RI Historical Society -- Lecture on Roger Williams this Sunday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE





Contact:          Dalila Goulart

                       Programs Coordinator

                       Rhode Island Historical Society

                       110 Benevolent Street

                       Providence, RI 02906

                       (401) 331-8575 x45 / programs@rihs.org



The Rhode Island Historical Society will host Dr. James Davis from Middlebury College to speak on the moral theology of Roger Williams this Sunday, October 12.  


 
 
In collaboration with the John Clarke Society of Newport, Rhode Island, join us in welcoming Dr. James Calvin Davis to the Rhode Island Historical Society this Sunday, October 12. The lecture on Roger Williams will take place at the Aldrich House, 110 Benevolent Street, Providence at 3:00 p.m.



Davis is a scholar on Roger Williams who specializes on Puritan moral theology. He currently teaches courses in ethics, American religion, and Christian thought at Middlebury College in Vermont. He is the author of The Moral Theology of Roger Williams: Christian Conviction and Public Ethics and editor of On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams. Davis argues that Williams' distinctive theological stance made possible a moral vision that maintained Christian distinctiveness while also permitting cooperation with other worldviews.



The lecture takes place this Sunday, October 12 at 3:00pm at the Aldrich House, 110 Benevolent Street, Providence. Dr. Davis’s lecture will run about an hour and refreshments will be served afterwards. Reservations are requested. Please contact Dalila Goulart to RSVP and for more information: (401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org


 
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Founded in 1822, the Rhode Island Historical Society is the nation’s fourth oldest state historical society and is today the steward of tens of thousands of books, manuscripts, prints, photographs, paintings, artifacts, and other historical materials.  The Society maintains its research library and John Brown House Museum in Providence and operates the Museum of Work & Culture in Woonsocket.  The Society’s ongoing public and educational programming includes publication of the historical journal Rhode Island History and the presentation of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and tours.  www.rihs.org <http://www.rihs.org/>