Lecture “Becoming King”
We are honored to welcome Dr. Lerone A. Martin to campus. His lecture is titled, “Becoming King.”
Martin is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University.
Previously, he was a member of the faculty at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics and Director of American Culture Studies at Washington University in Saint Louis.
Martin is the author of the award-winning Preaching on Wax: The Phonograph and the Making of Modern African American Religion (New York University Press, 2014). The book received the 2015 first book award from the American Society of Church History.
In support of his research, Martin has received a number of nationally recognized fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, The American Council of Learned Societies, The Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formerly The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation), The Teagle Foundation, Templeton Religion Trust, the Louisville Institute for the Study of American Religion, and the Forum for Theological Exploration. Most recently, Martin became Co-Director of a $1 million grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to fund “The Crossroads Project,” a four-year, multi-institution project to advance public understanding of the history, politics, and cultures of African American religions.
He has also been recognized for his teaching, receiving institutional teaching awards as well as fellowships from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.
His commentary and writing have been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN, CSPAN, and PBS.
He is currently writing a book on the relationship between the FBI and white Christian Nationalism, to be published by Princeton University Press in 2022.
Join us in person at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Wright Library or via the live stream — all are welcome! Please register here to receive a link to the live stream, which will be hosted on Princeton Seminary’s YouTube channel.
This lecture is presented by the Association of Black Seminarians.
Health Guidelines
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Time: 7:00-8:00 PM EDT
Free!
