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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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Should We Play God? Why Human Flourishing Requires Authority

Andy Crouch - Author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

Monday, October 29, 2012
7:30pm in Rackham Auditorium 

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Should Business Play God? Markets and Morality in a Culture of Bottom Lines

Jeff Van Duzer - Dean of Seattle Pacific University Business School and Gautam Ahuja - Professor of Business Administration at UMich

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
7:30pm in Rackham Auditorium

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Presenters

Andy Crouch

Andy Crouch

Author and Speaker

Andy Crouch is the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, named one of the best books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly, Relevant, Outreach and Leadership. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal and in several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology.

Jeff Van Duzer

Jeff Van Duzer

Dean of the School of Business and Economics, Seattle Pacific University

Since August 2001, Jeff Van Duzer has served as Dean of the School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University   He also has an appointment as Professor of Business Law and Ethics in the School. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Berkeley and earned his J.D at Yale Law School. For the twenty years prior to his full-time association with SPU, Jeff practiced law in Seattle with an emphasis on finance and natural resources. During that time he supplemented his practice with service as adjunct faculty at SPU and studies at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Gautam AhujaGautam Ahuja

Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration; Professor and Chair of Strategy, University of Michigan

Professor Ahuja's research interests focus on competitive analysis, innovation, and the strategic implications of globalization.  His research has received several international awards from the top scholarly bodies in the field and has been cited more than 6000 times by other scholars and various federal and international bodies such as the EPA, OECD and UNEP.

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History at U Michigan

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In November 2011, Mary Poplin, professor of education at Claremont Graduate University, shared her dynamic spiritual journey to faith and offered some incredible lessons about life, worldview, and the purpose of the university at "Ignorance ISN'T Bliss: What Every College Student Should Know About Religion and Doesn't."

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In October 2010, the Veritas Forum held a discussion between Raymond G. De Vries, Professor of Bioethics; Tim Grubbs Lowly, Assistant Professor at North Park University, Chicago; and John Rapson, Professor of Music at the University of Iowa on "Suffering... With a God of Love? How can we understand the tension?"