{"id":17881,"date":"2016-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2016-02-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T00:00:00","slug":"nevin-lectures-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2016\/02\/nevin-lectures-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevin Lectures, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This Friday and Saturday, the Theopolis Institute will host the third annual Nevin Lecture series.<\/p>\n<p>The Nevin Lectures are an exercise in what Paul Murray calls \u201creceptive ecumenism.\u201d Each year, Theopolis invites a theologian, pastor, or thinker from outside our Protestant Reformed tradition to lecture about what divides us. We gather to worship together, to listen carefully to one another, and to debate, discuss, disagree in at atmosphere of brotherly charity.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, we hosted Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School, who lectured on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b5fmTfH8SHM\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Baptist Sacramental Theology<\/a>.\u201d Last year, Robert Louis Wilken talked about \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kwnBy06Lx-Y&amp;list=PLZVU5W7G_m6ieyxnxWjB9BpdAexCIzL_R\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Catholic Roots of Religious Freedom<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This coming weekend, February 12-13, Fr. John Behr, Dean of St. Vladimir\u2019s Orthodox Seminary and author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Becoming-Human-Meditations-Christian-Anthropology\/dp\/0881414395\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1454938334&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=john+behr%20tag=leithartcom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Becoming Human<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Irenaeus-Lyons-Identifying-Christianity-Christian\/dp\/0199214638\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1454938334&amp;sr=8-4&amp;keywords=john+behr%20tag=leithartcom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Irenaeus of Lyons<\/a>, and other works, will give three lectures on \u201cWhat Protestants Should Know About Orthodoxy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>James Payton, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Light-Christian-East-Introduction-Tradition\/dp\/0830825940\/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1454938285&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=james+payton%20tag=leithartcom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Light from the Christian East<\/a> and Emeritus Professor at Redeemer University College in Ontario, will be the respondent.<\/p>\n<p>Cost is $10 for individuals, $15 for couples, $20 for families. Register online <a href=\"https:\/\/theopolisinstitute.com\/2016-nevin-lectures-with-father-john-behr\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday and Saturday, the Theopolis Institute will host the third annual Nevin Lecture series. The Nevin Lectures are an exercise in what Paul Murray calls \u201creceptive ecumenism.\u201d Each year, Theopolis invites a theologian, pastor, or thinker from outside our Protestant Reformed tradition to lecture about what divides us. 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