A lecture series sponsored by the Yale Center for Faith ,and Culture will explore how faith can have substantial public impact for good without use of intolerant or coercive attitudes toward others.

The series, titled "Theology Live," offers Yale and the broader New Haven community the opportunity to engage with and learn from leaders in diverse fields who have "gone live" with their ideas, endeavoring to engage and shape the broader public with a voice rooted in and informed by faith.

"The series is different than the typical approaches that explore religion and public life," says Christian Scharen, the center's associate director. "Whereas 'public theology' tends to consider faith in relation to public policy issues, and questions about 'religion in public' tend to follow [philosopher] John Rawls in asking about the proper place of religion in a liberal democracy, our approach will engage academics, public intellectuals and practitioners for whom faith matters."

According to Miroslav Volf, director of the Center for Faith and Culture, the core question of the series is close to the core question of the center itself: "To what extent can faith make itself manifest as generative of human flourishing in all spheres of life?"

The series, which is free and open to the public, will feature eight lectures. All the talks will take place at the Divinity School, 409 Prospect St.

The series will begin Friday, Feb. 4, with a lecture by Robert Wuthnow, the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. Wuthnow is the author of many books on the sociology of religion, including the classic "Restructuring of American Religion." He will speak at 11:30 a.m. in the Divinity School's Neibuhr Hall, 409 Prospect St.

Other featured speakers in the series will be:

Phil Vischer, founder of Big Idea Productions and creator of "Veggie Tales," whose innovative films include the acclaimed feature "Jonah." Thursday,
Feb. 10, 6 p.m., Neibuhr Hall.

Dorothy Bass, leader of the Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People of Faith and author of "Practicing Our Faith." Thursday, Feb. 24, 6 p.m., Latourette Hall.

Nicholas Wolterstorff, the Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale and the author of the recent anthology "Educating for Shalom." Wednesday, March 23, 6 p.m., RSV Room.

The Reverend James Forbes of the historic Riverside Church in New York, who is regularly named as one of America's best preachers. Friday, April 1, 11:30 a.m., Latourette Hall.

Jeffery Stout, chair of the Department of Religion at Princeton University and president of the American Academy of Religion, whose book "Democracy and Tradition" explores religious traditions within the American polity. Thursday, April 7, 6 p.m., Neibuhr Hall.

Phyllis Tickle, a noted figure in religious publishing who helped shape a booming section of the book market during her years as religion editor at Publishers Weekly, and who has written a series of memoirs of growing up in rural Tennessee and a three-volume edition of the "Daily Office." Friday, April 22, 11:30 a.m., Latourette Hall.

C. William Pollard, retired chair of The Service Master Company, will speak on a date and topic to be announced.

More information is available at www.yale.edu/faith.

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