The Canisius College Joseph J. Naples ’41 Conversations in Christ & Culture Lecture and Performance Series presents Brian D. McLaren at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29 in the Regis Room North of the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center. McLaren’s talk, titled “A Vatican II for Protestants?” is free and open to the public.

McLaren is an author, speaker, activist and networker among innovative Christian leaders. He has written more than a dozen books including “A New Kind of Christianity,” “A Generous Orthodoxy,” “Naked Spirituality” and “Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed Cross the Road?” McLaren has contributed articles, columns and interviews to many periodicals, including “Leadership,” “Sojourners,” “Worship Leader” and “Conversations.” He has been profiled in “Christian Century,” “Christianity Today” and “The Washington Post,” among others. “Time” listed him among 25 most influential Christian leaders in America.