Boise State University professor Scott Yenor will speak about “Suffering and Evil in the Human Experience” at 6 p.m. April 18 in the Student Union Hatch Ballroom. Admission is free and open to the public, and free parking will be available in Parking Structure 2 on the corner of University Drive and Lincoln Avenue.

Yenor’s lecture is part of the Veritas Forum, a new lecture series sponsored by Cornerstone Ministry, a student group, in partnership with Veritas National. Veritas is a student group seeking recognition from Boise State.

According to its organizers, the Veritas Forum “has invited presenters who have wrestled with our questions to challenge us, connect disconnected ideas, and put forth their answers and objections in light of our beliefs and doubts.” Yenor’s lecture on suffering and evil has been timed to coincide with the anniversaries of the Columbine and Virginia Tech massacres.

Yenor is an associate professor of political science at Boise State. He teaches political science philosophy and has published on a variety of subjects, including the Scottish Enlightenment, the philosophic status of revealed religion, American literature and the family in modern political thought. Yenor is currently working on a manuscript on the place of family in modern political thought.