Campbell University’s Divinity School will host the Staley Distinguished Scholar Lecture series March 26-27, 2007. Dr. Elizabeth Newman, Professor of Theology and Ethics at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, will deliver a three lecture series regarding Christian hospitality, the subject of her new book Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming God and Other Strangers. The first lecture, “The Strange Hospitality of Christian Worship,” will be held Monday, March 26 at 7:00 pm in Taylor Hall. The second and third lectures, “Hospitality as a Vigilant Practice” and “Strange Hospitality to the Stranger,” will be held Tuesday, March 27 at 10:40 am and 1:45 pm. The series is open to students and alumni of the Divinity School as well as ministers and interested laypersons in the region. Newman received her Master of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and her Ph.D. from Duke University. She is the president of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Region-at-Large and is on the steering committee for Young Scholars in the Baptist Academy. She is the co-editor for Studies in Baptist History and Thought and has published many articles on theology and ethics. The Staley Distinguished Scholar Lecture Program was founded by Thomas F. Staley in 1967. The program is designed to provide scholarly evangelical speakers for religious emphasis programs at small Christian colleges. The Campbell Divinity School was founded in 1996 with the mission to provide “Christ-Centered, Bible-Based and Ministry-Focused” theological education. The School offers five disciplines of study — the Master of Divinity, the Master of Arts in Christian Education, the Master of Divinity/Master of Business Administration, the Master of Divinity/Master of Arts in Community Counseling and the Doctor of Ministry.Photo Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Newman, Professor at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, will present the Staley Lecture Series to the Campbell University Divinity School.
Newman to deliver Campbell Divinity’s Staley Lecture Series