Tonight at 5 pm, leading theologian and Bonhoeffer expert, John de Gruchy, will speak on “Led into Mystery: Seeking Answers in Life and Death.”

De Gruchy’s most recent book, Led into Mystery: Faith Seeking Answers in Life and Death, will also be the subject of his lecture. Led into Mystery is an unanticipated sequel to his book, Being Human: Confessions of a Christian Humanist. It was prompted by the untimely and tragic death of Read More

On Thursday, October 24, 2013, Rev. Ed King spoke at U.Va. to Professor Charles Marsh’s class, Kingdom of God in America. Ed King was chaplain at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Watch his lecture here: Read More

John W. de Gruchy, Emeritus Robert Selby Taylor Professor of Christian Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, will give a lecture entitled, “Led into Mystery: Seeking Answers in Life and Death” on Tuesday, November 19 at 5:00 p.m. in the lounge of St. Paul’s Memorial Church across from the Rotunda. Read More

If you can’t join us in person tonight, tune in live here. Or you can watch the lecture online at a later date at the same link.

If you can join us in person, we’ll see you at the Rotunda. The lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. Seating is limited, so arrive early for a seat in the Dome Room. Overflow seating will also be available in the Lower West Oval Room. Read More

Mark R. Gornik, member of the first Virginia Seminar and author of Word Made Global: Stories of African Christianity in New York City, is coauthor of a recent article in Christianity Today about the vibrant, multicultural Christianity of New York City. Gornik and Maria Liu Wong write, Read More

Next Friday, November 1 at 6:00 p.m., Diana Butler Bass will give a lecture entitled, “Leaving Church? Generation Next and the Future of Faith” in the Dome Room of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. Seating is limited, but the public is invited and admission is free. The lecture will also be streamed live at this link. This lecture is part of the Capps Lecture Series in Christian Theology sponsored by Theological Horizons and the Project on Lived Theology. Read More

Later this week, the Project on Lived Theology is hosting Rev. Ed King, chaplain at Tougaloo College during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Last month, Project assistant director Kelly Figueroa-Ray met Rev. King in Jackson, Mississippi, and talked with him about his memories of the Civil Rights Movement. Read her blog post about her conversation here. Read More

Last Thursday, October 10, nearly 50 people gathered to celebrate the interns from last summer’s Summer Internship in Lived Theology. Kate Farrell, Camille Loomis, and Reilly O’Hara, the 2013 summer interns, shared presentations on their experiences, and audience members asked questions at the end of the evening. Read More

Lately, we’ve been posting a lot about John Perkins and the new PLT book about his life and work, Mobilizing for the Common Good: The Lived Theology of John M. Perkins. If you missed it, you can catch up on the CCDA conference and book launch news, or read Pete Slade’s blogs about the CCDA launch and an additional book event at the Old Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi. Read More

On Thursday, October 10th at 3:30pm the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture welcomes Jonathan Rieder, author of Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation. Rieder will deliver a lecture titled: “The Prophet Unbound: From Diplomacy to ‘Telling the Man’ in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail.'” Find the event details and learn more about Rieder here. Read More