Scott Spurlock

On the 28th of May, 2026, Faculty of Theology honorary doctor, Professor Scott Spurlock, presented his guest lecture at LUX in Lund. The talk was entitled "Churching the Nation: Early Modern Scottish Ecclesiology and the Challenge to Modern Liberal Democracy". Scott Spurlock is professor of Scottish and Early Modern Christianities at the University of Glasgow with a particular focus on Scottish and Irish religious cultures.

Introductions by Alexander Maurits, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, and Associate Professor David Gudmundsson.

Read more about our honorary doctors (in Swedish): https://www.ht.lu.se/forskning/hedersdoktorer/

Read more about the doctoral conferment ceremony: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-university/university-glance/academic-traditions/doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony

Recorded at LUX in Lund, 28 May, 2026.

A podcast from the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology: https://www.ht.lu.se/

Produced by Martin Degrell.

Music: "Phases (Instrumental)