Alister McGrath
Why it Matters to Develop a Christian Mind
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In this talk, Professor McGrath offers a vision for developing a Christian mind, and its importance for our personal faith and professional vocation. He explores his own conversion to Christianity as a student at Oxford University, and how others at Oxford helped him to develop in his faith and gradually gain a sense of how he could find his own distinct place in the world. Professor McGrath delivered this talk at DCM’s Christianity and the Life of the Mind Conference in 2025.
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N. T. Wright
‘In Him All Things Hold Together’: The Challenge of Paul’s Vision of the Coherence of all Truth'
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In Colossians 1, Paul offers a cosmic vision of creation and new creation. He insists that all the multidimensional truth of the present creation 'holds together' in Jesus the Messiah, and that his resurrection launches the new creation in which the tragedies of the present world are healed. Firmly rejecting all dualism, this invites thinkers in every sphere to reflect on how their own subject-matter already coheres with the larger truths of the world and offers fresh possibilities of redemptive strategies. This talk was given by Rt Revd Prof N. T. Wright at DCM’s Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction conference, January 2026.
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Graham Tomlin
The End of History
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What happens at the end of all things? What do Christians look forward to at the end of time? What do we mean by the term ‘eschatology’? In this talk from the DCM conference Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction in January 2026, Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin session explores these questions and asks how all this impacts our lives, and especially our work as academics.
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Ard Louis
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 (the Church)? This talk was delivered by Prof. Louis at DCM's 2026 Christianity and the Life of the Mind conference.
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Simeon Zahl
Seeking knowledge in a fallen world
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In this talk Professor Zahl reflects on what it means for a Christian to seek academic knowledge in the modern research university. He presents a Christian case for academic rigour in light of the Christian belief that human beings are fallen creatures who struggle to see the world as it really is. This talk was delivered at DCM’s Christianity and the Life of the Mind Conference in 2026.
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Donald Hay
Social Scientific and Christian Understandings of Human Beings in Society
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Donald Hay (Economics) gave this talk at the Social Sciences and Law stream of DCM’s Seeking Wisdom Conference, March 2024.
This talk focuses on comparing (and contrasting) Christian anthropology with rational choice theory (including behavioural economics and cooperative game theory), social theory/constructionism, and persons/agency (including the social theory of Christian Smith).
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Jonathan Patterson
‘Your Research May Lead You Where You Do Not Want to Go: Studying Villainy as a Christian’
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Is it ever right to kill a tyrant? What if you think God is telling you to kill the king? Who or what is a terrorist in early seventeenth-century France and how do you punish a regicide? These kinds of questions pose an anthropological conundrum: the problem of containing transgressive behaviour that overflows the limits of human punishment. We will explore these themes and discuss …
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Hywel Clifford
‘God understands the way to it’: biblical trajectories in the search for wisdom.
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‘But where shall wisdom be found?’ This question, posed in the ancient Book of Job, to which the answer comes in strikingly anthropomorphic language ‘God understands the way to it’, is a question we can all relate to. In this talk, I’ll highlight…
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Stan Rosenberg
‘Resident and Alien: Insights from St. Augustine from thriving in the secular academy’
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A talk given via Zoom by Dr Stan Rosenberg (SCIO, Wycliffe Hall) for the Seeking Wisdom Conference, March 2021, Philosophy & Theology Discipline Stream
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Erin Heim
Caught ‘Somewhere Between’: Reflections on the Pauline Adoption Texts from a Christian Adoptee’
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A talk given by Dr Erin Heim (New Testament, Wycliffe Hall) via Zoom for the Seeking Wisdom Conference, March 2021, Philosophy & Theology Discipline Stream
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Michael Lloyd
Looking to the future: Christian living and scholarship in light of the world to come
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A talk given by Revd Dr Michael Lloyd at the January 2019 DCM: Life of the Mind conference.
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John Gallacher
What went wrong with humankind?
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A talk given by Professor John Gallacher at the January 2019 Developing a Christian Mind: Life of the Mind conference
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Nigel Biggar
What are Universities For?
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Prof. Nigel Biggar on "What are Universities For?" A talk for to the Oxford Graduate Christian Union on 17 Jan, 2011.
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Alister McGrath
How Christians Relate to the World
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A talk given by Prof. Alister McGrath on Saturday 19 Feb, 2010, for the Oxford Christian Mind. This lecture sets out the different ways in which Christians relate to the world, be they positive, negative or mixed. What is the value of these models of relating for understanding our relationship to...
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Benno van den Toren
The Christian View of Life and the World
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This lecture introduces the notion of ‘worldview’ and its importance for the development of a Christian mind in the contemporary world. It outlines the main elements of the Christian worldview and the implications for Christian attitudes to life, the world, and science.
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Ard Louis
The Doctrine of Creation and the Science of Nature
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This lecture explores how far the Judaeo-Christian understanding of creation has been fundamental in the development of modern science. It also explores the tensions between modern science and the Christian understanding of reality and how to enable constructive dialogue. Some further background...
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Donald Hay
Seek the Welfare of the University (Jeremiah 29:7)
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This lecture by prof. Donald Hay, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference on Jan 29, 2012, outlines the contours of a Christian engagement with the University.
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Alister McGrath
How Christians relate to the world
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This lecture by prof. McGrath, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference on Jan 28, 2012, sets out the different ways in which Christians relate to the world, be they positive, negative or mixed. What is the value of these models of relating for understanding...
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Elaine Storkey
What does it mean to be human?
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This lecture by Dr Elaine Storkey, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference, on Jan 28, 2012, discusses how the Christian understanding of the human being steers a course between individualism and collectivism, between fatalism and personal freedom...
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Ard Louis
The doctrine of creation and the science of nature
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This lecture, by Dr. Ard Louis, given at the "Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction" conference, on Jan 28, 2012, explores how far the Judaeo-Christian understanding of creation has been fundamental in the development of modern science. It also explores the tensions between...
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