Guest Scholar: A Conversation with Jon D. Levenson Resurrection and Rest: What Are We Actually Looking Forward to? Resurrection 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 […]
Chesterton House's Theological Society and Graduate Christian Fellowship at Cornell present: Faith & Science: What Scientists & People of Faith Really Think September 4th, 2025 | 7:00pm Founder's Room | Anabel Taylor Hall Dinner will be provided! register here Elaine Howard Ecklund is a sociologist and public voice at the intersection of faith, science, and […]
Chesterton House's Theological Society presents: Is the True God of the Bible Nonviolent? Making sense of God's coercion in the Old Testament and the New September 25th, 2025 | 1:00pm email to register Readers of the Old and New Testament cannot escape being confronted by morally challenging passages. How are we to understand God’s injunctions […]
Does Evil Defeat God? Making Sense of Evil September 25th, 2025 | 5:30pm *UPDATED TIME* Physical Sciences 120 or via Zoom Dessert reception to follow register here It 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 […]
Guest Scholar: A Conversation with Janet Soskice Knowing God through Naming: The Interconnection of Metaphysics and Worship in God’s Names What 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 […]
Guest Scholar: A Conversation with David Lincicum Reading Paul Reading Scripture: Thinking with Paul about Biblical Interpretation It 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 […]
Chesterton House's Theological Society presents: Beyond the Paycheck: Why Humans Work March 11th, 2026 Willard Straight Hall 414 Dinner will be provided. register here This 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. […]
Chesterton House's Theological Society Presents: A Conversation with Ellen Davis April 9th, 2026 | 1:00pm Email to join Scripture and Soil: How the Bible's Vision Inspires Care for the Land With the digital world at our fingertips and within a collegiate environment shaped by ideas and abstractions, the slow, seasonal labor of those who work […]
Chesterton House's Theological Society Presents: A Conversation with Jason Staples A Newer Perspective on Paul: The identity of Israel in "All Israel will be saved" (Romans 11:26) April 30th, 2026 | 1:00pm Email to join When the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 11:25-26, "For a hardening has happened on part of Israel, until the fullness […]
