Women’s History Month Lecture: “Women and the Reformation Through the Lens of the Marys.”

The History Department is glad to welcome Dr. Jennifer Powell McNutt, Franklin S. Dyrness Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College, to present the Women’s History Month Lecture entitled, “Women and the Reformation Through the Lens of the Marys.” Please, make plans to attend the Women’s History Month Lecture on Thursday, March 30, from 10:40-11:30 AM in the Grand Lobby. Dr. McNutt’s presentation will explore the important roles women and female spiritual devotion played during the Protestant Reformation, nuance narratives of Christian history that focus almost exclusively on men, and, more broadly, invite considerations for the importance of women’s experiences and viewpoints in Christianity.

Light refreshments will be served.  This event is free and hosted by the History Department.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Jennifer Powell McNutt is the Franklin S. Dyrness Chair at Wheaton College in Biblical and Theological Studies and Associate Professor of Theology and History of Christianity. She is a Fellow in the Royal Historical Society and President of the Calvin Studies Society. Her forthcoming books including Know the Theologicans (Zondervan Academic) and The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation (Oxford University Press). A recent chapter of hers was published on Marguerite of Navarre in Women Reformers of Early Modern Europe (Fortress Press). She is currently writing a book for Brazos Press on Mary Magdelene.