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Join us for a Homecoming BBQ! Students, alumni, and community members alike are invited to come meet Chesterton House residents, staff and board members.

Discussion led by Pastor Steve Froehlich

More than 5.8 billion of the world’s 7 billion people claim some religious affiliation and most developed or developing economies are trying to grow their scientific infrastructure. Yet media pundits and scholars alike often see science as being in conflict with religion and the primary cause of secularization. Scholars argue that religion hinders the progress […]

Taught by Chesterton House Senior Scholar, Dr. Ryan O'Dowd: This course is founded on the assumption that people who lived almost three millennia ago are enough like us that their wisdom writings have value for us today.  We seek, therefore, not only to understand their writings but to find modern relevance for their ideas about […]

Taught by Chesterton House Senior Scholar, Dr. Ryan O'Dowd: Who am I? And what am I called to do at this time, in this place, and among these people who live in the world around me?  This 2 credit, integrative seminar explores issues of identity, community, and vocation, drawing upon philosophical, sociological and theological sources. […]

While Cornell is celebrating Homecoming, Chesterton House is welcoming you to stop by our home! Join us for an Open House on Homecoming Saturday to learn more about Christian living and learning at Cornell.   This open house is for... Any students interested in exploring living at Chesterton House next year; Any and all alumni […]

Imagination may be one of the greatest gifts God has given to — or created into — his image-bearing human creatures.  And that imagination is a vitally important aspect of our reason, or creativity, our language, and even our ability to enter into and understand and honor scripture.  To be persons created in the image […]