Published on March 15, 2010 at 7 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Women in church history specialist Carolyn Blevins will present this year’s Marie NeSmith Fowler lecture at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tuesday, March 23, at 10 a.m. in Reid Chapel. The public is invited free of charge.

Blevins, retired religion professor at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., will speak on the topic, “Christianity’s Double Message.”

Also a specialist in Baptist history, Blevins is the author of numerous articles and publications on topics related to women in religion and Christian history. A graduate of Carson-Newman, she holds a master’s degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.

The lecture series, sponsored by Samford’s Christian Women’s Leadership Center, honors the late Mrs. Fowler. A Samford graduate and longtime Hartselle, Ala., resident, she was one of the first female pharmacists and pharmacy owners in Alabama.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.