In this talk, I will discuss two philosophical anthropologies: one of agency (homo sapiens) and one of passivity (homo patiens). For biological and sociological reasons, the former has dominated human self-understanding. Recent technology, culminating in generative AI, threatens to make a passive anthropology plausible. If this happens, whole swaths of people may outsource the activities … Read more
Ev Worthington, PhD, VCU Psychology Professor EmeritusTuesday, February 4th, 7:00 BCM/Scholé House, 819 S. Cathedral Place, VCU At the end of 2024, Greater Good Magazine identified two studies—(1) testing the effectiveness of a DIY workbook to promote forgiveness in five high-conflict countries with about 4,600 people and (2) reporting on a campus-wide forgiveness campaign that transformed … Read more
The Economy of the Kingdom of God Stephen Day, PhD, VCUMonday October 28, 7:00 Scholé House, 819 S. Cathedral Place, VCU Jesus of Nazareth preached about the coming kingdom of God, and what it would be like. But would this kingdom have an economic system? In this talk, Dr. Day discusses Jesus’ economic assumptions, his economic … Read more
Casting a Vision in Troubled Times:Learning From The Black Intellectual Tradition Angel Adams Parham, PhD Sociology, UVA. Monday, September 23, 7:00Scholé House, 819 S. Cathedral Place, VCU Many sense that the social and cultural foundations of their societies have been shaken. In many wealthy Western countries, we seem to lack a shared vision of the … Read more
This talk examined the philosophical ideas that have shaped Christian thought through the ages about the soul and its relationship to our physical bodies.
The age of AI is upon us. AI has infiltrated many aspects of our day-to-day lives whether we know it or not.
The wisdom and thoughts of Augustine on the joy and trials of friendship and connection.
Dr. Song helped us consider the surprising ways that our social media and technology habits can disrupt our connections with each other and even with God
Current assumptions of Western bioethics pose significant challenges for US health care workers who hold to traditional understandings of what it means to be human — or even what is the purpose of medicine itself.
Pathways to recover authentic Christian integrity and to use it to restore confidence in Christian witness to the world.