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The Other Handmaid’s Tale
Merry Christmas, Regent Community! Unto us a child is born. Below, Dr. Amanda Russell-Jones shares a Christmas meditation. Take a few minutes to re-encounter the powerful (and contemporary) message of the song Mary sang shortly after learning she would be the mother of Jesus. Amanda, a Lecturer at Regent College, works on receptio...
Ross Hastings Tackles Your Big Questions about the Atonement
Last month, Ross Hastings, Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, released Total Atonement: Trinitarian Participation in the Reconciliation of Humanity and Creation (Rowman and Littlefied 2019). The book directly addresses some of the most urgent questions for contemporary Christians who want to arrive at a healthy, biblica...
Remembering Larry Hurtado
Regent College is deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. Larry Hurtado, who passed away on November 25, 2019. Larry Hurtado, a leading New Testament scholar, began his academic career teaching at Regent from 1975 to 1978. He went on to serve in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba, where he served as founder and Di...
Richard Thompson on Regent's 2019 Christmas Appeal
Director of Advancement Richard Thompson explains how God’s provision and donors’ generosity make Regent stories possible. To make a year-end gift in support of Regent's mission, donate online, or explore other donation options on our giving page. Throughout this academic year, Regent is celebrating its 50th anniversary by sharing a new al...
Initiative Gathers Students, Staff, and Faculty around the Same Dinner Table
If you’ve been around Regent lately (or around our social media feeds) you have likely heard the words “Gathering Table." It's a collaborative initiative of the Dean of Students Office and the RCSA Council this year, and it's all about getting students, staff, and faculty around a table, enjoying themselves. Two of the organizers were kind enoug...
Announcing the Bruce Waltke Biblical Studies Scholarship
Thanks to the generous gift of two of the College’s long-time friends, Regent College is very pleased to announce the creation of the Bruce Waltke Biblical Studies Scholarship. The married couple, who were both greatly impacted by their Regent studies and by Bruce’s infectious love of God and the Scriptures, had wanted to see Dr. Walt...
Advent in the Alumni Office
Regent is embracing a year of storytelling as the community prepares for the College’s 50th Anniversary. In this season, Alumni and Church Involvement Officer Christina Lui reflects on the diversity of Regent stories, and the one story that unites them all. One of the perks of my job is that I hear a lot of stories. I’ve been delighting i...
President Jeff Greenman Gives Thanks for Regent's Donors
Happy American Thanksgiving to the Regent community! This year, Regent has been deeply blessed by the generosity of our donors. Below is Jeff Greenman’s thank you letter to all friends of Regent, originally published in Regent’s 2018/2019 Annual Report. The full annual report is available here. Dear Friends, You...
Regent’s Student Association Invites Students to Explore UBC Together
Regent College Student Association (RCSA) is on a mission this year to get Regent students out exploring the wide world of UBC together with a new initiative, UBC for Free. So far they’ve deliciously browsed a University farmers’ market, taken a professor-as-interpreter to the Museum of Pacific Earth, and discovered a cavernous base...
Interview with Dr. Grace Hui Liang
This April, we were thrilled to announce the hiring of Regent’s newest full-time faculty member, Grace Hui Liang, as the Director of the Chinese Studies Program (CSP) and Associate Professor of Chinese Christian Studies. Since then she has hit the ground running as the leader of one of Regent’s most dynamic programs. Dr. Liang’s appointme...
Steven Garber Moving Back to Washington D.C.
Dr. Steven Garber, Regent’s Professor of Marketplace Theology and Director of the MA in Leadership, Theology, and Society, will be stepping down from his role after the end of the 2019/2020 school year. He and his wife, Meg, will move back to their home of 30 years in Washington D.C. In his role as the Director of the ...
Regent College Receives $3.5 Million for Endowed Chair in Marketplace Theology and Leadership
Regent College is very pleased to announce the creation of the R. Paul Stevens Chair in Marketplace Theology and Leadership. The Chair’s $3.5 million endowment, the gift of Dr. Margaret Wai Kay Wong of Hong Kong, is the largest gift in Regent’s history. Dr. Jeff Greenman, President of Regent College, expressed the College’s gratit...
Speakers Announced for 50th Anniversary Reunion
In September 1970, a long-cherished dream became a reality. Encouraged by their successful foray into summer school the previous year, Regent's board, founding faculty, and four intrepid students took a leap of faith and launched the College's first fall term. That’s why next summer, June 27, 2020, is time to celebrate! Our 50th A...
Iwan Russell-Jones Reflects on Arts at Regent and His Upcoming Move
Last month, we released the news that Dr. Iwan Russell-Jones, the Eugene and Jan Peterson Chair in Theology and the Arts, along with his wife, Dr. Amanda Russell-Jones, will be moving back to Wales after the 2019/20 academic year. Read the full news item here. If you’ve spent time at the College this past decade, you know that the R...
2020 Heart, Soul & Mind Entrance Scholarships at Regent College
We are thrilled to announce the renewal of our Heart, Soul & Mind Entrance Scholarships for the 2020/21 school year.These $5K, $10K, and $15K scholarships, introduced last year, are available to students who will begin their graduate studies at Regent in the Fall 2020 or Winter 2021 Term. Successful applicants will exemplify the values at th...
An Interview with Dr. Margaret Wong
Dr. Margaret Wai Kay Wong provided the $3.5 million endowment to establish Regent's new R. Paul Stevens Chair in Marketplace Theology and Leadership. You can learn more about the establishment of the new Chair here. We spoke with Dr. Wong to discuss her vision for marketplace ministry and the reasons for this generous gift. What inspir...
Possible Transit Strike
The following information is to help you in light of the ongoing bus strike. The union representing bus and SeaBus operators in Metro Vancouver has given notice of a complete transit shutdown from November 27–29. Regardless of strike action, Regent College will remain open as usual. Classes will continue and faculty and staff ...
Regent Student Wins Roth Prize
Regent College offers a warm congratulations to fourth year MA Theological Studies student Dan Glover, who has been awarded this year’s Roth Prize from the Mercersburg Society. What is the Roth Prize? Who is Dan Glover? And how do you win the 2020 prize? Read our brief interview with Dan to find out. What is the Roth Prize? The Roth Prize is an...
Regent College Appoints Jens Zimmermann to J.I. Packer Chair
The wait is over for those eagerly anticipating the announcement regarding Regent College’s J.I. Packer Chair of Theology. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Jens Zimmermann will be taking up this key position in the Fall Term 2020. Born and raised in Germany, Zimmermann joins Regent from Trinity Western University, where he serve...
Free Download of ReFrame Series Now Available
Regent College is pleased to announce that the ReFrame video series is now available to download free of charge. Providing the whole gospel to the whole world is what ReFrame has always been about. The video course was birthed in 2014 after years of dreaming, planning, piloting, and production. Since then, ReFrame has added subtitles in 6...
Iwan Russell-Jones to Step Down from Eugene and Jan Peterson Chair of Theology and the Arts
After nearly a decade at Regent, Dr. Iwan Russell-Jones, Eugene and Jan Peterson Associate Professor of Theology and the Arts, has announced that he will be stepping down at the end of the 2019/20 academic year. He and his wife, historian and frequent Regent lecturer Dr. Amanda Russell-Jones, will be returning to their home in Wales i...
Stories from the Lausanne Global Workplace Forum
It turns out that professors aren’t the only ones who get opportunities to roam the globe, taking part in international theological movements. Gustavo Santos (MATS ’17), the Program Administrator for our Master of Arts in Leadership, Theology, and Society, just got back from Manila, where he participated from June 25–29 as an invited ...
Remembering Dal Schindell
It is with enormous sadness that we announce the death of Dal Schindell on the evening of August 6. Dal was Regent’s Director of Publications for thirty-two years, as well the Director of the Lookout Gallery (re-named the Dal Schindell Gallery in April 2019), a faculty member in Christianity and the Arts, a thesis and IPIAT superviso...
Regent Hires Assistant Professor in Old Testament
The Regent community is excited to welcome Dr. Matthew Lynch as the newest member of the Regent College faculty. Matthew, who will be teaching his first Regent classes in Fall 2020, has developed an international reputation as a premier up-and-coming Old Testament teacher and writer. Both at the scholarly and popular level his w...
Matching Gift Opportunity for New Donors
As Regent anticipates and prepares for its fiftieth anniversary celebration next summer, the College’s Advancement team is very excited to announce a matching gift opportunity for new donors. One of our graduates has generously pledged to match every gift to the Fifty Forward Fund made by a first-time Regent donor, up to a total of ...
Iwan Russell-Jones Lends a Hand with New European Evangelical Movements
This likely doesn’t come as a surprise, but when Iwan Russell-Jones, our Eugene and Jan Peterson Associate Professor of the Arts, is not at Regent, he continues to energetically pursue his vocation. This summer, Iwan spoke and led at two separate burgeoning evangelical movements in Europe. The first was the international mentorship ...
Celebrating 50 Years of Service to Regent College
Regent College's Board of Governors recently hosted a special luncheon to honour all former Board members, Senate members, and foundation Trustees—all 50 years of them. For five decades God has demonstrated his faithfulness to the College through the wise governance of the Board, Senate, and Trustees. As Regent’s 50th anniversary draw...
Announcing the Paul Stevens Marketplace Theology Scholarship for MDiv Students
Regent College is thrilled to announce new funding for Master of Divinity students with an interest in marketplace theology—the Paul Stevens Marketplace Theology Scholarship! The scholarship has been established thanks to a generous gift from one of Regent’s alumni. The gift was extended in gratitude for the transformative impact ...
Bruce Hindmarsh Wins 2019 Word Award
We are pleased to share that Bruce Hindmarsh’s recent book, The Spirit of Early Evangelicalism, has been awarded a 2019 Word Award for best academic book of the year. The annual Word Awards honour Canadian writing exploring the Judeo-Christian faith. Dr. Hindmarsh, James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology and Professor of the History of...
Introducing the Fifty Forward Fund
As Regent anticipates its fiftieth anniversary, the College’s Advancement team is excited to announce a new initiative highlighting the importance of alumni generosity: the Fifty Forward Fund. As a non-profit, Regent has to meet most of its operating expenses with either tuition or donation revenue. As more of our budget is covered by...
Regent Alumni Start New Trinitarian Ontologies Conference at Cambridge
Cambridge’s upcoming New Trinitarian Ontologies conference is culturally urgent, well-visioned, and bursting at the seams with some of the world’s leading theologians. And we are proud to say that a group Regent alumni are behind it! Alex Abecina (MATS ’12), Jonathan Lyonhart (MATS ’18), and Austin Stevenson (MATS ’16; THM ’17) are three of the ...
Remembering Jan Peterson
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Jan Peterson, a faculty spouse and beloved member of the Regent Community from 1993–1998. She blessed countless students, spouses, staff, and faculty, along with their families, with her kindness, integrity, hospitality, and humour. She passed away on May 10, 2019, in Kalispell,...
Regent IPIAT Nominated for Best Documentary at the International Christian Film and Music Festival
One year into her MATS at Regent College, Jessica Van der Wyngaard teamed up with Joshua Harris, author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, for a documentary project. The idea was this: They would film a documentary chronicling Joshua Harris’s long wrestling match with the legacy left by the bestselling book he wrote when he was 19 years old. This would...
Spring Appeal Update: Thank you!
Regent’s 2018-19 fiscal year ended on April 30. On April 29, the College announced that it needed an additional $15,000 to meet its year-end fundraising goal. And, in an incredible outpouring of support, Regent's donor community gave $15,000 within 24 hours.Every year, Regent relies on God to provide about 30% of its budget through the ge...
De-Mythologizing the Science-Religion Conflict: An Interview with Peter Harrison
In this short interview, Dr. Peter Harrison goes back to the nineteenth century to find the origin of the myth that science and theology are fundamentally at conflict. Peter Harrison will be visiting Regent College from May 13–17 to teach the course “Religion and the Rise of Science.” Professor Harrison is Director of the Institute...
Regent Hires New Director of Chinese Studies Program
We are thrilled to announce that we have hired Dr. Grace Hui Liang as the Director of the Chinese Studies Program and Associate Professor of Chinese Christian Studies. Over the last two decades, Dr. Liang has emerged as a leading voice in Chinese biblical scholarship and theology. Her main areas of research include Old Testament wisdom literatur...
The Lookout Gallery Gets a New Name
Regent College’s on-campus art gallery (formerly the Lookout Gallery) has been renamed in honour of its creator and former Director, Dal Schindell. The unveiling of the new name took place at a special ceremony in the gallery on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The unveiling ceremony was a surprise to Dal. Led to Regent on a ruse, he was greeted b...
An Interview with Sarah Coakley: Evolutionary Biology, Apologetics, and the Training of Theologians
In this interview, theologian Sarah Coakley gives her take on the relationship between Christian faith and evolutionary biology. She also shares the story of her first encounter with biological sciences, and suggests approaches to better equip pastors and theologians to tackle today’s pressing issues of theology and science. Th...
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Launching Regent Exchange: Churches for the Common Good
Many Christians struggle to understand how their individual circumstances relate to God’s redemptive mission in the world. From its very beginning, Regent College has been committed to helping lay believers see that all facets of their lives––their work, their home, their relationships––are critical to that mission. Regent Exchange: Churches ...
Phil Long's Tips for Preaching the First Testament
Professor of Old Testament Phil Long has spent his career studying and teaching the Old Testament (or, as he prefers to call it, the "First" or "Larger" Testament). In a recent interview, we asked Phil for his advice on preaching the Hebrew Scriptures. He responded with a list of seven tips—and some encouragement for preachers who find the F...
Malcolm Guite Recommends 5 Books of Poetry from Last 5 Decades
There are not one but two incredible opportunities to learn from poet, priest, and scholar Malcolm Guite this summer at Regent: In April, he will be our Laing Lecturer, delivering a series entitled Imagining the Kingdom. And from July 29–Aug 2, he will be back to teach a one-week course entitled Arrows of Desire: A Theology of Love and Longin...
6 Ways to Know if Your Home Has Technology in Its Proper Place
It's an excellent time to be pondering faith and technology: In December, Craig Gay published Modern Technology and the Human Future. And this summer, Andy Crouch will be teaching "Rebuilding the Household: Family and Church in the Technological Age" (which will assign Craig Gay's book for one of the readings!) In anticipation of his course, ...
Remembering Dr. Michael Green
Regent College mourns the loss of Dr. Michael Green, Professor of Evangelism at Regent from 1987 to 1992 and a dear friend and mentor to many in the Regent community. Michael died in hospital on February 6, 2019 at the age of 88. He is survived by his wife, Rosemary, their four children, and many grandchildren. Educated at Exeter Co...
Malcolm Guite to Deliver 2019 Laing Lectures, April 9–11
Last year, Regent College was honoured that Dr. Lamin Sanneh—a Gambian scholar and leading thinker in World Christianity—had agreed to come to Regent as our 2019 Laing Lecturer. Sadly, Dr. Sanneh passed away on January 6, 2019 at the age of 76, survived by his wife, son, and daughter. Christianity Today published a collection of refle...
Regent Professors Win Three Christianity Today Book Awards
Every year, Christianity Today Book Awards honour “outstanding books of special interest to the Christian community.” The awards are broad in focus, recognizing excellence in both popular and scholarly works and everything in between. They have become some of the most esteemed honours in the diverse world of Christian publishing. ...
Craig Gay on Technology: How Do We Tell the Good from the Bad?
We all have questions about technology. And we know the answers are complex: Should we embrace new digital technologies in spite of growing evidence that overuse can be deeply unhealthy? Or should we reject these technologies in spite of their obvious and immense benefits? Craig Gay’s new book, Modern Technology and the Human Futu...
President Jeff Greenman Returns from Medical Leave
We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Jeff Greenman will return to his duties as President of Regent College on January 14, 2019. In the Fall 2018 term Dr. Greenman went on medical leave in order to undergo heart surgery. We are happy to report that he has recovered well and is eager to step back into his role as President. Jeff will be on ca...
Dr. Phil Long Retiring from Regent College
Dr. Phil Long, Professor of Old Testament, will be retiring from Regent College in summer 2019. Phil joined Regent College’s faculty in 2000, having previously taught at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri and at the Freie Theologische Akademie in Germany. Over the last two decades he has blessed both colleagues and stud...