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“To me, the Faith & Reason festival exemplifies what Patrick Henry 
College is all about: committed Christians pursuing the highest level of academic scholarship.”

~ Dr. Gene Edward Veith, Provost

Each fall and spring since 2005, the Patrick Henry College campus has united around a faith and reason lecture—a day-long shared experience that involves a presentation by a faculty member or guest, lunch with the speaker, small-group discussions, and an afternoon question-and-answer session with a faculty panel.  Prominent speakers explore the nexus between faith and reason, as it relates to various philosophies, vocations and disciplines.

Find information about previous faith and reason lectures.

FALL 2010 - FAITH & REASON LECTURE  ‌  September 17, 2010 

Lecture title: "Speculation vs. Factuality: An Analysis of Modern Unbelief and a Suggested Corrective"

   

Faculty Lecturer: Dr. John Warwick Montgomery

One of contemporary Christianity’s leading apologetics experts joined the PHC faculty in spring 2008. Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, author of more than fifty books in four languages on the issues of human rights and biblical apologetics, has been named a Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at PHC. Dr. Montgomery, who lives in France and England, spends each fall semester teaching the core course in apologetics at Patrick Henry and an upper level course entitled Philosophy of Law and Human Rights. According to Dr. Gene Edward Veith, Provost at PHC, “Dr. John Warwick Montgomery is one of the giants in Christian thought. He is one of the most influential voices in apologetics today; his spiritual children include Josh McDowell and many others.”

Dr. Montgomery is an ordained Lutheran minister and English and French barrister, and is admitted to practice as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of the United States. Besides his extensive literary corpus, Dr. Montgomery has won leading religious liberties cases before the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. In addition, Dr. Montgomery holds eleven earned degrees.