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Bringing the intellectual ethos of Cairn University into sharp focus, each issue of Triquetra features an academic article from University faculty on matters of cultural and spiritual significance from a biblical perspective.
In this installment of Triquetra, we are drawing from an article published in our magazine in Fall 2005. It is written by one of our long-time thought leaders, Dr. Robert E. Wenger, who served many years as dean of the
The social, cultural, and political divides in America are both real and visceral. Pick any issue: immigration, crime, energy and the climate; Ukraine, Venezuela, the Middle East; abortion; education; vaccines; diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; etc. You will not simply
Institutional biblical integrity at a Christian university is dependent on the theological commitments of its faculty. A colleague of mine once said, “There are many ways a Christian college can lose its way, but probably the most common and quickest
At Cairn University, all of our students have to take Apologetics as part of their required curriculum. Each semester, I start a class by asking students to look out the classroom windows and begin verbally listing everything they can see.
In my role at Cairn, I enjoy teaching courses whose content invites consideration, to varying degrees, of questions addressing the nature and purpose of art, as well as best practices for interpreting artistic productions. In class discussions, students have at
The world is throwing an enormously complex barrage of questions at Americans. First are questions about the justice of wars, from Russia’s war of attrition in Ukraine and the Israel-Gaza war spreading into the Middle East and North Africa to
