{"id":254,"date":"2011-06-02T18:04:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chaplaincy\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2025-05-13T14:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:14:31","slug":"zerby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/multifaith\/zerby\/","title":{"rendered":"Zerby Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Rayborn Lindley Zerby Lectureship on Contemporary Religious Thought was established with a gift to the College by the Campus Association in April of 1965.&nbsp; The series was initiated the following year by the late Dr. Samuel Miller, Dean of Harvard Divinity School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lectureship \u201chonors a man who devoted many years to the growth of Bates College as a teacher and as Dean of the Faculty.&nbsp; It is entirely fitting that Bates students should initiate such a tribute to a highly respected teacher and friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Avilla, Kansas, Dr. Rayborn L. Zerby received his Bachelor\u2019s degree from Eureka College in 1916.&nbsp; He received his Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1927 and his Ph.D. Degree in 1930.&nbsp; As an instructor, he was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1932, Associate Professor in 1935, and Professor of Religion in 1942.&nbsp; He served as Chairman of the Department of Religion and Philosophy from 1930 to 1945.&nbsp; Director of the Chapel from 1945 until his retirement in 1962, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty in 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Lecturers:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2023-2024: Rev. David Norse Thomas &amp; R. Eric Thomas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022-2023: Cole Arthur Riley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020-2021: A Panel Featuring Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019-2020: Michael Twitty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018-2019: Dr. Emily Welty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017-2018:&nbsp;Rev. angel Kyodo williams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016-2017:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chaplaincy\/2016-2017-zerby-lecture-sohaib-n-sultan\/\">Sohaib N. Sultan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015-2016:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chaplaincy\/2016\/01\/20\/feb-2016-kate-braestrup\/\">Kate Braestrup<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014-2015: <a title=\"Zerby Lectures 2014-2015\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chaplaincy\/annual-events\/zerby\/zerby-lecture-2014-2015\/\">Jay Michaelson<\/a> and <a title=\"Zerby Lectures 2014-2015\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chaplaincy\/annual-events\/zerby\/zerby-lecture-2014-2015\/\">John Thatamanil<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013-2014: <a title=\"Nov. 2013: Michelle A. Gonzalez\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chaplaincy\/gonzalez\/\">Michelle A. Gonzalez<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012-2013: Patrick S. Cheng<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011-2012: Celia Deane-Drummond<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: Paul F. Knitter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009: Kimberley Patton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008: Sam Keen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007: Barbara Brown Taylor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006: Karen King<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005: Stephen Prothero<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2004: Marvin Ellison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2003: Judith Plaskow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2002: Marcus J. Borg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2001: Larry Rasmussen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2000: Rosemary Radford Ruether<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1999: Riffat Hassan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1998: Katie Cannon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1997: Diana Eck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1996: Albert Borgmann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1995: Vincent Harding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1994: &#8212;&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1993: &#8212;&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1992: Gideon Makhanya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1991:(Christopher Lasch\/cancelled)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1990: &#8212;&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1989: Preston N. Williams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1988: Stanley Hauerwas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1987: &#8212;&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1986: James Edward Loder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1985: Eleanor S. Meyers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1984: Peter J. Gomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1983: Bruce Rusett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1982: John Reeder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1981: Elie Wiesel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1980: William G. McLoughlin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1979: Gene Outka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1978: Daniel Berrigan, S.J.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1977: Mark N. Taylor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1976: Sydney Ahlstrom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1975: Bernard Lewis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1974: Robert N. Bellah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1973: Sallie McFague<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1972: Willis E. Elliot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1971: Meredith B. Handspicker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1970: Richard L. Rubenstein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1969: Tom F. Driver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1968: Herbert Richardson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1967: William H. Hamilton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1966: Samuel H. 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