Thursday: Department of Religion 15th Annual Lecture
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David Frankfurter
Exorcising the World: New Perspectives on Christianization and Culture
Join us for a lecture by BU’s William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture, David Frankfurter, when he discusses the spread of Christianity in the ancient world. What was Christianity’s appeal as it moved through Europe and the Mediterranean, and later through the Americas and Africa? Based on new anthropological models of Christianization and comparative religions,Professor Frankfurter proposes some reasons that cultures and peoples embraced the new religion.
Thursday, February 17, 5pm
Boston University School of Law, Room 1270
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Reception to follow lecture.
Free and open to the public Handicapped accessible
For more information contact Wendy at 617-353-2635