Last call for registrations for my online class on liberation theology starting next week. We'll meet twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays, 7-9pm Eastern, for six weeks. We'll also consider what's happening currently in liberation theology, including with respect to Palestine.

"The two most important years of my intellectual formation were at ICS. I hope more people will have opportunity to discover this hidden gem." (James K. A. Smith) jameskasmith.substack.com/p/next-book-ne…

How can we read and experience Scripture as the Word of Life in a world that believes the biblical witness restricts human freedom and thwarts our maturity? Explore the Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - in this course with Nik Ansell: icscanada.edu/fall-courses

What is the relationship between the daily behaviour of leaders and the culture of schools? How do we awaken students’ knowledge, creativity, and critical reflective capacities? Explore these questions and more in this course with Edith van der Boom: icscanada.edu/fall-courses

Probe the origin and nature of evil in this seminar with Nik Ansell. Delve into a wisdom-oriented re-reading of the Fall narrative, survey a variety of contemporary theodicies, and explore the relationship between victim and agent in ‘original sin’: icscanada.edu/fall-courses

In this course with Ron Kuipers, study Kearney’s trilogy "Philosophy at the Limit" as well as his "Anatheism", focusing on his exploration of that ‘frontier zone where narratives flourish and abound.’ Learn more: icscanada.edu/fall-courses

Representations of human suffering have a metaphysical and theological dimension that has long provoked philosophical interest in the dynamics of tragic drama. Examine that interest via writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Augustine, Dante and more: icscanada.edu/fall-courses

Explore central issues in philosophy as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the ‘Amsterdam School’ of neoCalvinian thought in this course with Neal DeRoo. Learn more: icscanada.edu/fall-courses

Humans make sense of things by telling stories. In this course with Gideon Strauss, learn how to do critical reflective practice by telling stories about your everyday professional life. Learn more: icscanada.edu/fall-courses

Neal DeRoo Appointed Interim Director of MA-PhD Program news.icscanada.edu/2024/07/neal-d…

Héctor Acero Ferrer Appointed Director of Lifelong Learning news.icscanada.edu/2024/07/hector… Héctor Acero Ferrer

In Memoriam: Arvilla Sipma, an Inspiration to Adventure and Difference news.icscanada.edu/2024/07/in-mem…

NOW HIRING - Communications Coordinator! Find job details and information on how to apply at charityvillage.com/jobs/communica… Details are also available on our website: icscanada.edu/employment-opp… Application deadline is August 16.

There's a new book on the horizon from Angela Bick & Peter Schuurman w/ a foreword by Senior Member Neal DeRoo! Blessed Are the Undone: Testimonies of the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada will be published Sep. 17 by New Leaf Network. Read more at blessedundone.ca

"On the one hand, it's designed to introduce the Bible if you are unfamiliar with it. But it is also designed to introduce you to it again for the first time - so to speak - if you're bored with it or offended by it." Learn more: icscanada.edu/fall-courses; youtu.be/898MYvD7n0U

"In the past, we've actually always promoted the fact that, in essence, we're all the same! But the reality is that God has created us each differently." Delve into how social and cultural contexts form school and classroom cultures: icscanada.edu/fall-courses

"So who is this course for? Anyone who wants to explore these issues intellectually, exegetically, existentially, with imagination, and with a heart." Learn more: youtu.be/VjWPvonmeoA

In his Fall 2024 course, Ron Kuipers explores Richard Kearney's trilogy "Philosophy at the Limit" as well as "Anatheism". Learn more: youtu.be/MhPgA0ypmnQ

"We'll be looking at aesthetics (meaning bodily experience), but that bodily experience that derives from representations of tragedy." Learn more about Rebekah Smick's Fall course, "The Aesthetics of Compassion": icscanada.edu/fall-courses. Learn more: youtu.be/z7V0sdz_H2Y

Fall 2024 classes start next week! Check out our course offerings at icscanada.edu/fall-courses - including Jim Olthius' Fall course, "The Radical Theopoetics of John D Caputo". Final registration deadline is September 13 - email [email protected] today to register!