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Dominus illuminatio

2019/11/11
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Sarah Irving-Stonebraker：起初，我将基督徒视为反智的。然而，在剑桥和牛津求学期间，我深入研究了早期现代科学家的著作，发现他们大多是虔诚的基督徒，他们的信仰与科学工作紧密相连。这动摇了我的无神论观点。随后，Peter Singer的哲学讲座让我对人类价值的根源产生了深深的怀疑，而基督教对人类价值的解释更能说服我。最终，我意识到基督教对人类本性、世界和上帝的描述比无神论更深刻、更令人信服，这促使我成为一名基督徒。 Vaughan Roberts：牛津大学虽然与无神论者联系紧密，但对基督教的强烈反对并非普遍现象，更多的是漠视。如今，人们对基督教的态度要么是坚定信仰，要么是完全没有接触。许多在牛津学习的人对基督教的发现感到惊讶，因为他们接触到一群既聪明又正常、生活充实、拥有良好社区关系的基督教徒。他们对人生的重大问题有自己的答案，并且相信自己的信仰是有理性基础的。 John Dixon：本集探讨了在牛津和剑桥等大学，一些人如何从怀疑转变为对基督教信仰的坚定信念。通过使徒信经，我们了解了基督教信仰的核心：上帝是天地万物的创造者，耶稣的死与复活为人类提供了与上帝和好的途径，圣灵建立群体并赋予生命永恒。许多人发现，基督教对宇宙起源、理性、人类价值和美好生活等重大问题的解答，比当代学科的许多答案更强大、更吸引人。

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Sarah Irving-Stonebraker, a historian, initially thought Christians were anti-intellectual but later found her beliefs challenged at universities like Oxford and Cambridge.

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When Sarah first arrived at Cambridge on a scholarship, and then later took a job at Oxford, she thought Christians were anti-intellectual.

And perhaps that’s what we’ve come to expect. Smart people have no time - no headspace - for God. They know too much. They think too deeply for the ‘shallows’ of theology.

This episode, we’re talking with people who’ve witnessed the opposite. Universities like Oxford and Cambridge are melting pots, where people can find their beliefs - or unbelief - turned upside down, just like Sarah.

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Dr Sarah Irving-Stonebraker is senior lecturer in Modern European History at Western Sydney University. She was awarded a PhD in History from Cambridge University in 2007.

Vaughan Roberts is Rector of St Ebbe's Church in Oxford. He studied law at Cambridge University and theology at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford before entering ministry. Roberts is also Director of the Proclamation Trust, an organisation that encourages and equips Bible teachers. He is a popular conference speaker and author of several books.

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