Cornel West to hold conversation about faith

By Staff on Feb. 15, 2010, 5:02 p.m.

Cornel West, Princeton's Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies, will hold a discussion with the Rev. Luke Powery, the Perry and Georgia Engle Assistant Professor of Homiletics at the Princeton Theological Seminary, in an event titled "Beyond the Books: A Conversation With Professor Cornel West About His Faith" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in McCosh 10.

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