Features
Original items from the Trinity Forum
The Judgment of Paris
Fri 15 Jun 2007 • Responses: 1 • by John C. Wright
Popular and Classic Literature
As the summer reading season approaches, popular novelist John C. Wright addresses the limits of the popular novel, defends literary elitism against populist arrogance, and suggests reasons to read Homer or Melville or some other “boring” book along with your own favorites.
The French Presidency
Tue 05 Jun 2007 • Responses: 2 • by William Edgar
Hope for the World?
Senior Fellow—and francophone—Bill Edgar considers the new President of France and his potential impact on the future of Europe.
The Parable of the Liberal Education
Thu 10 May 2007 by Walter Hansen
An Invitation to Question
Professor Walter Hansen looks at Caravaggio’s The Incredulity of St. Thomas as a visual parable of a Christian approach to a liberal education—and learning in general—as Jesus encourages us to ask questions, guides us to himself, and sends us out in witness.
Jesus Christ: Not Your Typical Company Man
Mon 07 May 2007 • Responses: 3 • by Gary Moore
On Reintegrating Business and the Christian Ethic
Investment counselor Gary Moore addresses the issue of church leaders more concerned for their institutions than helping lay Christians integrate the teachings of Jesus with their workplace occupations. By contrast, he looks at the concept of our responsibility to rightly apply our own expertise.
The World in a Ray of Sun
Mon 23 Apr 2007 • Responses: 1 • by T. M. Moore
Poetry as Spiritual Discipline
T. M. Moore introduces the reading of poetry as a means of cultivating “second sight”—the ability to see through the here and now to the deeper realities behind all things. Seen this way, poetry can be a useful aid to spiritual growth. He illustrates with three poems and offers some practical guidelines to get started.
Success, Stress, and Purpose in Today’s Business World
Thu 29 Mar 2007 • Responses: 1 • by Ken Costa
Rediscovering the religious debate in the corporation
UBS Investment Bank Vice-Chairman Ken Costa reflects on work and meaning, hope and wisdom, and the role of faith in the corporate setting in this speech presented for The Trinity Forum at The St Stephen’s Club, London, in March. He suggests that finding meaning and purpose in life is the greatest global challenge of our time.
Newton, Wilberforce, and the Spirituality of Abolition
Fri 23 Mar 2007 by Jonathan Aitken
Wilberforce’s friendship with John Newton was the major momentum behind abolition (Part 2 of 2)
Wilberforce has come down in history as something of a lone-ranger humanitarian, but Jonathan Aitken, executive director of the Trinity Forum in Europe and author of a new biography of John Newton, sets the record straight by looking at newly published diaries and letters of Newton that throw additional light on what was at one point Wilberforce’s great secret—his evangelical faith. Second of two parts.
What’s Left of Secularization?
Thu 15 Mar 2007 by William Edgar
Social scientists are telling a different story today about the role of faith in public life
Senior Fellow William Edgar looks at the traditional story Western social scientists have been telling about the inevitable decline of religion in public life—and the way this view has been challenged over the past few years.
Newton, Wilberforce, and the Spirituality of Abolition
Mon 12 Mar 2007 by Jonathan Aitken
Wilberforce was no mere humanitarian; his motivations were much deeper (Part 1 of 2).
Wilberforce has come down in history as something of a lone-ranger humanitarian, but Jonathan Aitken, executive director of the Trinity Forum in Europe and author of a new biography of John Newton, sets the record straight by looking at newly available letters of Newton that throw additional light on what was at one point Wilberforce’s great secret—his evangelical faith. First of two parts.
Beyond Moral Bewilderment
Tue 06 Feb 2007 • Responses: 1 • by Dallas Willard
Where is Moral Knowledge?
Senior Fellow Dallas Willard says that moral knowledge is no longer readily available to most people in the normal course of our lives. He shows why this has happened and explains by contrast how the enduring influence of Jesus on the world is due to his sound, intelligent, and testable answers to the basic questions of human life. His life and teaching is real knowledge, by which we can and should live.
