Hosted by Cornell Claritas & Chesterton House Alumni, we hope to connect to an Cornell alumni while also working thoughtfully and collaboratively through a work of fiction. Meetings will be every 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month, from 7:30-8:45PM EDT, starting on October 7th. Huge plus: There is NO reading or other work required […]
We come to the academy to be shaped into critical thinkers, independent minds, but we are often unaware of the spiritual and racial formation these models of the “educated man” carry. In his recent book, After Whiteness, theologian Willie Jennings untangles our pedagogies which are tied to the image of the white slave-master, drawing from […]
Join us for a very special conversation between the director of the Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute at Stanford University, Dr. William Newsome, and the director of the Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics. Dr. Praveen Sethupathy, as we think through the integration of faith with cutting-edge work in neuroscience and genomics. REGISTER NOW Praveen Sethupathy is […]
Who is G.K. Chesterton?? And why is there a house named after him? These are good questions and we hope to answer them in a TWO-PART RETREAT, engaging this enigmatic and witty British author and questioning what he might have to say for the 21st century. Part 1: Art historian, Dr. Matthew Milliner will elaborate […]
Beauty inspires. It inspires humans to great feats of imagination and discovery. But can beauty help us find the truth about the world? About ourselves? Might beauty contribute to the advance of sciences or reveal the presence of God? An Oxford Physicist and a Virginia Tech philosopher debate the relationship between aesthetics, science, and human […]
Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is respected for his lifetime of groundbreaking research and thought leadership that has influenced the day-to-day management and leadership of people and companies throughout the world. With a passion to turn […]
Dante is one of the greatest poets in the West, and he is also a superb Thomist. He not only represents the ethics, philosophical psychology, and philosophical theology of Aquinas, but he extends the Thomist worldview by enfleshing it in gripping stories and memorable images. In this short course, we will consider the nature and […]
Dante is one of the greatest poets in the West, and he is also a superb Thomist. He not only represents the ethics, philosophical psychology, and philosophical theology of Aquinas, but he extends the Thomist worldview by enfleshing it in gripping stories and memorable images. In this short course, we will consider the nature and […]
Dante is one of the greatest poets in the West, and he is also a superb Thomist. He not only represents the ethics, philosophical psychology, and philosophical theology of Aquinas, but he extends the Thomist worldview by enfleshing it in gripping stories and memorable images. In this short course, we will consider the nature and […]
