How to Tell a Story that Sets You Free

Lecture from Dr. Esau McCaulley | October 23rd, 2023

“I want everybody’s narrative to have a different ending. I don’t believe we can throw away anybody’s life.”

Hosted by the Center for Christian Study, Dr. Esau McCaulley gives a lecture in Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia.
Audience members listen to Dr. Esau McCaulley give a lecture in Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Esau McCaulley joins Center for Christian Study Senior Director, Fitz Green for a Q&A in Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Esau McCaulley talks with students following his lecture at Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Esau McCaulley prays with students following a breakfast conversation at the Center for Christian Study.
Students at the Center for Christian Study talk with Dr. Esau McCaulley after a breakfast conversation.
Hosted by the Center for Christian Study, Dr. Esau McCaulley gives a lecture in Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Esau McCaulley shares lunch with Charlottesville pastors and Grounds ministers before his lecture in Old Cabell Hall.
Hosted by the Center for Christian Study, Dr. Esau McCaulley gives a lecture in Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia.

Video Call with Katie Black

Ahead of his visit to the Center for Christian Study at the University of Virginia, Dr. Esau McCaulley talked with Study Center Director of Undergraduate Ministries for Women, Katie Black. See the conversation on Instagram.

Read Fitz’s Book Review for Dr. McCaulley’s memoir, How Far to the Promised Land

“It is Esau’s life, but God is at the center of it. In each generation God speaks, culminating in his own call to ministry. Brokenness and beauty are mixed together in our world, and Esau shows us both.”

Who is Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley?

Rev. Esau McCaulley, Ph.D. is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. He is the author of many works including Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance. His book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope won numerous awards, including Christianity Today’s book of the year. His latest book is a memoir entitled: How far to the Promised Land: One Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South. He is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. His writings have also appeared in places such as The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Christianity Today.