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Christian theological traditions and political life – Part 2
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Christian theological traditions and political life – Part 2. This lecture will develop a Christian theological understanding of political authority by tracing the witness of both Old and New Testaments to the calling of political authorities in God’s purposes. It will also highlight some of the features of...

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Christian theological traditions and political life – Part 1
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Christian theological traditions and political life – Part 1. This lecture will develop a Christian theological understanding of political authority by tracing the witness of both Old and New Testaments to the calling of political authorities in God’s purposes. It will also highlight some of the features of...

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How Christians relate to the world
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Lecture, by prof. Nigel Biggar, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference, on Jan 26, 2013.

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The calling of Christian postgrad students and academics
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What does our calling to be disciples of Christ mean for our academic vocation (whether temporary as students or longer term as a career)? What are some of the promises and pitfalls of the scholarly life? How can academics and postgraduate students serve and relate to the wider body of Christ...

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Social ethics and the basis for social and economic policy
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A discussion of Biblical social ethics, Catholic social teaching, and the ethical presuppositions of social sciences including utilitarianism as well as alternative ethical frameworks (e.g. Rawls and the liberal tradition, social ethics in social policy). Lecture given for the Social Sciences Stream of the...

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Nothing but a Pack of Neurons?
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This talk refutes the claim that we are ‘nothing but a pack of neurons’. Furthermore, the reductionistic notion that finding neural correlates of all aspects of our conscious experience would undermine the reality of our conscious experience and agency is self-defeating: if it did so then the whole...

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The doctrine of creation and the science of nature
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This lecture explores how the Christian understanding of creation has influenced the development of modern science, and opens up the question of how best to understand the relationship between modern science and the Christian understanding of reality. Several approaches will be explored, showing...

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The Vision and History of Developing a Christian Mind
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What does it mean to love the Lord your God with all your mind? In an interview, Donald Hay speaks about founding Developing a Christian Mind, its history and his vision for the program. Donald Hay is an economist, former head of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of Oxford, and author...

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