Christ Church Greenwich will host Prof. Bruce Gordon, The Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School, as part of its Sunday Forum Series on September 14, at 11:15 am. He will speak on “The Global Bible: Why Do Christians in the West Need to Listen More and Talk Less?”
The event is free and open to the public. For more information: https://www.christchurchgreenwich.org/event-detail?id=2839
Christianity is growing exponentially around the world and in the United States. In Europe and the United States, Christians must respect the ancient tradition of the Bible as a shared, living dialogue—and recognize that it does not belong to them alone. We have a lot to learn and need to listen to how other churches are interpreting the Bible especially in Central and South America, Africa, and Asia, where it is read, heard, and lived outside the assumptions of the West.
A native of Canada, Bruce Gordon taught at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before joining Yale in 2008. His research focuses on European religious cultures of the late-medieval and early modern periods, especially the Reformation and its legacy. He is the author of several acclaimed works, including Calvin (Yale, 2009), The Swiss Reformation (Manchester, 2002), and The Bible: A Global History (Basic Books, 2024), which was named one of Publishers Weekly’s “Top Ten Religion Books” of the year. His biography Huldrych Zwingli: God’s Armed Prophet (Yale, 2021) explores the complex ties between faith and violence. He has received honorary degrees from the University of Zurich and the University of King’s College in Canada.
