Students

Being a Christian In….

This is a series of subject-specific leaflets written by Christian students in collaboration with Christian academics in their fields.

Being a Christian in Biochemistry (pdf, 676 KB), text only version (pdf, 183 KB)
Being a Christian in Biology i) Whole Organism Biology (pdf, 676 KB), text only version (pdf, 176 KB)
Being a Christian in Biology ii) Molecular and Cell Biology (pdf, 694 KB), text only version (pdf, 176 HB)
Being a Christian in Chemistry (pdf, 694 KB) text only version (pdf, 197KB)
Being a Christian in Engineering (pdf, 676 KB), text only version (pdf, 191 KB)
Being a Christian in Earth Science (pdf, 732 KB), text only version (pdf, 206 KB)
Being a Christian in Research (pdf, 676 KB), text only version (pdf, 176 KB)
Being a Christian in Physics (pdf, 690 KB), text only version (pdf, 190 KB)
Being a Christian in Maths (pdf, 615 KB)

Essays

2011 CiS student essay competition winner
Faith and Science – Mary Wood
2011 CiS student essay competition runner-up
The Neurological Basis For Belief – Esther Ng

Conferences

CiS runs an annual student conference. For details of up-coming and past conferences click here. Recordings of talks from our 2014 student conference are now available here.

Multimedia

Audio files from previous CiS Student Conferences (as wel as the main conferences) can be found here, This includes talks on a variety of topics, such as how we approach our studies as Christians.

Other Articles

Don’t keep your studies and your ‘church life’ in two different boxes by Emily Sturgess. Written for the UCCF Science Leadership Development Network blog.
Making your mind up about the HOW of creation by Ruth Bancewicz. Text only version here. CiS often gets asked about, so we wrote this article to help Christian students to start thinking about how their faith relates to questions of origins.
Help I’m a science student! Some advice for people thinking about studying, or starting science courses.

Links

The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion An interdisciplinary department at Cambridge University looking at the interaction of science and religion. Check out the Multimedia section and Faraday Courses. The student discounts on the Faraday courses are substantial – definitely good to go to as a student if you can!
Science and Belief A great blog from CiS Trustee and Faraday Institute Research Associate Ruth Bancewicz.
Test of FAITH Great set of resources from the Faraday Institute, lots of video clips and articles on the website.
Scibel UK-based charity promoting understanding of the harmony between mainstream Christian faith and modern science
The Christian Medical Fellowship. Lots of resources for thinking about bioethics
UCCF, the Christian Unions
UCCF’s Science Leadership Development Network
bethinking.org A selection of science – faith articles on UCCF’s apologetics website. Lots of difference viewpoints represented.
IFES, the worldwide Christian Unions
Friends International, for International students

Links for postgrads:

Christian postgrad, a UK based ministry specifically for postgrads.
Annual Residential Conference for Christian Postgrad students, run in Derbyshire each year. Recordings of previous year’s lectures are available to download from the website.
Faith & Scholarship: A General Bibliography for Christian Academics from Graduate & Faculty Ministries by InterVarsity, the US equivalent of UCCF.
Graduate Impact. Check out transitions articles for the transition to work
Ministering to Postgraduate students in the UK