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

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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

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C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce

Led by NCSC’s Allan Poole
Wednesdays at 3:45 pm
Beginning September 16

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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.