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Where does morality come from? Isn't science rapidly approaching a complete explanation of nature? Do you ever have doubts about your worldview? Where can I find meaning and fulfillment?

College students around the world are asking themselves and their friends these questions, but there is often no real place to explore these questions alongside brilliant faculty and leading thinkers. 

Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life's hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ to all of life.

Veritas Forums are created and hosted by campus student organizations, connected to a network of 70 campuses nationwide, and supported by the national Veritas Forum team.


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What Gods Do We Believe in Now?

Challenging the Religions of Culture

NT Wright - Professor of New Testament at the University of St. Andrews and Gary Morson - Professor of Slavic Languages at Northwestern

November 12, 2012 at 08:00 PM
Ryan Auditorium 

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Presenters

NT Wright

N.T. Wright

Author, Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary's College, University of St. Andrews

N.T. Wright is one of today's leading theologians and biblical scholars and author of Jesus and the Victory of God, which is widely regarded as one of the most significant studies in the contemporary "Third Quest" of the historical Jesus. N. T. Wright has taught New Testament studies for twenty years at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford Universities. 

 

Gary Morson

Gary Morson

Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Northwestern University

Prof. Morson's work ranges over a variety of areas: literary theory; the history of ideas, both Russian and European; a variety of literary genres (especially satire, utopia, and the novel); and his favorite writers -- Chekhov, Gogol, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Professor Morson has won "best book of the year" awards from the American Comparative Literature Association and the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.

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History at Northwestern

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In 2012, MIT Professor Ian Hutchinson spoke on the subject, "Faith and Science: Friends or Foes?" Science and faith are often portrayed as fierce opponents pitched against one another in a relentless fight for the truth.  But is this really the case?  Ian Hutchinson, professor of nuclear science and engineering at MIT, explains why he believes that faith and science are not in conflict, but rather enjoy a productive partnership.  Moderated by Dr. Laurie Zoloth, Professor of Medical Humanities & Bioethics and Religion.  

Wolterstorff

2011's Forum discussed the topic "Is a Secular Grounding of Human Rights Possible?" Panelists included Nicholas Wolterstorff - Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, Paul Lauritzen - Brady Visiting Professor of Ethics and Civic Life at Northwestern, Bill Savage - Senior Lecturer in English and College Adviser in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern, and Gary Morson - Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University.