Talks & Lectures

Lecture. "Jesus and John Wayne." September 29, 2020. Zoom Virtual Event. The Pathways to Purpose Speaker Series brings dynamic alumni and other exemplary practitioners of leadership and service to campus to help expand student imagination about pursuing purposeful work and…

Webinar with Kristin Kobes Du Mez. Part of "Faith / Unit 1: The Long Journey." The Newbigin Fellowship. September 19, 2020. https://newbiginhouse.org/fellows/ A nine-month journey of theological formation for exploring the spiritual, public, and missional dimensions of the Christian life. The…

March 3, 2020 Martha Miller Center for Global Communication, Fried Hemenway Auditorium 135 257 Columbia Avenue, Holland, MI 49423-3692 "Purity And Patriarchy: Christianity And The Struggle For Women's Rights In America " The history of Christianity and women’s rights is…

Women of Faith and the First Women’s Rights Movement: Lessons for Today Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall Eckerd College, St. Peteresburg, Florida Christian women were critical to the nineteenth-century women’s rights movement, and their support for women’s suffrage…

Panel discussion at the Conference on Faith and History annual meeting, January 2020.

Paper presented at American Historical Association, January 5, 2019. Panelists Jemar Tisby, Malcolm Foley-Prese, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, and moderator Heath Carter.

Summary: Complete video from the panel discussion at “Symposium on Religious Literacy and Government: Refugee and Immigration Issues,” sponsored by the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative, held at Harvard Divinity School on December 7–8, 2017. Additional resources and full video…

Talk delivered at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Colloquium. Published June 28, 2017. At a time of increasing cultural and political polarization, the North American church faces enormous challenges in embodying the unity of Christ and living out Christ's…