The Shadow of Death: Southern Baptists and the Politics of Compassion in the Nigeria-Biafra War 1967-70

As the recipient of the Humanities Teacher Award at Millsaps College, Dr. Davis will give a public lecture on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. in the McMullen Lecture Hall (Room 122) in the Selby and Richard McRae Christian Center on the Millsaps College campus entitled, “The Shadow of Death: Southern Baptists and the Politics of Compassion in the Nigeria-Biafra War 1967-70.” The lecture will focus on the international politics of humanitarian efforts in Nigerian Civil War, a very personal and cathartic journey based on the his father’s time in Biafra. His story is just one of thousands of  stories of heroism, self-sacrifice, and compassion that emerge from the human tragedy that was the Nigerian Civil War. Dr. Davis is currently working on a manuscript entitled “Heroes of Mercy.”