Respected American Religions Scholar to Speak at USU

Charles Lippy, one of the most respected scholars in the field of American religions, is a guest speaker at Utah State University Thursday, March 5. He speaks at 3 p.m. in Fine Arts Visual, Room 150 (approximately 1200 E. 700 North, Logan), and all are invited. The lecture is free.

The title of Lippy’s lecture is “Is Christianity Plausible Today? Challenges of the Twenty-First Century.”

 

The lecture and campus visit are sponsored by USU’s Religious Studies program, based in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

 

“Charles Lippy is one of the nation’s most elegant scholars of American religions,” said Charles Prebish, director of USU’s Religious Studies program. “It’s a rare opportunity to attend a lecture by someone who has served as president of the American Society of Church History. His international reputation, coupled with his thrilling topic, makes him one of the most sought after speakers on religious matters in North America.”

 

Lippy is the LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the current president of the American Society of Church History. He has written or edited more than 20 books, including the three-volume Faith in America and Do Real Men Pray? Images of the Christian Man in White Protestant America. He is completing a new textbook on religion in American life and serves as co-editor of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Religion in America.

 

USU’s Religious Studies program is committed to exploring all religious traditions, and Lippy’s lecture emphasizes that role, Prebish said.

 

“Because professor Lippy’s topic involves Christianity in general, but in the context of its relationship to 21st century culture, it applies to all individuals. In Utah’s religiously sophisticated culture, coupled with the profound curiosity of Utah residents with respect to religious issues, we believe this will be an exciting occasion.”

 

For information on Lippy’s lecture or USU’s Religious Studies program, call (435) 797-1300.

 

 

Writer: Patrick Williams (435) 797-1354, patrick.williams@usu.edu
Contact: Charles Prebish (435) 797-1529, charles.prebish@usu.edu