JACKSON, Tenn. — Oct. 10, 2011 — Ralph C. Wood, university professor of theology and literature at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, will lecture at Union University Oct. 20.
Wood’s address is entitled “The Cruciform Beauty That Will Save the World.”
Wood is the author of several books, including “Chesterton: The Nightmare Goodness of God,” “Contending for the Faith: The Church’s Engagement with Culture” and “Flannery O’Connor and the Christ-Haunted South,” among others.
The lecture, sponsored by the Institute for Intellectual Discipleship at Union, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Carl Grant Events Center. It is free and open to the public.