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The Religion Department is pleased to present the 2024 Spring Capstones.
Monday, May 20 – 4:00-6:30 pm
and
Tuesday, May 21 – 1:00-3:00 pm
Xavier Hall, Room 201
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May 20, 2024 - 4:00-6:30 pm
4:00-4:20 pm - Sarah Lynn Seabreeze
Faith and Pandemics: Lutheran Theology and Application
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4:20-4:40 pm - Sage Warner
Respectability Through Religious Salvation Among Women in the Nation of Islam
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4:40-5:00 pm - Jackson Helt
Salvation and the Kingdom of God
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5:00-5:20 pm - Isabelle Esposito
What Is At Stake for Humans?: The Christological Controversy of Jesus’ Humanity and Divinity in Late Antiquity According to Gregory of Nazianzus
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5:20-5:40 pm - Sigourney Orstad
Black and Womanist Theologies of the Cross
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5:40-6:00 pm - Karalee James
Jephthah’s Daughter: interpretations throughout the years
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6:00-6:20 pm - Josiah Devine Johnson
Divine Politics and Societal Grace: Religion and Politics in Troubles Ireland.
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6:30-7:30 pm - Reception & Awards
May 21, 2024 - 1:00-3:00 pm
1:00-1:20 pm - Kassidy Short
Challenge Issued! Marguerite Porete and A Mirror of Simple Souls
![Kassidy Short](https://www.plu.edu/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/567/2024/05/kassidy-short-150x150.jpg)
1:20-1:40 pm - Rebeca Salinas
Rosaries on my Altar: Towards a Contemporary Mexican-American Women’s Position on Indigenous Spiritual Practices
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1:40-2:00 pm - Katie Olson
Lutheran theological responses to theodicy
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2:00-2:20 pm - Nathan Buegler
The ELCA’s Response to Climate Change In Light of Realized Eschatology
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2:20-2:40 pm - Marit Gjelde-Bennett
An Unexpected Ally in Women’s Health: The Role of Religious Language in Medicine for the Reclamation of Bodily Autonomy
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2:40-3:00 pm - Margaret Murdoch
Pelagia of Antioch: Fear of the Daughters of Eve
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