MBS Newsletter
The importance of the Bible on American college and university campuses has changed dramatically in the last fifty years. While increasing immigration and religious pluralism are changing the demographics of religious and spiritual life, secularism and relativism have brought strong critiques upon the Bible among young adults. While biblical faith would have been normative for previous generations, current college students often find their religious beliefs to be the subject of ridicule. Dr. Murray discusses the changing roles of college chaplaincy, religious and spiritual life, and the place of the Bible in American higher education.
Dr. Murray earned the B.A. in philosophy and religion from Bucknell University, the M.Div. from Yale University Divinity School, and the M.Phil. and Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, a Protestant seminary historically affiliated with Columbia University.
Currently the Chaplain at Endicott College and the pastor of First Baptist Church, Boston, Dr. Murray is active as a scholar in the fields of historical and systematic theology, Christian ethics, homiletics, and interfaith dialogue. Along with articles in academic journals and chapters in books, he was co-editor with David L. Bartlett and Claudia Highbaugh of the book, Crossing By Faith: Sermons on the Journey from Youth to Adulthood (Chalice Press, 2003)