Trinity Lectures – The Tower

Soleimani killing not moral, Trinity professor claims

“This is less about whether or not it was justified, and more about whether or not it was morally right.”

Bob Fu of ChinaAid Speaks to YCT about Christianity, Communism

Tuesday, March 19, Trinity University’s Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) hosted Bob Fu. Fu is the founder and president of ChinaAid, a non-profit, Christian-based organization that advocates for human rights and religious freedom in China. ChinaAid gives financial and moral support to Christian Chinese families who have been persecuted by the Chinese government. His main […]

by Kathleen Arbogast

Religion, Noise, and Dr. Seuss

On Tuesday, March 26, Dr. Isaac Weiner gave a lecture “When Religion Becomes Noise” at Trinity University. Dr. Weiner has a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and currently serves as a faculty member in the department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University. Weiner’s lecture discussed religious pluralism […]

by Tim Hoeksema

Presidential Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Comes to Trinity

This year’s Flora Cameron lecture at Trinity University became commemorative with the unfortunate passing of Flora Cameron Crichton on March 2 of this year. Before her passing, Crichton was able to select Doris Kearns Goodwin as the speaker for the lecture. Goodwin is a presidential historian, political commentator and award-winning author/biographer. She spoke on her […]

by The Tower

CSG Lecturer Uses Mathematics and Philosophy to Create Proof of God’s Existence

On Mar. 4, Trinity University’s Catholic Student Group (CSG) hosted a speaker from the Thomistic Institute: Alexander R. Pruss, a professor of philosophy at Baylor University. This is their second speaker from the Thomistic Institute this semester. Pruss’s lecture focused on one of the many philosophical proofs for God’s existence: The First Cause. The First […]

by Tim Hoeksema

Ijeoma Oluo Discusses Contemporary Role of Race in MLK Lecture

Trinity University’s Martin Luther King Jr. week consisted of various on and off campus events. The main on-campus event took place in Laurie Auditorium on Jan. 24. It was a lecture given by none other than the “internet yeller” Ijeoma Oluo. The venue had a great turnout and there was tremendous interest beyond the student […]