ABOUT THE VERITAS FORUM
The purpose of the Veritas Forum is to promote a high quality and rigorous dialogue regarding truth, and to passionately explore the ultimate questions of life, origins, society, the human condition, and how they relate to the Truth found in Jesus Christ. The objective is that a thinking person, regardless of religious background, will feel welcomed, respected, and challenged to reflect more deeply on the great questions of life.The Veritas Forum began at Harvard University in 1992 as a program designed to engage the University community in the search for truth. It is especially aimed at secular university campuses where the concept of truth has been lost in an atmosphere of relativism and postmodernism. Since then, Forums have been held at over 75 university campuses around the country.
PAST FORUMS at UC SANTA BARBARA
The first Veritas Forum at UCSB was held in 1998 with a 5-day program, "Making Sense of It All," including lectures, a debate, workshops, performances, and coffee house discussions with total attendance exceeding 3000 involving students, faculty, and staff as well as the surrounding Santa Barbara community.
Since 1998, over fifteen subsequent Veritas Forums have been held at UCSB. Most of the events were videotaped and may be seen at www.veritas.org/media.
"Three Worldviews, One Reality" (2009)
"Is There Any Way to Reconcile Science and Faith?" (2009)
"Secular and Christian Perspectives on Science, Justice, and God" (2008)
"The Case for a Creator " (2007)
"The da Vinci Code" (2005)
"And Justice for All" (2005)
"Intelligent Design" (2005)
"Truth or Consequences" (2004)
"Sex, Love, and Relationships" (2003)
"From the Big Bang to Biology: Does the Latest Scientific Evidence Point to God?" (2003)
"Seeking Reconciliation in the New Millennium" (2002)
"Searching for Truth Through the Arts" (2001)
"Choices in Life" (2001)
"Our Journey: Origins & Destinations" (2000)
"In Search of the Historical Jesus" (1999)
"Challenges to Darwinism: Irreducible Complexity" (1999)
"Making Sense of It All," (1998)
Veritas Forum events have been supported by several campus Christian Groups, including Campus Crusade for Christ, Intervarsity, Faculty/Staff Christian Community, Graduate Christian Fellowship, denominational groups (Presbyterian, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran), New Creations Foundation, Access Research, as well as several local churches and individuals.