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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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Recent Events

Hope for the Earth?

Christianity, Native America, and the Environment

Terry LeBlanc - Director, My People International
John Nolt - Professor of Environmental Ethics, Univeristy of Tennessee

Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 7:00 PM
UC Auditorium


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We are anticipating a full house for our speakers' presentation!  The Forum is free and open to the public, but to give Tennessee students the first opportunity to see it, ID-holders will be given priority seating.

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Presenters

Terry LeBlanc

Terry LeBlanc

Director, My People International

Terry is a Mi’kmaq Native American and current director of My People International, a Leadership Development Organization with and for Native Americans. He is also one of the founders and the current chair of NAIITS (North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies), a new approach to biblical and theological reflection, writing and education for Native North Americans.

 

John Nolt

John Nolt

Professor of Environmental Ethics, Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville

John Nolt is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, dividing his teaching and research mostly between logic and environmental ethics. He has published six books and many articles in these areas. John has been an environmental activist for many years and currently chairs UTK’s Committee on the Campus Environment. In 2008-9 he was President of the UTK Faculty Senate and in 2009-10 President of Tennessee University Faculty Senates.

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History at UT

UCSD SocJustice Right

In 2011, The Veritas Forum at Tennessee hosted "Race and Responsibility in a Christ-Haunted South," a discussion of author Flannery O'Connor led by Ralph Wood and Bill Hardwig, professors of theology, literature, and English. What does Christianity have to say about racism and slavery? Can mercy heal the wounds of either the segregated world of O'Connor's time or the tension in the modern South?

Tennessee Psych Right

In 2010, The Veritas Forum at Tennessee explored "Faith, Psychology, and God." Why do people believe? Do psychological reasons for faith show that religion is a convenient lie? Join Justin Barrett and Gordon Burghardt for a discussion on two of the hottest topics of conversation today: God and the brain.