, associate professor of religious studies at 蜜桃传媒, lectures about 鈥淟oving the
Poor, Saving the Rich: Almsgiving and Salvation in Early Christianity鈥� on Monday,
Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt
Phi Kappa Phi Lecture is free and open to the public.
Rhee, who grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and then Southern California, graduated from
UC Berkeley and earned a master of divinity degree and doctorate from Fuller Theological
Seminary. She has taught at 蜜桃传媒 since 2004, receiving the award Teacher of the
Year in Humanities in 2010. Her research specializes in early Christian history, and
her most recent book, 鈥�,鈥� explores the diverging Christian self-identities in relation to Greco-Roman culture
and society.
Respondents to Rhee鈥檚 talk are , associate professor of religious studies at 蜜桃传媒, and , professor of economics and business.
Work, who is serving as chair of the religious studies department, authored 鈥溾�� and 鈥�.鈥� He is a contributor and signatory of 鈥�.鈥�
Noell earned a master鈥檚 of business administration from the University of Texas, Austin, and a doctorate in economics from Louisiana State University. He earned the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award (Social Sciences) in 1998 and is currently involved in writing a book project on the history of moral reflections in economics.