Duke professor to speak at Bluffton University on Nov. 1
Dr. Norman Wirzba of Duke Divinity School will answer the question "Sabbath Keeping: A Matter of Life and Death?" at a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Free and open to the public, his presentation will begin at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
Wirzba is a research professor, both of theology, ecology and rural life at Duke Divinity School and at Duke University's Nicholas School for the Environment. He holds master's and doctoral degrees from Loyola University Chicago, plus a master's degree in religion from Yale Divinity School.
The Alberta, Canada, native is the author of three books, including "Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight" and, most recently, "Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating."
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