Editing Frederick Buechner (section)

===Buechner Institute at King University===

Inaugurated in 2008 at [[King University]], the former King College, the Buechner Institute was dedicated to the work and example of Buechner, exploring the intersections and collisions of faith and culture that define our times.

Dale Brown, the founding director of the Buechner Institute, was the author of numerous articles and the recent critical biography, ''The Book of Buechner: A Journey Through His Writings''.

The Buechner Institute sponsored weekly convocations in [[Memorial Chapel (King University)|Memorial Chapel]] on the campus of King University that featured speakers from a variety of backgrounds who examined the ways in which faith informs art and public life and cultivate conversation about what faith has to do with books, politics, social discourse, music, visual arts, and more.

Additionally, the Buechner Institute sponsored the Annual Buechner Lecture. The following is the list of lecturers invited to speak thus far:
* 2008: Frederick Buechner (inaugural lecture)
* 2009: [[Barbara Brown Taylor]]
* 2010: [[Ron Hansen (novelist)|Ron Hansen]]
* 2011: [[Katherine Paterson]]
* 2012: [[Marilynne Robinson]]
* 2013: [[Kathleen Norris (poet)]]
* 2013: [[Doug Worgul]]

A summer symposium on the work of Frederick Buechner, Buechnerfest, was featured in 2010 and 2012.  Attendees from around the country spent a week of reading and entertainment on the Virginia/Tennessee border.

The work of the institute was guided by a local governing board and a national advisory board. National board members included [[Doris Betts]], [[Walter Brueggemann]], [[Scott Cairns]], [[Michael Card]], Elizabeth Dewberry, [[Tim Gautreaux]], Philip Gulley, [[Ron Hansen (novelist)|Ron Hansen]], [[Roy Herron]], [[Silas House]], Richard Hughes, [[Thomas G. Long]], Tom Lynch, [[Brian McLaren]], [[Carrie Newcomer]], [[Kathleen Norris (poet)|Kathleen Norris]], [[Katherine Paterson]], [[Eugene H. Peterson]], Charles Pollard, [[Barbara Brown Taylor]], Will Willimon, John Wilson, [[Philip Yancey]], [[Doug Worgul]], and others.

In 2015, after the death of Dr. Dale Brown, founding director, and at the request of the Buechner Literary Assets, LLC, the Buechner Institute became the King Institute for Faith and Culture. The King Institute for Faith and Culture is a continuation of conversations between faith, art, and culture started by the Buechner Institute.