Summer Activities & Events

Join us for Evening Public Lectures to encounter new possibilities and avenues for exploration, as summer faculty members share the ideas they’re most excited about right now.


Each summer, Regent hosts a series of Evening Public Lectures with our summer faculty. Join us in the Regent College Chapel or tune in online at rgnt.net/live.

Upcoming Public Lectures

Upcoming Summer 2025 Lectures

Public Lecture
Giving Voice to Brokenness: A Theology of Joy & Lament
May 12
Monday 7:30PM PDT

Giving Voice to Brokenness: A Theology of Joy & Lament

John Swinton
Bookstore
Book Launch | The New Testament around the World
May 21
Wednesday 7:30PM PDT

Book Launch | The New Testament around the World

Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn
Public Lecture
Evolution: A Story of Chance? Or a Story of Purpose?
May 26
Monday 7:30PM PDT

Evolution: A Story of Chance? Or a Story of Purpose?

Denis Alexander
Public Lecture
Daniel 12 & the Hope of Glory
Jun 4
Wednesday 7:30PM PDT

Daniel 12 & the Hope of Glory

Aubrey E. Buster
Public Lecture
Minding the Gap: From Event to Gospel
Jun 9
Monday 7:30PM PDT

Minding the Gap: From Event to Gospel

Darrell L. Bock
Public Lecture
The Theological Imagination
Jun 11
Wednesday 7:30PM PDT

The Theological Imagination

Judith Wolfe
Bookstore
Book Launch | When Courage Calls: Josephine Butler and the Radical Pursuit of Justice for Women
Jul 2
Wednesday 7:30PM PDT

Book Launch | When Courage Calls: Josephine Butler and the Radical Pursuit of Justice for Women

Sarah C. Williams
Public Lecture
What’s Wrong with Democracy?
Jul 7
Monday 7:30PM PDT

What’s Wrong with Democracy?

John M. Owen
Public Lecture
Hagar, Leah & the God Who Sees
Jul 9
Wednesday 7:30PM PDT

Hagar, Leah & the God Who Sees

Brittany Kim
Public Lecture
Faith, Hope & the Purposes of Schooling: What We Can Learn from Comenius About Why We Do School
Jul 14
Monday 7:30PM PDT

Faith, Hope & the Purposes of Schooling: What We Can Learn from Comenius About Why We Do School

David I. Smith
Public Lecture
Children of the Resurrection, Priests of the Kingdom: Christianity's Vision for Engaging the World
Jul 21
Monday 7:30PM PDT

Children of the Resurrection, Priests of the Kingdom: Christianity's Vision for Engaging the World

Jonathan Pennington
Public Lecture
On Migration & Refugees (and the Re-humanizing Role of the Church)
Jul 28
Monday 7:30PM PDT

On Migration & Refugees (and the Re-humanizing Role of the Church)

George Kalantzis
Public Lecture
Enlarged Imagination: Reflections from a Life Spent Listening to Others
Jul 30
Wednesday 7:30PM PDT

Enlarged Imagination: Reflections from a Life Spent Listening to Others

Susan S. Phillips