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Perspective Now Available

The April 2014 issue of Perspective is now available for both reading online and printing.  Inside you will find answers to burning questions such as "Are We There Yet?", "Whose Reformed Tradition?", "Which Kuyper?" and "Who is Robert Sweetman?".

As always, Perspective is available at perspective.icscanada.edu

ICS Convocation

The ICS community gathered this past Saturday afternoon in St. Joseph Chapel at Regis College to install the Chancellor, Dr. John Kok. An Honorary Doctorate was conferred upon Bob Goudzwaard who presented Convocation address “ICS--In Christ’s Service: In the Past and In the Future”.Video of Bob's address will be made available soon.

We also gathered to recognize and celebrate the academic achievements of seven of our Junior Members. Degrees were conferred upon Eric Hanna (MA), Bryan Richard (MA), Andrew Van’t Land (MA), Tina Covert (MWS), Sarah Hyland (MWS), George Deibert (MWS) and Michael Shipma (MWS).

It was a wonderful afternoon of celebration!

Joe Kirby Wins Award

Junior Member Joe Kirby won the Graduate Student Paper Award for his essay "The Ordeal of Solitude: Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Monasteries” at the Eastern International Region of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting.

Richard Middleton Presenting Papers in St Catharines

Richard Middleton, Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary in Rochester NY, will present two papers at the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences at Brock University in St. Catharines, ON. Richard is a 2005 graduate of the joint doctoral program of ICS and the Free University of Amsterdam.

On May 24 Richard will present a paper on Genesis 22, titled “Unbinding the Aqedah (Genesis 22) from the Straightjacket of Tradition: How Abraham Lost His Son,” at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.

On the following day (May 25), Richard will give his Exaugural Address as President of the Canadian Evangelical Theological Association (CETA) at the Association’s annual meeting. Richard has been president of CETA from 2011-2014 and his paper is titled “The Canadian Evangelical Theological Association—A Vision for the Future.”

Robert Vander Plaats Art Show

Robert Vander Plaats (1949-2014) of Toronto was an accomplished painter who suffered from schizophrenia which informed most of a collection of over 1000 paintings. Most of the paintings have a common metaphor, a symmetrical container with four or eight gates that open to a centre of either tears or hearts. These beautifully symmetric and haunting images have never been shown to the public before.

Robert is an alumnus of Dordt College in Iowa, studied at the Institute of Christian Studies in Toronto, and completed his PhD at York University.

May 16 - June 12
Flagship Gallery 237 James St. N Hamilton
www.semaphore.ca
HOURS: Wed. - Sat. 12:00 to 5:00 pm