Margaret R. Miles: Getting Here from There, an Exploration of the Human Condition from Personal to Universal
Retired historian of Christian antiquity Margaret Miles has recently turned her attention to deeply personal experiences and thought that address the universal human condition, and can contribute to solutions for social problems. Her recent books explore growing up in a fundamentalist home, breaking gender boundaries, her brother’s depression and her husband’s dementia.
Margaret R. Miles is Emerita Professor of Historical Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and served as its dean from1996 until her retirement in 2002. Prior to that she was the Bussey Professor of Theology and the first tenured woman at Harvard University Divinity School from 1978 to1996.
The Forum is a serious of stimulating conversations about faith, ethics and culture in relation to important issues of our day. Hosted by Grace Cathedral dean Malcolm Clemens Young, guests range from artists, inventors and philosophers to pop culturists and elected officials – with the goal of presenting civil, sophisticated and compassionate discourse that engages hearts and minds to think in new ways about the world.