The Loud Absence: Where is God in Suffering?

September 11, 2012 at Columbia University

Presenters:

John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford

The Girl Who Crossed the Color Line

February 22, 2012 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Ruby Bridges, Civil Rights Activist Michelle Moody-Adams, Professor of Political Philosophy, Columbia University Gabrielle Apollon, CC ’09, SIPA ‘10; Research Specialist - the U.N. Office of the Special Envoy to Haiti

Wrath, Love, and Forgiveness

Rebuilding Post-Genocide Rwanda

February 1-2, 2011

Three Religions: Same Contradictory God?

The apparent contradiction of God's love and judgment.

February 2, 2011 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Miroslav Volf, Director, Yale Center for Faith and Culture; Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology, Yale Divinity School Shakiel Humayun, Muslim President of the Foundation of Knowledge and Development Leonard Levin, Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Jewish Theological Seminary.

Could You Forgive Your Brother’s Killer?

Rebuilding Post-Genocide Rwanda

February 1, 2011 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Bishop John Rucyahana, Chairman of the board, Prison Fellowship Rwanda Elazar Barkan, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

Knowledge Beyond Science

How Can We Know Truth Outside the Material Realm?

October 26, 2010 at Columbia University

Presenters:

David Helfand, Chair of the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University, Co-director of the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory Ken Miller, Professor of Biology, Brown University

Cornel West

How Do We Remain Engaged in Haiti?

April 15, 2010 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Cornel West, Philosopher, Civil Rights Activist, and Professor at Princeton Gabrielle Apollon, CC ’09, SIPA ‘10; Research Specialist - the U.N. Office of the Special Envoy to Haiti

Faiths in Conflict: Searching for a Common Space

November 17, 2009 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Vinoth Ramachandra, Secretary for Dialogue & Social Engagement, IFES Akeel Bilgrami, Director of the Heyman Center for the Humanities and the Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University David Eisenbach

The Moral Climate

Exploring the ethical dilemmas of climate change

November 16, 2009 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Vinoth Ramachandra, Secretary for Dialogue & Social Engagement, IFES John Mutter, Director of the Fellows Program, Earth Institute Cynthia Peabody, Associate Director of The Center for the Study of Science and Religion, Columbia University

See me! Hear me!: A play on Modern Slavery’s Emotional Humbling of an Intellectual

September 23, 2009 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Kathleen Thompson, Actress, Artistic Director and Choreographer, Belleherst Productions

Redemption Songs of Freedom: Benefit Concert for Child Soldiers

September 22, 2009 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Grace Akallo, Former Child Soldier, Author, World Vision Peace Advocate Braddigan (of Dispatch), Humanitarian and Musician (Alternative Rock and Reggae)

Who was Jesus, Really? Searching for the Historical Jesus

February 25, 2009 at Columbia University

Presenters:

William Lane Craig, Research Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology

Is God Necessary for Morality?

February 24, 2009 at Columbia University

Presenters:

William Lane Craig, Research Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology Shelly Kagan, Clark Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

Exclusive Religion in a Pluralistic Society

What are the tensions and how do we move forward?

December 31, 2008 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Timothy J. Keller, Author and Senior Pastor, Redeember Presbyterian Andrew Delbanco, Director of American Studies Mark Lilla, Professor of Humanities and Religion Dale Hanson Bourke, President for The Center for Infectious Disease Research

Democracy, Terrorism, and Religious Freedom

Can we look beyond religious differences for the sake of democracy?

October 29, 2008 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Chris Seiple, President of the Institute for Global Engagement Alfred Stephan Peter Awn

How God Turned Around Nixon's Hatchet Man

Prison's Impact on a Disgraced Politico

October 15, 2008 at Columbia University

Presenters:

David Eisenbach Chuck Colson, Author

Reason for God? Belief in an Age of Skepticism

February 19, 2008 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Timothy J. Keller, Author and Senior Pastor, Redeember Presbyterian Martin Bashir David Eisenbach

Beauty in Art: Creativity, God, and Reality

February 8, 2007 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Makoto Fujimura Coco Fusco, Artist

Minds, Machines and Metaphysics: What Makes Us Human?

February 7, 2007 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Rosalind Picard, Founder and Director of the Affective Computing Research Group, MIT Media Laboratory Alice Rhee, Television Producer, Journalist

Is Science All We Need? Two Perspectives

February 6, 2007 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Philip Kitcher Denis Alexander

Knowledge--Where Do We Begin?

February 5, 2007 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Erwin McManus Stuart Gill Patricia Kitcher

Who Will Solve the Problem of Poverty? Bono, Bill Gates, You?

December 31, 2006 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Vinoth Ramachandra, Secretary for Dialogue & Social Engagement, IFES Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management Larry Reed, Chief Executive Officer of the Opportunity International Network

The God Delusion? Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and the Meaning of Life

December 31, 2006 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Alister McGrath, Director of the Oxford Centre for Evangelism and Apologetics David Helfand, Chair of the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University, Co-director of the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory

Is There Purpose to Life? A Buddhist and a Christian Perspecitve

September 14, 2006 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Erwin McManus T.K. Nakagaki

People Suffer - Who Cares? A Secular Humanist and Christian Dialogue

February 6, 2006 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Vinoth Ramachandra, Secretary for Dialogue & Social Engagement, IFES Philip Kitcher

Publishing the Cries of the Oppressed: On the Front Lines of Human Rights Journalism

February 1, 2006 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Benedict Rogers, Journalist, Human Rights Advocate, Author Nicholas Kristof, Journalist, Columnist; The New York Times

Does Science Point to Intelligent Design?

February 8, 2005 at Columbia University

Presenters:

William Dembski Robert Shapiro

Buddha, Man, and Jesus

Three Perspectives on Life

February 7, 2005 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Robert Thurman Philip Kitcher Finny Kuruvilla

Who Will Solve the Problem of Poverty? Bono, Bill Gates, You?

February 8, 2002 at Columbia University

Presenters:

Vinoth Ramachandra, Secretary for Dialogue & Social Engagement, IFES Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management Larry Reed, Chief Executive Officer of the Opportunity International Network