‘Cole Lectures’
Looking Back at the Beginnings
Nov. 12, 2014—By: Jonathan Radford, MDiv1 Believe it or not, this blog you’re reading right now has been a source for information, enlightenment, and engagement at the Vanderbilt Divinity School and communities around the world for a little more than a year. So, we thought it would be fitting to look back at some of the posts...
Three Questions with Tex Sample
Sep. 24, 2014—Tex Sample, the Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor, emeritus,of Church and Society at the Saint Paul School of Theology, will deliver the 2014 Cole Lectures at Vanderbilt University on October 2-3. For our readers to become acquainted with Professor Sample, we asked him to respond to three questions. 1. Name one or two places...
Feature: 2013 Cole Lectures Reflection
Oct. 30, 2013— The 2013 Cole Lectures were delivered on October 3-4 by renowned scholar Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelation. In her first lecture titled “Art, Music and Politics in the Book of Revelation,” Pagels addressed the imagery, music, and questions about the author of Revelation before she...
Friday Photo 10.11.13
Oct. 11, 2013—This year, Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion, Princeton University, presented the Cole Lectures. This photo is from her lecture, “Art, Music, and Politics in the Book of Revelation.”
VDS Events: The Cole Lectures
Sep. 29, 2013—Philanthropist Edmund W. Cole, president of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad and treasurer of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, endowed the annual Cole Lecture Series in 1892 “for the defense and advocacy of the Christian religion.” Cole’s gift provided for the first sustained lectureship in the history of Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University Divinity School is...