Join us for an evening with author & New Testament scholar Esau McCaulley as he speaks about his upcoming memoir How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South.

10/23|8pm Old Cabell Hall - University of Virginia

Since 2019, McCaulley has been an assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. He is a contributing writer on several outlets such as Christianity Today, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

In 2020, McCaulley received the "Emerging Public Intellectual Award" from Redeemer University. His book Reading While Black won the 2021 Christianity Today book award, under the category "Beautiful Orthodoxy."

This event is held in partnership with Chi Alpha at UVA, the Center for Christian Study, Theological Horizons, InterVarsity at UVA, Victory Church, Grace Christian Fellowship, Graduate Christian Fellowship, Christ Episcopal Church, and Reformed University Fellowship.

Rev. Esau McCaulley, Ph.D. is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. He is the author of many works including Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance. His book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope won numerous awards, including Christianity Today’s book of the year. His latest project is a memoir entitled: How far to the Promise Land: One Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South. He is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. His writings have also appeared in places such as The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Christianity Today.