On Wednesday, March 26th, the St. Anselm Institute will present a lecture entitled The Fall of Constantinople and the Fall of the Twin Towers presented by Lamin Sanneh. The lecture will be held at 5:00 p.m. at Newcomb Hall, Commonwealth Room , on grounds at the University.

Lamin Sanneh is D. Wilis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale University. He is an editor-at-large of the ecumenical weekly, The Christian Century, and serves on the editorial board of several academic journals. He is the author of over a hundred articles on religious and historical subjects, and of several books, including Piety and Power: Muslims and Christians in West Africa, The Crown and the Turban: Muslims and West African Pluralism, Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa, Whose Religion is Christianity?: The Gospel Beyond the West, and, most recently Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity.

This is the fourth and final lecture in a series of lectures hosted by the St. Anselm Institute during the 2007-2008 academic year. For more information, about this year's lecture series or the lecture on Wednesday, click here.

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