Published on March 23, 2015 at 7 p.m. by Philip Poole  
George Marsden

Noted historian and author George Marsden will deliver Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s annual Andrew Gerow Hodges Lecture in Ethics and Leadership April 1. 

Marsden, who is professor emeritus of history at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Notre Dame, will speak at 4:30 p.m. in Brock Recital Hall.  His lecture is titled “Beyond Liberalism and the Culture Wars: A More Inclusive Pluralism” and is open to public.  

Marsden also will meet with students are to discuss the  late theologian C.S. Lewis’ work at a “Mere Christianity Coffee Hour” April 2 at 1 p.m. in Reid Commons.  

Marsden’s studies focus on the interaction between Evangelical Christianity and American culture.  His 2003 nonfiction work, Jonathan Edwards: A Life, was awarded the Bancroft Prize and the Merle Curti Award.  Marsden is a graduate of Haverford College, Westminster Theological Seminary and Yale Â鶹ÊÓƵ, where he received his doctorate. 

The Hodges Lecture is sponsored by Samford’s Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership.

 
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.