The Minns Lectureship Committee invites proposals for challenging, innovative lectures of depth and appeal to ministerial colleagues and lay audiences within the Unitarian Universalist community and beyond. According to Miss Minns's will, the lectures are to be "upon religion or religious subjects, to be given by Unitarian Ministers of good standing." The committee is interested in a wide variety of religious topics: history, theology, spirituality, and all other aspects of the religious life, with an emphasis on creativity and progressive thought. Past lecture topics have included the Christian resistance in Nazi Germany, the rise of Unitarianism in Transylvania, psychological and spiritual healing in the contemporary church, and the religious voice of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Series Structure
In general, a lecture series consists of four to six lectures on a given topic, but the committee is flexible about the series format, having sponsored two three-lecture series in a given year and lectures given by six individuals.
Venue
The committee prefers to hold the lectures in Boston under the auspices of King's Chapel or the First Church, but it is open to holding them at any of the Unitarian Universalist divinity schools - Meadville/Lombard, Starr King, or Harvard - or at any other location if it has special significance to the topic and/or the lecturer.
Deadline
Lectures are generally given in the spring, and proposals must be submitted by August 31 to be considered for the following spring. However, the committee welcomes proposals at any time and encourages prospective lecturers to apply for a future year if the August 31 deadline has passed.
Publication
Any lecture given under the auspices of the Minns Lectureship Committee will be published on this website, and the lecturer is expected to supply the committee with the text of the lecture in MS Word format. Separate, print publication of the lectures is subject to negotiation with the committee.
Remuneration
Lecturers receive $1000.00 per lecture, plus expenses.
 |
<<previous |
|