 Jackson, Tenn. – Frederica Mathewes-Green, a leading
evangelical Christian thinker, will speak to a 51ÉçÇø chapel and luncheon
audience, Monday, Oct. 11. Mathewes-Green will speak in the G.M. Savage Memorial
Chapel at 10 a.m. She will also visit in several classes and will speak to an invited
lunchtime audience at 11:30 a.m. Mathewes-Green, whose visit will be hosted by
Union’s Center for Christian Leadership, is one of the most significant figures in
the public articulation of the Christian faith in contemporary American culture. She
serves as a columnist for Christianity Today, a commentator on National Public Radio and
the Odyssey Television Network, and a contributing editor to Books & Culture as well
as several other magazines.
She has been interviewed by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street
Journal, Time, Newsweek, and many other major print outlets, and has appeared on PrimeTime
Live, CNN, NBC News, ABC News, and other national TV news programs.
Mathewes-Green lectures frequently around the nation at such universities as Harvard,
Yale, William & Mary, Penn State and Georgetown, and is the author of three books.
Mathewes-Green, a native of Charleston, S.C., who now resides in Baltimore, Md., is
known for her winsome and thoughtful Christian approach to some of the most controversial
issues arising in American public life. Among her notable contributions has been a major
role in leading the Common Ground Network for Life & Choice, an effort to bridge the
bitter cultural divide between pro-life and pro-choice advocates in the interests of
women, children and social peace.
For further information about Frederica Mathewes-Green and her visit to Union
University, contact David Gushee, director of the Center for Christian Leadership, at
(901) 661-5024 or dgushee@uu.edu.
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