The annual lecture series, planned by the Religious Studies Department at Millsaps, is supplemented by the Reiff-Lewis Endowed Seminar Fund, which provides supplemental support for the lectures through leadership training and response groups. Those who wish to participate in the full schedule will receive a certificate for their participation. Many are unable to attend all sessions and are invited to attend whatever their schedules allow. There is no fee to attend the lectures. Persons may also bring a sack lunch for this session.
Cold drinks are available in the concession machines on the ground floor.
Former Summers Lecturers include Elie Wiesel, Sharon Welch, Bruce Rigdon, Mary Ann Swenson, James H. Cone, Tex Sample, Joycelyn Elders, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Jim Wallis, John Cobb, Warren Nord, Jay McDaniel, John Cobb and Harmon L. Smith. Publications by James B. Nelson and Stanley Grenz are available in the Millsaps Bookstore and will be available for purchase following the lecture.