Seminar: Dr Dru Johnson – The Sustained Biblical Interest in Epistemology
Video of Dr Dru Johnson’s talk at the Forming a Christian Mind Cambridge Seminar in March 2025, on the topic of Epistemology and the Bible. This talk followed the Prof Esther Lightcap Meek’s on ‘Covenant Epistemology and Scripture’. https://youtu.be/56hzm8rMm9U Dr Dru Johnson is the Templeton senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall (University of Oxford), adjunct professor […]
Seminar: Prof Esther Lightcap Meek – Covenant Epistemology and Scripture
Video of Prof. Esther Lightcap Meek’s talk at the Forming a Christian Mind Cambridge Seminar in March 2025, on the topic of Epistemology and the Bible. This talk was followed by Dr Dru Johnson’s on ‘The Sustained Biblical Interest in Epistemology’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5JPDB4hyJU Prof Esther Lightcap Meek is Professor of Philosophy emeritus at Geneva College, Western […]
Predicting the Future: A Christian Approach to Mathematical Modelling
“For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.” Proverbs 11:14 Introduction Perhaps the greatest speech ever proclaimed is recorded for us in Matthew 6:25-34. In one of the most beloved parts, Christ teaches us that we should not “worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day […]
Architecture From and For Christ: Surprising Lessons from the Life and Work of German Architect Hans Döllgast (1891-1974)
Introduction Attending the 2024 Urban Regeneration Festival in Rome and listening to acclaimed urbanist Carlos Moreno passionately present his keynote address and vision of the 15-minute city and its implementation in Paris was a formative experience for me. Carlos Moreno discussed the challenges and potential of modern cities, outlining many compelling ideas for making cities […]
Dirk Jongkind: Growing in Understanding: Devotions for Christian Academics
We are excited to share with you an excerpt from the new book Growing in Understanding: Devotions from Christian Academics by Dr. Dirk Jongkind. In this chapter, Prof. Jongkind explores lessons we can learn from the first chapter of Proverbs and how they relate to our academic life. As academics we may fall for intellectual […]
Upholding a ‘Larger Framework of Joy’: A Christian Approach to Comedy at the Intersection between Criticism and Postcriticism
Set against literary criticism’s attention to the tragic or serious in comedy, Wikkerink’s essay explores the value of a Christian approach: a ‘Larger Framework of Joy’.
Lecture: Prof Cecilia Brassett – How to Navigate Teams and Team Dynamics in Academia as a Christian
Video of a lecture given by Prof. Cecilia Brassett at the Forming a Christian Mind spring 2025 “Exploring the Human: Teaching, Collaboration, and the Academic Vocation in Light of the Gospel” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_aZCAcoU2g
Lecture: Dr Zachary Ardern – The Gospel and Our Academic Colleagues
Video of a lecture given by Dr. Zachary Ardern at the Forming a Christian Mind spring 2025 “Exploring the Human: Teaching, Collaboration, and the Academic Vocation in Light of the Gospel” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqKjl9jqzmk
Music: an introduction for undergraduates
Did you know that in the Bible music appears as early as Genesis 4, introduced alongside such things as agriculture and manufacturing? Or did you know that the prophets tell of God Himself singing (Zephaniah 3:17) and playing the trumpet (Zechariah 9:14)? In the Bible, music is used to worship God, to celebrate love & […]
Lecture: Prof Brad Green – Why and How Should the Gospel Be Proclaimed Verbally in the University?
Video of a lecture given by Prof. Brad Green at the Forming a Christian Mind spring 2025 “Exploring the Human: Teaching, Collaboration, and the Academic Vocation in Light of the Gospel” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8lqnxAiGc