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ACU Hosting Online Carmichael-Walling Lectures

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Loretta Fulton Leave a comment

CARMICHAEL-WALLING LECTURESWhen: 4 and 7:30 p.m. CST Thursday, Nov. 12Lecturer: Dr. Vincent L. Wimbush, founding director of the Institute for Signifying ScripturesTheme: Scriptures and RaceLectures: 4 p.m. “Mystic Hieroglyphics of the Flesh”: Scripturalization as Racialization; 7:30 p.m. “Even the Bible Was Made Over to Suit Our Vivid Imagination”: Scripturalizing the HumanAccess: Contact csart@acu.edu to RSVP for this Zoom webinar event Dr. Vincent

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NEH Grant Aids ACU-led International Biblical Study Team

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Loretta Fulton One comment

By LORETTA FULTON An international team of scholars led by Abilene Christian University religion professor Dr. Curt Niccum has scored a major win for ACU. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the team a $300,000 grant to produce print and digital editions of Old Testament books in Ge’ez, the ancient language of Ethiopia. Megan Roth, executive director of

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Randy Harris: ‘I’ll Have More Time to Pray’

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Loretta Fulton 4 comments

By LORETTA FULTON For years, Randy Harris joked that he was “the Church of Christ’s only monk,” but he may have to come up with a new calling card. Recently retired from teaching at Abilene Christian University, Harris will continue his leadership in a program that he founded at ACU, the Contemplative Ministers’ Initiative. To date, five classes of 12

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Q&A with Doug Foster on his new book

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Loretta Fulton 2 comments

By LORETTA FULTON A book by Dr. Douglas A. Foster that was twelve years in the making now is in print. Foster first was approached by Eerdmans Publishing in 2008 and spent the last twelve years thinking about, researching, and writing A Life of Alexander Campbell. The book was released June 2, 2020, by Eerdmans. Campbell was born in 1788

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