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   Ferrum College is please to announce the Wasena F. "Buddy" Wright Lecture Series is set for Monday evening, April 3, 2006 on the Ferrum campus. This year's lecturer is the distinguished theologian, Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Studies at Duke University.

   Professor Hauerwas has sought to recover the significance of the virtues for understanding the nature of the Christian life. This search has led him to emphasize the importance of the church, as well as narrative for understanding Christian existence. His work cuts across disciplinary lines as he is in conversation with systematic theology, philosophical theology and ethics, political theory, as well as the philosophy of social science and medical ethics. Dr. Hauerwas delivered the prestigious Gifford Lectureship at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland in 2001. He was named "America’s Best Theologian" by Time in 2001. His book, "A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic," was selected as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the 20th century.

   Dr. Hauerwas will share his work during a luncheon at 12 noon in the Ferrum College Panther's Den located in the lower level of Franklin Hall. Cost for the luncheon is $10 per person and is limited to the first 60 reservations. That evening at 7:00 p.m. Professor Hauerwas will deliver the annual Wright Lecture in Vaughn Chapel. His topic will be "Sacrificing the Sacrifices of War." A reception for Dr. Hauerwas will follow the lecture in the fellowship hall of Vaughn Chapel.

   The Wright Lecture Series was established in 2004 in memory of former Ferrum College alumnus and Board of Trustee member, as well as, a United Methodist pastor and Council Director of the Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Wasena "Buddy" Wright. The lecture series was established to bring prominent theologians, authors, and scholars to the Ferrum campus. The series takes place every two years. Our inaugural lecturer was the Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty in 2004.

   For more information or to make reservations please contact Office of Dean of the Chapel & Religious Life, Ferrum College, Box 2390, Ferrum, VA 24088 or wastin@ferrum.edu. When making reservations for the luncheon, please make checks payable to Ferrum College and earmarked for the Wright Lecture Luncheon. You should also indicate any dietary needs you may have. RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006.

    Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.

Ferrum Brings Theologian for Wright Lecture Series
For immediate release: February 21, 2006	Contact: Dean Browell , (540) 365-4301, dbrowell@ferrum.edu
Ferrum College is please to announce the Wasena F. "Buddy" Wright Lecture Series is set for Monday evening, April 3, 2006 on the Ferrum campus. This year's lecturer is the distinguished theologian, Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Studies at Duke University. Professor Hauerwas has sought to recover the significance of the virtues for understanding the nature of the Christian life. This search has led him to emphasize the importance of the church, as well as narrative for understanding Christian existence. His work cuts across disciplinary lines as he is in conversation with systematic theology, philosophical theology and ethics, political theory, as well as the philosophy of social science and medical ethics. Dr. Hauerwas delivered the prestigious Gifford Lectureship at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland in 2001. He was named "America’s Best Theologian" by Time in 2001. His book, "A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic," was selected as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the 20th century. Dr. Hauerwas will share his work during a luncheon at 12 noon in the Ferrum College Panther's Den located in the lower level of Franklin Hall. Cost for the luncheon is $10 per person and is limited to the first 60 reservations. That evening at 7:00 p.m. Professor Hauerwas will deliver the annual Wright Lecture in Vaughn Chapel. His topic will be "Sacrificing the Sacrifices of War." A reception for Dr. Hauerwas will follow the lecture in the fellowship hall of Vaughn Chapel. The Wright Lecture Series was established in 2004 in memory of former Ferrum College alumnus and Board of Trustee member, as well as, a United Methodist pastor and Council Director of the Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Wasena "Buddy" Wright. The lecture series was established to bring prominent theologians, authors, and scholars to the Ferrum campus. The series takes place every two years. Our inaugural lecturer was the Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty in 2004. For more information or to make reservations please contact Office of Dean of the Chapel & Religious Life, Ferrum College, Box 2390, Ferrum, VA 24088 or wastin@ferrum.edu. When making reservations for the luncheon, please make checks payable to Ferrum College and earmarked for the Wright Lecture Luncheon. You should also indicate any dietary needs you may have. RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006. Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.
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