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Regent IPIAT Nominated for Best Documentary at the International Christian Film and Music Festival

Regent IPIAT Nominated for Best Documentary at the International Christian Film and Music Festival

One year into her MATS at Regent College, Jessica Van der Wyngaard teamed up with Joshua Harris, author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, for a documentary project. The idea was this: They would film a documentary chronicling Joshua Harris’s long wrestling match with the legacy left by the bestselling book he wrote when he was 19 years old. This would… (read more)

De-Mythologizing the Science-Religion Conflict: An Interview with Peter Harrison

De-Mythologizing the Science-Religion Conflict: An Interview with Peter Harrison

In this short interview, Dr. Peter Harrison goes back to the nineteenth century to find the origin of the myth that science and theology are fundamentally at conflict. Peter Harrison will be visiting Regent College from May 13–17 to teach the course “Religion and the Rise of Science.” Professor Harrison is Director of the Institute for Advanced … (read more)

Regent Hires New Director of Chinese Studies Program

Regent Hires New Director of Chinese Studies Program

We are thrilled to announce that we have hired Dr. Grace Hui Liang as the Director of the Chinese Studies Program and Associate Professor of Chinese Christian Studies. Over the last two decades, Dr. Liang has emerged as a leading voice in Chinese biblical scholarship and theology. Her main areas of research include Old Testament wisdom literatur… (read more)

An Interview with Sarah Coakley, Part One: Evolutionary Biology, Apologetics, and the Training of Theologians

An Interview with Sarah Coakley, Part One: Evolutionary Biology, Apologetics, and the Training of Theologians

In this interview, theologian Sarah Coakley gives her take on the relationship between Christian faith and evolutionary biology. She also shares the story of her first encounter with biological sciences, and suggests approaches to better equip pastors and theologians to tackle today’s pressing issues of faith and science. The i… (read more)

Launching Regent Exchange: Churches for the Common Good

Launching Regent Exchange: Churches for the Common Good

Many Christians struggle to understand how their individual circumstances relate to God’s redemptive mission in the world. From its very beginning, Regent College has been committed to helping lay believers see that all facets of their lives––their work, their home, their relationships––are critical to that mission. Regent Exchange: Churches … (read more)

Phil Long's Tips for Preaching the First Testament

Phil Long’s Tips for Preaching the First Testament

Professor of Old Testament Phil Long has spent his career studying and teaching the Old Testament (or, as he prefers to call it, the “First” or “Larger” Testament). In a recent interview, we asked Phil for his advice on preaching the Hebrew Scriptures. He responded with a list of seven tips—and some encouragement for preachers who find the Fi… (read more)