conferences

Developing a Christian Mind: CHRISTIANITY & THE LIFE OF THE MIND, AN INTRODUCTiON

Fri 7 - Sat 8 February 2025

What does our calling to be disciples of Christ mean for our academic life, 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, the Church? Considering these questions is a matter of Christian discipleship for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and academics.

DEVELOPING A CHRISTIAN MIND: SEEKING WISDOM

Fri 21 – Sat 22 March 2025

How can postgraduates, postdocs, and academics at the University of Oxford approach their academic disciplines as Christians? What does it mean to respond to a Christian vocation and to honour God in university life? Oxford academics and postgraduates speak and lead discussion for each stream. Past attendees are encouraged to come, listen to new talks, and take part in discussion with new attendees.

featured resources 

What went wrong with humankind?
Lecture given by Elaine Storkey

The social sciences in particular have implicit or explicit convictions about what is wrong with the world, and many individual scholars are driven by the desire to improve society and to alleviate suffering. How do these understandings relate to the Christian understanding of sin and evil?

What are Universities for?
Article by Nigel Biggar

In an article for Standpoint Magazine, Nigel Bigger asks, '...how have we become the kind of people who, presented with the claim that university teachers bear responsibility for the moral formation of their students, would typically snap back: "So who made me my brother's moral keeper?" 

Oxford Conversations
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A collection of curated interviews with leading Christian academics and scholars at the University of Oxford.