Noted historian and author George Marsden will deliver Â鶹¹û¶³’s annual Andrew Gerow Hodges Lecture in Ethics and Leadership April 1.
Marsden, who is professor emeritus of history at the University 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 University, where he received his doctorate.
The Hodges Lecture is sponsored by Â鶹¹û¶³’s Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership.