Dr. Margaret Barker to Deliver Schmemann Lecture at St. Vladimir’s Seminary
Dr. Margaret Barker
17/1/2012
On Sunday, January 29, 2012, Dr. Margaret Barker, the independent scholar who developed what is now known as “Temple Theology”—a unique approach for studying ancient Christianity—will be presenting afree and public lecture at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, NY. Her presentation, titled “Our Great High Priest: The Church as the New Temple” will begin at 4 p.m., in the John G. Rangos Family Building on the seminary campus.
Dr. Barker, a British scholar who studied at the University of Cambridge, is the former President of the Society for Old Testament Study and a Research Fellow of the University of Wales. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 2008 by the Archbishop of Canterbury. She is also a Methodist preacher, and author of 15 books and numerous papers.
Her works focus upon the premise that early Christians preserved the ancient tradition of the first Temple, destroyed in the time of King Josiah at the end of the seventh century BCE. In her writings, she reconstructs the worldview of the first Christians and restores to their original settings such key concepts as the Messiah, divine Sonship, covenant, atonement, resurrection, incarnation, the Second Coming, and the kingdom of God.
Her biblical research has been of interest to a diverse number of religious bodies—from Orthodox Christians, to Reformed Protestants, to Latter Day Saints—and her perspectives have challenged traditional scholarly viewpoints. To get a sampling of Dr. Barker’s research, and to hear her on YouTube, visit her website www.margaretbarker.com.
For more information and directions to St. Vladimir’s Seminary, visit: http://www.svots.edu/events/schmemann-lecturer-2012-professor-margaret-barker.
