Mendenhall & Burleigh Lecture

Mendenhall Lecture Series

      In 1905, the Reverend Doctor Marmaduke H. Mendenhall endowed a lectureship at DePauw. His desire was to enable the University to bring to campus “persons of high and wide repute, of broad and varied scholarship,” to address issues related to the academic dialogue concerning Christianity.

      Although Dr. Mendenhall was a pastor in the North Indiana Annual Conference of what was then called the Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the parents of the United Methodist Church, he explicitly dictated that lecturers be selected without regard to denominational divisions. Thanks to this endowment, DePauw is able to bring a theological/religious scholar of international repute to campus each semester. This tradition has been going on for nearly a century.

 

     View the Mendenhall lecturers from 1913 to today.

Mendenhall Lecture Fall 2009:

  • Tom Krattenmaker
  • Topic: The Salvation of Sports? Sports World Christianity in the Age of Religious Diversity.
  • When: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 7:30 PM
  • Where: Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church
  • Book sales and signing with Tom after the event.

 

Mendenhall Lecture Fall 2008:

  • Miguel De La Torre:
     Director of Justice and Peace Institute and Associate Professor of Social Ethics
  • Topic: The Ethical Response to the Use of Religion in Politics.
  • When: November 5, 2008 at 7:30 PM
  • Where: Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church

 

Burleigh Lecture Series

  • 2008- John O'Callaghan
    • Topic: "The Paragon of Animals--How Like A God"
    • Book List:
      • Shows About Nothing: Proceedings of the 4th Annual Summer Thomistic Institute
      • Thomistic Realism and the Linguistic Turn: Toward a More Perfect Form of Existence
      • Recovering Nature: Essays in Honor of Ralph McInerny
    • When: Wednesday, October 29, 2007 at 7:30 PM
    • Where: Prindle Institute Auditorium

  • View the Past Burleigh Speakers

    Faculty/Staff Book Group

    • A weekly informal book discussion group
      • Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
      • Anderson St. hall

    Interfaith Worship Services

    • Family Weekend Interfaith Service
      • TBA
      • Gobin Church
    • DePauw University Baccalaureate Service
      • TBA
      • Gobin Church

    The Commons Project: Science and Religion Dialogues at DePauw University