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McDonald Lecture: “The Narrative Color of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark”
April 23, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Candler is delighted to welcome the Rev. Dr. Brian K. Blount, noted New Testament scholar and president emeritus of Union Presbyterian Seminary, to deliver the 2025 McDonald Lectures on April 16 and 23. The events are free and will be offered both in person and online.
Narratively speaking, how is Jesus of Nazareth “colored” in the Gospel of Mark? This lecture will interrogate the correlation between Jesus’s actions and his racialization. Jesus’s boundary breaking activity, and the assertiveness in which he engages that activity, hint at a “color” that fits a particular racial performative.