The Antebellum church

Date of Event: November 6, 2012

Posted: October 26, 2012

GRANVILLE, Ohio—A lecture, titled “The Church Exotic: Popular Orientalism and the Missionary Circuit in Antebellum America” by Will Womack, will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the auditorium of Denison University’s Slayter Hall (200 Ridge Road). Womack is a research associate with the American Baptist Historical Society. He received his doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. The lecture, sponsored by the Goodspeed Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sandra Mead at 740-587-6241 or visit www.denison.edu.

The Goodspeed Lecture Series features scholars whose work is in the field of religion or is related to religious issues. The fund is named in honor of the late Edgar J. Goodspeed, an 1890 Denison graduate, who was one of the nine biblical scholars who worked on the Revised Standard Version of Scriptures, published in 1946.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Lecture: “The Church Exotic: Popular Orientalism in the Missionary Circuit in Antebellum America” by Will Womack at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the auditorium of Slayter Hall (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sandra Mead at 740-587-6241 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

For press inquiries:

Name: Ginny Sharkey
Position Title: Media Relations
Primary Email: sharkeyv@denison.edu
Business Phone: (740) 587-6266

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