Center for Christianity
and Scholarship

Lectures and Special Events

Drop in for a lecture!

CCS invites world-class speakers to share Christian wisdom with Duke audiences in lectures, panels, and symposia. Each semester, the Triangle Roundtable brings together faculty from Duke, UNC, and NC State; the et Religio Symposium sparks conversations among Duke grad students and undergrads; and other lectures are open to the general public.

Upcoming Lectures and Special Events
Lectures and Special Events Archive
Wed, Feb 12, 2025
No Longer Strangers Prayer Event

Next Wednesday, February 12th at 6:30 PM, No Longer Strangers Night of Prayer and Advocacy for Immigration will take place at the Duke Divinity School in Westbrook 0014. Allow scripture and communal prayer transform our thinking and participation in this political and social issue. Please come read scripture, pray for immigrants, and if you feel called, write to congressional representatives together in Christian community.

Sat, Feb 01, 2025
Master Class: Purpose at Work
Pete Gerend

Join Duke Lecturing Fellow and Bain Management Consultant Pete Gerend to explore how to serve God and neighbors through your future career.

Fri, Jan 31, 2025
DCM Conference

Duke, UNC, and NC State graduate students, postdocs, and faculty explored integrating our faith with our academic life. The event involved discipline-based discussions following lectures by academics including Christina Gibson-Davis (Public Policy), Peter Feaver (Political Science), Ehsan Samei (Radiology), Molly Worthen (History), Nathan Thielman (Medicine), Jeremy Purvis (Genetics), and Norman Wirzba (Theology). Registration included discussion group dinners hosted by faculty around Durham and Chapel Hill on Friday evening .

Sat, Nov 16, 2024
Master Class: Purpose in Relationships
Rev. Allan Poole

Join Rev. Allan Poole and author and speaker Paula Rinehart to explore God’s purpose for family, friendship, marriage, and singleness. November 16, 12 noon–7:30 pm.

Tue, Nov 05, 2024
Election Prayer Night

On a night that can provoke anxiety, come together with Christians of diverse political sympathies to follow the Bible's instructions: "I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way." We'll spend time in structured prayer for elected leaders and electoral candidates at the national, state, and local level.