Theologian-in-Residence: bringing religious scholars to Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas

Contact: Dr. George Wiley, Prof. of Religion, Baker University, 785-594-8476, gwiley@bakeru.edu

Theologian-in-Residence is sponsored in part by the Philosophy and Religion Department, Baker University

April 11-14, 2008. The 2008 Lecturer is Dr. Bart Ehrman, a noted historian of the New Testament and a professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor in the Department of Religious Studies..

For Dr. Ehrman’s schedule and general information about Theologian in Residence, see the website of Ecumenical Christian Ministries at the University of Kansas, http://groups.ku.edu/~ecmku/ (click on the Theologian-in-Residence link) (2008 information not yet available).

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Previous Theologians-in-Residence:

The 2007 lecturer was Dr. Derek Davis, Dean of the College of Humanities, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX. Information about Derek Davis

The 2006 lecturer was Wendy Doniger, Director of the Martin Marty Center and Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School, The University of Chicago; also in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, the Committees on the Ancient Mediterranean World and Social Thought, and the College. Information about Wendy Doniger

The 2005 lecturer was Yvonne Haddad, Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations,
Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Information about Yvonne Haddad

The 2004 lecturer was John Dominic Crossan, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies,
DePaul University, Chicago. Information about John Dominic Crossan

The 2003 lecturer was Amy-Jill Levine, Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies and Director, Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality, Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Dr. Levine's Home Page

The 2002 lecturer was Jonathan Z. Smith, Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities; also in the Committees on the Ancient Mediterranean World and on the History of Culture, and the College; Associate Faculty in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. Dr. Smith’s Faculty Profile

The 2001 lecturer was Marcus J. Borg, Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, at Oregon State University. Dr. Borg’s Faculty Profile