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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We’re told never to discuss politics or religion at the dinner table, because these topics can turn friends and family into opponents and even hated enemies. Yet our life together depends on our ability to remain in relationships across deep differences. Join us to practice the skills of attentive listening, civil dialogue, and friendly debate at the intersection of politics and religion.
Political polarization and negative partisanship have soared in the United States over recent decades, and religious identity is often correlated with political affiliation. At this event, we’ll consider: does religious fervor escalate polarization by encouraging blind faith and self-righteous superiority? Or does faith in God moderate polarization by teaching humility, self-control, and love for our neighbors? And how do our rituals, from Bible reading to social media likes, shape our character as citizens?
In this evening of dinner and conversation, we’ll hear from Professor Chris Bail (Director of the Polarization Lab, Duke), who uses computational social science expertise to understand the changing landscape of American politics, and Professor Jed Atkins (Dean of the School of Civic Life and Leadership, UNC), who studies the historical relationship between Christianity and ideals of tolerance. Then you'll discuss your own perspectives with fellow students. No matter what you believe, you're welcome at the table.
Join Duke Divinity professor Warren Smith to explore what the Bible and the church fathers teach us about what it means to be human.
Informal time for returning undergraduates to mingle with Christian faculty while enjoying Locopops.
We want to see Christian students not just survive college with faith intact, but thrive. On the Sunday before classes begin, we invite an upperclassman and a faculty member to share advice on how to flourish as Christian students in college. Join us on Sunday, August 25 at 6:00 pm for food, fellowship, and fun!
Christian professors at secular universities are called to glorify God through the life of the mind in a unique way. The Faculty Theological Collaborative exists to support you in this calling through advanced theological training, living examples of the integration of faith and scholarship, and rich fellowship with Christian faculty across institutions and disciplines. This three-day workshop is built around a series of dialogues between academic theologians and scholars in the natural sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Between presentations showcasing exemplary theological integration across the disciplines, break-out sessions will invite you to share, brainstorm, or refine practical applications in your own research and teaching.
This year’s special theme is the doctrine of creation. Knowing God as Creator illuminates all of our work, whether it’s discerning God’s design in the created order, stewarding the creatures he has entrusted to our care, understanding the institutions and technologies humans have created as expressions of our potential as imago dei, or participating in God’s ongoing work in our own creativity.
The Faculty Theological Collaborative is a joint project of Regent College, a graduate school of theology focused on the education of the laity; the Consortium of Christian Study Centers; and three member study centers, namely, Anselm House at the University of Minnesota, the Center for Christianity and Scholarship at Duke University, and Octet Collaborative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faculty associated with any Christian study center or center for Catholic thought are welcome to participate.
Is the story of everything a story of evolutionary and technological progress toward complexity unguided by any plan? Or is it a story of deliberate creation, catastrophic fall, and divine rescue? Or does it have some other structure, or none at all? Does the cosmos have something to say to us, or do we project meaning onto it with narratives of our own? Join us as Dan Scolnic (Associate Professor of Physics at Duke University) and Kavin Rowe (Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School) discuss questions about the cosmos and the Bible from differing perspectives. After their conversation, guests will have an opportunity to discuss these questions with one another over dinner.
Sponsor a table (8 seats): $2,000 // Individual Ticket: $250 ($175 is tax deductible)
Hosted by the Center for Christianity and Scholarship
Faith and Physics: Science and Religion in Dialogue
Professor Daniel Scolnic (Duke University, Physics) studies the expansion of the universe, all the way back to the infinitesimal fraction of a second when it began. Professor Kavin Rowe (Duke Divinity School) claims to know what there was before, and why the cosmos came into existence. At this semester's et Religio Symposium, we'll join them for a conversation about the origin and meaning of the universe.
Are there answers to the questions science simply can't answer? Are scientific and religious accounts in conflict? And what does what we believe about beginnings have to do with how we live here and now? In this evening of dinner and conversation, you'll listen to two professors' answers, then discuss your own with friends and fellow-students. No matter what you believe, you're welcome at the table.
Dinner is provided at no cost.
Please contact Jeff at richard.j.bennett@duke.edu for any questions.
Take a "break away" from campus to enjoy fun, fellowship, and formation with Professor Alex Hartemink. Join us for a weekend away of fellowship, fun, and formation. We’ll depart on Friday after classes, and return on Sunday by noon.
Additional details sent upon registration.
Additional details will be sent upon registration.
Beardsley and Feaver Solve All the Word’s Problems. Kyle Beardsley is an associate professor of Political Science at Duke University; Peter Feaver is a professor of political science and public policy at Duke University.
Praveen Sethupathy is a professor of genetics at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Rebecca Blank is the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin; Co-sponsored by Duke Economics, the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke Divinity School, and Duke POLIS
A World Survey of Discrimination against Religious Minorities. Jonathan Fox is a Professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University. Co-sponsored with Duke’s program in American Grand Strategy.
William Tate is the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Washington University in St. Louis. Wahneema Lubiano is an Associate Professor of African & African-American Studies and Literature at Duke University. Co-sponsored by the Veritas Forum and Duke campus ministries.
William McClay is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma.
The intersection of AI, human identity, and theology. John Wyatt is a professor emeritus of ethics and perinatology at University College London. Co-sponsored by InterVarsity’s Graduate Christian Fellowship at NC State. Listen here.
Michael Gerson is a nationally syndicated columnist and former top aide to President George W. Bush. Pope “Mac” McCorkle is an associate professor of the practice of public policy and director of graduate studies in the master of public policy program. Co-sponsored by Religions and Public Life at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Laura Meitzner Yoder is the director of the Human Needs and Global Resources Program at Wheaton College. Co-sponsored with Servants with a Heart.
Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference. John Inazu is an associate professor of law and political science at Washington University in St. Louis.
What the academy award nominees for best picture tell us about ourselves. Drew Trotter is the Executive Director of the Consortium of Christian Study Centers.
Nicole Baker Fulgham is the Founder and President of The Expectations Project
An Ethic for Contemporary Global Politics. Daniel Philpott is a professor of political science and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Medical Technology and the Future of Humanity. John Wyatt is the Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Perinatology, University College London.
Religious Persecution, National Security, and Christian Liberty. William Inboden is the Executive Director of the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for History, Strategy, and Statecraft at the University of Texas-Austin.
An MIT Professor’s Look at Humanity, Technology, and God. Rosalind W. Picard is the Founder and Director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Laboratory.
Holly Burkhalter is the Vice President of Government Relations & Advocacy at International Justice Mission.
John Hare is a professor of philosophical theology at Yale Divinity School.
Susan Sullivan is an assistant professor of sociology at College of the Holy Cross.
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., who is the Kenan Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, delivered a lecture titled "Making Things: The Gift of Subcreation" for our Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture series. Co-sponsored with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries at Duke and UNC
Peter Wehner is an author and a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Co-sponsored by Duke’s Program in American Grand Strategy, POLIS and the Kenan Institute for Ethics.
