‘Your Research May Lead You Where You Do Not Want to Go: Studying Villainy as a Christian’
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Is it ever right to kill a tyrant? What if you think God is telling you to kill the king? Who or what is a terrorist in early seventeenth-century France and how do you punish a regicide? These kinds of questions pose an anthropological conundrum: the problem of containing transgressive behaviour that overflows the limits of human punishment. We will explore these themes and discuss …
‘God understands the way to it’: biblical trajectories in the search for wisdom.
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‘But where shall wisdom be found?’ This question, posed in the ancient Book of Job, to which the answer comes in strikingly anthropomorphic language ‘God understands the way to it’, is a question we can all relate to. In this talk, I’ll highlight…
Read More‘Resident and Alien: Insights from St. Augustine from thriving in the secular academy’
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A talk given via Zoom by Dr Stan Rosenberg (SCIO, Wycliffe Hall) for the Seeking Wisdom Conference, March 2021, Philosophy & Theology Discipline Stream
Looking to the future: Christian living and scholarship in light of the world to come
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A talk given by Revd Dr Michael Lloyd at the January 2019 DCM: Life of the Mind conference.
Read MoreWhat went wrong with humankind?
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A talk given by Professor John Gallacher at the January 2019 Developing a Christian Mind: Life of the Mind conference
Read MoreWhat are Universities For?
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Prof. Nigel Biggar on "What are Universities For?" A talk for to the Oxford Graduate Christian Union on 17 Jan, 2011.
Read MoreHow Christians Relate to the World
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A talk given by Prof. Alister McGrath on Saturday 19 Feb, 2010, for the Oxford Christian Mind. This lecture sets out the different ways in which Christians relate to the world, be they positive, negative or mixed. What is the value of these models of relating for understanding our relationship to...
Read MoreThe Christian View of Life and the World
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This lecture introduces the notion of ‘worldview’ and its importance for the development of a Christian mind in the contemporary world. It outlines the main elements of the Christian worldview and the implications for Christian attitudes to life, the world, and science.
Read MoreThe Doctrine of Creation and the Science of Nature
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This lecture explores how far the Judaeo-Christian understanding of creation has been fundamental in the development of modern science. It also explores the tensions between modern science and the Christian understanding of reality and how to enable constructive dialogue. Some further background...
Read MoreSeek the Welfare of the University (Jeremiah 29:7)
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This lecture by prof. Donald Hay, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference on Jan 29, 2012, outlines the contours of a Christian engagement with the University.
Read MoreHow Christians relate to the world
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This lecture by prof. McGrath, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference on Jan 28, 2012, sets out the different ways in which Christians relate to the world, be they positive, negative or mixed. What is the value of these models of relating for understanding...
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be human?
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This lecture by Dr Elaine Storkey, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference, on Jan 28, 2012, discusses how the Christian understanding of the human being steers a course between individualism and collectivism, between fatalism and personal freedom...
Read MoreThe doctrine of creation and the science of nature
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This lecture, by Dr. Ard Louis, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference, on Jan 28, 2012, explores how far the Judaeo-Christian understanding of creation has been fundamental in the development of modern science. It also explores the tensions between...
Read MoreA Christian worldview?
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This lecture, by prof. Benno van den Toren, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference, on Jan 28, 2012, discusses the notion of ‘worldview’ and its influence on the development of a Christian mind in the contemporary world. It outlines main elements of...
Read MoreWhat went wrong with humankind?
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This lecture by Dr Elaine Storkey was given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference, on Jan 29, 2012. Abstract: The social sciences in particular have implicit or explicit convictions about what is wrong with the world, and many individual scholars are driven by the desire...
Read MoreWhat is salvation?
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This lecture, by prof. Benno van den Toren, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference, on Jan 29, 2012, discusses why Salvation in Christ is not just a spiritual reality – it touches the whole of our being, the whole of humanity, and has cosmic dimensions. Salvation...
Read MoreSocial scientific and Christian understandings of human beings in society
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Comparing and contrasting Christian anthropology with evolutionary psychology, rational choice theory, and social theory. Lecture given for the Social Sciences Stream of the Oxford Developing a Christian Mind Conference Seeking Wisdom Conference, Fri 16 to Sat 17 March 2012, at Manor Road Social...
Read MoreSocial ethics in the social sciences: theological and secular approaches
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A discussion of Biblical social ethics, Catholic social teaching, and the ethical presuppositions of social sciences including utilitarianism as well as alternative ethical frameworks (e.g. Rawls and the liberal tradition, social ethics in social policy). Lecture given for the Social Sciences Stream of the...
Read MoreJonathan Franzen and the incommensurability of ‘Freedom’: A theological response
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Rev. Dr. Jonathan Brant discusses "Jonathan Franzen and the incommensurability of ‘Freedom’: A theological response" at the Oxford Christian Mind Seeking Wisdom Literature Stream, 17 March 2012
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