Friday, 16 September 2011

A Pastor's Journey from Faith to Doubt

Former ICS president John Suk has published a new book titled Not Sure: A Pastor's Journey from Faith to Doubt. There is a good article about it at
http://eerdword.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/i-wish-i-could-be-afraid-by-john-suk/ and the book can be purchased at http://www.eerdmans.com/shop/product.asp?p_key=9780802866509.

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Job Posting: Senior Development Officer

The Institute for Christian Studies is seeking an energetic, organized and committed individual to fill the role of Senior Development Officer, focusing on a major gift program, on a full-time, short-term contract. For more information about this position, see http://www.icscanada.edu/jobs.

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Art in Public Goes Public

Lambert Zuidervaart’s new book Art in Public is featured in two recent publications:

An interview with Lambert has appeared in the newspaper Friesch Dagblad (August 27, 2011), in a two-page spread written by Dutch journalist Tjerk de Reus. The article emphasizes the importance of the arts for a thriving democracy. The article (in Dutch) can be accessed via the home page of CPRSE web site at http://www.icscanada.edu/cprse.

Art in Public is also the topic of a favourable review written by Daniel Taylor. The review appears in Comment magazine published by Cardus, a think tank dedicated to the renewal of North American public life. You can find Daniel Taylor’s review at http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2886/.

Monday, 12 September 2011

Wed. Sep. 14 - Faith, Film and TIFF

Seeing in the Dark: Faith, Film and TIFF

Public event hosted by Urban Remixed and Imago

Panel discussion of the theme plus a special screening of the award-winning short film "Kavi".

Wednesday September 14, 2011, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Church of the Redeemer (Avenue Rd. & Bloor St.)

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Cal Seerveld at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids

On the evening of Thursday, September 29, at 8 pm, Senior Member Emeritus Cal Seerveld is scheduled to introduce a performance of his translation of Ecclesiastes as a unified chorus of diverse voices, at Cornerstone University, 1001 East Beltline, Grand Rapids, Michigan. This performance will be directed by Randall Burghart, along with Michael Card and others playing musical interludes as commentary. ICS alumnus Professor Matt Bonzo has taken the initiative for this event.

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Doug Blomberg at New Saint Andrews College in Idaho

Senior Member Doug Blomberg will present a paper at the Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education (ARIHE) Symposium, "A Pedagogy for Royalty", to be held on September 15-17 at New Saint Andrews College in Idaho. Doug will also represent ICS at the ARIHE Business Meeting on Saturday afternoon. For more information visit http://arihe.org.