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With a commitment to courageous discourse we put the historic Christian faith in dialogue with other beliefs and invite participants from all backgrounds to pursue Truth together. Founded at Harvard in 1992, The Veritas Forum now partners on dialogues at over 130 leading universities in North America and Europe. Past presenters include Francis Collins, Tim Keller, N. Wright, Marilynne Robinson, Pe

ter Singer, Nicholas Kristof, Cornel West, Condoleezza Rice, Steven Pinker, and Jean Bethke Elshtain.

to NYU Forum event "Audacious Love." On March 5, 2020, musician Daryl Davis explored how building friendships and host...
08/21/2026

to NYU Forum event "Audacious Love." On March 5, 2020, musician Daryl Davis explored how building friendships and hosting respectful dialogue helped him convince over 200 white supremacists to renounce their ideology and leave their organizations. At the event, Davis was joined by one of these men, Jeff Schoep — former director of a Neo-Nazi organization who is now a Human Rights Advocate. Click here to listen to the forum via podcast: https://apple.co/3PWeeCo

08/19/2026

"Bring your convictions into the public square and make your case," argues Matthew Kaemingk (Fuller).

Is science the only reliable tool for understanding the world? On our latest podcast episode, biologist David Lahti (Que...
08/17/2026

Is science the only reliable tool for understanding the world?

On our latest podcast episode, biologist David Lahti (Queens College) and philosopher Michael Weisberg (Penn) explore the limits of scientific knowledge, the intersection of evolution and faith, and the ways their Christian and agnostic worldviews help them make sense of the world. Listen now at sprout.link in bio.

08/14/2026

How the scientific process led Praveen Sethupathy (Cornell) to faith.

"We are made in the image of God, and part of that image is the image of a rational being — something that's a thinking,...
08/12/2026

"We are made in the image of God, and part of that image is the image of a rational being — something that's a thinking, caring thing, something with free will. And I think there's lots of evidence in the gospels of disciples learning more about God and changing their minds and updating their beliefs."

Watch Meghan Sullivan (Notre Dame) discuss her rational reasons for faith at a Veritas Forum event at Middlebury: https://bit.ly/4xzETrt

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08/07/2026

Cullen Buie (MIT) argues that trying to “make a name for yourself” can sabotage your work.

Do you remember your last biology class? Whether it was last semester or decades ago, it probably taught you about the m...
08/05/2026

Do you remember your last biology class? Whether it was last semester or decades ago, it probably taught you about the mechanics of life. But what about the meaning of it?

At a Veritas Forum event at Furman, geneticist Praveen Sethupathy (Cornell) discussed the intersection of his genomic research and his Christian faith. Listen to the forum here: https://bit.ly/4wFoKk6

08/01/2026

Oxford physicist Ard Louis explains why believing in God is like getting married.

to "Why Are We So Anxious?" — a conversation with Warren Kinghorn (Duke) and Meg Jay (UVA) on faith and mental health ...
07/24/2026

to "Why Are We So Anxious?" — a conversation with Warren Kinghorn (Duke) and Meg Jay (UVA) on faith and mental health in young adulthood. This forum event was hosted in April 2026 in partnership with . Watch the full forum now: https://youtu.be/WNyOTu9HTnw.

Full quote: "The very notion of God’s existence is not emotionally satisfactory anymore for great numbers of people, whi...
07/22/2026

Full quote: "The very notion of God’s existence is not emotionally satisfactory anymore for great numbers of people, which does not mean that God ceases to exist. Sartre finds God emotionally unsatisfactory in the extreme, as do most of my friends of less stature than he. The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. A higher paradox confounds emotion as well as reason and there are long periods in the lives of all of us, and of the saints, when the truth as revealed by faith is hideous, emotionally disturbing, downright repulsive. Witness the dark night of the soul in individual saints. Right now the whole world seems to be going through a dark night of the soul." — Flannery O'Connor, 1955 Letter to Betty Hester

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