Charles Marsh At Covenant College
In observance of Martin Luther King Day, Covenant College is pleased to
present Dr. Charles Marsh, Professor of Religion at the University of
Virginia.
He is author of God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and the Civil Rights Movement, which looks at the religious impetus for the Civil Rights Movement, as well as a personal memoir of growing up white, conservative, and Christian in the 1960s South called Last Days.
He has authored most recently The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice, From the Civil Rights Movement to Today. He is also director of the Lived Theology Project, which has been described as a theology "think tank" that hosts conferences and publish volumes that explore the intersection between Christian theology and everyday human experience. Marsh will be speaking Monday evening and Tuesday morning.
Monday 17 January - 7:30pm (Sanderson Hall 215)
"The Beloved Community: American Search, Christian Hope"
Tuesday 18 January 18 - 11:00am (Dora Maclellan Brown Memorial Chapel)
"Dr. King's Kitchen and the Call to Public Discipleship"
Members of the community are cordially invited to attend either or both.
other links:
His Basic Books webpage, where you can signup for notification on new works.
Bio and Review of "God's Long Summer" for which he received a Grawemeyer Award.
A Mars Hill Audio Essay on the theological depths of the Civil Rights movement.
Review by Dr. Marsh critiquing Hauerwas' "With the Grain of the Universe: The Church's Witness and Natural Theology" from The American Prospect.
A review of Dr. Marsh's book "The Beloved Community" from the Christian Science Monitor
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