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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
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LOCATION:Anabel Taylor Hall\, Founder’s Room
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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
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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
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