“I’m still waiting to read a scientific paper that gives a biological explanation of the emergence of biological science among us human beings, also a naturalist account of what motivates people to become evolutionary psychologists and why others are impressed by their explanations.” — A taste of the pointed wit which draws one into Part […]
2012 Henry Martyn Lectures
A Mission to the University: Part 2 of Engaging the University
Part 2 of Vinoth Ramachandra‘s Engaging the University (21:22) is packed. After exploring the broad topics of funding’s push toward instrumentalism, the fragmentation of campus academic life by global communication, and the lack of “any coherent master narrative for a central point of reference . . . to evaluate the relationship of . . . parcels of knowledge to other […]
A Mission to the University: Part 1 of Engaging the University
“Dr. Ramachandra is a theologian and an activist whose work engages with the context of his native Sri Lanka, a country whose long conflict has often been drawn along ethnic and religious lines, and his familiarity with student networks in Asia and across the globe. He gained a bachelors degree and a doctorate from Imperial College, London, […]
A Mission to the University: Henry Martyn Centre
Listening to the introduction of the 2012 Henry Martyn Lectures, delivered by Dr Vinoth Ramachandra, spurred my curiosity with regard to: Who is Henry Martyn? What is his relationship to the subcontinent? How come there is an active centre and library at Cambridge, which now has a growing focus on the academic study of mission and world Christianity, named after him? Why […]
A Mission to the University
Do Christ followers have a mission in, to, and alongside the university? Yes. Is the university a global mission worth significant investment of time, resources, and energy? Yes. How do we embrace, engage, and give voice to the university mission? Recently I listened to the 2012 Henry Martyn Lectures, delivered by Dr Vinoth Ramachandra. Ramachandra‘s overall topic is Mission […]