Taylor Lectures
The Nathaniel W. Taylor Lectureship in Theology was created in 1902 by a gift from Rebecca Taylor Hatch of Brooklyn, New York, in memory of her father, who was Dwight Professor of Didactic Theology from 1822 to 1858. A series of lectures on some theme in theology is given every second year.
2022
Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford. Elemental Beauty: Spiritual Formation, Yale Divinity School, February 7-9, 2022. Lecture I (Feb. 7), Lecture II (Feb. 8), Lecture III (Feb. 9).
2019
M. Shawn Copeland, Professor of Systematic Theology, Boston College. Theology and the Weight of the World; Bearing Witness; Giving an Account of Our Hope, Yale Divinity School, February 19-21, 2019.
2016
Daniel Boyarin, Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture, University of California, Berkeley. Enoch or Jesus? The Quest of the Historical Metatron, Yale Divinity School, March 8-10, 2016.
2014
Cyril O’Regan, Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame. Apocalyptic Theology and the Construction of the Church, Yale Divinity School, February 5-6, 2014.
2012
Margaret Farley, Gilbert L. Stark Professor Emerita of Christian Ethics, Yale Divinity School. Freedom, Obligation, and Love, Yale Divinity School, February 23, 28, and March 1, 2012.
2009
Michael Welker, Chair in Systematic Theology, University of Heidelberg (Germany). The Theology and Science Discourse on Anthropology, Yale Divinity School, October 14, 15, and 23, 2009. Lecture I (Oct. 14), Lecture II (Oct. 15), Lecture III (Oct. 23).
Published as: The Theology and Science Dialogue: What Can Theology Contribute: Expanded Version of the Taylor Lectures, Yale Divinity School 2009. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Theologie, 2012.
2007
Linda E. Thomas, Professor at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. Theology and Anthropology from a Womanist Perspective, Yale Divinity School, October 9-11, 2007. Lecture I (Oct. 9), Lecture II (Oct. 10), Lecture III (Oct. 11).
Published as: “Anthropology, Mission, and the African Woman: A Womanist Approach.” Black Theology 5, no. 1 (2007): 11-19.
2005
William P. Alston, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Syracuse University. Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God, Yale Divinity School, October 11, 12, and 15, 2005. Delivered by Nicholas Wolterstorff. Lecture I (Oct. 11), Lecture II (Oct. 12), Lecture III (Oct. 15).
2003
David Kelsey, Luther A. Weigle Professor of Theology, Yale Divinity School. Some Meanings of Redemption, Yale Divinity School, October 14-16, 2003. Lecture I (Oct. 14), Lecture II (Oct. 15), Lecture III (Oct. 16).
Published as: Imagining Redemption. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005.
2001
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, Yale Divinity School. The Place of Religion in a Secular University, Yale Divinity School, October 2-4, 2001. Lecture I (Oct. 2), Lecture II (Oct. 3), Lecture III (Oct. 4).
Published as: Religion in the University. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019.
1999
David Tracy, Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Distinguished Service Professor of Catholic Studies, University of Chicago. God: Incomprehensible, or Hidden?, Yale Divinity School, October 12-14, 1999. Lecture I (Oct. 12), Lecture II (Oct. 13), Lecture III (Oct. 14).
1997
Jürgen Moltmann, Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology, University of Tübingen (Germany). What Is Theology?, Yale Divinity School, October 14-15, 1997. Lecture I (Oct. 14), Lecture II (Oct. 14), Lecture III (Oct. 15).
1995
Gordon D. Kaufman, Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Harvard Divinity School. Christian Theology in Our Pluralistic World, Yale Divinity School, October 9-12, 1995. Lecture I (Oct. 9), Lecture II (Oct. 10), Lecture III (Oct. 12).
1994
Sallie McFague, Carpenter Professor of Theology, Vanderbilt Divinity School. Christianity and Postmodern Science, Yale Divinity School, February 8-10, 1994. Lecture I (Feb. 8), Lecture II (Feb. 9), Lecture III (Feb. 10).
1992
Maurice Wiles, former Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford. Christian Theology Dialogues: Precedents of the Past, Yale Divinity School, February 11-12, 1992.
1990
Jane Dempsey Douglass, Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of History and Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary. God’s Working in History and 16th Century Witnesses: The Historian of Theology and Witness; The Vision of John Calvin; The Vision of Marie Dentiere and Antoine Fromment, Yale Divinity School, February 13-15, 1990.
1988
John B. Cobb, Jr., Professor at the School of Theology at Claremont. The Impact of Secular Disciplines on Theology: Case Study: Cultural Anthropology, Yale Divinity School, February 8-11, 1988.
1984
Dorothee Sölle, Professor of Theology, Union Theological Seminary. On Work and Love, Yale Divinity School, February 1984.
1981
Julian Hartt, William Kenan, Jr. Chair of Religious Studies, University of Virginia. The One God and the Several Worlds, Yale Divinity School, February 1981.
1979
Paul Ricoeur, John Nuveen Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Chicago. The Paradox of Time in Augustine and Heidegger; Narrative and the Paradoxes of Time, Yale Divinity School, February 1979.
1977
Wolfhart Pannenberg, Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Munich (Germany). Protestant Piety and Guild; Eucharistic Piety; Sanctification and Politics, Yale Divinity School, February 1977.
1975
Albert C. Outler, Professor of Theology, Southern Methodist University. The Hallowing of Life, Yale Divinity School, February 18-20, 1975.
1971
Thomas F. Torrance, Professor of Christian Dogmatics, New College, Edinburgh. Classical and Modern Attitudes of Mind, The Social Coefficient of Knowledge, The Peril of Scientific Technology, Yale Divinity School, April 20-22, 1971.
1968
Richard M. Hare, White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, Oxford University. The Simple Believer, Yale Divinity School, December 10-12, 1968.
1963
Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Founding Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Some Questions of Religious Truth, Yale Divinity School, April 16-18, 1963.
Published as: Questions of Religious Truth. New York, NY: Scribner, 1967.
1961
Austin Farrer, Warden of Keble College, Oxford University. Providence and Evil, Yale Divinity School, April 4-6, 1961.
Published as: Love Almighty and Ills Unlimited; An Essay on Providence and Evil, Containing the Nathaniel Taylor Lectures for 1961. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961.
1959
Wilhelm Pauck, Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary. Theology and History, Yale Divinity School, March 31–April 2, 1959.
1959
Gustave Weigel, Professor of Ecclesiology, Woodstock College. Lectures delivered Yale Divinity School, April 19-21, 1959.
1957
Willem Visser ’t Hooft, Secretary General of the World Council of Churches. The Pressure of Our Common Calling: A Theology for the Ecumenical Movement, Yale Divinity School, September 23-26, 1957.
Published as: The Pressure of Our Common Calling. London: SCM Press, 1959.
1955
Roger Hazelton, Abbot Professor of Theology, Andover Newton Theological School. Lectures delivered on April 12-14, 1955.
1953
Daniel Day Williams, Professor at the Chicago Theological Seminary. Lectures delivered on April 7-9, 1953.
1951
Roland Bainton, Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Yale Divinity School. Lectures delivered on April 3-5, 1951.