The School of Divinity will welcome and host João B. Chaves, Associate Professor of the History of Religion in the América, Department of Religion at Baylor University

Theme: RE-INVENTING CHURCH HISTORY IN THE AMÉRICAS

João B. Chaves is Associate Professor of the History of Religion in the Américas at Baylor University, where he studies Christianity, migration, and religious networks across North and Latin America. He is the author of five books and has published widely on Baptist missions, Pentecostal and charismatic movements, and faith in public life. His award-winning book Migrational Religion received the 2022 HTI Book Prize, and his scholarship has been supported by the Lilly Endowment, Princeton Theological Seminary, and other leading institutions. Chaves serves with organizations including the Baptist World Alliance and previously served as president of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion. 

LECTURE 1: 
Missionaries of Domination: Genealogies of Power and the Anti-Democratic Architecture of Christian Supremacy 
LECTURE 2: 
Evangelists of Dissent: Jesus, Nietzsche, Xangô, and the Futures of Rights-Based Societie

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About the Mary Washburn Wilson Lectureship

The Mary Washburn Wilson Lectureship is supported by the Mary Washburn Wilson Visiting Scholar Endowment, which was established in honor of Mary Leigh Washburn Wilson (1922-2003) through a generous gift by her daughter, the Reverend Tillie Duncan, a member of the Gardner-Webb Gallery of Distinguished Alumni, along with her husband, Shannon Duncan. The lectureship is designed to expose students to new ideas and to make them aware of concepts not previously considered in an intentional way.

For more information, please contact Lisa Hollifield lhollifield@gardner-webb.edu