Michael Ward
Thursday, October 9| 7:00 PM | Belin Chapel
“Aslan at 75: Reflections on C.S. Lewis’s Christological Imagination.”
Michael Ward is a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford and Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. He studied English at the University of Oxford, theology at the University of Cambridge, and he earned his PhD in Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author and editor of multiple books, most notably the award-winning Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man and The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis. On the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis’s death, Dr. Ward unveiled a permanent national memorial to Lewis in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, London.
About the A. O. Collins Lectures
The A. O. Collins lectures began in 1993 with the goal of bringing recognized scholars to address the university community in current trends in theology, religious studies and philosophy. The series is named for Dr. A. O. Collins who chaired HCU’s Department of Christianity and Philosophy until his retirement in 1990. Over the last two decades, due to the generosity of former students and friends of the university, top scholars from around the world have lectured on our campus on a wide range of topics on religion and philosophy.
Our past lecturers have included:
- Dr. James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary
- Dr. Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary
- Dr. Charles Talbert, Baylor University
- Dr. Ellen T. Charry, Princeton Theological Seminary
- Dr. Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
- Dr. Alan Segal, Barnard College, Columbia University
- Dr. Samuel Proctor, Duke University
- Dr. John Howard Yoder, University of Notre Dame
- Dr. James W. McClendon, Jr., Fuller Theological Seminary
- Dr. Michael J. Gorman, St. Mary’s Seminary
- Dr. Larry Hurtado, University of Edinburgh
- Dr. Emanuel Tov, Hebrew University
- Dr. Craig Evans, Acadia Divinity College
- Dr. Richard Bauckham, St. Andrews University
- Mark Lanier, Lanier Theological Library
- Dr. John J. Collins, Yale Divinity School
- Dr. Dale Alison, Princeton Theological Seminary
- Dr. David Aune, University of Notre Dame
- Dr. Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary
- Dr. David M. Moffitt, University of St Andrews
- Dr. Jack Levison, Southern Methodist University
- Dr. Edith Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
- Dr. Katherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological Seminary