THE 2024 SCOPER LECTURE IN CHRISTIAN THOUGHT
DAVID BROOKS WITH MELODY BARNES
APRIL 21, 2024, 3:00PM, OLD CABELL HALL, UVA
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Theological Horizons is thrilled to announce that renowned author and New York Times commentator David Brooks will deliver the 3rd annual Scoper Lecture in Christian Thought in Old Cabell Hall on April 21, 2024 at the University of Virginia: the anchor event of an in-person and live-streamed community-wide, intergenerational experience.
David Brooks will draw on the themes of his new book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen and exploring his sources in Christian thought. The academic lecture will illuminate Brooks’s foundational work on the complexities and urgencies of living well in a democratic society.
Brooks’s public lecture will be followed by an on-stage conversation with UVA thought leader Melody Barnes, Executive Director at the Karsh Institute of Democracy.
In our increasingly polarized and contentious public life, David and Melody are uniquely equipped to offer guidance and wisdom about how we can better connect with one another to build a richer civic fabric that can sustain a vibrant, healthy democracy.
THEN JOIN US ON APRIL 22 for two FREE companion events in the Dome Room of the Rotunda! Read on…
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.