JACKSON, Tenn. — March 4, 2021 — R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, will give the fifth annual David and Lanese Dockery Lectures on Baptist Thought and Heritage at Union University March 16.
Mohler will address the topic of religious liberty and contemporary Baptist thought in his two lectures.
“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Mohler to campus for these significant lectures,” said Ray Van Neste, dean for Union’s School of Theology and Missions. “Baptists have historically been leading voices in support of religious liberty, and with this liberty under assault, I am glad to have one of our leading theologians address this topic in the Dockery Lectures.”
The Dockery Lectures are named for former Union President David S. Dockery, who served as president from 1996-2014. This annual event is designed to examine the important of the Baptist heritage, the distinctives of Baptist thought and the influence of the Christian intellectual tradition.
“What a privilege it will be for the Union University community to welcome Dr. Albert Mohler, who is one of the premier Christian thought leaders of this generation, to campus to deliver this year's Dockery Lectures,” Dockery said. “His address on religious freedom, which I am sure will be both theologically and historically informed, could not be more timely.”
Mohler has served as SBTS president since 1993 and has been recognized by such publications as Time and Christianity Today as a leader among American evangelicals. In addition to his presidential duties, Mohler serves as president of the Evangelical Theological Society and hosts two programs: “The Briefing,” a daily analysis of news and events, and “Thinking in Public,” a series of conversations with the day’s leading thinkers.
He is the author of several books, including “We Cannot Be Silent,” “Conviction to Lead,” “Culture Shift” and “Words from the Fire.”
Mohler and his wife Mary have two children, Katie (a Union University graduate) and Christopher, and two grandchildren.
Mohler will give two lectures in the Carl Grant Events Center: “Religious Liberty and the Imago Dei: Why Recognize Any Liberty?” at 3:30 p.m. and “Religious Liberty and the Looming Crisis: So, Which ‘Liberty’ Shall Prevail?” at 7 p.m. Both lectures are free and open to the public.