Singers, artists, journalists and others will share insights into popular music and religious identity during a semester-long lecture series at Vanderbilt Divinity School.

All lectures are free and open to the public. Lectures begin at 7 p.m. Divinity School, 411 21st Ave. S. (Google map of this location)

Audio of all lectures will be available from VUCAST, http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news, after each event

The schedule:

Thursday, Sept. 18: Sherry Cothran, "From Songs to Sermons: Listening to the Stories of Women of the Hebrew Bible"

Tuesday, Sept. 23: John Styll, "The World of Contemporary Christian Music: An Insider's View"

Tuesday, Oct. 7: Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, "It's Like God is Testing Me: Approaches for Researching Religion and Hip-hop"

Tuesday, Oct. 14: Bill Friskics-Warren, "Something Like Sanctified: Spirituality in Contemporary Pop Music"

Thursday, Oct. 23: Jars of Clay members Steve Mason and Charlie Reid, with Julie Lee and Brian Ritchey, "Everything is Broken"

Tuesday, Nov. 4: Gerald Liu, "Kampala Flow: Spittin' and Spirituality in Ugandan Rap?"

Thursday, Nov. 13: Bobby Clark (The Williams and Clark Expedition),
"O Heaven Where Art Thou: The Redemptive Power of Bluegrass"

Thursday, Dec. 4: Amy Stroup, Brooke Waggoner and Charlie Peacock,
"Restless Souls: Searching for Authenticity in Nashville's Music Scene"