Project director Charles Marsh began his book tour for Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer on April 28, at City Seminary in New York City and continued the following two weeks in stops at southern independent book stores and congregations.  After … Read More

Virginia Seminar Project: Singing Church Peter Slade currently researches justice, reconciliation and the practices of congregational singing: the ways that singing shapes–and is shaped by–the lived ecclesiologies of different congregations and communities. To read his blog, “Singing Church,” click here. Pete teaches courses in … Read More

Virginia Seminar member Shannon Gayk, associate professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, has been appointed as a fellow at the National Humanities Center for 2014-2015. As one of 41 fellows from 16 states, Canada, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, … Read More

Central to Jennifer McBride’s teaching and research is the interaction of scholars and practitioners, a methodology that will continue to be implemented in her Virginia Seminar project: Reducing Distance: Radical Discipleship through an Open Door. This project was inspired by her time … Read More

Project director Charles Marsh will read from his new book, Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer at The Haven at First and Market on Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 p.m. Books will be available for purchase, and a signing will follow. Light refreshments will be provided by A Pimento. Read More

Now through September 7th, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond is hosting the exhibition Signs of Protest: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era. The photography gallery features images which highlight protest signs from the Civil Rights era. The … Read More

Tal Howard, professor of history at Gordon College, spoke on Tuesday, January 28 on the topic, “Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University.” Professor Howard is director of the Center for Faith and Inquiry at Gordon College. He is … Read More

David Bentley Hart, author of The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss, will speak on his book on Tuesday, March 25 at the Bonhoeffer House. The lecture will be at 3:30 p.m., and all are invited. Read More

Project alumna and consultant for the Virginia Seminar class of 2014, Susan R. Holman is senior writer at the Harvard Global Health Institute. She received her BS and MS degrees in nutrition, completing her dietetic internship at the Frances Stern Nutrition Center and Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. She pursued further graduate work in religious studies, obtaining an MTS from Harvard Divinity School and a PhD from Brown University. She writes and speaks as an international scholar on faith-based responses to poverty, with a focus on health issues. Read More

Last November, Diana Butler Bass gave the 2013 Capps Lecture in Christian Theology and led an informal afternoon workshop at the University of Virginia.

Dr. Bass is a scholar of American religion and culture, and her lecture considered the rapidly changing religious and political landscape of the United States and its implications for the future of the church. You can watch her video and listen to her afternoon workshop at this link. Read More