ACTC Fall '10 Lecture
Thursday, October 7, 2010
7:00 PM
Erickson Hall Kiva
Michigan State University Campus
Lansing, MI
Dr. Robert Orsi, Northwestern University
"The Catholic Imagination and the American University"
Robert Orsi is the first holder of the Grace Craddock Nagle Chair in Catholic Studies at Northwestern. Previously, he taught at Fordham University, Indiana University, Harvard Divinity School and Harvard University. A past president of the American Academy of Religion, Dr. Orsi studies American Catholicism in both historical and ethnographic perspective, and is widely recognized for his work on theory and method for the study of religion.
(Sponsored by St. John Church and Student Center / MSU Arts & Letters Endowment in American Catholic Thought and Culture, Co-Sponsored by Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture)