Theologian Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Extraordinary Professor of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology at the University of Stellenbosch, will present the Candlemas Lecture “Loneliness: A Theological Appraisal” at Boston College on February 5 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. Ward’s publications include Cities of God, Cultural Transformation and Religious Practice, True Religion, Christ and Culture, The Politics of Discipleship, Unbelievable, and Unimaginable. For the last 10 years he has been working on Ethical Life, a four-volume set on systematic theology from Oxford University Press. Two of the volumes, How the Light Gets In and Another Kind of Normal, have been published. Ward’s talk is presented by BC’s Lowell Humanities Series and cosponsored by the BC Theology Department. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.