The 2013 DuBose Lectures will feature Ellen F. Davis, the Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. Her lectures will be at 9 a.m., and 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31, in Guerry Auditorium. These are free and open to the public.
The annual DuBose Lectures and alumni/ae gathering were endowed by an initial gift from the Rev. Jack C. Graves and substantially increased by a gift from Margaret (Peggy) A. Chisholm of Laurel, Miss., and New York City. The lectures memorialize William Porcher DuBose, second dean of the School of Theology, and focus on a topic of wide appeal in the church. This year’s topic is “Biblical Prophecy and Perspectives for Contemporary Ministry.”
Davis’ lectures will highlight prophetic voices in both Testaments that provide theological perspectives essential for faithful Christian living and the work of ministry. The 9 a.m. lecture, “Destroyers of the Earth: Economic Critiques of Empire,” will focus on critiques of two ancient commercial empires, Tyre (Ezekiel) and Rome (Revelation), critiques that still address an incisive word to today’s culture.
The 2:30 p.m. lecture, “Out of Chaos, Against Complacency: Prophetic Arts of Peacemaking,” will focus on the poetry of Jeremiah alongside the work of contemporary artists (visual and verbal) and explore how artists may exercise a unique service to the faith community by shaking them out of complacency, framing images of realistic hope and sowing the seeds of peace even in the midst of war and other kinds of social chaos.
Davis, the author of eight books and many articles, focuses her research on how biblical interpretation bears on the life of faith communities and their response to urgent public issues, particularly the environmental crisis and interfaith relations. Her most recent book, “Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible” (Cambridge University Press, 2009), integrates biblical studies with a critique of industrial agriculture and food production.
In conjunction with the DuBose lectures, the School of Theology Programs Center is sponsoring a three-day event that will gather church leaders, practitioners of sustainable agriculture and people involved with food justice issues.
The full schedule of events for the week is available at <www.theology.sewanee.edu>.
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