Release date: Feb. 14, 2008

Good and Evil to Be Topic for Next 'Life of the Mind' Lecture at Emory

Contact: Elaine Justice, 404-727-0643,elaine.justice@emory.edu
Contact: Kelly McLendon: 404-727-4481, kelly.mclendon@emory.edu

Carol Newsom, C.H. Candler Professor of Old Testament at Emory University, will deliver a lecture on "Three (Rather Different) Ways of Imagining Good and Evil" at noon, Monday, March 3, as part of the university's "Life of the Mind" lunchtime lecture series in the Jones Room of Woodruff Library. Visitor parking is available in the Fishburne deck, 1672 N. Decatur Rd. For more information, call 404-727-6055.

"In this lecture, the apocalyptic imagination of good and evil is compared with two alternative ways of thinking, one found in the wisdom traditions, the other in the mythic creation story of Genesis," says Newsom. "Taken together, these three rather different ways of thinking about good and evil provide interesting conversation partners for contemporary secular discussions about the place of good and evil in relation to human nature, society and the structures of the world."

The free "Life of the Mind" lecture series is devoted to showcasing one of Emory's leading faculty members each month. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session.

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