St. Thomas Newsroom | October 26, 2005 University News

A prominent scholar of religion in popular culture will explore “How Christmas Got to be This Way – For Christians and Jews” in a program that will be held at Luther Seminary in St. Paul and at St. John’s University in Collegeville.

Dr. Bruce Forbes, who holds the Arthur L. Bunch Chair in Religious Studies at Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the chapel of Olson Campus Center at Luther Seminary. He will present the talk a second time at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Centenary Room, Quadrangle 264, at St. John’s.