Description
The focus of these lectures and discussions, which took place on the campus of UBC in January 2001, is on themes of freedom and identity in the 21st Century. They invite the listener to investigate Christian claims to a source of hope and of liberation from all kinds of forces that enslave.
Topics:
Liberation or Oppression: Is the Biblical Story For or Against Women? - Maxine Hancock
The Meaning of Life and Death on the Titanic - Dennis R. Danielson
Does God Care about Our Suffering? - John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Jesus or Nietzsche: Who Will Lead Us into the 21st Century - Rikki E. Watts
The God's Must Be Crazy: Discerning the Religious Options - Miriam Adeney
Choose Freedom or Slavery: The Bible's Revolutionary Edge - Iain W. Provan
Science, Faith and Society: A Panel Discussion - Phil Hill (Mechanical Engineering), Olav Slaymaker (Geography), Bart van der Kamp (Forestry), Bert Cameron (Medicine).
Author Info
Maxine Hancock is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among her other books are several on family relationships, including Living on Less and Liking in More, Re-evaluating Your Commitments, and Creative, Confident, Children. And notably, her work on Bunyan in A Key in the Window: Marginal Notes in Bunyan's Narratives.
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