Recognizing that the Christian Tradition is not simply an artifact to be analyzed but a source of knowledge and wisdom to be explored and appropriated, the Culture Seminar works in cooperation with the University of Florida at the highest levels of scholarship to explore the intellectual and cultural resources of the Christian tradition for understanding and responding to the challenges created by contemporary cultural change. Culture Seminar lectures, featuring scholars from the University of Florida and guests from other universities, take place both on the campus of the university and in the Center’s classroom.

recent culture seminar guests include:

• J. Kameron Carter, Assistant Professor in Theology and Black Church Studies, Duke University Divinity School
• John Cavadini, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Theology; Director, Institute for Christian Life, University of Notre Dame
• James Davidson Hunter, LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory, University of Virginia; Executive Director, Institute for Advance Studies in Culture
• Andrea Sterk, Associate Professor of History, Affiliate Faculty in Religion, University of Florida
• Eleonore Stump, Robert J. Henle, S.J. Chair, Philosophy Department, St. Louis University
• Manuel Vasquez, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Florida
• Merold Westphal, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University
• Robert Wilkin, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Early Christian History, University of Virginia