LTSP Alumni Spring Convocation 2011
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LTSP Alumni Spring Convocation 2011
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In America, Jesus is a secular figure as well as a religious one, and we can see him reflected in some of our favorite heroes, with Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King being the prime examples. They became Americans' favorite heroes in part because it was so easy to see them as disciples of Christ, Americans' favorite hero of all. The Spring Convocation 2011 keynote presenter, Professor Richard Wightman Fox, addressed this theme and others highlighted in his book, Jesus in America: Personal Savior, Cultural Hero, National Obsession (Harper, 2004).
Professor Fox addressed "The Christs of Faith: How Has American Diversity Impinged on the Divinity of Jesus?" in the first session, and in session two he explored "The Christs of History: How Did Jesus Get Pressed into American Politics?"
Richard Wightman Fox is a Professor of History at the University of Southern California. He took all his academic degrees at Stanford University, where he received a PhD in History in 1975. After teaching at Yale University, Reed College, and Boston University, he joined the Department of History at the University of Southern California in 2000. His scholarship has centered on the crossroads of American social, cultural, and intellectual history in the 19th and 20th centuries, with a special focus on how religion and secularity in the United States have evolved in relation to one another. Fox is the author of three books on religion in America: Jesus in America: Personal Savior, Cultural Hero, National Obsession (Harper, 2004), Trials of Intimacy: Love and Loss in the Beecher-Tilton Scandal (University of Chicago Press, 1999, awarded a History prize by the American Association of Publishers), and Reinhold Niebuhr: A Biography (Pantheon Books, 1985, reprinted Cornell University Press, 1996). Now he is writing a book treating Abraham Lincoln’s death and its aftermath to be published by W. W. Norton. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and other grants for his scholarship, Fox is an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society and has served on committees of the Organization of American Historians and the American Studies Association. He is a past editor of the “Intellectual History Newsletter”, and has contributed reviews and essays to many publications, including The New York Times and Slate.
Reunion Class Anniversaries celebrated at Spring Convocation are: 1936,1941,1946,1951,1956,1961,1966,1971,1976,1981,1986,1991,1996, 2001, 2006, 2010
More information will be provided about your reunion through your class agent.
The 2011 Alumnus/a Award for Distinguished Service recipient Rev. Bruce Davidson was recognized at the Convocation 2011 Banquet.