Monday, September 9 7:00 - 9:00 pm

2024 Austin Lecture with Wilfred McClay

Wilfred McClay

University Avenue Church of Christ, 1903 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705

Historian Wilfred McClay will give our 2024 Austin Lecture on “Baptism of the Imagination” on Monday, September 9 at 7 p.m. The lecture will be held at the University Avenue Church of Christ in partnership with the Center for Christian Studies.

Wilfred M. McClay holds the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College. Among his books is The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America, which won the Merle Curti Award of the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American intellectual history; and his most recent book is Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. He was educated at St. John’s College (Annapolis) and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University.

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