About
The Marsh Chapel National Summer Preacher Series brings some of the finest preaching in the country to the pulpit of Howard Thurman to share with the Marsh Chapel community, present and virtual, homiletical reflections on themes of great import in the present moment. This our third year, in recognition of the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin, the sesquicentennial of the publication of his On the Origin of Species, and in concert with celebrations and reflections on these events taking place around the world, we offer eleven weeks of sermonic considerations of Darwin, his thought, and the implications of his thought for the life of faith. It is no secret that the so-called wars of science and religion have become entrenched especially in fundamentalist Christian theology and the contemporary movement known as the New Atheism. At Marsh Chapel, in a spirit of responsible Christian liberalism, we long for a way forward toward a faith that appeals to culture and a culture that is attractive to faith, acknowledging that all truth is God's truth.
This summer's series includes voices from around the country, from Boston University's School of Theology, and from the Marsh community itself. The second edition of Marsh Chapel's new on-line magazine, motives, will present in the autumn the printed texts of these summer sermons. In addition, Dr. Scott Allen Jarrett and the Marsh Chapel Choir (who last summer presented to much appreciation Palestrina's motet's on the Song of Songs), will be offering choral music related to the theme of creation, for these ten weeks. As was done previously, two summer luncheons on the theme of Darwin and Faith will be offered July 15 and July 29, 12--1:30PM in the Thurman Room of the Chapel. For more information call 617-353-3560 or email chapel@bu.edu.
