N. T. Wright

 

I want to invite you to the following activities at Nashotah House, May 17-18.  If you would like to bring members of your congregation to hear Bishop N. T. Wright, I would encourage you to come to the Convocation on Wednesday afternoon, since seating for Commencement on Thursday morning will be limited.  Both events will be at the Chapel of St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, in Delafield, in order to accommodate more people.  I would also encourage you to attend the lecture with Canon Kenneth Bailey on Tuesday afternoon in Nashotah House's Library.  Canon Bailey is a scholar to whom N.T. Wright gives much credit for his own knowledge of the Scriptures.  We are delighted to be able to recognize both of these great biblical scholars at this year's graduation.  A map and directions to Nashotah House and to Delafield, Wisconsin are on our website:  http://www.nashotah.edu/map.htm

 

Dean Munday+

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The Rt. Rev. Dr. N.T. Wright, Bishop of the Diocese of Durham, England will be featured speaker at Nashotah House’s spring Convocation and Commencement, May 17-18, 2006. Bishop Wright is one of the world's leading scholars on the New Testament, and especially on the letters of Paul. Prior to becoming Bishop of Durham, Bp. Wright served as Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey in London (1999-2004), Dean of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England (1993-1999); and held teaching posts at Oxford University (1986-1992) and McGill University in Montreal (1981-1986). A prolific author, Wright has long been recognized as one of the foremost Jesus scholars on either side of the Atlantic.

 

Nashotah House will be hosting Bishop Wright for a special Convocation and lecture on May 17, 2:30 p.m. Alumni and Friends of Nashotah House and members of the public are warmly invited to this lecture. The following morning, May 18, at 10:30, Bp. Wright will deliver the address at Nashotah House’s Commencement ceremony, where he will receive the degree Doctor of Divinity from Nashotah House. Both services will be held at the Noble Victory Memorial Chapel of St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin.

 

Additional graduation related events include a lecture by New Testament scholar, the Rev. Canon Dr. Kenneth Bailey, Research Professor (Emeritus) of New Testament at the Ecumenical Institute (Tantur) Jerusalem, on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., in the Frances Donaldson Library at Nashotah House, and an organ recital by George Ellis Mims, Organist and Director of Music at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas at 4:30p.m. on Wednesday afternoon in St. Mary’s Chapel. Both Canon Bailey and Mr. Mims will be awarded honorary degrees at Commencement.  For more information, contact Nashotah House at www.nashotah.edu or (262) 646-6500.