Announcement:
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6:00 pm, University Auditorium:
“THE BIBLE AND AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE.”
This lecture will be given by Mark Noll, Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and leading scholar of American religious history. Noll is the author of numerous books including America’s God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln; The Civil War as a Theological Crisis; The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind; and most recently, God and Race in American Politics. In his lecture at the University of Florida Noll will address the “problem” of the political use of Scripture in American life. He will discuss the centrality of Scripture in America’s past and will attempt to show how the Bible has been used both against and in support of public power.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and all are warmly encouraged to attend! The president of the university is scheduled to give some words of welcome. The lecture is part of the ongoing lecture series at the University of Florida: “Faithful Narratives: The Challenge of Religion in History.” [http://web.history.ufl.edu/
The following evening, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 pm, Noll will be speaking at the Christian Study Center of Gainesville on the topic: “The American Role in the New Shape of World Christianity: Imperialists? Partners? Bystanders?” He will also hold an informal discussion at the Study Center on Wednesday, October 21, at 4:00 pm. “Coffee and Conversation with Mark Noll: Is the Evangelical Mind Still a Scandal?”
