christian origins\, ethics\, globalism\, conflict\, and various theoretical perspectives in the study of religion and society. \nHe is a sought-after speaker and gives lectures on a variety of subjects. To book him for an event\, please use the form here. \nHe is the author of Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Jews\, Former Gentiles\, Israelites (Cambridge University Press\, 2024)\, which reviewers have called “enormously important and theologically productive\,” “an astonishing contribution\,” “the cutting edge of Pauline scholarship by a master of his trade\,” “arguably the most consequential contribution to Pauline studies since John Barclay’s Paul and the Gift [2017]\,” a book that “will undoubtedly stand at the center of Pauline discussions for years to come\,” and “potentially as ‘epoch-defining’ as Paul and Palestinian Judaism by E. P. Sanders in 1977.” \nHe is also the author of The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People\, Exile\, and Israelite Identity (Cambridge University Press\, 2021)\, which reviewers have called “a constructive\, cogent\, and compelling book\, the “best academic book I read this year\,” and concluded “should accomplish nothing less than a paradigm shift.” \nHis articles have been published in The Journal of Biblical Literature\, New Testament Studies\, Journal for the Study of the New Testament\, Harvard Theological Review\, Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft\, the Journal of Religion and Film\, and more. He was a 2008 recipient of the U.S. Department of Education’s Jacob K. Javits Fellowship and is a member of the UNC Royster Society of Fellows. \nOutside the scholarly world\, Jason has also worked in sports media for over fifteen years\, providing analysis and digital content for a variety of outlets\, including The Wilson Times\, InsideCarolina.com (247Sports/CBS Sports)\, Scout.com\, Fox Sports\, and the Unconquered Podcast. \nAs a below-average football walk-on (=practice dummy) at Florida State from 2000–2002\, Jason had the opportunity to see what athletic greatness looks like up close\, learning from some of the best coaches and players in the game. He has since attempted to pass on some of that knowledge at the high school level\, serving as the passing game/WRs/Special Teams/Strength and Conditioning coach at Jordan High School (Durham\, NC) from 2017–2018\, QBs/Passing Game Coordinator at Southern Durham High School (Durham\, NC) in 2016\, and as a private QB/WR coach in association with Carolina Elite football. \nIn addition to writing\, teaching\, and coaching\, Jason is a voice actor/artist\, with over a decade of experience including ad reads\, audiobook narration\, and more. He also provides services as a contract/freelance copyeditor. \nJason is a member of the the American Academy of Religion\, Society of Biblical Literature\, Society for Classical Studies\, Association for Jewish Studies\, Catholic Biblical Association of America\, and Football Writers’ Association of America and a former CrossFit Level 1 Trainer. \nHis full Curriculum Vitae can be found here. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-jason-staples/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Web-Events-2025-2026-44.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T143000 DTSTAMP:20260422T134741Z CREATED:20260120T005238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T134741Z UID:10002609-1775739600-1775745000@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Ellen Davis DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society Presents: \nA Conversation with Ellen Davis\nApril 9th\, 2026 | 1:00pm \nEmail to join \nScripture and Soil: How the Bible’s Vision Inspires Care for the Land\nWith the digital world at our fingertips and within a collegiate environment shaped by ideas and abstractions\, the slow\, seasonal labor of those who work the land can seem like a relic of days gone by. And yet\, Scripture begins in a garden. \nThroughout Scripture–particularly in the Old Testament–we encounter a persistent theme: the relationship between God\, humans\, and the land. Care for the land is both communal and sacred\, central to what it means to be human. Perhaps then\, the work of the humble farmer is far more sacred than we have imagined\, those callused hands participating in humanity’s original vocation. \nOver the course of her distinguished career as an Old Testament scholar at Duke\, Ellen Davis has drawn profound connections between the Hebrew Bible and the worlds of agriculture\, land care\, and agrarian life. For over fifteen years\, she has employed biblical interpretation as a lens for understanding what she calls\, “the global crisis of agriculture.” While this lens does involve a careful reflection on the past\, she argues that it can also provide invaluable instruction on a more whole future. \nJoin us in welcoming Ellen Davis to Theological Society to discuss how this compelling agrarian framework can shape both the intellectual and practical life of faith. \nEllen Davis\, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology\, Duke Divinity School\nEllen F. Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. \nThe author of twelve books and many articles\, her research interests focus on how biblical interpretation bears on the life of faith communities and their response to urgent public issues\, particularly the ecological crisis and interfaith relations. Scripture\, Culture\, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible (Cambridge University Press\, 2009)\, integrates biblical studies with a critique of industrial agriculture and food production. Biblical Prophecy: Perspectives for Christian Theology\, Discipleship and Ministry (Westminster John Knox\, 2014)\, explores the prophetic role and word across both Testaments of the Christian Bible. Her most recent books are Preaching the Luminous Word (Eerdmans\, 2016)\, a collection of her sermons and essays\, and Opening Israel’s Scriptures (Oxford\, 2019)\, a comprehensive theological reading of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Light within Light: Psalms and the Arts of Insight\, co-written with Makoto Fujimura and Shai Held\, is forthcoming from Baylor University Press in 2026. \nA lay Episcopalian\, she has long been active as a theological consultant within the Anglican Communion. Her current work explores the arts as modes of scriptural interpretation. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-ellen-davis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Web-Events-2025-2026-6-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T210000 DTSTAMP:20260222T220309Z CREATED:20260116T001833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260222T220309Z UID:10002606-1773255600-1773262800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Beyond the Paycheck: Why Humans Work DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society presents: \nBeyond the Paycheck: Why Humans Work\nMarch 11th\, 2026\nWillard Straight Hall 414\nDinner will be provided. \nregister here \nThis past Fall\, the Senate Committee on Health\, Education\, Labor\, and Pensions released a report that AI and robotics could replace around 93 million jobs in American within the next decade. In proposing this possible outcome\, the Committee agreed with the predictions of several noteworthy CEOs. Some leaders of Tech companies even forecast that\, one day\, working will be optional for humans. \nSome consider this prospect a glorious possibility: finally\, many will be unburdened from their daily drudgery in factories\, behind counters\, driving automobiles\, and in the office. Humans will be free to spend their time the way they’d like\, without having to sacrifice so much of their life to unfulfilling labor. \nOthers express worry: how will people provide for themselves and their families\, pay their mortgage\, and avoid getting sucked into the Wall-E nightmare of spending all day long in front of a screen streaming endless entertainment? \nWhat is missing in much of the conversation is reflection on whether a world in which humans do not have to work is a world in which humans were ever meant to live. What kind of story about humans is presupposed in the notion that work might one day be optional? Why do we work? Because we must to earn money? Or does its purpose lie elsewhere––in the fact that we cannot help but be working creatures because we come from a working God who delights in making good things and instructs us to tend the creation around us? \nJoin us as we welcome Jeff Metzner\, the Vice President of Marketing\, Media\, and Communications on the P&G Walmart Global Customer Team. A leading  businessman and committed Christian\, Jeff will guide us in a conversation around the theology of work by engaging Dorothy Sayers’ classic essay entitled\, “Why Work?” Whether you’re concerned about the future state of labor in our world or simply asking basic questions about your work-saturated life\, you won’t want to miss out on the opportunity to participate in this conversation with a leading Christian businessman whose insights have been hard-won through significant experiences… \nJeffrey Metzner; Vice President\, Digital Commerce\, Marketing and Media\, P&G Walmart Team\n\nJeffrey Metzner is responsible for Digital Commerce\, Marketing and Media on P&G’s Walmart US business. Prior to this role\, Jeff held numerous roles across the company\, most recently as the OTC Health Care Walmart team leader. Other assignments have included leading the North America Vicks brand and expanding Always Infinity into Europe and China. In his time at P&G\, Jeff has held assignments in OTC Health Care\, Oral Care\, Beauty\, Feminine Care\, Pharmaceuticals and Pet Care.  \nPrior to P&G\, Jeff built homes as a project manager for a large homebuilder in the Northeastern US. Jeff is passionate about values-based leadership and investing in those around him to build their own personal and business leadership skills. Jeff has taught Communication Effectiveness both inside and outside P&G and enjoys guest lecturing on effective brand building as well as personal purpose and values. Jeff has guest lectured at University of Arkansas since 2019 and guest lectured at Cornell University from 2019 to 2024. Jeff is on the University of Arkansas Retail Advisory Board. \nJeff is a native of Ohio and enjoys spending time with his family outdoors. Jeff and his wife Katy have six children and live in Northwest Arkansas. \nregister here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/beyond-the-paycheck/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Web-Events-2025-2026-28.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T143000 DTSTAMP:20260217T194253Z CREATED:20260120T003558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T194253Z UID:10002608-1771506000-1771511400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: David Lincicum DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nA Conversation with David Lincicum\nReading Paul Reading Scripture: Thinking with Paul about Biblical Interpretation\nIt is a fact that sometimes goes unnoticed: to read Paul’s letters is not only to hear from Paul as a writer but to engage with Paul the reader. Paul recurrently draws on authoritative texts as he makes his appeals\, presents his arguments\, and seeks to persuade his hearers to enter into greater alignment with the gospel of God. But he doesn’t draw on any authoritative texts! Reading Paul as a reader means reading a specific collection of texts: the sacred scriptures of Israel. \nWhat kind of reader of Israel’s scriptures is Paul? What version of the Bible (Hebrew? Greek?) is he reading? How does he work with the language of the texts he’s citing to make his point? Why does he sometimes allude to scripture rather than cite it? And what\, for Paul\, do the scriptures mean for his own community? \nJoin the Theological Society on Feb 19 as we welcome David Lincicum\, Associate Professor of Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity at Notre Dame\, to help us probe these matters. Along with being a leading expert in NT studies in the theology\, philosophy\, and biblical interpretation of the modern scholar\, F. C. Baur\, David has done extensive research into Paul as a reader of scripture and is therefore well-established to guide us through the complex matters involved in reading Paul as he reads the scriptures of Israel. \nDavid Lincicum\, Tisch Family Associate Professor of Theology\, University of Notre Dame\nProfessor David Lincicum is honoring a long tradition. He works at the intersection of early Jewish\, early Christian\, and New Testament studies. \nProfessor Lincicum’s research has especially focused on investigating early Christian and Jewish biblical interpretation\, Pauline literature\, as well as the history of interpretation. He hopes that his monograph on Paul and the Early Jewish Encounter with Deuteronomy makes contribution not only to an understanding of Paul\, but also to the apprehension of Second Temple Judaism and the relation between the Old and New Testaments. \nProfessor Lincicum is currently at work on an edition\, translation\, introduction and commentary for the curious text known as the Epistle of Barnabas. All of this research reflects his broad interest in New Testament and Early Christian studies\, but also his attempt to grapple seriously\, in cross-disciplinary investigations\, with Second Temple Judaism\, the formation of self-consciously Christian appropriations of the Old Testament\, and the history of New Testament study\, including the theological reception of the New Testament as Scripture. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. \n  \nEmail to join URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-david-lincicum/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Web-Events-2025-2026-27.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T143000 DTSTAMP:20260205T000408Z CREATED:20251202T201142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T000408Z UID:10002488-1764853200-1764858600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Janet Soskice DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nA Conversation with Janet Soskice\nKnowing God through Naming: The Interconnection of Metaphysics and Worship in God’s Names\nWhat are humans doing when they name God? What are names of God for? How do names work? And how much do we need to know about God before we can name God in a coherent way? \nToo often theology has been led to fixate on metaphysical problems connected to the existence of God and the intelligibility of God’s attributes. The name “God” is treated as a common noun whose correct use requires possessing a coherent definition of what God is before naming God as “God.” The result is a theological practice of metaphysical reasoning which aims at proving God’s existence by reference to God’s attributes but is divorced from the function of naming God for the purpose of being in relation to God. \nBut what if “God” is not just a common noun but also a proper name? Isn’t naming just as much about addressing God in prayer as it is about referring to God metaphysically? Do we need to be in possession of a list of essential properties before we call upon the Name of the Lord? Or can human God-talk get on just fine by knowing the commonplace meaning “God” has in the community using it? \nFinally\, might reconceiving God’s attributes as “names” referring to but also addressing God recall theology to remember that metaphysical reflection and devotional practice are meant to be interconnected in the task of theology? \nJoin the Theological Society as  we wrestle through these matters and more with Cornell alumnus\, Janet Soskice\, who is presently the William K. Warren Distinguished Research Professor of Catholic Theology at Duke Divinity School. Prior to her appointment at Duke\, Prof. Soskice spent more than 30 years on the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University. She has authored many notable works\, including Metaphor and Religious Language (Oxford: 1984) and most recently Naming God (Cambridge: 2023). She was featured on the “Best Book of the Year” lists in The Washington Post and The Christian Science Monitor for her book Sisters of Sinai (London: 2009). \n\nEmail to join \nJanet Soskice\, William K. Warren Distinguished Research Professor of Catholic Theology\nDr. Soskice’s work lies at the intersection of Christian theology and philosophy. She has been particularly interested in questions of method and the Doctrine of God: religious language\, metaphysics and epistemology\, narrative and genre\, doctrine of creation\, women and religion\, beauty and western art\, science and religion\, and theological writing. Her present large project\, bringing almost all of these together\, is on “Naming God.” For over 30 years\, Professor Soskice was on the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge\, where she is professor emerita of philosophical theology. She is a fellow emerita and past president of Jesus College Cambridge. Her books include Metaphor and Religious Language (Oxford\, 1984); The Kindness of God (Oxford\, 2007); joint editor of Creation and the God of Abraham (Cambridge\, 2010); and Naming God: Addressing the Divine in Philosophy\, Theology and Scripture (Cambridge\, 2023). Her book Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Lost Gospels (London: Chatto and New York: Knopf\, 2009) was read as Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 and was in the “Best Book of the Year” lists of The Washington Post and The Christian Science Monitor. Dr. Soskice is a past president of both the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain and the Society for the Study of Theology\, and has been a Eugene McCarthy Visiting Professor at the Gregorian University in Rome and president of the Cambridge University Catholic Association. She is a member of the English and Welsh Anglican/ Roman Catholic Committee and takes part in Christian/Muslim dialogue. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-janet-soskice/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Theological-Society-2025-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T190000 DTSTAMP:20250920T153056Z CREATED:20250911T182221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250920T153056Z UID:10002413-1758821400-1758826800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Does Evil Defeat God? Making Sense of Evil DESCRIPTION:Does Evil Defeat God? Making Sense of Evil\nSeptember 25th\, 2025 | 5:30pm *UPDATED TIME*\nPhysical Sciences 120 or via Zoom \nDessert reception to follow \nregister here \nIt is impossible to deny: horrendous evil exists in our world. Children are killed while praying at Mass. Humans are trafficked and sold into slavery. Entire people groups face starvation and death as casualties of war and genocide. Where is God as all this takes place? Why doesn’t God protect these precious creatures made in his image? Why isn’t God more active in battling the evil that exists in the world? \nIs God willing to act\, but not able? Then isn’t he weak? Is God able but not willing? Then isn’t he evil himself? Is God both able and willing? Then why is there any evil at all? What if the right question is not “why does a good God let these things happen?” but rather “which philosophy provides the best resources for responding to evil?” The presence of evil in this world is a problem for atheists as much as theists– but what if the very fact that Christians name what is seen as “evil” shows that Christianity takes evil more seriously than other philosophies? What if the very idea of evil does not ultimately call God’s existence into question\, but serves as an argument for God’s existence? \nJoin us as we consider these questions and welcome award-winning author Paul Copan\, the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He has authored more than 50 books\, including the popular Is God a Moral Monster? and its companion volume\, the award-winning Is God a Vindictive Bully? Drawing from years of experience researching\, teaching\, writing\, and speaking\, Professor Copan will tackle this most difficult problem for Christian theology and attempt to show that God’s existence makes better sense of the problem of evil than atheism does. \nPaul Copan; Ph.D.\, Philosophy\, Marquette University\n\nPaul Copan (Ph.D.\, Philosophy\, Marquette University) is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University\, West Palm Beach\, Florida. He teaches in the M.A. in Philosophy of Religion at PBA\, which also offers an undergraduate degree in Christian Apologetics. For six years\, he served as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. \nHe is author or editor of 45 books\, and his books have been translated into over a dozen languages. He has also contributed essays to over 70 books\, both scholarly and popular\, and he has written many articles published in professional journals. He has done work in the philosophy of religion\, ethics\, human dignity and rights\, Old Testament ethical challenges\, Christian apologetics\, the impact of the Christian faith in history\, and various theological topics as well. His books include The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion\, Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues\, A Little Book for New Philosophers\, Christianity Contested: Replies to Critics’ Toughest Questions\, An Introduction to Biblical Ethics\, Is God a Moral Monster? and Is God a Vindictive Bully? \nPaul is currently chair of the Tyndale Fellowship Philosophy of Religion Study Group (UK). In 2017\, he was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University and once again at Oxford (Oriel College) in 2024. Paul and his wife\, Jacqueline\, have six children\, and they reside in West Palm Beach\, Florida. His website is www.paulcopan.com. He is also part of the team that contributes to the online Worldview Bulletin—a site that explores issues related to the Christian worldview\, apologetics\, philosophy\, science\, and culture (https://worldviewbulletin.substack.com/). \nregister here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/does-evil-defeat-god/ LOCATION:120 Physical Science Building ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Paul-Copan-EDIT-TIME-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T143000 DTSTAMP:20250922T182559Z CREATED:20250922T181308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T182559Z UID:10002414-1758805200-1758810600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Is the True God of the Bible Nonviolent? DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society presents: \nIs the True God of the Bible Nonviolent? Making sense of God’s coercion in the Old Testament and the New\nSeptember 25th\, 2025 | 1:00pm \nemail to register \nReaders of the Old and New Testament cannot escape being confronted by morally challenging passages. How are we to understand God’s injunctions to drive out the Canaanites from the land\, to utterly wipe out the Amalekites\, and the many stories that depict God acting violently against many peoples\, including his own people Israel? \nOne option is to deny that any of these things actually originated in God\, on the hypothesis that God reveals himself definitively in Jesus Christ in his power-surrendering\, non-violent\, and self-giving love on the cross. This is the route that pastor and theologian Gregory Boyd has taken. With a christocentric hermeneutic in hand\, he reinterprets OT passages and argues that coercive force never in fact stems from God or is commanded by God; to the contrary\, God hates violence through and through. \nPhilosopher and apologist Paul Copan\, on the other hand\, argues that Boyd underestimates indications of God’s coercive judgment that are revealed in the New Covenant itself\, thus leading to a view that stresses greater continuity between the Old and New Testament depictions of God. \nJoin us as at Theological Society on Sept 18\, 2025 at 1pm\, as we welcome Paul Copan in person to wrestle through these matters and engage him in conversation. The Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University\, Paul Copan has authored more than 50 books\, including the popular Is God a Moral Monster? and its companion volume\, the award-winning Is God a Vindictive Bully? \nPaul Copan; Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics\, Palm Beach Atlantic University\, West Palm Beach\, FL\n \nPaul Copan (Ph.D.\, Philosophy\, Marquette University) is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University\, West Palm Beach\, Florida. He teaches in the M.A. in Philosophy of Religion at PBA\, which also offers an undergraduate degree in Christian Apologetics. For six years\, he served as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. \nHe is author or editor of 45 books\, and his books have been translated into over a dozen languages. He has also contributed essays to over 70 books\, both scholarly and popular\, and he has written many articles published in professional journals. He has done work in the philosophy of religion\, ethics\, human dignity and rights\, Old Testament ethical challenges\, Christian apologetics\, the impact of the Christian faith in history\, and various theological topics as well. His books include The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion\, Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues\, A Little Book for New Philosophers\, Christianity Contested: Replies to Critics’ Toughest Questions\, An Introduction to Biblical Ethics\, Is God a Moral Monster? and Is God a Vindictive Bully? \nPaul is currently chair of the Tyndale Fellowship Philosophy of Religion Study Group (UK). In 2017\, he was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University and once again at Oxford (Oriel College) in 2024. Paul and his wife\, Jacqueline\, have six children\, and they reside in West Palm Beach\, Florida. His website is www.paulcopan.com. He is also part of the team that contributes to the online Worldview Bulletin—a site that explores issues related to the Christian worldview\, apologetics\, philosophy\, science\, and culture (https://worldviewbulletin.substack.com/). \nemail to register URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/is-the-true-god-of-the-bible-nonviolent/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Web-Events-2025-2026-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T210000 DTSTAMP:20250822T142201Z CREATED:20250821T182350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T142201Z UID:10002401-1757012400-1757019600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Faith & Science: What Scientists & People of Faith Really Think DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society and Graduate Christian Fellowship at Cornell present: \nFaith & Science: What Scientists & People of Faith Really Think\nSeptember 4th\, 2025 | 7:00pm\nFounder’s Room | Anabel Taylor Hall\nDinner will be provided! \nregister here \nElaine Howard Ecklund is a sociologist and public voice at the intersection of faith\, science\, and public life at Rice University. Her work explores how Christian belief—and other deeply held spiritual and ethical commitments—shape leadership\, vocation\, and scientific work. In her work to understand how scientists and people of faith think about science and religion questions\, Dr. Ecklund has surveyed over 40\,000 individuals in scientific and faith communities. She’s passionate about mentoring emerging scholars and helping communities navigate difference with wisdom\, charity\, and moral clarity. Elaine has a B.S.\, M.A. and PhD from Cornell University and has written several books about the science and faith interface\, most recently Why Science and Faith Need Each Other (Brazos)and Varieties of Atheism in Science (OUP). Dr. Ecklund is also a GCF Alum. Join us for this conversation\, a collaboration of the Graduate Christian Fellowship at Cornell and the Chesterton House Theological Society. \nDr. Elaine Howard Ecklund; Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences\, Professor of Sociology; Director\, Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance\n\nElaine Howard Ecklund is a sociologist\, author\, and leader who explores how individuals and groups bring their deepest values—especially religious and ethical commitments—into their work\, leadership\, and public lives. She holds a Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences at Rice University\, where she is a Professor of Sociology and directs the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance. \nElaine has published nine books\, over 150 academic articles\, and led nearly twenty national and international research projects on religion\, science\, institutional culture\, and workplace religious diversity. Her work is widely recognized for revealing how pluralism—when understood and supported—can be an asset rather than a liability in professional life. \nKnown for building interdisciplinary teams and convening global gatherings\, Elaine brings clarity to topics often burdened by division rather than dialogue. \nHer current work focuses on religious diversity in the workplace\, mentoring as a model of institutional leadership\, and how faith and science intersect in public life. \nHer latest books include Religion in a Changing Workplace (OUP\, 2024) and Working for Better (IVP\, 2025) as well as Varieties of Atheism in Science (OUP\, 2021) and Why Science and Faith Need Each Other (Brazos\, 2020). \nShe received a Ph.D. from Cornell University\, where she was the recipient of the Graduate Student Baccalaureate Award for Academic Excellence and Community Service. In 2018\, she gave the Gifford Lecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and in 2023 received the Rice University Presidential Mentoring Award. Ecklund is interested in university leadership and in new approaches to mentoring. She is privileged to have worked with multiple postdoctoral fellows\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students in research\, and she is interested in supporting institutional growth\, both at Rice University and in academic organizations more broadly. To that end she served nine years as Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at Rice\, founded the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice in 2010 and served as director for 12 years\, was president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)\, president of the Religious Research Association (RRA)\, and has served on various university evaluation and research committees. Find out more at elainehowardecklund.com. \nregister here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/faith-science-what-scientists-people-of-faith-really-think/ LOCATION:Anabel Taylor Hall\, Founder’s Room ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Web-Events-2025-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T143000 DTSTAMP:20250414T182218Z CREATED:20250411T183141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T182218Z UID:10002246-1745499600-1745505000@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Jon Levenson DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nA Conversation with Jon D. Levenson\nResurrection and Rest: What Are We Actually Looking Forward to?\nResurrection is the great hope of the Christian life–knowing that\, come what may\, we will one day enjoy an eternal rest in Christ that transcends our vexed and cussed experience of suffering\, sin\, and death in this world. And yet there is much popular confusion about the resurrection. One misconception is a common belief in the soul going to heaven with the physical body neglected or forgotten. Another is that the resurrection is a uniquely Christian innovation\, or something that only developed very late in Jewish thought when it is\, in fact\, a much older teaching in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. \nProf. Jon Levenson\, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University\, will guide us through our many questions and offer a richer\, more holistic perspective on the history and nature of resurrection. Drawing from Scripture and the Jewish tradition\, he will help dispel common misconceptions and introduce us to the profound intergenerational\, communal nature of the resurrected life. Along the way\, we will also see connections to the Sabbath and how we are invited into a weekly rest that foreshadows eternity and is also characterized by community and joy. \nEmail to join \nJon D. Levenson\, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies\, Harvard University.\nProf. Jon Levenson began teaching at Harvard in 1988\, having previously taught at the University of Chicago and at Wellesley College. His work concentrates on the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible\, including its reinterpretations in the “rewritten Bible” of Second Temple Judaism and rabbinic midrash. In addition\, one of his courses deals with the use of medieval Jewish commentaries for purposes of modern biblical exegesis\, and another focuses on central works of Jewish theology in the twentieth century. Levenson has a strong interest in the philosophical and theological issues involved in biblical studies\, especially the relationship of premodern modes of interpretation to modern historical criticism. Much of his work centers on the relationship of Judaism and Christianity\, both in antiquity and in modernity\, and he has long been active in Jewish-Christian dialogue. \nHis book Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel: The Ultimate Victory of the God of Life (Yale University Press\, 2006) won a National Jewish Book Award and the Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Award in the category of Best Book Relating to the Hebrew Bible published in 2005 or 2006. Choice\, a publication of the American Library Association\, listed Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism\, Christianity\, and Islam (Princeton University Press\, 2012) as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013. His book\, The Love of God: Divine Gift\, Human Gratitude\, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism\, was published in 2016 by Princeton University Press. His latest book is Israel’s Day of Light and Joy: The Origin\, Development\, and Enduring Meaning of the Jewish Sabbath (Eisenbrauns\, 2024). \nIn all his work\, Levenson’s emphasis falls on the close reading of texts for purposes of literary and theological understanding. \nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-jon-levenson/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Web-Events-2024-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T143000 DTSTAMP:20250306T135913Z CREATED:20250303T165312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T135913Z UID:10002242-1741870800-1741876200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Andrew Judd DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nA Conversation with Andrew Judd\nTo Laugh or to Cry? Why Genre Matters When Reading the Bible\nIf you’re watching a movie and see a crowd of people running around chaotically\, how do you respond? Do you laugh? Panic? Sit at the edge of your seat? We all intuitively understand that the answer to that question depends almost entirely on the genre of the movie. \nSimilarly\, we will respond differently to Scripture based on our understanding of the genre of a particular text. For example\, we’ll read Genesis 1 differently depending on whether we treat it as history\, a science report\, a poem\, or something else altogether. Or whether we think of the gospels as biographies or theological texts\, or see the book of Revelation as more like a political cartoon than a detailed timeline of the end of all things. \nWithout a clear understanding of genre\, we may hold naive or outdated views about how biblical texts were written and meant to be read. With a PhD in modern genre theory\, Dr. Andrew Judd of Ridley College in Melbourne Australia is just the expert we need to help us read the Bible the way it deserves. \nIf we are misunderstanding the genre of a particular text\, it’s like laughing during a thriller or panicking during a comedy: our responses are not in alignment with what the text is trying to communicate. Dr. Judd will help us navigate these misconceptions so we can engage Scripture more faithfully and grasp more fully what God is communicating through His Word. \nEmail to join \nAndrew Judd; Deputy Principal: Community Lecturer in Old Testament; Ridley College\, Melbourne\, Australia.\nAndrew is an ordained Anglican minister\, and serves as Deputy Principal and Lecturer in Old Testament at Ridley College. His PhD from Sydney University explored how Gadamer and modern literary genre theory helps us better understand our disagreements about what the Bible means. He is the author of Modern Genre Theory: An Introduction for Biblical Studies (Zondervan Academic\, 2024) and Playing with Scripture: Reading Contested Biblical Texts with Gadamer and Genre Theory (Routledge\, 2024). \nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-andrew-judd/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Andrew-Judd-Web-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T141500 DTSTAMP:20250218T161232Z CREATED:20250212T215307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T161232Z UID:10002239-1740055500-1740060900@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Reigniting the Revolution: How Acts can help us revitalize our imaginations and way of living DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nA Conversation with C. Kavin Rowe\nReigniting the Revolution: How Acts can help us revitalize our imaginations and way of living\nIf asked to name a world-changing political document\, popular answers might include the Declaration of Independence\, the Magna Carta\, or the Emancipation Proclamation. Few\, if any\, would think to name the New Testament book of Acts. But renowned New Testament scholar and theologian C. Kavin Rowe argues otherwise. \nOften viewed as a text of political appeasement or harmlessness\, Kavin suggests that Acts is actually a “highly charged and theologically sophisticated political document” that presents a radically counter-cultural and culture-forming way of life. In World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age\, Kavin explores how early Christians embodied an entirely alternate way to live in and engage with the world. In Christianity’s Surprise\, he further examines how these revolutionary early Christian communities redefined what it means to be human. \nIn a time when the world can feel disenchanted\, Kavin observes that we “are hungry for a revitalization of our imaginations and practices that show the world who we are and why we exist.” In this conversation\, we’ll rediscover the revolutionary nature of the earliest Christian communities and how that might reignite a transformative spark within us. \nInterested in attending? Email us to be added to our guest list! \nEmail to Join \n  \nC. Kavin Rowe; Vice Dean of Faculty and the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament;  at\nDuke Divinity School\nC. Kavin Rowe is the vice dean of the faculty and the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament. The third volume of his collected essays has recently been published as Studies in Luke\, Acts\, and Paul (Eerdmans\, 2024). The second volume\, Method\, Context\, and Meaning in New Testament Studies\, was published early this year (Eerdmans\, 2024)\, and the first volume\, Leading Christian Communities\, in 2023 (Eerdmans). Rowe is the author of four other books: Christianity’s Surprise: A Sure and Certain Hope (Abingdon\, 2020)\, One True Life: the Stoics and Early Christians as Rival Traditions (Yale University Press\, 2016)\, World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age (Oxford University Press\, 2009\, paperback 2010)\, and Early Narrative Christology (de Gruyter\, 2006\, repr. Baker Academic\, 2009). He has published dozens of articles and essays\, and co-edited The Word Leaps the Gap (Eerdmans\, 2008) and Rethinking the Unity and Reception of Luke and Acts (University of South Carolina Press\, 2010). He is on the editorial board of several international peer-review journals and has also frequently written articles for faithandleadership.com \nRowe has been a Fulbright Scholar\, Regional Scholar for the Society of Biblical Literature\, chair of the Society’s Southeastern Region New Testament section\, president of the Society’s Southeastern Region\, and was elected to the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. He was awarded a Lilly Faculty Fellowship\, a Christian Faith and Life Grant from the Louisville Institute\, the John Templeton Prize for Theological Promise\, the Paul J. Achtemeier Award\, and a Distinguished Scholars grant from the McDonald Agape Foundation. \n\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-c-kavin-rowe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Web-Events-2024-2025-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240426 DTSTAMP:20250306T135855Z CREATED:20240411T200637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T135855Z UID:10001688-1714003200-1714089599@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Bruce Herman DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nBruce Herman\nDoes beauty matter today? At one time beauty\, truth\, and goodness stood as the highest universal ideals. But with the scientific and technological turns in culture\, beauty has been reduced to benign prettiness. The collapse of the humanities has taken truth and goodness down with it. What if beauty had enduring and urgently needed relevance today? If it could reflect something good and essential in the worlds of science\, politics\, medicine\, education\, and mental health? What if beauty actuallyhas the power to help us recover truth and goodness in our struggle against the challenges of our age? Join us as internationally renowned painter and scholar\, Bruce Herman\, leads us to think about a timely return to beauty–in art and in life. \nInterested in Attending \nBruce Herman; A distinguished painter\, writer\, and speaker. Former professor and founding chair of the Art Department at Gordon College.\nBruce Herman (American\, b. 1953) is a painter\, writer\, and speaker. \nHerman’s art has been shown in more than 150 exhibitions — nationally in many US cities\, including New York\, Boston\, Washington\, Chicago\, Los Angeles\, and Houston — and internationally in England\, Japan\, Hong Kong\, Italy\, Canada\, and Israel. His artwork is featured in many public and private art collections including the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome; The Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts print collection; The Grunewald Print Collection of the Hammer Museum\, Los Angeles; DeCordova Museum in Boston; the Cape Ann Museum; and in many colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. \nHerman taught at Gordon College for nearly four decades\, and is the founding chair of the Art Department there. He held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts for more than fifteen years\, and continues to curate exhibitions and manage the College art collection there. \nHerman completed both BFA and MFA degrees at Boston University College of Fine Arts under American artists Philip Guston\, James Weeks\, David Aronson\, Reed Kay\, and Arthur Polonsky. He was named Boston University College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2006. \nHerman’s art may be found in dozens of journals\, popular magazines\, newspapers\, and online art features. He and co-author Walter Hansen wrote the book Through Your Eyes\, 2013\, Grand Rapids\, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing\, a thirty-year retrospective of Herman’s art as seen through the eyes of his most dedicated collector. \nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-bruce-herman/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Theological-Society-Speaker-TEMPLATE.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240315 DTSTAMP:20240311T183319Z CREATED:20240213T153312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240311T183319Z UID:10001682-1710374400-1710460799@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Lauren Monroe DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nLauren Monroe\nCornell Professor Monroe combines a close reading of geographical details in the biblical texts and a careful study of the archeological record to offer a fresh perspective on the origins of ancient Israel. She hypothesizes that the “Greater Israel” we know from the Bible record actually represents the careful joining of two histories from northern and southern settlements in Tirzah and Jerusalem\, respectively. \n(The event is in collaboration with Cornell Hillel) \nLauren Monroe; Associate Professor\, Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University\nMonroe received her PhD in Bible and Ancient Near East from the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. Her teaching interests include Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew at all levels\, Syro-Palestinian Archaeology\, and Ancient Israelite Religious and Social History. She is particularly interested in the way what it meant to be “Israelite” changed over time\, and how such changes are reflected in the stratigraphy of the biblical text and the archaeological tel. She has brought Cornell students with her to excavate at an array of archaeological sites in Israel\, including Tel Zayit\, Tel Rehov\, and Abel Beth Maacah. In her book\, Josiah’s Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text (Oxford University Press\, 2011) she explored the 7th century BCE religious reforms of the Judean King Josiah\, whose rites of violence are a formative moment in the Bible’s representation of the emergence of monotheism. She is currently working on two monographs: one on the emergence of the Bible’s Joseph traditions\, and the other on the Song of Deborah and Micro-history. Also\, on the horizon is a large-scale research project entitled Tidings From Sheba\, which addresses how South Arabian Sabaean inscriptions from Yemen illuminate ancient Israelite society\, politics and religion. \n  \nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-lauren-monroe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240223 DTSTAMP:20240218T215430Z CREATED:20240213T152521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240218T215430Z UID:10001681-1708560000-1708646399@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Ross Wagner DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nRoss Wagner\nAssociate Professor of New Testament\, Duke Divinity School \nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-ross-wagner/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Theological-Society-Ross-Wagner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T000000 DTSTAMP:20240207T135803Z CREATED:20240206T220649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T135803Z UID:10001673-1698278400-1698278400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: The Trinity DESCRIPTION:Reading Discussion: \nThe Trinity\nValdimir Lossky \n  \nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-the-trinity/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T000000 DTSTAMP:20240207T135740Z CREATED:20240206T221724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T135740Z UID:10001676-1697068800-1697068800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Early Christian Ecumenism DESCRIPTION:Reading Discussion: \nEarly Christian Ecumenism\nDavid Smith; Duke Divinity School \n  \nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-early-christian-ecumenism/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T000000 DTSTAMP:20240207T135751Z CREATED:20240206T221308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T135751Z UID:10001674-1695859200-1695859200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Robert Jenson DESCRIPTION:Reading Discussion: \n“Canon” and “Creed”\nRobert W. Jenson \n  \nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Our discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-robert-w-jenson/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T000000 DTSTAMP:20240207T135733Z CREATED:20240206T221806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T135733Z UID:10001677-1695254400-1695254400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Colin Cornell DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nColin Cornell\nOld Testament and missiological hermeneutics at Fuller Theological Seminary \nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-colin-cornell/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T000000 DTSTAMP:20240207T135746Z CREATED:20240206T221602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T135746Z UID:10001675-1694649600-1694649600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: Israel's Priority in OT Missiology DESCRIPTION:Reading Discussion: \nIsrael’s Priority in Old Testament Missiology\nColin Cornell; Old Testament and missiological hermeneutics at Fuller Theological Seminary \n  \nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-israels-priority-in-ot-missiology/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T000000 DTSTAMP:20251125T192056Z CREATED:20240206T222235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T192056Z UID:10001678-1694044800-1694044800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Theological Society: The Need for Order DESCRIPTION:Reading Discussion: \nThe Need for Order\nSimon Weil excerpt (cf. C. Levi-Strauss\, Savage Mind) \n\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-the-need-for-order/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Theological-Society-Speaker-TEMPLATE-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230220T210000 DTSTAMP:20230215T201104Z CREATED:20230209T183017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T201104Z UID:10001481-1676921400-1676926800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Markets\, Morality\, and the Medieval Christian Mind DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nMarkets\, Morality\, and the Medieval Christian Mind\nA Conversation with Mary Hirschfeld Professor of Economics and Theology at Villanova University \nFebruary 20th\, 2023\n7:30pm ET in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45pm ET via Zoom\n\nRegister Here \nMary Hirschfeld will be Zooming in to a live gathered audience at The Knoll. At the conclusion of the event\, in person attendees will partake in post conversation lead by Executive Director Dr. Vivek Mathew \n\nProf. Mary Hirschfeld\, trained with her doctorate from Harvard in economics\, had become an accomplished professor in a tenured post at Occidental College. But then as a faculty member she had an adult conversion to the Christian faith\, which then prompted her to reflect on the foundations of the modern economic discipline as a moral enterprise. \nHer questions on how to approach economics from a Christian perspective led her to leave a prized tenured post and begin a second doctorate in theology from Notre Dame. Now a professor of theology at Villanova\, she is one of the few very few scholars in the world who have a bi-cultural literacy through two very different lenses on the world. Join us as we gain perspective and insight on navigating what it means to live a virtuously economic life. \n\nMary Hirschfeld\, Professor of Economics and Theology at Villanova University\nMary Hirschfeld earned her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1989\, specializing in the fields of macroeconomics and economic history. She was a professor of economics at Occidental College from 1988 to 2003 and she also served as Chair of the Department of Economics and as a member of several committees\, including the institution’s Educational Policy Committee. Following a conversion to Catholicism\, she left her position to study moral theology at Notre Dame\, earning her Master of Theological Science degree in 2005. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the field of moral theology at Notre Dame. Her dissertation focuses on a Thomistic framework for thinking about economics\, with an emphasis on consumption. \nIn the field of economics\, Professor Hirschfeld has explored research interests in feminist economics and heterodox approaches to economic theory. She has taught a variety of courses on topics that include the development of capitalism\, macroeconomics\, financial markets\, economics and philosophy\, European history\, and persecution in America. She is the author of several articles on economics in the Review of Economics and Statistics\, the Journal of Economic Education\, and History of Political Economy\, as well as a recent article on moral theology in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. In 2010\, Professor Hirschfeld was awarded a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. \nRegister Here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/markets-morality-and-the-medieval-christian-mind/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Web-Events-13-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T183000 DTSTAMP:20200910T214005Z CREATED:20200910T214005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200910T214005Z UID:10001322-1600448400-1600453800@chestertonhouse.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Excavating-the-Past_Website-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T213000 DTSTAMP:20191011T192832Z CREATED:20190911T163251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T192832Z UID:10001281-1570219200-1570224600@chestertonhouse.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/institutions.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110916T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110916T213000 DTSTAMP:20190106T024720Z CREATED:20190106T024720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190106T024720Z UID:10001232-1316208600-1316208600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:The Church and Food DESCRIPTION:As Christians\, we believe that God created the world for both celebration and stewardhip. Although Christians have not always taken that charge seriously\, and the dominance of technology has led to indifference about the choices we make concerning food\, there is a resurgent interest in thinking carefully and Christianly about our food choices. \nPrior to the lecture\, a limited seating dinner will introduce you to some of the topics of the evening. Our chef will talk to us about how he prepared the meal and choices that went into his selections and preparations. A local bakery cooperative will offer a bread tasting. One of the Fingerlakes outstanding wineries will offer a wine tasting. We’ll have an opportunity to meet the farmer who will provide our main course. And more! Our goal is to stimulate both stewardship and creativity as we live our whole lives to the glory of God and delight in his good gifts. \nFollowing dinner\, Dr. Gary Fick\, Professor of Soil & Crop Sciences at Cornell and author of Food\, Farming\, and Faith\, will provide a keynote address. Then panelists will engage us in conversation about how food relates to theology\, hospitality\, stewardship\, worship\, contentment\, diet\, pros/cons of organic and natural farming\, food cooperatives\, seasonal eating\, and more. \nDinner (very limited seating): $50. [DINNER IS NOW FULL] \nLecture and Panel\, 7:30pm\, Upstairs in the “Hayloft”: Free and Open to the Public. Seating for 120. \nOur panelists will include the following: \nMatt LeRoux works for Cornell Cooperative Extension -Tompkins County as the Agriculture Marketing Specialist on a five county team. He has also worked for the New England Heritage Breeds Conservancy and as an ultrasound technician beef carcass quality for the New England Livestock Alliance. Recently\, he completed a Master’s in Agricultural Marketing. \n  \nRyan O’Dowd is a Senior Visiting Lecturer of Aerospace Studies at Cornell University. He holds degrees from the U.S. Air Force Academy\, Reformed Theological Seminary\, and the University of Liverpool (PhD)\, and previously taught Religion and Biblical Studies in Canada. He is the author of The Wisdom of Torah: Epistemology in Deuteronomy and the Wisdom Literature (V&R\, 2009) and\, with Craig Bartholomew\, Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction (IVP Academic\, 2011). See his recently published article\, “Thought for Food.” \nMelanie Soberon is a PhD candidate in Animal Science at Cornell\, mother to an energetic 2 year old\, and farm girl at heart. She grew up on a hobby farm in Illinois raising sheep\, hogs\, horses\, chickens and vegetables but gained the perspective of a true farmer when her family relocated to Wisconsin during her second year of high school to farm full-time. At that time\, she became active in her family’s farm\, managing the flock of 500 ewes\, putting up hay with her dad and sister and direct marketing retail cuts of lamb with her mother at the St. Paul Farmer’s Market. She has BS degrees in Animal Science and Life Science Communications from the University of Wisconsin–Madison\, and a Master’s in Animal Science from Cornell. She currently studies the effects of feed-derived compounds on milk quality and sensory properties. In 2009\, she won the Emerging Scientist Competition at the American Forage and Grassland Council annual meeting for her research. In addition\, Soberon has taught or assisted in numerous Cornell undergraduate courses including Animal Nutrition\, Animal Agriculture\, and Society and Sustainable Animal Husbandry. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/the-church-and-food/ LOCATION:411 Willard Straight Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/food.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110429T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110429T190000 DTSTAMP:20190106T024720Z CREATED:20190106T024720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190106T024720Z UID:10001229-1304103600-1304103600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Neo-Calvinism On Trial DESCRIPTION:In response to the criticism that some people are “so heavenly minded as to be no earthly good\,” some Christian groups and organizations now speak of “changing culture\,” “transforming society\,” or “repairing (or redeeming) the world.” This emphasis on humans as agents of redemption has roots in a theological movement known as Neo-Calvinism\, which Time Magazine identifies as one of the most significant developments in contemporary America. \nRecently\, a number of Christian authors and scholars\, including Andy Crouch and James Davison Hunter\, have pushed back on this emphasis and movement\, arguing that it overstates the role of human agency in fulfilling the Lord’s prayer: “may your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.”  \nPlease join us as three theologians ponder this issue at our final Friday Conversation of the year: \n\nDr. Richard Baer\, Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources\nDr. Ryan O’Dowd\, Old Testament scholar\nJustin McGeary\, Abbot of Chesterton House\n\n  \nConversation at 5. Pizza at 6. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/neo-calvinism-on-trial/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 and 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/calvin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091017T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091017T120000 DTSTAMP:20190106T024659Z CREATED:20190106T024659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190106T024659Z UID:10001205-1255780800-1255780800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Between Cynicism and Sentimentality DESCRIPTION:Graduate Christian Fellowship Retreat \nOur society gives us a false choice between two powerful forces: cynicism and sentimentality. Both are used to trash the Christian faith but both also carry enough elements of truth to be very seductively confusing to us in our own attitudes to God\, life\, other people\, church\, marriage\, politics….. What is it to live out the Biblical vision that we are all ‘glorious ruins?’ \n  \nSpeaker Bio: \nDick Keyes is the Director of L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough\, Massachusetts\, where he has worked with his wife and family since 1979. He holds a B.A. in History from Harvard University\, and an M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. \nDick has worked for L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland and in England\, where he served also as a pastor in the International Presbyterian Church in London for eight years. He has been an adjunct professor at Gordon Conwell Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary. \nHe is the author of Beyond Identity\, True Heroism\, Chameleon Christianity and several chapters in anthologies such as No God But God\, ed. Os Guinnes\, Finding God at Harvard\, ed. Kelly Monroe\, and New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics from Intervarsity Press. He is currently writing a book on cynicism. He has lectured widely in the U.S. and also in Europe and Korea. \nAs with many workers in L’Abri\, Dick’s interests are many and varied. If there is any integrating idea it is the attempt to connect important aspects of modern life to Biblical truth with a theological\, apologetic and pastoral concern. His writing on identity\, heroism and cynicism\, for example\, are efforts to help Christians toward a more integrated and engaged faith\, but also to help those who are not Christians to be able to see the claims of Jesus from a fresh perspective. \nDick and his wife Mardi worship at a nearby African American church in which Dick is part of the ministry team. Dick enjoys reading\, working in the woods and playing blues guitar and ragtime guitar for self-therapy. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/between-cynicism-and-sentimentality/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – Residence\, 111 The Knoll Rd\, Ithaca\, New York\, 14850 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sentim.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081014T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081014T180000 DTSTAMP:20190106T024622Z CREATED:20190106T024622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190106T024622Z UID:10001163-1224007200-1224007200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Astronomy\, God\, and the Search for Elegance DESCRIPTION:Scientific theories must do more than merely satisfy the data; they must do so in a way that is (to use a term much favored by mathematicians) “elegant.” Kepler\, Maxwell\, and Einstein are examples of scientists who found that a sense of esthetic “rightness” helped them to direct their scientific intuition toward theories that could then be expressed rationally\, mathematically; theories that could then be tested against nature. By looking closely at a handful of astronomical images\, we’ll explore the way that one proceeds from an emotional appreciation of the beauty of the stars and planets\, to a deeper understanding that satisfies both reason and emotion. Ultimately\, this link between “elegance” and rational truth has profound theological implications. \nDr. Guy Consolmagno is an Astonomer at the Vatican Observatory. He is the author of several books\, including Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist (McGraw-Hill\, 2001)\, and God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion (Jossey-Bass\, 2007). He formerly served as the Chair of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society\, and as a visiting Professor of Physics at Fordham University. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/astronomy-god-and-the-search-for-elegance/ LOCATION:411 Willard Straight Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/NASA-SpiralGalaxyM101-20140505.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR