{"288411":{"#nid":"288411","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Broader, Deeper, Further: Engaging with Religions in the Twenty-First Century","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Ford is the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regius_Professor_of_Divinity\u0022\u003ERegius Professor of Divinity\u003C\/a\u003E at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Cambridge\u0022\u003EUniversity of Cambridge\u003C\/a\u003E, England a position he has held since 1991. His research interests include \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_theology\u0022\u003Epolitical theology\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ecumenism\u0022\u003Eecumenical\u003C\/a\u003E theology, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_theology\u0022\u003EChristian theologians and theologies\u003C\/a\u003E, theology and poetry, the shaping of universities and of the field of theology and religious studies within universities, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermeneutics\u0022\u003Ehermeneutics\u003C\/a\u003E, and inter-faith theology and relations. He is the founding director of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Program and a co-founder of the Society for \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scriptural_Reasoning\u0022\u003EScriptural Reasoning\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Through his many books and articles and his engaging presentations in multiple countries, he stands as one of the leading figures in the contemporary discussions of religion in Great Britain and the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[This lecture is sponsored by the McEver Program in Engineering and the Liberal Arts and is offered in conjunction with the Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech undergraduate seminar, \u2018A Witness to a Changing Conscience\u2019]\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid R.\u0026nbsp;Ford, Regius,\u0026nbsp;from Cambridge University, England will present a lecture.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Lecture by: David R. Ford, Regius, Professor of Divinity, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England"}],"uid":"27385","created_gmt":"2014-04-03 16:24:20","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:22:45","author":"Carol Silvers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-04-08T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-04-08T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-04-08T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-04-08 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-04-08 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-04-08 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/mail.gatech.edu\/service\/home\/~\/David%20Ford%20Announcement.docx?auth=co\u0026id=273682\u0026loc=en_US\u0026part=2\u0026view=html","title":"flyer"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"90821","name":"David F. Ford"},{"id":"90841","name":"Religions in the Twenty-First Century"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKenneth Knoespel, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kenneth.knoespel@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekenneth.knoespel@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}