Willie James Jennings has received the prestigious 2015 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race. In his book, Jennings explores Christianity’s contribution to segregation and racism in America beginning in colonial times. … Read More

The Project on Lived Theology is now accepting applications for the 2015 Summer Internship in Lived Theology. The Summer Internship in Lived Theology is an immersion program designed to compliment the numerous existing urban and rural service immersion programs flourishing … Read More

The 2015 Graduate Colloquium in Scripture, Interpretation, and Practice (SIP) welcomes submissions of original research from graduate students on the topic “Weaponizing Scripture?” This conference will explore cases, both historical and contemporary, in which scripture serves as a resource for/against … Read More

­­On Sunday, December 7, Charles Marsh will lead the Library Class at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville in a discussion of Strange Glory. The lecture will explore the many roles that formed Bonhoeffer’s identity in an attempt to answer … Read More

On Thursday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m., Willis Jenkins will speak on the ethics of food on the Common Grounds, located at 480 Rugby Road. Jesse Straight of Whiffletree Farm in Warrenton, Virginia, will join him and share about his … Read More

On November 5, 2014, Ashland University Professor and U.Va. alum Peter Slade delivered a lecture at U.Va. entitled, “Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Racial Reconciliation in Mississippi after the Civil Rights Movement.” The event included discussions on theological drama … Read More

“We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly …before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world. … Read More

Is belief in God a product of wishful thinking? Does religion promote violence? On what basis do some intelligent people argue that belief in God is rational and others that belief in God violates reason? What are the implications for … Read More

The final papers of the Project on Lived Theology’s 2014 summer interns are now available online. This year’s interns include Claire Constance and Peter Hartwig, two U.Va. undergraduate students who, with the guidance of a mentor, studied with the partnering institution of … Read More

On Sunday, November 23, Charles Marsh will conduct a theological biography session on Dietrich Bonhoeffer as part of the American Academy of Religion Conference. Held at the San Diego Convention Center, the lecture will begin at 1:00 pm and be … Read More