Campus Ministries

Graduate & Faculty Campus Ministries at UBC

 
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Engaging New Atheism
The so-called ‘New Atheism’ movement that came to prominence in the earlier part of this century has now declined. However, it has left in its w...
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Engaging New Atheism
The so-called ‘New Atheism’ movement that came to prominence in the earlier part of this century has now declined. Howe...
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Secularization and Idolatry in Amazon's World
This brilliant lecture by Dr. William Cavanaugh from DePaul University explores two sides of the modern economy: the rationalized and disenchant...
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Secularization and Idolatry in Amazon's World
This brilliant lecture by Dr. William Cavanaugh from DePaul University explores two sides of the modern economy: the ra...
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Towards an Incarnational Spiritual Culture: A New Book Relea...
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Gordon E. Carkner is releasing a brand new book: Towards an Incarnational Spiritual Culture .  Towa...
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Towards an Incarnational Spiritual Culture: A New Book Release
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Gordon E. Carkner is releasing a brand new book: Towards an Incarnational Spiritu...

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A Rapprochement Between Faith & Reason


 

"What should we believe about faith and reason whatever our starting point or prejudgments? It is perhaps a life-long quest to understand the nuances of this faith-reason, knowledge-religion relationship. Nothing is more important for balance in our lives and our thinking inside and outside the university."

"Here are ten of the most common myths (misconceptions) about the relationship between reason and Christian faith. Perhaps it can help awaken us from our studied naivety, our intellectual slumber, our received prejudgments. These assumptions need to be re-examined  as to their cogency and coherence, their soundness, their plausibility. It is critical that we transcend the hard, abstract (often confusing) categories of fideism and rationalism. Both are a form of harmful dogmatism that leads people in the wrong direction intellectually and personally. Let’s face it, there are good ways to reason and bad ways to reason (talk to a professor of logic), and this matters immensely today. The following misconstruals are commonly believed, even by PhDs who are well published, and some of the top public intellectuals ...

Continue reading "Ten Myths about Faith & Reason" in Dr. Gordon E. Carkner's recent blog article "A Rapprochement Between Faith & Reason".


Dr. Gordon E. Carkner, the Director of Graduate & Faculty Campus Ministries, along with his wife Ute love connecting with future global leaders within the graduate student university community. Through hospitality, biblical investigation, prayer and discussions of faith and academic studies, these students are drawn into kingdom concerns and introduced to God's powerful agape love.


Campus Ministry

A collection of articles about Campus Ministry at UBC including the Lecture series from UBC Graduate and Faculty Christian Forum

Campus Ministry

A collection of articles about Campus Ministry at UBC including the Lecture series from UBC Graduate and Faculty Christian Forum


Webinars & Blogs: Dr. Gordon E. Carkner

A collection of blog articles and webinars from Dr. Gordon E. Carkner

Webinars & Blogs: Dr. Gordon E. Carkner

A collection of blog articles and webinars from Dr. Gordon E. Carkner