Author and Yale law professor Stephen L. Carter will give this fall’s Religious Studies lecture as part of the Althea W. and John A. Schiffman Lecture series on the campus of Columbia College, titled “God’s Name in Vain: Religion in Politics.” The lecture will be preceded by a Q&A session in Dorsey Gym at 3 p.m. and a reception in the Dulany Banquet Room at 6 p.m. The Lecture in Religious Studies draws noted scholars to Columbia College to lecture on the influence of religion in politics, culture and education. Each year, nationally and internationally renowned scholars speak to students, faculty, staff and members of the community about how religion has shaped and continues to shape major issues of our day.
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University. He graduated from Stanford with a bachelor’s degree in history and obtained his law degree from Yale in 1979, where he returned to teach in 1982 after serving as a law clerk for Judge Spottswood W. Robinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals and Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court. He has authored several books, including The Violence of Peace: America’s Wars in the Age of Obama in 2011. His upcoming novel, entitled The Impeachment of President Lincoln, is set for publication in 2012.
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17 (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Location: Launer Auditorium on the campus of Columbia College (map)
For more information: Visit the Schiffman Religious Studies Lecture homepage