John Wilcox to Speak at James Luther Adams Forum on March 31

The 15th annual James Luther Adams Forum on Religion and Society will occur on Thursday, March 31 at 4:00 p.m. in the Scala Academy Room in Leo Hall. John Wilcox, Ph.D., director for the center of Lasallian studies at Manhattan and professor emeritus of religious studies, will speak on the topic, Together and by Association: The Legacy of James Luther Adams and the Future of Religious Colleges and Universities. Gary Dorrien, Ph.D., Reinhold Niebuhr professor of social ethics at Union Theological Seminary and professor of religion at Columbia University, will serve as the respondent.

Wilcox, a former Marist brother, is the author of one of the two monographs on Adams titled Taking Time Seriously: James Luther Adams (1978), and is an author and co-author of several books about religious higher education. In addition, Dorrien also has written about Adams particularly in his book The Making of American Liberal Theology: Crisis, Irony, & Postmodernity 1950-2005.

The James Luther Adams Foundation, whose mission is to promote the thought and work of James Luther Adams, a theologian and social ethicist, sponsors the event.

The event is open to the public and refreshments will be served. To attend the lecture, please R.S.V.P. by March 22 to Charity Njau by phone at (718) 862-7734 or e-mail cnjau.student@manhattan.edu.