Faculty books: December 2019
Miguel-Prendes, Sol. (Spanish & Italian). Narrating Desire: Moral Consolation and Sentimental Fiction in Fifteenth-Century Spain. The University of North Carolina Press. 2019.
Neal, Lynn S. (Study of Religions). Religion in Vogue: Christianity and Fashion in America. New York University Press. 2019.
Rogers, Melissa. (Divinity). Faith in American Public Life. Forward by E.J. Dionne Jr. Baylor University Press. 2019.
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James Dunn: Invested in the Next Generation
This story written by C. Mark Batten was originally posted on the School of Divinity website.
Wake Forest Divinity School professor Rev. Dr. James Dunn.
James Dunn, who was a champion of religious liberty and the separation of church and state, passed away on July 4 at the age of 83. For Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Dunn was a teacher and mentor with an inspirational ingenuity and comedic wit.
Dunn served as resident professor of Christianity and public policy from 1999 until his retirement in 2014. He taught courses on Christian Ethics and electives on the Church and State in America, Christianity and Public Policy, and God and the New York Times.
Many of Dunn’s courses involved travel to Washington, D.C., giving Divinity students the opportunity to meet with national, political religious leaders, many with whom Dunn had developed lasting relationships when he served as executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (1981-1999). These courses have given lasting memories to students of James Dunn and the role of religion in the public sphere.
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Dunn, Rogers to lead lecture series in Statesville
Dr. James M. Dunn and Melissa Rogers, professors with the School of Divinity, are the 2012 lecturers for the Davis Lectures Series in Statesville, N.C., on Oct. 28-30 at Grace Baptist Church. The topic will be “Confronting Church-State Controversies: Conversations about Faith and Freedom in the 21st Century.”
The lectures are free and open to the public. Read more [PDF] »
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Rogers publishes report
Melissa Rogers, the director of the Center for Religion and Public Affairs at the School of Divinity, was the co-author of a report released by the Brookings Institute. The paper was entitled “Health Care Providers’ Consciences and Patients’ Needs: The Quest for Balance.”
Rogers also is the chair of President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
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