The Center for Faith and Learning at Anselm House is excited to announce five new seminars for graduate/professional students in distinct subject areas: STEM, Healthcare, Agriculture/Veterinary Science, Law/Policy/Social Science, and Humanities. These seminars are designed for graduate/professional students (and, on a case-by-case basis, advanced undergraduates) within a particular field of study at the university, aimed at helping students establish deep Christian foundations specific to that particular field. Each seminar will meet approximately 8 times (1.5 hour meetings) over the course of the academic year for discussion of shared readings and resources specific to this field of study. Seminars will create connection and conversation over a meal, as well as facilitated discussion by UMN Christian faculty members who are subject experts in the field.
Seminars are open to all graduate/professional students and faculty. For the best experience for all, participants are expected to attend all meetings (except in extenuating circumstances), and to complete advanced readings, to allow for a fruitful seminar discussion for all participants.
We will offer a limited number of stipends to graduate/professional students who are concurrently part of a CFL Graduate Seminar and the Anselm House Fellows Program and who satisfactorily complete additional assignments.
A seminar for healthcare students, faculty, and professionals to marvel at the design of early human life and physiology, explore caring for patients and families through disease and crisis, and reflect on a calling toward medical discovery.
Tuesdays, Oct. 6, Oct. 20, Nov. 3, Dec. 1
7:00–8:30 p.m.
Dinner provided
A deep dive into the history and philosophy of science, metaphysics, and theology to examine classic and contemporary design arguments and ask whether the universe's apparent design points to an intelligent God.
Day of week & dates TBD,
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Dinner provided
An exploration of the crisis of trust and cohesion facing today's economic, higher educational, and judicial institutions, examining how we can draw from the Christian intellectual tradition to address the crisis and move toward renewal amid political polarization.
Mondays, Oct. 12, Oct. 19, Nov. 2, Nov. 16 , Nov. 30, Jan. 25, Feb. 5. (Further spring dates TBD)
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Lunch provided.
A seminar on how Christians can move beyond cultural criticism to offer faithful, flourishing alternatives for the care of land, animals, and people, grounding STEM disciplines in intentional practices of responsibility and fidelity to Christ.
November 5 – Cultural Frameworks in Agriculture
December 10 – Relationship to Land and Bodies.
Time of day TBD
Dinner provided
A discussion of Peter Harrison's book challenging standard narratives of secular modernity, focusing on how Christians in the humanities engage the natural/supernatural divide, culminating in an in-person session with the author, Dr. Harrison, on Thursday, Nov. 12. Spring topic TBD.
Tuesdays, Oct. 6, Oct. 20, Nov. 3,
1:30–3:00 p.m.
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