Parchman Endowed Lectures
The Parchman Endowed Lectures bring world-renowned theologians to the Baylor campus and enable George W. Truett Theological Seminary to make a significant contribution to the realm of theological dialogue and the life of the church. All events are free and open to the public and will be held in the Paul W. Powell Chapel at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary.
2023 Parchman Endowed Lectures Presents:
John Swinton | October 17&18, 2023
John Swinton is a professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care and Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. For more than a decade John worked as a registered mental health nurse. He also worked for a number of years as a hospital and community mental health Chaplain alongside people with severe mental health challenges who were moving from the hospital into the community. In 2004, he founded the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Spirituality, Health, and Disability. He has published widely within the area of mental health, dementia, disability theology, spirituality and healthcare, end-of-life care, qualitative research, and pastoral care. John is the author of a number of monographs including Finding Jesus in the Storm: The spiritual lives of people with mental health challenges. (Eerdmans 2020) which won the Aldersgate prize for outstanding interdisciplinary work within theology. His book Dementia: Living in the memories of God won the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Ramsey Prize for excellence in theological writing. John is married with five children. He is also a musician, and his first album – Beautiful Songs About Difficult Things - will come out at the end of 2023.
Previous presenters include:
- Chris Wright (2022-2023)
- Fleming Rutledge (2019-2020)
- James K.A. Smith (2018-2019)
- Robert Kolb (2017-2018)
- Margaret Mitchell (2016-2017)
- Alister McGrath (2015-2016)
- Dana Robert (2014-15)
- Richard Mouw (2013-14)
- Geoffrey Wainwright (2012-13)
- Scot McKnight (2011-12)
- Richard Bauckham (2010-11)
- Lamin Sanneh (2009-10)
- Bill Leonard (2008-09)
- Ben Witherington III (2007-08)
- Justo Gonzalez (2006-07)
- Eugene Peterson (2005-06)
- James Forbes (2004-05)
- Walter Brueggemann (2003-04)
- John Polkinghorne (2002-03)
- N.T. Wright (2001-02)
- Lewis B. Smedes (2000-01)
- Jurgen Moltmann (1999-00)
Media
You can watch or listen to our previous guests at the Parchman Lectures Media Library.