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Events
Spark your curiosity at one of these public events.
Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, all times and dates are subject to change.
Current and Upcoming Events
Recent Events
Hoffmann | Eiesland Lecture: The Resiliency of Job
Date / Time
Sunday, November 8, at 2:00pm EDT
Speakers
Karen Scheib, Carol Newsom
Event Details
In partnership with Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Candler School of Theology presents the Hoffmann | Eiesland Lecture. Dr. Carol Newsom and the Rev.Dr. Karen Scheib will present a joint lecture on The Resiliency of Job. Together, they will look at the various ways that Job, in the midst of his suffering, exhibits resiliency. Dr. Luther Smith, Professor Emeritus of Church and Community at Candler, will serve as moderator. To register, visit bit.ly/hewebinar2020 For questions, contact The Candler Foundry at candlerfoundry@emory.edu.
Story Companions Lecture
Date / Time
Wednesday, November 4, 7:00pm
Speaker
Karen Scheib
Event Details
Story companions share a substance that sustains our lives and souls: the stories we have been, the stories, we are, the stories we hope to become. Story companions pay particular attention to the story God is weaving through another’s life story inviting growth in grace. The lecture will provide an overview of story listening and the course will explore the practices of story companionship.
Kessler Conversation: Dr. Ronald Rittgers
Date / Time
Wednesday, November 4 at noon
Speaker
Ronald Rittgers
Event Details
The November Kessler Conversation will be with Professor Ronald Rittgers, the Erich Markel Chair in German Reformation Studies and Professor of History and Theology at Valparaiso University. Professor Rittgers’ research interests are in religious, intellectual, and social history of medieval and Early Modern/Reformation Europe, focusing especially on theology and devotion. He is the author of The Reformation of Suffering: Pastoral Theology and Lay Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany (Oxford University Press, 2012). The Kessler Conversation with Professor Rittgers, entitled “The Reformation of Suffering,” will be livestreamed at noon Eastern on Wednesday, November 4th.
Kessler Conversations: Dr. Erik Heinrichs
Date / Time
Wednesday, October 7 at noon
Speaker
Erik Heinrichs
Event Details
In October, the Kessler Conversation will be with Professor Erik Heinrichs, Associate Professor of History at Winona State University. Professor Heinrichs is a historian of medieval and early modern Europe, with research interest on medical and cultural responses to plagues, particularly in German-speaking lands. He is the author of Plague, Print, and the Reformation: The German Reform of Healing, 1473-1573 (Routledge, 2018). The Kessler Conversation with Professor Heinrichs, entitled “Plague in the Reformation Era,” will be livestreamed at noon Eastern on Wednesday, October 7th.
