Lectures
Past Lectures
Low Anthropology with David Zahl
Thursday, October 6, 2022 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
St. George's Chapel, 4 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003
Join us for a special talk and book signing with author David Zahl!
In Low Anthropology, popular author and pastor David Zahl explores how our ideas about human nature influence our expectations in friendship, work, marriage, and politics. We all go through life with an "anthropology"--an idea about what humans are like, our potentials and our limitations. A high anthropology--thinking optimistically about human nature--can breed perfectionism, anxiety, burnout, loneliness and resentment. Meanwhile, Zahl invites readers into a biblically rooted and life-giving low anthropology, which fosters hope, deep connection with others, lasting love, vulnerability, compassion, and happiness.
David Zahl is founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries, editor in chief of the Mockingbird blog, and cohost of the Mockingcast podcast. Zahl wrote the critically acclaimed book Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It and has written for Christianity Today and the Washington Post. He lives with his wife and three boys in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he also serves on the staff of Christ Episcopal Church.
School of Faith: Christianity for the Curious
Thursday, September 15, 2022 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
St. George's Chapel, 4 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003
School of Faith helps you explore the Christian message and its significance for us today. Over the course of the evening, you will hear 5 short talks on a story Jesus told about two sons. Each talk looks at the parable from a different angle, and together the talks cover the essentials of Christianity. This is a great event for people who are new to Christianity or simply curious about it.
Lecture for St. George's Day Celebration
"Healing the Passions: Christian Life in a Modern Age"
Friday, May 13 at 6:30pm
St. George's Chapel (4 Rutherford Place)
What are some specific ways that God transforms our inner and outer lives so that we can live more freely, faithfully, and fully? Join us in St. George's Chapel on Friday, May 13 as Professor Christopher Beeley offers a talk that will bring into conversation the wisdom of the ancient traditions of monasticism and spiritual direction and the insights and concerns of the contemporary world.
Professor Christopher Beeley is the Director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies and Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School. Prior to joining the Duke faculty, he taught for sixteen years at Yale Divinity School. He speaks nationally and internationally on Christian theology, spirituality, and church leadership.