CCS reading groups offer students the chance to delve into a variety of texts, from classic literature to Christian theology to modern scientific journal articles. Past offerings have included Augustine's Confessions, Dante's Divine Comedy, Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov, C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, Pope Francis's Laudato Si, and much more. Join us today!
In this classic work, C. S. Lewis argues that moral values are not subjective or relative, but broadly shared across diverse cultures, necessary for human life, and ultimately given by God. Lewis’s incisive critique of modern misguided education, self-serving relativism, and reductive scientism is a prophetic witness that remains relevant today.
Cosponsored with the Graduate Christian Fellowship, the Science and Faith Reading Group meets every other Thursday to discuss a variety of texts exploring interactions between theology and the sciences. This semester, the group will meet on 9/15, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9, and 12/7. Email gcf_scienceandfaith@duke.edu for more details and readings!
When men are treated as the default sex, women pose challenging intellectual problems: Does difference imply inferiority? How much do our bodies shape our vocations? What does the entanglement of mother and child reveal about what it means to be human? This group explores a wide range of Christian women's reflections on women's experiences of God, the church, and political and intellectual life. Readings may include excerpts from Edith Stein ("The Separate Vocations of Man and Woman According to Nature and Grace"), Pauli Murray ("Sermon on the Ordination of Women"), Sarah Coakley (God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay on the Trinity), Erika Bachiochi (The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision), and more. Bring your own suggested readings to share with the group! Every other Thursday from 7:30-9 pm at the CCS House. Email kathryn.wagner@duke.edu to join.
In this classic work, C. S. Lewis argues that moral values are not subjective or relative, but broadly shared across diverse cultures, necessary for human life, and ultimately given by God. Lewis’s incisive critique of modern misguided education, self-serving relativism, and reductive scientism is a prophetic witness that remains relevant today.
Cosponsored with the Graduate Christian Fellowship, the Science and Faith Reading Group meets every other Thursday to discuss a variety of texts exploring interactions between theology and the sciences. This semester, the group will meet on 9/15, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9, and 12/7. Email gcf_scienceandfaith@duke.edu for more details and readings!
When men are treated as the default sex, women pose challenging intellectual problems: Does difference imply inferiority? How much do our bodies shape our vocations? What does the entanglement of mother and child reveal about what it means to be human? This group explores a wide range of Christian women's reflections on women's experiences of God, the church, and political and intellectual life. Readings may include excerpts from Edith Stein ("The Separate Vocations of Man and Woman According to Nature and Grace"), Pauli Murray ("Sermon on the Ordination of Women"), Sarah Coakley (God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay on the Trinity), Erika Bachiochi (The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision), and more. Bring your own suggested readings to share with the group! Every other Thursday from 7:30-9 pm at the CCS House. Email kathryn.wagner@duke.edu to join.
St. Augustine of Hippo is an intellectual giant. A church father whose influence on the Christian tradition is incalculable, he has also impacted many disciplines beyond theology—he's a major early thinker in political philosophy, psychology, linguistics, and more. In this eight-week summer reading group, we'll sample Augustine's greatest works in a way that's both accessible for beginners and offers something new for those who have read him before. Each week, we'll pair a classic excerpt from one of Augustine's major works with an optional secondary reading that reflects on his continuing relevance for the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Readings will include selections from Confessions, City of God, On Christian Teaching, and On the Trinity. Week of June 5 through week of July 24, Mondays 5-6, meetings at the CCS House.
Graduate students meet every other Thursday from 7-9pm to discuss books and articles at the intersection of science and faith. Cosponsored with the Graduate Christian Fellowship. Contact Stephanie Holmer for more details at stephanie.holmer@duke.edu.
Join us to read and discuss one of the world’s great classics: a profound philosophical novel about God, evil, and freedom that’s also a gripping murder mystery and psychologically complex family drama.
