Harvard Club of the Research Triangle

7:00-7:30 p.m. remarks by Willimon & Jordan

7:30 –8:30 p.m. open conversation (people can stay or leave during this time)

Come for an evening discussion with former Duke Chapel dean & ret. bishop Will Willimon and author Allegra Jordan, HBS '95,  to discuss the theme of mercy within the context of two radically different churches.

Willimon is one of the most popular writers on church, ministry and religion in the US, and his books have sold more than one million copies. He writes a sordid tale about life behind the pulpit in a large church in INCORPORATION.The novel is funny, sad, outrageous, religious, and satirical all at the same time. INCORPORATION has been widely acclaimed, including as a "fascinating fictional expose of the underside of the American mega-church" (Douglas Walrath) and written with what author Michael Malone calls "a keen sense of irony and humorous insight."

Jordan’s novel, set in the Downton Abbey era, is about the mysterious Latin memorial in Harvard's Memorial church, a pulpit Willimon has preached from many times.  Based on a sermon "The Courage to Remember" by the late Peter J. Gomes, HARVARD 1914 has been called, "an exquisitely beautiful novel," by former NEH chair and UNC-Chapel Hill professor William Ferris, and by Yale College's former dean as, "one of the most original, fascinating and wide-ranging Ivy League novels I have ever read." She is giving readings in London and Boston, and the novel's cover has been installed in the Class of 1914 room at the Harvard Club of NYC.

Please RSVP to Allegra Jordan at ajordan@innovationabbey.com so that Will & Allegra will have a rough count of attendees and can e-mail a reminder notice. 

Related links:

Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill:  http://www.flyleafbooks.com

INCORPORATION & other works by Will Willimon: http://willwillimon.wordpress.com 

HARVARD 1914: www.harvard1914.com