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Marilynne Robinson

Writer

Friday, November 14, 2003

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Public Lecture 

"John Calvin and the
Problem of American History" 

Friday, November 14, 2003
7:30 P.M
W 10 Buchanan Auditorium
Papahohn Business
Administration Building

 

FREE  AND  OPEN  TO  THE  PUBLIC  

Marilynne Robinson is the author of three books and numerous essays and book reviews. Her acclaimed novel Housekeeping was included in the New York Times Books of the Century and made into a movie. Her second novel Mother Country was a finalist for the National Book Award for non-fiction. Her latest book, The Death of Adam, is a collection of essays in modern thought, and is an important bridge between the secular intellectual culture and Christian theology. She has been a professor at the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop since 1991.

Co-Sponsored by UISG, and the Departments of English and Religious Studies

SPONSORS: GENEVA CAMPUS MINISTRY, ST. ANDREW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PEACE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, CHINESE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH OF IOWA CITY, NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH, RIVER COMMUNITY CHURCH. Cosponsors(to date): Congregational United Church of Christ, Coralville United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, First Mennonite Church, First Presbyterian Church, Inter-Varsity Graduate Christian Fellowship, InterVarsity Undergraduate Christian Fellowship, Lighthouse Campus Ministry, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Newman Catholic Student Center, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, United Campus Ministry, Wesley Center/United Methodist Student Ministry, Zion Lutheran Church.

 

   

  For further information contact:

Dr. Edward Laarman, Director
Geneva Campus Ministry
Office in the Wesley Center on Dubuque Street between Market and Jefferson Streets

120 North Dubuque Street
Iowa City, IA 52245
(319) 341-0007
geneva@uiowa.edu


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