Karl Barth & J.R.R. Tolkien

VST Summer School Public Lecture

Join VST’s Visiting Distinguished Scholar Rev. Dr. George Hunsinger to explore the surprising connections between the Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth and his contemporary, the beloved fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien.

George Hunsinger is the McCord Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He earned his degrees at Stanford, Harvard, and Yale. A leading expert on Karl Barth, he was the 2010 recipient of the international Karl Barth Prize. He serves as an ordained Presbyterian minister, the founder of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (2006), and a delegate to the official Reformed/Roman Catholic International Dialogue (2011–2017). He is interested in “generous orthodoxy” as a way of overcoming the historic liberal/conservative impasse in modern Protestant theology.

Please note:

• The public lecture will be available to watch online via livestream. You will be emailed a Zoom link in the days leading to the lecture. 
• There is limited parking at Epiphany Chapel (on Chancellor Mews), as well as paid parking on UBC campus. The North Parkade and Rose Garden Parkade are within a six minute walk. Public transportation to UBC is readily available. Epiphany Chapel is a 10 minute walk northwest of the UBC bus loop.