CASE news 8 October 2009

October 08, 2009

• Latest Case Magazine

• CASE Quarterly Discussion Group 29 Oct

• CASE Medical Ethics Training Workshop 3 Nov

• New College Lectures podcasts

• Latest posts on the CASE Blog

1. Case #20

What is the task of apologetics in the 21st century? Are rationally persuasive arguments less or more important today? Are apologists really that good for Christianity anyway? Case magazine’s special October issue is given to the apologetic enterprise. Authors including Michael Jensen, David Höhne, Richard Gibson, Andrew Bain and William Lane Craig reflect on the meaning, the challenges and the hidden dimensions of Christian apologetics past and present. For more information about Case #20 click here.

2. CASE Quarterly Discussion Group - Thursday 29 October, 4pm–5:30pm, Lower Lecture Room, Moore College, 1 King Street Newtown

The CASE quarterly discussion group for October will be held at Moore Theological College.  Dr David Höhne, lecturer in Philosophy and Theology at Moore, will speak briefly about his article on ‘becoming apologetic persons’, in which he critiques the lingering influence of Kant and Schleiermacher, and challenges readers to re-conceive of apologetics not as a matter of rational discourse alone but instead as a matter of ‘head, heart and hands’. 

3. CASE presents the second Medical Ethics Training workshop with Bioethicist Dr Megan Best

The Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education (CASE) will be conducting one more training session for those who would like to be able to give talks on Christian ethics at the beginning and end of life. The evening of training will be held at New College Village, University of NSW on 3 November and are open to all. Registration for the workshop is required by 23 October. 

4. New College Lectures audio

All three talks from the recent New College Lectures entitled ‘Bioethics and Future Hope’ are now available for download.  Access them at the New College Lectures page here.

5. Latest posts on the CASE Blog

In our CASE blog we seek to engage with issues and ideas that are relevant to contemporary life. We welcome your comments and feedback. Our latest blog posts are:

• ‘Exclusion & Embrace’ - Identity, otherness and reconciliation

• Education based on reason alone falls short

• Fathers matter!

• Bioethics and Future Hope: An Eschatological View of the Future

As is our aim here at CASE, we hope that these publications stimulate you to ponder and challenge many of the world views which are presented to us daily and necessitate much more thought than we so often give them.

Your Sincerely,

Professor Trevor Cairney

Director, Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education (CASE)

New College, University of NSW, 2052.

Ph: +61 2 9381 1999 F: +61 2 9381 1909.

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