The 2015 National Humanities Medal to Elaine Pagels for her exploration of faith and its traditions. Through her study of ancient manuscripts and other scholarly work, she has generated new interest and dialogue about our contemporary search for knowledge and meaning.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Religious Scholar Among Recipients of Nation Medals of Arts and Humanities
Yesterday President Obama presented the 2015 National Medals of the Arts and Humanities to 22 awardees. (Full text of President's remarks.) Among them was Princeton Professor of Religion Elaine Pagels, who has written widely on Gnosticism and early Christianity. The citation presented to her reads:
