A lecture on the meanings of transcendence by Vernon White, Visiting Professor in Theology at King’s College London and Senior Fellow of the Westminster Abbey Institute. Sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.
This event will consist of the guest lecture from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., followed by a wine and cheese reception from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Speaker Biography:
Vernon White is Visiting Professor in Theology at King’s College London, and Senior Fellow of the Westminster Abbey Institute.
After studying at Cambridge and Oxford he has held a variety of posts in Church and Academy, and was most recently Canon Theologian and Sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey. He has a longstanding concern for both academic and public theology, and has published widely in the area of philosophical theology, Christian doctrine, social ethics. His most recent publications were Purpose and Providence. Taking Soundings in Western Thought, Theology, and Literature (London, 2015/2018), & Meaning, Mattering, Transcendence. Essays on Meaning, Mattering, and God (Eugene, Oregon, 2023).