The George Knight Lectures Offer Images of Christ for a Dark World
Dr. David Crutchley, Dean of the School of Religion at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, is the featured speaker at The George Knight Lectures, Oct 23, at Hardin-Simmons University's Logsdon School of Theology. An annual conference promoting Biblical scholarship in the Church, the theme for 2008 explores "Christological Lanterns: Images of Christ in a Dark World."
"The simple questions are often the most profound," says Dr. Crutchley, "The 'Who is Jesus' question cannot be ignored and never wanes in significance. From the precarious and fragile lot of Christians living out their fledgling faith - amidst catacombs and Colosseum - to the unpredictability and despair in our historical moment, the Christological lanterns in Philippians and Hebrews provide bright light and welcome spiritual ballast for life and mission."
The schedule for the series includes:
11:55 a.m. - "The Lord of the Harvest," Logsdon Chapel
12:30 p.m. - Lunch in the Johnson Building Multipurpose Room
3:00 p.m. - "Being Fully Human: A Spirituality Out of Africa," Logsdon Chapel Reception
Room
7:00 p.m. - "The Christ of the Cosmos," Logsdon Chapel Reception Room
Dr. Crutchley was born in Zimbabwe and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. He lived in Africa for two-thirds of his life, before moving to the United States. He began his education studying law, but after law school went to seminary school, "not with a calling, but with a curiosity."
He is beginning his fourth year on faculty at Carson-Newman, and has taught at several institutions including Cape Town Baptist Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently serving as the Chair of the Theological education Workshop of the Baptist World Alliance Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion Institute of Biblical Research. He is also the teaching pastor at Smithwood Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Dr. Crutchley received his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Law (BL) from the University of Rhodesia, Salisbury, Rhodesia. He received the Master of Divinity in Biblical languages and PhD in New Testament from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Additional studies include work at Boston College, London Institute of Contemporary Studies, and post-doctoral research at Oxford University.
He has published a number of articles in the areas of New Testament studies, spiritual formation, and missions. Dr. Crutchley has lectured in more than 10 countries and is the founder and former editor of The South African Baptist Journal of Theology.
The conference is named for former Hardin-Simmons University faculty member Dr. George W. Knight, who came to HSU in 1976 from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he had served as instructor of New Testament and Greek. He was subsequently appointed as the first Cook-Derrick Chair of Bible and Greek at HSU. He established HSU's archeology program and led more than 20 archeological expeditions to Israel and Greece. He holds degrees from Louisiana College, the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he received his Ph.D. in 1973. Dr. Knight retired from HSU in 2002.
For more information contact Carol Bratton at 670-1587, or cbratton@hsutx.edu.
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