The Matthew Simpson Lecture in Religion is an annual lecture delivered by a nationally known scholar in the area of religion.

2021 Matthew Simpson Lecture
Judith Weisenfeld: “Spiritual Madness: Race, Psychiatry, and African American Religions”
Thursday, September 30 | 7 p.m.
1980 - Stanley Hauerwas | 2001 - L. Gregory Jones |
1981 - John Dominic Crossan | 2002 - William H. Willimon |
1982 - Will Campbell | 2003 - George Forell |
1983 - John Cobb | 2004 - Stanley Hauerwas |
1984 - John Yoder | 2005 - Robin W. Lovin |
1985 - Stephen Crites | 2006 - Gregory Boyd |
1986 - Martin Marty | 2007 - Pamela Eisenbaum |
1987 - Beverly Wildung Harrison | 2008 - Mark D. Jordan |
1988 - Walter Brueggemann | 2009 - Teresa L. Fry Brown |
1989 - Dan Maguire | 2010 - Grant Wacker |
1990 - James Cone | 2011 - William Cavanaugh |
1991 - Huston Smith | 2012 - Anantanand Ramachan |
1992 - Charles Long | 2013 - Amy-Jill Levine |
1993 - Sharon Ringe | 2014 - Victoria Barnett |
1994 - Robert McAfee Brown | 2015 - Traci West |
1995 - Rebecca Chopp | 2016 - David Gushee |
1996 - Phyllis Trible | 2017 - Barbara Newman |
1997 - Marcus Borg | 2018 - Amy Laura Hall |
1998 - Richard Hays | 2019 - Miguel de la Torre |
1999 - Roberta Bondi | 2020 - Jennifer Harvey |
2000 - Luke Timothy Johnson |