William Belden Noble Lectures

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William Belden Noble Lectures is an American series of annual presentations by accomplished individuals, held at Harvard University.

The Lectures were established in 1898 through a bequest by Nannie Yulee Noble in memory of her husband, a divinity student who died while preparing for the ministry. Speakers deliver a systematized collection of lectures on a theme of Christian thought.

[edit] Lecturers

• 1909 - Henry Churchill King
• Theodore Roosevelt
• 1957 - Alexander "Lex" Miller
• Harvey Cox
• Eugene McCarthy
• Archbishop Robert Runcie of Canterbury
• Hans Küng
• Paul Tillich
• 1998 - Armand Nicholi
• 2000 - John Shelby Spong
• 2003 - Francis S. Collins
• 2004 - Dr. Tim Johnson

[edit] External links

• Michelstein, Erica R. "Nicholi Lectures on Moral Law". The Harvard Crimson (October 6, 1998) (guest speaker Armand Nicholi)
• "Harvard's Noble Lectures". Pietisten (Winter 2004–2005) (guest speaker Dr. Tim Johnson)
• "Theologian, Anglican Bishop Wright to deliver Belden Noble Lectures". Harvard University Gazette (October 12, 2006) (guest speaker Nicholas Thomas Wright)