[Sold Out; Livestream and Standby Line Available] Few Lecture: 'Joyful, Anyway' with Kate Bowler

UPDATE: Tickets for this event are sold out. For people who don't have tickets, there are two options: Livestream - Register here to watch live: https://duke.is/5/m5rr Standby line - A standby line will open at 5:00 p.m. on the day of the event outside the main entrance of Duke Chapel. If seats become available before the event begins, tickets will be distributed to those in the standby line on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests must remain in line to keep their place, and tickets are limited to one per person. The scholar and popular podcast host Dr. Kate Bowler explores the tension of life's overlapping deep ache and great joy during this public conversation. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required via the Duke Box Office. Registration opens for students on Tuesday, October 13, and for the general public on Thursday, October 15. Register here: https://duke.is/c/q56p Dr. Bowler hosts the award-winning podcast Everything Happens and is an associate professor of American religious history at Duke Divinity School. A five-time New York Times bestselling author, her most recent book is Joyful, Anyway. Also titled "Joyful, Anyway," the event is Duke Chapel's fifth annual William Preston Few Lecture. Chapel Dean Luke Powery will moderate the discussion. A scholar of the prosperity gospel in North America, Dr. Bowler was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at age thirty-five, causing her to think in different terms about the research and beliefs she had been studying. She wrote Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I've Loved) about her struggle to understand the personal and intellectual dimensions of the American belief that all tragedies are tests of character. In her Everything Happens podcast, she speaks with artists, actors, writers, religious leaders, and others about what wisdom and truth they've uncovered during difficult circumstances. In her newest book Joyful, Anyway, Dr. Bowler illuminates the surprising nature of joy in a world filled with distraction, pain, and grief. The Chapel's annual Few Lecture takes its name from Duke's first president, who articulated a vision of education promoting the courage to seek the truth and the conviction to live it.