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Faith and Scholarship Discussion Series

The Faith and Scholarship Discussion Series supports Hope College as a community of faithful Christian scholars.

In order to grow as a community of faithful Christian scholars, we ɫɔ faculty, staff and students ɫɔ need to meet with one another in fellowship to discuss how the breadth of meaning inherent in terms like ɫɜfaithɫɝ and ɫɜscholarshipɫɝ creates a depth of their possible integration.

We are not chairing the discussion of faith, scholarship and vocation here at Hope College ɫɔ no one is. The point is neither to impose a particular view nor to require anyone to learn, teach, research, or serve a certain way. If there is a reason for the discussion, it is to help build a community of Christian scholars faithful to the mission of integrating the lives of the mind and of the spirit, a community whose members are comfortably vulnerable about how they define and live out these terms and their relationship to one another, and a community that enacts and models the virtues of civil discourse for all to see.

The Faith and Scholarship Discussion Series takes place on Thursday at 8 a.m. over the summer, in Schaap Science Center Room 1118. Each week a member of the Hope College faculty will lead a discussion about the integration of faith and scholarship in the context of vocation.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a broader conversation about these critically important issues. Coffee, juice and bagels will be served, and we will be finished by 9 a.m.

We welcome all students, faculty and staff to these discussions.

The 2021 Discussion Series

Each week a member of the Hope College faculty or staff will lead a discussion about the integration of faith and scholarship in the context of vocation.

  • Thursday, May 27 ɫɓ Kickoff/Welcome (Gerald Griffin, Lindsey Root Luna, Andy McCoy)
  • Thursday, June 3 ɫɓ Shonn Colbrunn (Boerigter Center)
  • Thursday, June 10 ɫɓ Mike Owens (English)
  • Thursday, June 17 ɫɓ Yoli Vega (Boerigter Center)
  • Thursday June 24 ɫɓ Leah Chase (Biology & Chemistry)
Sponsor

The Faith and Scholarship Discussion Series is sponsored by the office of the Associate Provost.