Steinmetz Lecture Series

Duke Divinity School held the 2015-16 David C. and Virginia Steinmetz lecture featuring Brian E. Daley, Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., and a Jesuit.

Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., explored strains arising in North American Christianity during the time period related to the Protestant emphasis on “scriptura sola,” or appeal to Scripture as the sole source of authority for Christian life and teaching.

John Witte Jr, is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor and the direction of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. In this lecture, Witte speaks about the contributions made by Protestant Reformers in the understanding of human rights. This lecture took place in Goodson Chapel at Duke's Divinity School on March 15, 2012.