CHICAGO, IL (July 19, 2007) \u2013 Martin Marty will be the first speaker for North Park University\u2019s campus theme program, which will focus this year on the question, \u201cWhat is a life of faith?\u201d
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\nEach year, a new question is selected and is addressed on campus throughout that academic year in a variety of settings. Past themes have included: “What is a life of significance?” \u201cWho is God?” and \u201cWhat is Truth?\u201d Past presenters have included theologian Miroslav Volf and writer Kathleen Norris.<\/p>\n
Marty will speak on \u201cChristians in a World of Too Many Others: Pluralism as Challenge & Opportunity,\u201d at 7:30 p.m. September 12 in Anderson Chapel. He has contributed extensively to The Christian Century<\/em> and Context<\/em>, in which he writes about the meeting of religion and culture. He also is the author of many books, including The One and the Many: America’s Search for the Common Good and Places Along the Way<\/em>. Marty is the emeritus professor of the history of modern Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School and an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.<\/p>\n Carmen Acevedo Butcher will speak on \u201cLife Lessons from Wise Women: Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, and Clare of Assisi\u201d at 7:30 p.m. October 4 in Anderson Chapel. She is an associate professor of medieval and renaissance literature at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia. She has written numerous books on medieval Christians, and her book Incandescence<\/em> is a 365-day devotional journey with women mystics. In 2006, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education named Butcher the 2006 Georgia Professor of the Year. The NPU Department of History is co-sponsoring the event.<\/p>\n Kurt Senske will speak on \u201cFaith-Based Values: Doing Well by Doing Good\u201d at 7:30 p.m. October 25 in Anderson Chapel. He is currently chief executive officer of Lutheran Social Services. Senske has recently authored the book Personal Values: God’s Game Plan for Life<\/em>, and previously published Executive Values: A Christian Approach to Organizational Leadership.<\/em> The School of Business and Non-Profit Management is co-sponsoring the event.<\/p>\n