Fee to ‘rap’ on Jesus

     (NWPR-IN) – Dr. Christopher Fee will examine “The Anglo-Saxon Christ Militant” during the Forester Lecture Series at Huntington University on Thursday, February 24 at 7:00 pm in the Zurcher Auditorium of the Merillat Centre for the Arts on campus. His presentation will explore the image of Jesus in early medieval art, literature and iconography.

     Fee is a specialist in early medieval English mythology, with books including “Gods, Heroes, and Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain” (with David Leeming, Oxford 2001) and the forthcoming, “Mythology in the Middle Ages.” He also the Edwin T. Johnson and Cynthia Shearer Johnson Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, including he created multimedia tools to help students virtually “visit” and learn about archaeological and cultural sites of the British Isles and Iceland.

     For more information on the Forester Lecture Series, contact Dr. Jeff Webb at 260.359.4243.

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest, and Forbes.com has listed the university as one of America’s Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review has named the institution to its “Best in the Midwest” list. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The university is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).