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Raboteau begins his 2009 Capps Lecture at UVA by citing a short story by Flannery O’Connor to introduce the topic of a spiritual epiphany generated by the mundane. He goes on to discuss a class he teaches on locating the sacred in the ordinary in literature. Raboteau then connects his own life experiences and religious sensibilities with theological questions raised by passages from the works o...

Lecture given by John de Gruchy at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. De Gruchy shares the ideas expressed in his book, Led into Mystery: Faith Seeking Answers in Life and Death, which he wrote after the death of his eldest son. He explores the relationship between grief, hope and faith in coping with death as a Christian, and the role of silence in grief and the mystery o...

Recording of a lecture given by Carlene Bauer as part of the June 2013 Virginia Seminar in Lived Theology in Charlottesville, Virginia. The lecture begins at the 11-minute mark, after an introduction by Charles Marsh. Bauer begins by reading an excerpt from her novel Frances and Bernard and giving background about the two books she has written. She then discusses the difficulty of writing about...

Lecture given by Willis Jenkins at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jenkins discusses lived theology and Christian ethics along with the necessity of finding new Christian ways of life and expansions of ethics in order to address new social problems such as climate change. Excerpt: “The most important interpretive resources lie in what a community is doing, however probl...

Lecture given by Leroy Walters as part of the Theology in the Third Reich lecture series at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Walters discusses Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s approach to ethics, specifically in relation Nazi eugenics, sterilization and euthanasia. Walters reviews the available literature to elucidate Bonhoeffer’s opposition to Nazi eugenics. The lecture begins at ...

Lecture given by Leroy Walters as part of the Theology in the Third Reich lecture series at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Walters discusses Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s approach to ethics, specifically in relation Nazi eugenics, sterilization and euthanasia. Walters reviews the available literature to elucidate Bonhoeffer’s opposition to Nazi eugenics. The lecture begins at ...

Lecture given by Brooks Schramm as part of the Theology in the Third Reich lecture series at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Lecture given by Darcey Steinke at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Steinke discusses her own relationship to God and uses her experiences to discuss God’s presence at the center of life and narrative. For a listing of all our Occasional Lectures, click here. Excerpt: “So I started to feel not so much God’s subject but a part and a piece of the mystery of God. I started ...

2020 Capps Lecture given by John M. Perkins. Long time friend of Theological Horizons and nationally revered civil rights activist from Jackson, MS, Dr. John M. Perkins was our Capps Lecture speaker on Feb 22, 2020 in the UVA Rotunda. His lecture, "Parting Thoughts on Race and Love" was sponsored by the Project on Lived Theology at UVA, the Department of Religious Studies, and Theological Horiz...

2018 Capps Lecture given by award-winning religion, politics, and culture writer Jonathan Merritt at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA (October 18, 2018). The lecture begins at 5:45. Many of us struggle to talk about faith, discovering that old religious words like “sin,” “gospel,” and “grace” fail to connect in today’s swiftly changing culture. Merritt explores how throughout t...

2017 Capps Lecture by Stanley Hauerwas. Dr. Stanley Hauerwas gave a provocative lecture on Kierkegaard and the Academy on Thursday, October 12th at the University of Virginia. We were honored to host him in partnership with the Project on Lived Theology and through our Capps Lecture series. Attending to Kierkegaard’s attack on Christendom, Hauerwas hopes to recover why his theology should conti...

2016 Capps Lecture given by John M. Perkins as part of the Capps Lecture Series in Christian Theology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He emphasizes that Christians need to realize that they have been given a Biblical reconciliation in which racism has no place. Peacebuilding comes from having conversations together to understand the implications of this truth. By ove...

2015 Capps Lecture given by Philip Yancey. Philip Yancey provides a thoughtful and passionate explanation of the intertwined roles of suffering and grace in a Christian's life.

Panel: Building Beloved Communities

Eric Jacobsen: Sidewalks in the Kingdom

Jürgen Moltmann: The New Earth in which Justice Dwells Part 2

Timothy Gorringe: Town Planning: A Theological Imperative?

Jürgen Moltmann: The New Earth in which Justice Dwells Part 1

A Conversation with Jürgen Moltmann and Mark Gornik

Jürgen Moltmann: There is Enough for Everyone: The Spirit of Life and Social Consciousness - Part 2

Jürgen Moltmann: There is Enough for Everyone: The Spirit of Life and Social Consciousness - Part 1

Mark Gornik: Signs of the Spirit in the City - Part 1

Mark Gornik: Signs of the Spirit in the City - Part 2

Jürgen Moltmann: Control is Good - Trust is Better: Freedom and Security in a “Free World”

Jürgen Moltmann: Reborn to a Living Hope: Personal Experience and Political Consciousness - Part 1

Jürgen Moltmann: Reborn to a Living Hope: Personal Experience and Political Consciousness - Part 2

Charles Marsh: “Effervesces in Joy!” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Lenten Awakening

Clare Carlisle: Kierkegaard on Anxiety and Freedom

A Midwife of Grace: Mary Stella Simpson and the Transcendence of Accompaniment