2024-2025 Readers Meet the Author Series Selections Announced
Baylor Provost Nancy Brickhouse recently announced selections for the 2024-2025 Readers Meet the Author Series. Each year, the provost selects recently published single-authored works by Baylor faculty that are featured in a series of engaging conversations that encourage shared reflection and collegial dialogue.
This year’s selections are:
"Pushback: The Political Fallout of Unpopular Supreme Court Decisions"
Dr. David Bridge, Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Missouri Press, 2024
"Turning Points in American Church History: How Pivotal Events Shaped a Nation and a Faith"
Dr. Elesha J. Coffman, Professor of History
Baker Academic, 2024
"Architecture, Theology, and Ethics: Making Architectural Design More Just"
Dr. Elise Edwards, Assistant Professor of Religion
Rowman & Littlefield, 2024
"Forging a Christian Order: South Carolina Baptists, Race, and Slavery, 1696-1860"
Dr. Kimberly R. Kellison, Associate Professor of History & Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
University of Tennessee Press, 2023
"Kurt Kaiser: Icon and Conscience of Contemporary Christian Music"
Dr. Terry York, Retired Professor of Christian Ministry and Church Music
Baylor University Press, 2024
On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at Noon, Provost Brickhouse and President Linda Livingstone will kick off this year’s series as Dr. Elesha Coffman converses with Dr. Elizabeth Flowers about "Turning Points in American Church History: How Pivotal Events Shaped a Nation and a Faith" in the Schumacher Flex Commons on the first floor of Moody Memorial Library. Coffman’s latest publication examines the influence of Christianity on United States history through the lens of thirteen key events spanning four hundred years.
“This series presents a unique opportunity to showcase the exceptional work of our faculty while also celebrating that which is great about the academe — our ability to share perspectives and ideas with each other for the sake of civil academic discourse,” said President Livingstone.
Readers Meet the Author Series events are free and open to the public. Each conversation is followed by a reception and book signing with light refreshments. Visit the Readers Meet the Author Series page at provost.web.baylor.edu/rma for dates and times.
The Readers Meet the Author Series is presented by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President and is hosted by the Baylor Libraries. For more information about the series, visit provost.web.baylor.edu/rma.