Lincoln Welcomes Distinguished Theologian for March 14 Lecture and Book Signing

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Dr. James H. Cone, a noted theologian, will speak at Lincoln University on Thursday, March 14, at 4 p.m. in the Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel. His topic will be "Black Theology and Black Suffering." Dr. Cone is the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, N.Y. A book signing in the Chapel's auxiliary hall immediately follows his lecture.

Sponsored by Lincoln's School of the Humanities, the event is free and open to the public.


Founded in 1854, Lincoln University is a premier, Historically Black University that combines the best elements of a liberal arts and sciences-based undergraduate core curriculum and selected graduate programs to meet the needs of students living in a highly technological and global society.

Lincoln University is ranked first in Pennsylvania and second in the nation in graduating African Americans with baccalaureate degrees in the physical sciences. Lincoln is also the only university in the Commonwealth and one of but 20 universities nationwide where 40 percent or more of its physics graduates are women.

Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world. Lincoln offers a rigorous liberal arts education to a diverse student body of approximately 2,200 men and women in more than 35 undergraduate and graduate programs.