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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/
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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/
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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/
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SUMMARY:The Beauty of Understanding: How Wonder and Awe Fuel Scientific Inquiry
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House and COLLIS Institute present: \nThe Beauty of Understanding: How Wonder and Awe Fuel Scientific Inquiry\nPanel Discussion with Brandon Vaidyanathan\, Prof. Tomás Arias (Cornell\, Physics) and Shaun Nichols (Cornell\, Philosophy) \nMarch 19th\, 2026 | 5:30pm\nClark 700 | Virtual\nProvided dinner to follow in Clark 701 \nregister here \n“The Beauty of Understanding: How Wonder and Awe Fuel Scientific Inquiry\,” a talk by Brandon Vaidyanathan (Sociology\, Catholic University of America) followed by a panel discussion with Brandon Vaidyanathan\, Tomás Arias (Physics\, Cornell University) and Shaun Nichols (Philosophy\, Cornell University) \nFor over two centuries\, critics have accused science of disenchanting the world\, turning rainbows into wavelengths and mysteries into mechanisms. Yet many prominent contemporary scientists describe science itself as a wellspring of beauty\, awe\, and wonder. What does beauty mean in the everyday practice of science\, and how does the pursuit of understanding shape scientific work\, motivation\, and well-being? This talk presents findings from the first global empirical study of aesthetics in scientific practice\, based on nationally representative surveys of more than 3000 physicists and biologists in the US\, UK\, Italy\, and India\, and more than 200 in-depth interviews. Scientists consistently describe three kinds of beauty in their work: the sensory beauty of phenomena\, the useful beauty of elegant theories and experiments\, and the beauty of understanding–the thrill of discovering the hidden order or inner logic underlying the phenomena that scientists study. These aesthetic experiences are not rare: most scientists report frequent moments of awe\, reverence\, and newly opened mysteries\, which in turn motivate perseverance\, deepen learning\, and support well-being. Yet the pursuit of beauty unfolds within institutional conditions often marked by burnout\, mistreatment\, and the pressures of “publish or perish\,” which can undermine the very wonder that draws people into science. \nSchedule:\n5:30 PM – 6:15 PM Talk\n6:15-6:45 PM: Panel Discussion with Brandon Vaidyanathan\, Prof. Tomás Arias (Cornell\, Physics) and Shaun Nichols (Cornell\, Philosophy)\n6:45 PM – 8:00 PM: Dinner Reception \nJoin us for this conversation\, a collaboration of the COLLIS at Cornell and the Chesterton House. \nBrandon Vaidyanathan; Associate Professor and Chair\, Department of Sociology\, The Catholic University of America\nDr. Brandon Vaidyanathan is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institutional Flourishing Lab at The Catholic University of America. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Business Administration from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia and HEC Montreal respectively\, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame. \nHe is author of Mercenaries and Missionaries: Capitalism and Catholicism in the Global South (Cornell University Press\, 2019)\, co-author of Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion (Oxford University Press\, 2019)\, and co-editor of Rebuilding Trust: Clergy Morale in the Wake of the Abuse Crisis (CUA Press\, 2025). His work has been funded by grants from the John Templeton Foundation\, Templeton Religion Trust\, the Lilly Endowment\, and Burroughs Wellcome Fund. \nHe is also Founder of Beauty at Work\, a media platform which includes a podcast and YouTube channel that aims to expand our understanding of beauty: what it is\, how it works\, and why it matters for the work we do. \nregister here \n 
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/the-beauty-of-understanding-how-wonder-and-awe-fuel-scientific-inquiry/
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SUMMARY:You're Only Human: Could Embracing Limits Unlock Your Fullest Postential?
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House presents: \nYou’re Only Human: Could Embracing Limits Unlock Your Fullest Potential?\nMarch 9th\, 2026 | 5:30-7pm Lecture | 7-8pm Dinner Reception\nPhysical Sciences Building 120 | Virtual\nProvided dinner reception to follow in Physical Sciences Building 150 \nregister here \nLife at University is fast-paced and full to the brim: \nfull of coursework\, projects\, exams\, and papers \nfull of socializing\, meetups\, club gatherings and team practice \nfull of trips\, retreats\, and service opportunities. \nSo many around us are doing so many things with an apparent effortlessness that can only be envied. How do they do it? Where do they find the find the time? How do they have energy? Do they have any limits? How can I “hack” my life so that I can live with less limitations and become more than just an average and ordinary human being? \nThe achieve-a-tron world we inhabit at University teaches us to optimize our lives and overcome all human limitations. What if our human limitations were a gift essential to being human and not a weakness to transcend? \nHuman limitations––a gift? Finitude––good news? Perish the thought! Or… ponder it and consider its worth… Maybe the dream to do as much as possible\, to overcome our human limitations rather than embracing them with patience and grace\, is part of what is limiting us from being fully alive. \nJoin us as we welcome Kelly Kapic\, Professor of Theological Studies and the Honorary Chair of Theology and Culture at Covenant College\, who will attempt to persuade you that your human limitations are a good to be embraced rather than an evil to be transcended. Kelly has authored many books\, the most recent of which\, You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good New\, won a number of awards\, including Christianity Today’s Book of the Year award in the category of Theology (Popular) and The Southwestern Journal of Theology’s Book Award in Applied Theology/Ethics. \n  \nKelly Kapic\, Honorary Chair of Theology and Culture at Covenant College\nKelly M. Kapic holds the Honorary Chair of Theology and Culture at Covenant College where he has taught since 2001.  With a PhD in Systematic and Historical Theology from King’s College University of London\, Kapic has written or edited over twenty books. His newest book\, Christian Life (Zondervan Academic\, 2025) was just recently released\, and before that his volume You Were Never Meant to Do it All: A 40-Day Devotional on the Goodness of Being Human (Brazos 2025) was built on his earlier work You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why that’s Good News\, which was published in 2022 and won a number of awards\, including Christianity Today’s Book of the Year award in the category of Theology (Popular) and The Southwestern Journal of Theology’s award in Applied Theology/Ethics.  His earlier work includes Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering\, which also won the Christianity Today book of the year award in the area of Theology and Ethics and World Magazine’s Short List award for Accessible Theology Book of the year.  A few years ago he completed two volumes with the economist Brian Fikkert called Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty isn’t the American Dream and A Field Guide to Becoming Whole: Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries.  In 2014 Kapic received a Templeton Grant to be part of The Center for Christian Thought studying the topic of Psychology and Spiritual Formation.  He has also served as part of the Core Research Teams for the Templeton-funded studies\, including “Project Amazing Grace” and “Christian Meaning-Making\, Suffering\, and the Flourishing Life.” \nregister here \n 
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/youre-only-human-could-embracing-limits-unlock-your-fullest-potential/
LOCATION:Physical Science Building\, PSB 120
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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/
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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/
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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
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/faith-science-what-scientists-people-of-faith-really-think/
LOCATION:Anabel Taylor Hall\, Founder’s Room
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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