- Pruit Symposium
- About Pruit
- 2018: She Sang Freedom with Dr. Tammy Kernoldle
- 2017: Singing the Sermon: When the Message and Music Matter
- 2016: Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, Scholar in Residence
- 2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
- 2013: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
- 2009: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution
- 2005: Global Christianity: Challenging Modernity and the West
- 2004: Slavery, Oppression, and Prejudice: Ancient Roots and Modern Implications
- 2003: The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education
- 2002: Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship
- 2001: Celebrating Augustine's Confessions: Reading Augustine for the New Millenium
- 2000: Interpreting Christian Art
- 1999: Cultivating Citizens: Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America
- 1998: The Christ-Haunted South
Pruit Symposium
Lord, Make Me An Instrument:
Black Sacred Music at the Intersection of Gospel and Jazz
featuring Dr. Melvin Butler
Associate Professor of Musicology at the Frost School of Music
at the University of Miami
February 7, 2019
"Getting in Tune: Gospel Music, Instrumentality, and Embodiment"
Armstrong Browning Library
3:30 p.m.
710 Speight Avenue, Waco, Texas
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Gospel Sing Event
with Dr. Melvin Butler, Dr. Horace Maxile, Dr. Edward Taylor, and Chuck Jennings
Toliver Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
6:30 p.m.
1402 Elm Ave, Waco, TX 76704
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Both events are free and open to the public.
The 2019 Pruit Symposium is made possible by the Pruit Memorial Symposium Endowment. This year’s event is co-sponsored by the Baylor University Libraries; Truett Theological Seminary; Baylor School of Music; Department of History; Department of Religion; the Department of Journalism, Public Relations & New Media; and Toliver Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.