Religion Professor to Make Faculty Forum Presentation
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009
Dr. Kang-Yup Na, Westminster College associate professor of religion, will present "Biblical Criticism and Myopia: Three Brief Case Studies of Marginality" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, April 15, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Na will use the examples of black theology, feminism, and post-colonialism to argue that like "traditional, Euro-North American" Biblical interpretations, interpretations "from the margins" are also in need of critique. The inclusion of marginal voices should signal not the end or goal of the academy, but the beginning of open critique of the academy by the academy, especially of its "marginal" voices.
Na, who has been with Westminster since 1998, earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, a master's of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. from Emory University.
Faculty Forum was established in 1990 by Dr. Barbara Faires, Westminster professor of mathematics, during her term as Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Faculty members from all disciplines volunteer to present lectures on their current research, artistic productions, and/or scholarship of teaching and learning. Each forum presents new ideas with innovative lecture techniques.
Contact Na at (724) 946-7155 or e-mail nak@westminster.edu for additional information.
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