Elaine Pagels to give Harry Camp Memorial Lecture

Princeton University Religious Historian Elaine Pagels will deliver the first of two Camp Memorial lectures. Her lecture entitled "Revisioning Christianity: New Perspectives from the Gospel of Thomas" discusses her work from her recent book "Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas." She will give another lecture on Wednesday at 5 p.m. and lead two lecture discussions at the Stanford Humanities Center on Tuesday and Thursday at 4 p.m.

Pagels, a Stanford alum, is currently the Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton, where she has taught since 1982. The author of many wide-ranging essays, her books include the bestseller "The Gnostic Gospels," "The Origin of Satan," and most recently "Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas."