Karl F. Morrison, Professor of History and Poetics at Rutgers University, to Lecture at Princeton Seminary

Princeton, NJ, November 5, 2007– Princeton Theological Seminary’s History Department will host a lecture by Dr. Karl F. Morrison, Lessing Professor of History and Poetics at Rutgers University, on Monday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Lounge of the Mackay Campus Center. The title of the lecture, “Anselm’s Proof and the Hairs of the Madonna,” refers to Anselm’s famous Proslogion, including its “proof” for the existence of God, as well as Anselm’s devotion to the Virgin Mary, including the sacred relics of some strands of her hair. Dr. Caroline Bynum, professor of Western European Middle Ages at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, will offer a response following Morrison’s lecture. A reception will follow the discussion.

Morrison earned his master’s and Ph.D. degrees at Cornell University and has been teaching at Rutgers since 1988. His academic focus is on the history of political thought, historiography (especially church history), and the mechanics of tradition. He is currently researching the history of Christian art in Western Europe.

For more information on the event, please contact Dr. Paul Rorem, Benjamin B. Warfield Professor of Medieval Church History, at paul.rorem@ptsem.edu.

Princeton Theological Seminary was founded in 1812, the first seminary established by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. It is the largest Presbyterian Seminary in the country, with more than 700 students in seven graduate degree programs.