The Messiah Comes to Middle-Earth
The inaugural speaker for the Hansen Lectureship was Dr. Philip Graham Ryken, President of Wheaton College. Dr. Ryken's talks were titled "The Messiah Comes to Middle-earth: Images of Christ’s Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings," and were given throughout the academic year of 2015-2016. Each lecture was accompanied by a response from a Wheaton College faculty member as noted below. All lectures were in the Wade Center's Bakke Auditorium.
Dr. Philip Graham Ryken ’88 is the eighth president of Wheaton College and has served in that capacity since 2010. Dr. Ryken earned a master of divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and a doctorate in historical theology from the University of Oxford. Dr. Ryken returned from England to join the pastoral staff at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1995, preaching there until his appointment at Wheaton.
Lecture dates and titles:
November 12, 2015 - “The Prophetic Ministry of Gandalf the Grey”
Respondent: Dr. Sandra Richter, Professor of Old Testament, Wheaton College
February 4, 2016 - “Frodo, Sam, and the Priesthood of All Believers”
Respondent: Dr. Jennifer Powell McNutt, Associate Professor of Theology and History of Christianity, Wheaton College
March 31, 2016 - “The Coronation of Aragorn Son of Arathorn”
Respondent: Dr. William Struthers, Professor of Psychology, Wheaton College
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