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Loren and Mary-Ruth Wilkinson
Every summer since the 1980s, Loren and Mary-Ruth Wilkinson have been taking students on an eight-day voyage in open rowing/sailing boats in the Gulf Islands as part of their Technology, Wilderness, and Creation course. The voyage is a perfect occasion for studying and reflecting on our relationship with God and creation. Read…
Food: Communion, Community, and Creation
Eating is one of the most profound ways we are related to each other, to the created world, and to God. In this course, Loren and Mary-Ruth Wilkinson explore, within the framework of Christian theology, some of the biological, ecological, psychological, aesthetic, spiritual, agricultural, and economic aspects of what, why, and how we eat. Read…
Volume 24, Number 2, Fall 2012
In Search of a Shared Ethics in the Public Square
Renowned ethicist Margaret Somerville was one of the featured speakers at the Regent College conference The Next Great Challenge: Thinking Together about Aging, which took place May 18 and 19, 2012. As someone who has devoted her career to thinking through and articulating her position—and that of her ideological opponents—on many of the hot-button issues of our time, and as someone with privileged access to national and international media channels, she is no stranger to public debate. We asked her for some insights on engaging with sensitive issues in the public arena. Read…
What Does It Mean To Be a Christian and an Elected Politician?
Preston Manning became the first Senior Fellow at Regent’s Marketplace Institute in January 2012. As part of the appointment, he delivered a public talk at Regent on January 25, "Bringing Faith to Bear on the Public Issues of Our Time." We asked him to comment on some of the challenges facing Christians in elected political office. Read…
The Doctrines of Our Age
On October 25 and 26, 2012, Rex Murphy delivered a series of three talks as part of the Laing Lectures to a packed First Baptist Church in Vancouver. Murphy challenged the audience to reflect on which aspects of modern secular thought have assumed the authority and deference of “doctrine” in the public square, supplanting traditional faith. Read…