Professors Talk About Christianity

Have you ever wondered what the Christian religion is all about? Do you wonder if you can be a leading professor and a Christian? Professors from Harvard, MIT, Yale, Oxford, and more share their perspective! Check out these short video clips to hear brilliant professors talk about their Christian faith!

Troy Van Voorhis: MIT chemist explains why he thinks science and faith come together.
Rosalind Picard: MIT entrepreneur and computer scientist says her faith doesn't block her science.
John Hare: Yale philosopher and ethicist explains why Jesus is important for ethics.
Daniel Hastings: MIT engineer and dean shares his worldview.
John Lennox: Oxford mathematician tells us what the biggest thing in his life is.
Marla Frederick: Harvard ethnographer and scholar of religion explores self-interest and following Christ.
Satyan Devadoss: Williams mathematician responds to The Grand Design
Bill Hurlbut: Stanford physician says we need total self-sacrifice for real morality.

Troy Van Voorhis is a tenured professor of chemistry at MIT and a Christian. His work deals with electron flow and has implications for renewable energy. Here's what he has to say about science and faith.

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Rosalind Picard is an MIT professor and an entrepreneur, the co-founder and chairman of Affectiva, Inc. She works on enabling computers to sense and respond to human emotion, which has implications for work with autistic people, among others. At a Veritas Forum, she was asked whether her faith ever slows or blocks her science.


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John Hare is a philosopher and ethicist at Yale Divinity School. In a dialogue with world-famous atheist philosopher Peter Singer, he was asked why Jesus is important for ethics. Here's his answer!


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Daniel Hastings is an MIT professor of aeronautics and engineering, a Christian - and a dean! He was asked to share his worldview at The Veritas Forum.


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John Lennox is a renowned speaker and a professor of mathematics at Oxford. In this clip from The Veritas Forum at UCLA, he shares the biggest thing in his life.


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Marla Frederick is a tenured professor of religion and ethnography at Harvard. In this Veritas Forum from Boston College, she talks about self-interest and how those who follow Christ should think about it.


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Satyan Devadoss is a professor of mathematics at the top liberal arts college in the United States, Williams. He also speaks widely on art, visualization, and big ideas at Veritas Forums across the country. In this clip from The Veritas Forum at Caltech, Devadoss responds to Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design.


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Bill Hurlbut is a physician and consulting professor in the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford. In this dialogue with famous Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, Hurlbut argues that we need total self-sacrifice for morality - the kind that Christianity can provide.


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