Tag: Religion — Biblical and Theological Studies

1700 Years of Defending Christ

Redeemer University’s academic conference this October celebrates the Council of Nicaea and Nicene Creed.
September 3, 2025

Faculty Profile: Dr. Jason Yuh

Dr. Jason Yuh, assistant professor of religion and theology, is passionate about showing his students the beauty of Scripture. As a former product manager and pastor, he brings a wealth of experience to the classroom.
April 24, 2025

Success Beyond the Scoreboard

Recently inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame, former student-athlete James Walraven ’93 is thankful for his transformational experience at Redeemer.
November 30, 2023

Painting the Biblical Story

As her final project for REL 110: The Drama of Scripture, student Ingrid Bouma chose to depict the biblical narrative through a series of extraordinary original paintings.
March 25, 2021

Ecological Innovation at CMU

By spearheading a campus-wide composting initiative at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Justin Eisinga ’15 is able to combine his two great passions: theology and environmental care.
March 22, 2021

Places of Becoming

The Book of Numbers and Israel’s wandering through the wilderness can act as a guide to actively leaning into our challenging circumstances.
March 22, 2021

Terror and Truth in Judges

In his new commentary on the book of Judges, associate professor of religion and theology Dr. David Beldman explains why this violent, often misunderstood section of the Bible is still relevant for modern Christians.
November 6, 2020

Why So Serious?

In his recently published book, adjunct professor Dr. Peter Schuurman explores the notion that irony, charisma and playfulness can attract people to church.
March 10, 2020

Thoroughly Modern

Finding direction for today in the wisdom of Abraham Kuyper.
October 18, 2019

A Forgotten Masterpiece

Translators, including visiting scholar Dr. Jessica Joustra, are bringing theologian Herman Bavinck’s forgotten manuscript to English audiences for the first time.
October 18, 2019

Creation Care in the City

Through her work with A Rocha, Amila Dreise ’13 is advancing care for creation in Hamilton and Ontario at large.
October 18, 2019

Anchored in the Word

As academia's intellectual fashions shift from decade to decade, Christian universities stand out.
March 7, 2018

Love, Henri

Redeemer hosted a music-accompanied live reading of Henri Nouwen's letters in partnership with the Henri Nouwen Society.
March 7, 2018

Celebrating the Reformation

Redeemer will mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation this September with the Abraham Kuyper Today conference, reflecting the relevance of the Kuyperian Tradition for today.
September 5, 2017

Demystifying the Book of Judges

With funding from a 2016-17 Zylstra grant, Dr. David Beldman has published two books, and is writing a third, that unpack the book of Judges for postmodern Christians.
April 3, 2017