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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.

05/31/2026

Don't avoid boredom. Embrace it. Justin Hawkins (Columbia) explains why.

The beauty we see today connects to something beyond itself. Weil’s words feel reminiscent of Ecclesiastes 3:11: “He has...
05/27/2026

The beauty we see today connects to something beyond itself. Weil’s words feel reminiscent of Ecclesiastes 3:11: “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”

05/24/2026

What is the danger of finding your self-worth in what others think of you? Charles Lee (Stanford) explores.

Full quote: "Discovering the gospel as 'new'— it seems to me that's almost how the Bible itself works. The things people...
05/23/2026

Full quote: "Discovering the gospel as 'new'— it seems to me that's almost how the Bible itself works. The things people think are familiar have to be uncovered as strange to be discovered all over again."

In September 2025, Rowan Williams, a theologian and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, and Chigozie Obioma, a novelist and professor at the University of Georgia, shared how their Christian faith impacts their view of what it means to be human, and what it means to live “fully alive” in a dehumanizing world.

This forum was put on in partnership with the Duke Initiative on Theology and the Arts and was held at the Carolina Theater of Durham. Watch the full forum here: https://youtu.be/ZFYJUhetFhQ

to "Questioning Christianity: A Professor's Journey from Skepticism to Faith." In March, students at the University of...
05/21/2026

to "Questioning Christianity: A Professor's Journey from Skepticism to Faith." In March, students at the University of Michigan invited historian Molly Worthen (UNC-CH) to share how applying her academic instincts led her from skepticism to faith. Over 270 students and faculty gathered for the conversation, co-sponsored by CRU, Michigan Christian Study Center, Redeemer Campus Ministry, and RUF. Watch the full forum here: https://youtu.be/3X0YhVUec9g.

05/15/2026

Why do some people lose faith, while others grow in it? Molly Worthen (UNC-CH) explores.

05/11/2026

What do we do in the face of tragedy? Why do we experience pain? If there is a God who created the world, why did he make it like *this*?

In our latest podcast episode, John Lennox (Oxford) and moderator Daniel Lowenstein (UCLA) explore these tough questions surrounding our existence. Listen to the episode here: https://bit.ly/4dbYBkF

05/09/2026

Does God feel absent? Molly Worthen (UNC-CH) suggests that the longing you feel for him is a form of relationship in itself.

“What drives me, and what drives many sociologists, is this deep-seated caring about justice and fairness and the good s...
05/08/2026

“What drives me, and what drives many sociologists, is this deep-seated caring about justice and fairness and the good society. But we're not prepared to ask those questions. For me, this is where a very good foundational liberal arts education would have come in handy — where it wasn't tied to a discipline, but it's a habit of mind with what that conversation has been for the last few millennia.” — Angel Adams Parham (UVA), Veritas Forum at Columbia

Listen to this forum with Angel Adams Parham and Roosevelt Montás (Columbia) here: https://bit.ly/3ONcOwk

05/03/2026

UNC historian Molly Worthen explains why Christianity's historical problems don't scare her.

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