Seminars & Reading Groups
Seminars at the Study Center offer opportunities for weekly thought-provoking, small group discussion about topics relevant to faith, life in the university, and beyond. All are led by NCSC staff, sometimes in partnership with campus ministries, visiting teachers, and/or UNC faculty members.
Fall 2026
Ecclesiastes Bible Study
“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” - Ecc. 1:2
Join us this fall as we gather to consider the words of the preacher—if all is vanity, where do we find meaning? How are we to live faithful lives of hope before God? Men’s and women’s groups are available on Mondays or Thursdays.
Led by NCSC Staff
Mondays and Thursdays at 2:30 pm
Beginning the week of August 31
The Aeneid
In this five-week seminar, we will read Virgil's Aeneid through a Christian lens, exploring how one of the greatest epics both anticipates and challenges the vision of the Gospel. We will examine themes of providence, virtue, sacrifice, and the human search for home, considering how the poem’s enduring questions are illuminated by the Christian faith.
Led by Patterson Tanner (NCSC)
Mondays at 3:30 pm
Beginning September 14
C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce
Led by NCSC’s Allan Poole
Wednesdays at 3:45 pm
Beginning September 16
The Theology of Medicine
Join us for a six-session reading group on the theology of health and medicine. We’ll explore how Christian practitioners have understood their vocation to medicine throughout history, and what resources Scripture and the Christian tradition offer those called to medicine today.
Led by Rev. Dr. Andrew Borror
Thursdays at 3:45
This seminar will last six weeks, beginning September 17
Spring 2026
Fall 2025
Spring 2025
Fall 2024
Spring 2024
Fall 2023
Spring 2023
Spring and Fall 2022
Spring and Fall 2021
Fall 2020
Summer 2020
Spring 2020
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
Summer 2018
Spring 2017
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