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Welcome to the Christian Study Center

The Christian Study Center of Gainesville draws on the intellectual and cultural resources of the Christian tradition and on the scholarly resources of higher education in order to understand cultural change and to address enduring, human questions that are widely shared in the university community.

Upcoming Class: “Math and Culture and the Culture of Math”
On March 22 and 29 at 7:30pm, the Christian Study Center will offer two talks on the relationship between mathematics and Christian theological reflection. First, James Keesling, Professor and Chair of the Mathematics Department, will be talking about “The Uses and Beauty of Mathematics.” The following week, Rick Smith, Associate Professor of Mathematics, will give his talk, “After Gödel: Looking for Meaning in Mathematics.” Both talks will be followed by a time for discussion.
Pascal’s Coffeehouse and Gallery
Pascal’s Coffeehouse and Gallery, housed within the Christian Study Center, is issuing a call for “creative types” to help in designing the first-ever Pascal’s Coffeehouse t-shirt. Designs must be submitted by March 19. The person who creates the winning design will also receive 1lb of Sweetwater Organic Coffee. You can find out more about this contest and Pascal’s current gallery exhibit through their website, pascalscoffee.com.
December 2009 Reconsiderations Available Now
The new issue of Reconsiderations, a publication of the Christian Study Center, is now available here. This issue features an article by James Lynch on the problem of information overload, and Richard Horner’s review, “Genesis Three is Literature,” discusses some of the works that the Director’s Class studied in the Fall.

Jesus said great things so simply that he seems not to have thought about them, and yet so clearly that it is obvious what he thought about them. Such clarity together with such simplicity is wonderful.

Blaise Pascal

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