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Mr. Grotius Goes to Washington
A funny thing happened a couple weeks ago in Washington, D.C. On a Friday night not far from the city’s most boozy blocks near Adam’s Morgan, a dozen or so Protestant and Roman Catholic scholars, practitioners, and aspiring practitioner-scholars gathered to discuss a great text and its relevance to the political and intellectual life of…
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A Summary of the Church Authority Convivium in Washington DC
Western Christians find themselves forced to navigate many different quandaries in the modern world. This assertion is not generally considered to be controversial. Controversy quickly ensues, however, when Christians attempt to more finely identify and address these challenges. In recent times, one frequently discussed item has related to a presumed “crisis of authority” afflicting (especially)…
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The Convivium Irenicum and Reformed Catholicity
Before I came to my first Convivium Irenicum a few years ago I remember wondering what the event would be like. Before getting involved with Davenant, my only experience in a reformed church was in the PCA. I had never been in an OPC church or an ARP church or a CRC church or even…
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“A Unique, Edifying, Soul-Stirring, and Intellectually Invigorating Conference”
Earlier this month we had our sixth annual Convivium Irenicum, held in upstate South Carolina near Greenville. As in previous years, we enjoyed a mixture of new people and long-time attendees and were blessed by an engaging keynote speaker and rich conversation around the conference’s theme. This year Dr. Michael Allen of RTS-Orlando was our…
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A Recap of the Protestant Wisdom Primer
The 2018 Protestant Wisdom Primer went well, with students appreciating the retreat atmosphere as well as the reading and guidance of Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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The Inklings Event We Don’t Need… and the One We Do
Last summer in Oxford England in a pub The Inklings Symposium was conceived. I was an attendee at a conference on C. S. Lewis which shall remain nameless. It was a conference I later came to learn that my friend and fellow Lewis scholar, Jason Lepojarvi, has called a prime example of “Jacksploitation.”
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Education and the Kingdom of God: Convivium Irenicum 2021 Write-Up
A write-up of the 2021 National Convivium Irenicum on “Education and the Kingdom of God”
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Protestantism or Identity Politics: Combatting an American Heresy
As the “great awokening” has upended American politics and society in recent years, few observers have offered a richer and more insightful analysis of its profoundly religious logic than Dr. Joshua Mitchell. Having lost its faith in Christ’s atonement, late modern society has sought to expunge its sins by exalting the guiltless victims of identity…
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In Service of Scripture: Rediscovering Reason and Tradition in Evangelical Theology
Join us at Oak Hill College on September 24 to explore evangelical engagement with reason and tradition
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Acts 6 and the Myth of Apostolic Succession
Join us for a free Zoom lecture + Q&A with Matthew Colvin on Thursday 22nd September 2022