Washington Adventist University’s 37th G. Arthur Keough Lectureship to Feature Author and Scholar Alec Ryrie
Takoma Park, MD (December 17, 2015) Author and scholar Alec Ryrie will be the keynote speaker for Washington Adventist University’s 37th G. Arthur Keough Lectureship, which will be held on February 19 and 20, 2016. The event is free and open to the public.
Alec Ryrie is author of Being Protestant in Reformation Britain; The Age of Reformation; The Sorcerer’s Tale; and the upcoming Protestants: A Revolution in Progress. He is Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University in northeast England, which is among the oldest universities in the United Kingdom. He is also Visiting Professor of the History of Religion at Gresham College in London.
The first part of the lectureship will be a presentation on “How Protestants Use the Bible – and How They Think They Use It” on Friday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. The second part of the lectureship will be “Why the Failure of the Religious Left Matters for Modern Christianity.” It will be presented on Saturday, February 20 at 3:30 p.m. Both lectures will be held in the Richards Hall Chapel, lower level of Building 10.
The Washington Adventist University campus is located adjacent to Sligo Seventh-Day Adventist Church in suburban Takoma Park, Md. near the intersection of Carroll and Flower Avenues. Parking is available in lots off Greenwood Avenue and across Flower Avenue. In addition, the campus is Metro accessible, with bus stops and a Capital Bikeshare station on campus.
For more information about the 37th Keough Lectureship, contact Professor Mikhail Kulakov, D.Phil., in the Department of Religion at 301-476-0108 or mkulakov@wau.edu. Information about Professor Alec Ryrie and some of his other lectures can be found at http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-alec-ryrie .
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Washington Adventist University is Montgomery County’s only four-year private college. Part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education, Washington Adventist University has been educating college students since 1904 on a 19-acre campus in suburban Takoma Park, close to the nation’s capital. A total of 1,100 students of all faiths participate in the university’s nine graduate and 31 undergraduate programs. The 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Washington Adventist University among the best regional colleges in the north.
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