Readers Meet the Author:
A Virtual Reading Group for Baylor Faculty

Sponsored by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost,
and the Institute for Faith and Learning

Join other Baylor faculty for a time of reflection and conversation.  

A Zoom link will be sent to registered participants before the event; a link to an excerpt from the book will be available upon registration.

A copy of the book will be offered to participants by request after the event.
 

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Scott Moore
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Great Texts, and Assistant Director of the University Scholars Program

and his book

How to Burn a Goat: Farming with the Philosophers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Previous authors and books featured:

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Alan Jacobs
Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program

and his book

Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Greg Garrett
Professor of English

and his book

A Long, Long Way: Hollywood's Unfinished Journey From Racism To Reconciliation

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Philip Jenkins
Distinguished Professor of History and Co-Director, Program on Historical Studies of Religion

and his book

Fertility and Faith: The Demographic Revolution and the Transformation of World Religions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Angela Gorrell
Assistant Professor of Practical Theology

and her book

The Gravity of Joy: A Story of Being Lost and Found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Mandy McMichael
Associate Director and J. David Slover Assistant Professor of Ministry Guidance 

and her book

Miss America’s God: Faith and Identity in America’s Oldest Pageant