The Friends of St. Mark’s Library of the General Theological Seminary Lecture: In Praise of Dusty Books
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Location: General Theological Seminary, New York NY
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Event Description: The Friends of St. Mark’s Library of the General Theological Seminary will present a lecture at 7:00 PM on Thursday, October 2, 2008 entitled In Praise of Dusty Books. Professor R. Bruce Mullin of the General Theological Seminary will talk about surprising discoveries that he made while doing research as a consultant in legal cases regarding property rights in the Episcopal Church and the importance of library resources in the current issues confronting the Episcopal Church. This engaging subject should be of interest to a wide audience including bibliophiles as well as church and legal historians. The lecture takes place in Seabury Auditorium and is free.
R. Bruce Mullin, Ph.D. has been Society for the Promotion of Religion and Learning Professor of History and World Mission and Professor of Modern Anglican Studies at General since 1998. He has a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary and two Master’s degrees and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He taught at the University of North Carolina, Duke, and Yale before coming to GTS. Prof. Mullin is the author of seven books, the most recent of which is A Short World History of Christianity. The August 2008 issue of First Things said this latest work from Prof. Mullin “has distilled prodigious scholarship into a succinct story of what happened from the time when people first encountered Jesus...up through an informed speculation about the possible futures of the worldwide Christian movement..."
The Friends of St. Mark’s Library is a group of supporters of the historic library of The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church. They have organized to support and promote the Library and to stimulate a wider awareness of the significance of St. Mark’s Library to the world of books and scholarship. Since 1820, St. Mark’s Library has served seminarians and the wider scholarly community with a distinguished collection of rare books as well as the most current titles. Through the generosity of donors, including Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, John Pintard, and Eugene Augustus Hoffman, the St. Mark’ s Library has built leading collections of early Latin Bibles, editions of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, and other important material for the study of Christianity and church history.
The mission of the General Seminary is to educate and form leaders for the church in a changing world. A vibrant forward-looking institution committed to the highest standards of scholarship, General offers a wide variety of degree and certificate programs from its historic campus in the heart of New York City.
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