2025 Price Lecturer: The Very Rev. Dr. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge 

Dean Emerita of the Seminary of the Southwest, Anglican biblical scholar, feminist theologian, and poet, the Very Rev. Dr. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, received degrees from Williams College and Harvard University, and was ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. A fuller bio may be found here. Dr. Kittredge will join our Lenten explorations for two Sundays – March 23 and 30 – as a preacher and as the 2025 Price Lecturer. 

On March 23, Dr. Kittredge will preach all three services, and, at the 11:15 Forum hour, she and Morgan will share a conversation about scriptural engagement.  Bringing perspectives from the pew, pulpit, and academy, they will ask one another: Who wrote the Gospels and why does that matter?  What does it mean to “believe” scripture?  How do I make sense of scriptural passages that don’t make sense? 

On March 30, Morgan will preach all three services, and Dr. Kittredge will build on the prior week’s discussion, presenting a lecture entitled, “Faithful and Critical Engagement with the Theology of Luke the Evangelist.”  Liberation theologians laud the gospel of Luke as the gospel of the poor, yet others criticize the same text for its accommodation to empire. As we engage the gospel with historical perspective and poetic imagination, we will encounter Jesus’ vision for healing, forgiveness, and salvation for all flesh.