As #williamlanecraig says here, being a person of #faith is not to be resigned to irrational #emotionalism, but is to embrace a robust #perspective on life that engages the #mind and the #heart. . . . . #smucfl #faithandlearning #smu #philosophy #apologetics #christian

What's the difference between calling something “Wesleyan” versus calling it “Methodist?” Someone asked this during our event in February of 2020 at #SMU See the video of this part of the Q&A on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/-UiEFEWoHdc #methodist #wesleyan #smucfl

From Thomas Aquinas to Jonathan Edwards, from Maimonides to Averroës (Ibn Rushd), some of the greatest academic minds in history were people of #faith. Academic knowledge and piety are complimentary, not contradictory. #smu #faithandlearning #smucfl #cfl #johnpaulii

In an event we hosted in 2018, The Rev. Robert Sirico, Catholic priest & President of the Acton Institute, gave a theological defense of the Free Market system of economics-See a short clip of his remarks here: youtu.be/oYDfYZnpph0 #smu #smucfl #freemarket #economics #theology

In this week’s #throwbackthursday clip from a past #centerforfaithandlearning event, Dr. Ryan Danker & Dr. Ted Campbell were asked how John Wesley would have handled being a politically active Christian in an anti-Christian culture. Check it out here: youtu.be/7S5j0tfr7gQ

Lord Acton also wrote that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. These quotes taken together lead to the reasonable question of why the beliefs & perspectives of people of faith are marginalized in many quarters of the academy today. #cfl #smu #faith #learning

In this clip from our Spring 2019 event about artificial intelligence and theology, Dr. Anne Foerst gives her thoughts on how A.I. Robots might participate in church sacraments. You can watch it here: youtu.be/tk3Kf5kktEs #artificialintelligence #ai #christianity #smu

People of faith recognize transcendent meaning as made by God & discovered through the disclosures of God in divine revelation, human observation of Creation, & the exercise of human reason - Giving people of faith great curiosity leading to significant academic contributions.

In this week’s #throwbackthursday clip of a past Center for Faith and Learning event, Art Carden, argues at our 2018 event: Faith and the Free Market, that free markets enable respect for human dignity. You can watch it here: youtu.be/7QX8OVoYRTA #faith #economics #smu #smucfl

Max Planck, Nobel Prize winner in the field of theoretical physics, was also a member of the Lutheran church in Germany. As the paraphrased version of this quote from him shows, he thought deeply about the relationship between the nature of science & religion. #smu #smucfl

In this week’s #smucfl #throwbackthursday video clip just posted to our YouTube channel, our director, Dr. Matthew Wilson, comments on the responses of Christians in the United States to the Hong Kong protests of 2019. See his comments here: youtu.be/qglD-BRtVpY #hongkong #smu

This is a quote from Abraham Lincoln’s “Proclamation Appointing A National Fast Day,” of March 30, 1863. To separate religious understanding from such historical documents is to misunderstand the content and objectives of those documents. #history #abrahamlincoln #smu #smucfl

In this week’s #throwbackthursday clip, Jewish Economist Russ Roberts responded to Christian perspectives on Free Market Economics referencing “Tikkun Olam,” the Talmudic tradition of “repairing the world.” See it here: youtu.be/m4xsJ6FgTbg #tikkunolam #economics #smucfl #smu

Faith is not the opposite of reason, but the foundation upon which reason rests. To abandon faith, is to make reason unreasonable. #smucfl #smu #knowledgeandvitalpiety #ravizacharias #quote

The Hong Kong protests of 2019 eventually became violent. Did that undermine the goals of those protests? Professor Lap Yan Kung tried to answer that question at our co-sponsored event last year. See a clip of it here: youtu.be/lkVj05yd_sA #hongkong #china #smu #smucfl

For this week’s #throwbackthursday clip of a past #smucfl event, Christian, Jewish, and Islamic scholars answered an audience question about if Government provided social welfare programs have ruined the concept of charity in society. Watch here: youtu.be/Cr2FqT7ekA8

Registration for our 2023 Symposium is LIVE! Join us on March 21 for "Faith and the Awakened Brain: How Spirituality Fosters Mental Health" with keynote speaker Dr. Lisa Miller and panelists Rev. Dr. Lyn Pace and Dr. Farnoosh Nouri. Register here: cflmentalhealth.eventbrite.com

Thank you to everyone who joined us Tuesday evening for "Faith and the Awakened Brain: How Spirituality Fosters Mental Health!" We hope you enjoyed hearing from our incredible speakers, and we'll see you at next year's symposium!

Faith and Learning Scholars applications for 2023-2024 are open now through April 6! This opportunity is open to all undergraduate and graduate SMU students. Go to the Center for Faith and Learning Connect page to apply!

Faith and the Awakened Brain: How Spirituality Fosters Mental Health is now available on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/JvUW67vwHIw via YouTube