Author & Professor To Speak At Convocation posted 2/1/08
Mark Taylor will address Adrian College

ADRIAN, Mich. – Author and professor Mark Taylor will speak at convocation Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 12:00 P.M. in Dawson Auditorium.

Taylor is the author of two books: The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America and Remembering Esperanza: A Cultural-Political Theology for North American Praxis. He is also editor of Paul Tillich: Theologian of the Boundaries (Fortress Press, 1991) and co-editor of Reconstructing Christian Theology (Fortress Press, 1994)

Aside from being an author, Taylor is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. Taylor teaches the works and ideas of Paul Tillich and Gustavo Gutierrez. He earned a Masters in Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and later earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Taylor also frequently teaches and lectures in different churches in an effort to organize justice and peace issues within the communities. He has studied in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, analyzing culture and politics of the churches as they move toward Mayan theology.

Dawson Auditorium is located off of Charles Street on the Adrian College campus. This event is free and open to the public.