You can download an audio file of the lecture (including introductions and Q&A) in .mp3 format by clicking here. If you'd like to save the file to your computer, you can do so by right-clicking or ctrl-clicking on the link and selecting "Save as."(You may have to increase the volume to hear the lecture adequately.)

Professor Schüssler Fiorenza's lecture is adapted from her book The Power of the Word: Scripture and the Rhetoric of Empire, copyright 2007, Fortress Press. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of the book from which the lecture is adapted from Augsburg Fortress, click here.

A photo from a luncheon hosted by the Center for Advanced Study during Prof. Fiorenza's visit to UIUC is below. Pictured, from left, are Marjorie Hall Thulin, Wayne Pitard, Tas Ganitopoulos, Robert McKim, and Elizabeth Schüssler Fiorenza.