Next month, Laidlaw College will be hosting Biblical Scholar, Dr Dirk Jongkind (Research Fellow in New Testament Text and Language at Tyndale House, Cambridge) for two lectures on the accuracy of the New Testament manuscripts and the make-up of the New Testament canon. Dr Jongkind is an international expert on New Testament manuscripts and both events should be well worth…
Read more »By: Jason|21 July, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland university . Divine Command Theory . Ethics . John Hare
British classicist, ethicist, and Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, John Hare will be participating at several public events next week (along with the God and Ethics panel on Tuesday). Hare is a widely acclaimed philosopher, best known for developing an account of the need for God’s assistance in meeting the demands of objective morality. If you’re looking…
Read more »By: Jason|14 July, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland university . event . Glenn Peoples . Madeleine Flannagan . Matt Flannagan . privatization . secularism
Every year the Christian campus groups at Auckland University host a week-long series of outreach events that focus on Jesus and Christianity. This year we’re pleased to be involved in an event examining the role of religious beliefs in the public arena. The event is open to the public, so if you’re in the Auckland area, you’re welcome to join…
Read more »By: Jason|11 July, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: Ethics . Glenn Pettigrove . John Hare . Mark Murphy . matthew flannagan . moral life . moral obligation . morality . theism
This July, those of us in Auckland will have the opportunity to hear some of the worlds leading Christian thinkers discuss the relationship between religion and morality. This issue is one that has long been the subject of debate in western culture. Some philosophers and social commentators argue that morality is entirely independent of religion and that faith is in fact…
Read more »By: Jason|07 July, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: atheism . evil . problem of evil . suffering . Trent Dougherty
This weekend, Christian Philosopher Trent Dougherty will be in Tauranga to speak at two events on the problem of evil and suffering. Here are the details: SATURDAY 9th July – 7pm: Faith & Reason in the face of Evil and Suffering Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem, Tauranga What reasons can the Christian Faith give when faced with the…
Read more »This July in Tauranga, Joe Fleener and Bryan Winters will be discussing universalism and the Christian understanding of salvation. Both will be offering different perspectives, with Bryan defending universalism and Joe defending the traditional Christian approach.
Read more »By: Matt|14 June, 2011|Categories: Featured . Local . Theology|Tags: Iain Provan . Old Testament
Iain Provan is coming to Auckland and will give a public talk on the topic: ‘Why Should we Read the Old Testament, and How?’ on Monday 4 July, 7pm to 9pm at Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Road, Greenlane, Auckland.
Read more »By: Jason|29 March, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland university . debate . Lawrence Krauss . matthew flannagan . william lane craig
The Evangelical Union and the Reason and Science Society, along with Thinking Matters, will be streaming the upcoming debate between William Lane Craig and Lawrence Krauss at the University of Auckland on Thursday 31 March 1-3 pm. If you’re in the city and free for lunch, come along and join us for what should prove to be an interesting exchange.…
Read more »By: Jason|09 February, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: John Lennox . richard dawkins
Here are the updated details of John Lennox’s speaking tour to New Zealand.
Read more »Next month, John Lennox will be visiting Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch in a speaking tour around New Zealand.
Read more »Jeff Tallon, former Professor of Physics at Victoria University, will be speaking at East City Wesleyan church on the 26th of September and the 3rd of October in a series on Christianity.
Read more »This Sunday, Dr John Warwick Montgomery will be speaking at the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle on whether we can trust the claims of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
Read more »This September, Catalyst is hosting their National Conference on reconciling faith and work.
Read more »On June 25, Dr Peter Adam will be speaking at St Margaret’s Anglican Church in Auckland on the topic of Christian spirituality.
Read more »By: Jason|28 May, 2010|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland . Bev Norsworthy . Carey College Christian School . Faith . postgraduate . seminar . TSCF . workshop
This Saturday (the 29th of May), the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship is hosting a seminar in Auckland to consider the issues involved with postgraduate life.
Read more »By: Jason|19 May, 2010|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland . Events . John Bishop . new atheism . nicola Hoggard Creegan . theism
On Saturday the 29th of May, TANSA (Theology and the Natural Sciences in Aotearoa), in conjunction with the Vaughan Park Anglican Retreat Centre, will be holding a seminar on God and the new wave of atheism.
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