Waterloo area readers, please mark your calendars: On Thursday, November 3 at 7 pm, in the Dunker Family Lounge at Renison University College (240 Westmount Road North) at the University of Waterloo, Dr. Ron Kuipers, an ICS faculty member and Jon Stanley, one of our graduate students, will be presenting a talk and leading a discussion, about how we, as Christians, can respond to the claim that God is dead, a claim being made by many prominent authors in Europe and North America.
The new atheism challenges Christians. Join us for a presentation and discussion on how faith can lead to dialogue rather than hostility between religious and secular people in our time.
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Employment Opportunity—Senior Development Officer—Application Deadline: October 24, 2011
The Institute for Christian Studies is seeking an energetic, organized and committed individual to fill the role of Senior Development Officer, focusing on a major gift program, on a full-time one-year contract. If you are interested or if you know someone who would serve well in this role, please visit http://www.icscanada.edu/jobs.
CPRSE Launch Celebration in Toronto
We are all looking forward to the Gala Launch Celebration of the Centre for Philosophy, Religion and Social Ethics on the evening of Monday, October 24. The festivities will be held at the Faculty Club at the University of Toronto, commencing with a reception followed by a gala banquet, featuring an inaugural address by the CPRSE's founding Director Lambert Zuidervaart on "Living at the Crossroads: Ethical Scholarship and the Common Good", as well as a performance by internationally acclaimed violinist Barry Shiffman, Associate Dean of the Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory, joined by musicians of the Royal Conservatory's Young Artists Performance Academy.
If you are not able to come for the entire evening, please join us for the reception from 5:30 to 7 pm, which is open to everyone without cost.
Thanks to all those who are planning to attend! We'll see you there!
If you are not able to come for the entire evening, please join us for the reception from 5:30 to 7 pm, which is open to everyone without cost.
Thanks to all those who are planning to attend! We'll see you there!
Cal Seerveld in Grand Rapids
On Sunday, October 23 at 10 am, Senior Member Emeritus Cal Seerveld is scheduled to speak on "The Church and the World of Modern Art" at Forest Hills Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids at its adult education session, organized by Henry Vander Goot.
Jon Stanley in Grand Rapids
Junior Member Jon Stanley presented a paper titled "Antithesis, Common Grace, and the Reciprocity of Transformation: Towards a Neo-Calvinist Theology of Religions for Our Time" at the 2011 Herman Bavinck Conference "After 9/11/11…What?: Reformed Theology and The Church's Global Mission Today" held at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI last week. Jon presented his paper at the Pre-Conference Roundtable for PhD paper award winners and Richard Mouw responded.
Social Justice and Human Rights Conference—April 27 and 28, 2012
Save the date! The CPRSE is planning a two-day interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral conference on Social Justice and Human Rights, co-sponsored with Emmanuel College, to take place on April 27 and 28, 2012 at Victoria University in the University of Toronto.
This major conference will stimulate reflection on the relationship between different conceptions of justice and rights claims, as well as on challenges in current practice and struggles for greater social justice. Keynote speaker Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff will explore the religious and philosophical roots of the concept of justice, based on themes from his book Justice: Rights and Wrongs. The conference will also feature panel discussions and workshops. It will be of interest to the academic community, practitioners engaged in social justice and rights advocacy, and the broader public.
Watch for further details about this important conference through various ICS channels later this fall.
This major conference will stimulate reflection on the relationship between different conceptions of justice and rights claims, as well as on challenges in current practice and struggles for greater social justice. Keynote speaker Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff will explore the religious and philosophical roots of the concept of justice, based on themes from his book Justice: Rights and Wrongs. The conference will also feature panel discussions and workshops. It will be of interest to the academic community, practitioners engaged in social justice and rights advocacy, and the broader public.
Watch for further details about this important conference through various ICS channels later this fall.
John Suk in Toronto and Grand Rapids
Former ICS president John Suk has just published a book titled Not Sure: A Pastor's Journey from Faith to Doubt. Published by Eerdmans, the book chronicles both the history of faith and Suk's struggle with doubt. An article about the book in Northumberland Today can be found at: http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3320660.
You can now order the book from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com (which also has the Kindle version). The introduction to the book is available on Suk's blog at http://faithisntwhatyouthink.blogspot.com/.
Join John in Toronto for an author party at the home of Nick Overduin and Nandy Heule (296 Soudan Avenue) on Saturday, November 5 from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. Wine and cheese will be served! John would love to see ICS faculty, students and friends at this event!
For those in Grand Rapids, John will be speaking as part of Eerdmans 100th anniversary authors' series, on Thursday November 17, at 7 pm. Eerdmans is located at 2140 Oak Industrial Drive NE, Grand Rapids.
You can now order the book from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com (which also has the Kindle version). The introduction to the book is available on Suk's blog at http://faithisntwhatyouthink.blogspot.com/.
Join John in Toronto for an author party at the home of Nick Overduin and Nandy Heule (296 Soudan Avenue) on Saturday, November 5 from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. Wine and cheese will be served! John would love to see ICS faculty, students and friends at this event!
For those in Grand Rapids, John will be speaking as part of Eerdmans 100th anniversary authors' series, on Thursday November 17, at 7 pm. Eerdmans is located at 2140 Oak Industrial Drive NE, Grand Rapids.
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