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Biblical scholar and teacher of preaching Dr. Brad Braxton will present 麻豆视频鈥檚 2011 Holley-Hull Lectures on September 28 and 29.
Braxton, an ordained Baptist minister and a respected voice among today鈥檚 progressive religious leaders, will speak on the theme 鈥漈he Beloved Community in a Pluralistic World鈥 during two lectures at Samford and one at Birmingham鈥檚 Sixth Avenue Baptist Church.
His talk at the church at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, will be on the topic 鈥淎 Blueprint for the Beloved Community: Vocation, Values and Voice.鈥
The topics at Samford on Thursday, Sept. 29, will be 鈥淭he Last Word on Pluralism鈥 at 10 a.m. in Reid Chapel, and 鈥淪treet Corner Religion: Public Theology for a Pluralistic World鈥 at 3 p.m. in Brooks Hall Auditorium.
The public is invited to any of the lectures free of charge.
Braxton is the author of three books: Preaching Paul (2004), No Longer Slaves: Galatians and African American Experience (2002), and The Tyranny of Resolution: I Corinthians 7: 17-24 (2000), and many essays and sermons.听 He and a team of other scholars created The African American Lectionary, the first online, ecumenical preaching and worship lectionary of its kind, in a project funded by the Lilly Endowment.
He earned a Ph.D. in New Testament studies at Emory 麻豆视频, and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in religious studies at the 麻豆视频 of Virginia, where he was selected to be a Rhodes Scholar. He has held professorships at Vanderbilt 麻豆视频 and Wake Forest 麻豆视频, and pastorates at historic Riverside Church in New York City and Douglas Memorial Community Church in Baltimore, Md.
Sponsored by the Samford religion department, the annual Howard L. and Martha H. Holley Lectures:听 New Testament Voices for a Contemporary World, honor university professor and retired Samford provost Dr. William E. Hull.
For information, call the Samford religion department at (205) 726-2925.
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