The Edmunds Lecture Series

The next Edmunds' Lecturer will be Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor, March 22-23, 2009.

Check back fo rmore information and visit Dr. Brown's website at www.barbarabrowntaylor.com.

The 2008 lectures welcomed Dr. L. Gregory Jones, Dean of the Divinity School , Professor of Theology, Duke University. The focus of his presentations were on forgiveness. Listen in RealPlayer:

“Practicing Forgiveness”

“Reconciliation and the Challenges of Loving Enemies”

“Life in the Spirit”

Prior to his arrival at Duke, Jones was chair of the theology department at Loyola College in Maryland. An ordained United Methodist minister, Jones is a graduate of the University of Denver (B.A., M.P.A.) and the Divinity School of Duke University (M.Div., Ph.D.).

Jones, a Christian ethicist, is the author of several books, including the acclaimed Embodying Forgiveness, The Scope of Our Art, co-edited with Stephanie Paulsell, and Resurrecting Excellence, coedited with Kevin Armstrong. Jones writes a regular column, "Faith Matters," for The Christian Century, and he is co-editor of the scholarly journal Modern Theology. Jones was a contributing author to Practicing Theology. With his wife the Reverend Susan Pendleton Jones, Director of Special Programs at Duke Divinity School, Jones parents three children: Nathan, Benjamin, and Sarah.

Biography from: http://www.practicingourfaith.org/who_authors.html