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
