Monday, October 22, 2007
- NTS
October 9-11, 2007, Nazarene Theological Seminary hosted Dr. Robert Jenson,
Professor Emeritus of Religion at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Jenson was invited by the NTS Faculty to bring the Grider-Winget Lectures, which were
established “to bring to the campus outstanding guest theologians.” NTS Lectures Committee Chair, Dr. Andy Johnson notes, “Robert Jenson is most certainly an outstanding theologian; in fact, he is arguably the most outstanding American theologian of the past 30 years, and a churchman as well.”
Dr. Jenson’s work in systematic theology is widely known for taking Scripture very seriously. However, over the past few years, he’s been involved in a variety of projects that have focused his attention on the nature and function of Scripture itself. So it was very appropriate that his lectures were on the subject of revisiting the inspiration of Scripture.
The Jenson lectures were originally funded by Mabel Frandsen Winget and named in honor of Dr. J. Kenneth Grider and Dr. Wilfred Winget.
In addition to the honor of hosting Dr. Jenson on campus, NTS was also pleased to announce that this most recent series of the Grider-Winget Lectures will be the first at NTS to be published; Baker Academic is partnering with NTS to publish the most recent, as well as forthcoming lectures in the series, as well as future series in the Earle Lectures. Once the published lectures are available, NTS will post purchase information on its website at www.nts.edu.
Most lecture events at NTS are free and open to the public, and offer CEU credit for attendance. To learn more, view a list of upcoming events, or contact the NTS Center for Lifelong Learning at 816.268.5413 or at vapennington@nts.edu.