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Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture. Her research interests address questions of healing, place, and ecology, and how religious belief and practice can work to promote ecological and social justice in Ireland and in North America. Most recently, she
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Biography Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture. Her research interests address questions of healing, place, and ecology, and how religious belief and practice can work to promote ecological and social justice in Ireland and in North America. Most
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Biography Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture. Her research interests address questions of healing, place, and ecology, and how religious belief and practice can work to promote ecological and social justice in Ireland and in North America. Most
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Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture. Her research interests address questions of healing, place, and ecology, and how religious belief and practice can work to promote ecological and social justice in Ireland and in North America. Most recently
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word—as part of a new highly-visible outdoor campaign designed to spread the word about PLU. By Sandy Deneau Dunham A New Chapter PLU Associate Professor of English Rick Barot takes over as director of the Rainier Writing Workshop—and as the new Poetry Editor of the prestigious New England Review. By Sandy Deneau Dunham Justice In Society In support of PLU’s commitment to promote justice and peace, the fourth annual Lutheran Studies Conference, scheduled for Sept. 25, will be devoted to Justice in
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. Students of Color For students who identify as People of Color (or not White) who are interested in exploring their racial and ethnic social identities and cultures. Environmental & Social Justice For students who are interested in exploring the intersection of social justice and environmental justice and translating this knowledge into positive social change through leadership and action. Lavender Community is for students who are interested in exploration of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
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. We talked to PLU alumni in each of these roles to try to better understand this critical social emergency.LUTES GET TO WORKAfter graduating from PLU, Susan Boyd ’90 moved to Seattle to work at Compass Housing Alliance (formerly Lutheran Compass Center). Back then, her clients receiving a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) check would routinely find a basic apartment for around $330 per month. But affordable housing for those earning equivalent income today largely doesn’t exist in Seattle any
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4. Learning and research within communityLutheran education is indelibly marked by a love of liberal and collegial learning. It was, in fact, a group of Wittenberg scholars – working together – who launched the reform of education, ethics, language study, marriage, music, social welfare, and theology – to mention only a few. Such reform began with the serious questioning of the status quo, a questioning which led the authorities of church and state to brand Luther as a heretic and a criminal
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Professor Samuel Torvend on Martin Luther’s teachings during the plague Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 9, 2020 November 9, 2020 By Lisa Patterson '98Marketing and Communications Guest WriterThe trials, tribulations, and big questions that confounded 16th century Europeans as they faced the bubonic plague are eerily similar to what we are facing right now with COVID-19 and other social issues. German professor and priest, Martin Luther, had a lot of ideas of what people, and their political
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and social justice values attracted him to the university. “Learning how to articulate your positions forcefully and reasonably and being able to advocate for yourself is something that everyone should be able to do. If we are unable to mediate our disagreements with words, what does that really leave us?” Eckstein asks. “I think learning how to craft arguments, how to evaluate arguments and how to engage other people’s positions is an important part of social justice.” Social justice also
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