Christ at the Core Fall Series

“Engaging the Past, Living in the Present, Mindful of the Future”

The Christ at  the Core Fall Series features co-curricular events throughout the fall semester that highlight key themes of the core curriculum. These multi-disciplinary events allow Wheaton College to discuss the enduring value and significance of using a Christ-centered approach to study the liberal arts.

In conjunction with the 2026-2027 Core Book - Alan Jacobs, Breaking Bread with the Dean: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind, the 2026 Fall Series will address themes related to engaging with people and writings of the past, how this is beneficial for living in today's complex world, and how it might help us imagine the future

Christians  Reading Classics  with Dr. Nadya Williams

September 23 at 7:00pm
Blanchard 339
Dr. Williams is the author of Christians Reading Classics: An Introduction to Greco-Roman Classics from Homer to Boethius; Cultural Christians in the Early Church: A Historical and Pracitcal Introduction to Christians in the Greco-Roman World; Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity, and forthcominng in February 2027 The Literate Sould: What Four Thousand Years of Reading Books Teaches us about God.
Free and open to the public

Silence Screening

September 29 at 6:30pm
Barrows Auditorium
A screening of Martin Scorsese’s film adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s Silence, a novel about Japan's hidden Christians during the time of the great persecution-and the priests who seek to serve God with them.
Free and open to the public

How to Read like C.S. Lewis: Lessons from the Lewis Library with Dr. James Beitler

October 2 at 1:00pm
Bakke Auditorium - Wade Center
The Wade Center is home to over 2,500 books form C.S. Lewis's personal library. This talk explores what Lewis's library reveals about how to read well and - in the spirit of Alan Jacobs's  Breaking Bread with the Dead, Wheaton College's 2026-27 - how to cultivate "a more tranquil mind."
Dr. Beitler is the Director of the Wade Center, Marion E. Wade Chair of Christian Thought, and Professor of English.
Free and open to the public

An Evening with Dr. Alan Jacobs

October 7 at 7:00pm
Barrows Auditorium
An evening of conversation with Dr. Alan Jacobs about a wide range of topics related to Breaking Bread with the Dead and more.  Dr. Jacobs  is Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the Honors Program of Baylor University.
Free and open to the public

Are  Evangelicals Bad for America? Exploring what critics get right, where they miss the mark, and why it matters

November 4 at7:00pm
Barrows Auditorium
This is part of Questioning Christianity - a public lecture series that creates space for honest conversations about faith, culture, and the questions manny people are asking today. Join author and Christianity Today deputy editor Bonnie Kristian as she explores why evangelical Christianity has become one of the most debated movements in America, what its critics get right, where misconceptions persist, and why these conversations matter for anyone curious about faith.  
Sponsored by the Litfin Divinity School 
Free and open to the public

First Year Seminar Faculty on Engaging the Past

November 17 at 7:00pm
Buyse Lecture Hall - Meyer 145
Free and open to the public