The Department of Religious Studies presents the 2024 Cushing Distinguished Lecture series, featuring Brian Blount, who is a prolific scholar of the New Testament.
The lecture series is set for Wednesday, April 3 at 5 p.m. inside of the Student Union Ballroom. Blount’s lecture is titled, “I Wonder if Jesus Daydreamed?”
President Emeritus of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Blount’s primary work has been in the Gospel of Mark, the Book of Revelation and in the area of cultural studies and hermeneutics. He has published dozens of articles and is the author of six books. In 2018, Blount served as President of the Society of Biblical Literature.
The Cushing Distinguished Lecture is an annual lecture hosted by the Department of Religious Studies and made possible through generous grants from Dr. Grant and Barbara Cushing, alumni of the graduate program of Religious Studies.