CPC3 Lecture - "Fully Alive: Why Christianity is the Fulfillment of Being Human" with Dr. Kaethler
This lecture was originally delivered on November 27, 2024 at Catholic Pacific College.
Description:
Without God everything is absurd; everything is self-contradictory. Without God there is no "you" reading this description! In this CPC3 public lecture Dr Andrew Kaethler will explore why and how God is the ground and possibility for the existence of human persons.
About Dr. Kaethler
Dr. Andrew Kaethler grew up in the Lower Mainland. He received a B.A. in Christianity and Culture from TWU as well as an M.A. in Religion, Culture, and Ethics. Following his MA, Andrew spent a year running (actually sanding, spraying, and brushing) his own painting company before his wife fortunately encouraged him to pursue teaching. Surprisingly, this led Andrew and his family to Eastern Europe, Lithuania to be precise. Here at LCC International University, Andrew taught philosophy, theology, and cross-listed English/theology courses for four years and during this time discovered his love and passion for teaching. After four years and two additional children he moved to St Andrews, Scotland, where he spent four years working on a Ph.D. in systematic theology at the University of St Andrews. Although he did not golf in Scotland, he did participate in the consumption of haggis, drank a few drams of whiskey, and danced at the odd Ceilidh. It was in Scotland, the land of the fiery reformer John Knox, that Andrew and his family were received into the Catholic Church, a ‘conversion’ process that began at TWU almost twenty years earlier.