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Satellite Seminar Series: "Jesus in America," Nov. 15


Phi Theta Kappa presents a series of internationally televised Satellite Seminars on the organization’s Honors Study Topic of Popular Culture: Shaping and Reflecting Who We Are. Speakers are noted professors from across the nation. Anyone interested is invited to the Forum (3-130) to watch the presentation and discussion afterwards, and might be given the chance to ask a question directly via satellite. Each series begins at 7:15pm and refreshments will be provided.

The Fifth Satellite Seminar is:
Jesus in America: Personal Savior or Cultural Hero?
Speaker: Dr. Richard Wrightman Fox
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
7:15 pm
Flynn Campus Center Forum, 3-130
(Program is approximately an hour and a half depending on the speakers and the discussion.)
 
From Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ to “What Would Jesus Do” armbands, there is no denying that Jesus plays a large role in America’s popular culture.  Dr. Richard Wrightman Fox will explore the dual roles of Jesus as personal savior and cultural hero.

Dr. Fox is professor of history at the University of Southern California, and author of several books, including his latest, Jesus in America: Personal Savior, Cultural Hero, National Obsession.  He also co-edited an important cultural studies reader, The Power of Culture: Critical Essays in American History.  His articles and reviews have been published in numerous scholarly publications, including the American Quarterly, the Journal of Interdisciplinary History, the Library of Congress Quarterly, and the Journal of American History.
 
Sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa.

Jodi Oriel
Campus Center
11/10/2005