The Scoper Lecture in Christian Thought is an annual series building off the Capps Lectures that brings eminent speakers to the university to deliver public lectures exploring the breadth of Christian expression in the arenas of scholarship, science and medicine, the arts, and culture. The series is generously funded by Nancy and Stephen Scoper, M.D., through their gift to the University of Virginia, designated to Theological Horizons.

SPRING 2022: April 3rd, 3:30-5pm Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia with Kate Bowler: “UNFINISHED: The Wisdom of the Generative Self”

Can we ever make spiritual sense of the good or bad in our lives?   Renowned scholar of the history of Christianity in North America, Duke University associate professor Kate Bowler has received widespread media attention and academic praise for scholarly studies of movements based on divine promises of health, wealth, and happiness. With the brave realism of a cruciform faith, Dr. Bowler critiques the shallow pieties we often hear around illness and suffering. Bowler brings her intellectual and personal insights to the inaugural Scoper Lecture in Christian Thought, “UNFINISHED: The Wisdom of the Generative Self,”  to UVA (Old Cabell Hall) on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022 at 3:30pm. To learn more visit here.

Kate Bowler, PhD, is a New York Times bestselling author, and podcast host, and professor at Duke University. After being unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at age 35, she penned the memoir Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I’ve Loved).  Her new book is No Cure For Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Guardian, TIME Magazine, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Washington Post, NPR, and the BBC. She lives in Durham, North Carolina with her family. (image: her headshot)