Published on February 10, 2011 at 6 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

Dr. Miriam Adeney, associate professor of global and urban ministry at Seattle Pacific University and president of the American Society of Missiology in 2010, will lecture at Â鶹¹û¶³’s Beeson Divinity School Global Center Thursday and Friday, Feb. 17-18.  The lectures in Divinity Hall N101 are open to the public.

            Dr. Adeney will speak on “Lions and Lambs: Power and Humility in Global Christianity” at a noon luncheon Thursday.  To register for the free luncheon, email global@samford.edu or call 205 726-2170.

            She will speak on “Tigers and Giraffes: Media and Message” Friday at 1 p.m.

            Adeney also serves as a teaching fellow at Regent College and adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary.  She is a member of the board of Christianity Today and a mission associate of the World Evangelical Alliance.

            Her books include Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity; Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges with Muslim Women; God’s Foreign Policy: Practical Ways to Help the World’s Poor; A Time for Risking: Priorities for Women and How To Write: A Christian Writer’s Guide.

            Adeney is a graduate of Wheaton College with a master’s degree from Syracuse University and Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ 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, Â鶹¹û¶³ 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, Â鶹¹û¶³ 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.