Dr. John Wilson, dean of The Graduate School of Princeton University, will be the inaugural lecturer Jan. 25 and 26 when Stetson University introduces the George H. Shriver Lecture Series. Shriver is the author of classics on religion including Contemporary Reflections on the Medieval Christian Tradition, American Religious Heretics, and The Humanness of John Calvin. He also has contributed articles to a sizable list of reference works, scholarly journals and books, and penned more than 300 book reviews.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
Dr. Wilson has spent his career as a scholarly observer of America's religious heritage. His numerous writings have explored the influence of religion in American culture from the Puritans to civil religion. We are honored to have him as the inaugural speaker for the Shriver Lectures. The Collord Professor of Religion at Princeton since 1977, Wilson was named dean of The Graduate School in 1994. Joining Princeton's faculty in 1960, he also has served as chair of the Department of Religion and assistant dean of the college.