About
Established and endowed in 1964 by Constance Hayward of Wolfville, the Hayward Lectures provide academic dialogue in order to stimulate critical engagement and reflection on key and emerging ideas in Church History, Christian Theology, and Biblical Studies.
The Hayward Lectures advances its vision by inviting world-class scholars to Acadia in the aforementioned disciplines to address the community each October on their freshest work and emerging or disruptive ideas in the formats of lecture, conversation, and writing.
Director of Hayward Lectures
Rev. Dr. H. Daniel Zacharias
Associate Dean
PHONE: 1-902-585-1682EMAIL: danny.zacharias@acadiau.caUpcoming Lecture
Save the Dates:
October 19-21, 2026
Past Lectures
| Year | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dr. Lisa Marie Bowens | |
| 2025 | Dr. Walter L. Moberly | The Bible in an Ideological Age |
| 2024 | Dr. Amos Yong | Christological Mapping: Emerging Contemporary Lenses |
| 2023 | Dr. Willie James Jennings | The Redemption of the Land: Rethinking the Place of Salvation |
| 2022 | Dr. Jeannine Brown | Hymns, Riddles, and Haustafeln: The Hermeneutical Significance of Embedded Genres in the New Testament |
| 2021 | Dr. Anna Robbins | The Ethics of Nostalgia: Dystopia, Agency and The Future |
| 2020 | Dr. Christopher J.H. Wright | The Great Story and the Great Commission: How a Missional Hermeneutic of Scripture Shapes our Mission of Building the Church, Serving Society, and Stewarding Creation |
| 2019 | Rev. Randy Woodley | Indigenous Theology as Original Instructions and Critique of the Western Christian Worldview |
| 2018 | Dr. Richard Bauckham | Who is God? Key Moments of Biblical Revelation |
| 2017 | Dr. Oliver O’Donovan | Religion without Morality? |
Lectures on YouTube
| Date | Lecturer | Topic | |||
| 2021 | Dr. Anna Robbins | The Ethics of Nostalgia: Dystopia, Agency, and The Future | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2020 | Dr. Christopher J.H. Wright | The Great Story and the Great Commission: How a Missional Hermeneutic of Scripture Shapes our Mission of Building the Church, Serving Society, and Stewarding Creation | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2019 | Dr Randy Woodley | Indigenous Theology as Original Instructions and Critique of the Western Christian Worldview | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2018 | Dr. Richard Bauckham | Who is God? Key Moments of Biblical Revelation | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2017 | Dr. Oliver O’Donovan | Religion without Morality? | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2016 | Dr. John Walton | Engaging Genesis Today: New Light on Biblical Origins | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2015 | Dr. John Shouse | The Drama of Worship | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2014 | Dr. David B. Capes | Paul’s Kyrios Christology | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2013 | Dr. Mark J. Boda | The Heart of the Old Testament | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2012 | Dr. C. Stephen Evans | Christian Belief in the 21st Century: Responding to the ‘New Atheism” | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2011 | Dr. Simon Gathercole | Paul’s Theology of Atonement: Can it be Defended? | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2010 | Dr. Edith M. Humphrey | What You Have Received: What the Bible Really Says about Tradition | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2009 | Dr. John Webster | Creator, Creation, and Creature: God and His World | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2008 | Dr. Stanley E. Porter | How Did We Get Our New Testament? | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | |
| 2007 | Dr. Christopher R. Seitz | The Achievement of Association: The Theological Significance of Early Canonical Formation | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2006 | Dr. N.T. Wright | The Bible and the Postmodern World | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |
| 2006 | Special Edition Various Speakers |
Exploring the Origins of the Bible | View Lecture 1 Dr. Emanuel Tov |
View Lecture 2 Dr. James Charlesworth |
View Lecture 3 Dr. Stephen Dempster |
| View Lecture 4 Dr. Craig Evans |
View Lecture 5 Dr. Lee McDonald |
View Lecture 6 Dr. Stanley Porter |
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| View Lecture 7 Dr. Jonathan Wilson |
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| 2005 | Dr. Roger E. Olson | Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Mood in Evangelical Theology | View Lecture 1 | View Lecture 2 | View Lecture 3 |